Still at work

2010 has come already, while we are busy announcing our new hosting offer (2x Hosting) and modifying the hosting server's firewall wrapper (which is causing unnecessary extra load). Fine, let's hope for the better and let's hope the decision makers in our state and country talk and act sensibly, rather than act like comedians. We have had enough entertainment already, watching their flawed theories and actions ;-) We wonder where we are heading by using words like "high command" in a democratic setup!

3rd Anniversary and another year passes by

We have completed three years of our existence on Oct 13th, 2009. We thought the business would fare well this year, but from Jan till Dec, the whole year, we have seen the worst performance in our segment, and so does our business. However, this has proved to be an excellent time to figure out who our real friends are!

Some of the web domains which we thought of developing and popularizing have expired and we have seen them go out of our hands. Our hosting service was not available for a full day due to our delayed payment, something that we have never imagined. We have seen our employees leave (or asked to leave) for various reasons. Today, as we complete three years, the owner is the sole employee of the company. Still, we have no regrets and we are enjoying this lean phase as well. The best part is that we have sought help from our friends, partners and well-wishers and they did exceed our expectations. We are grateful to all of them for giving us a helping hand at the need of the hour.

It doesn't matter in which corner of the world we are in or how big we are; all that matters is what we do and how we do it. In these three years, we caught the attention of some good companies and individuals around the world, not because of our list of clientele, turnover or some unique product. It is all because of our openness and agility coupled with tech-savviness, quality-consciousness and technical strengths. So, with a great year ahead, we are poised to grow and serve more clients in the coming months. Again, we thank everyone who stood by us all these years.

Floods in Vijayawada

We thank everyone for contacting us to find out whether we are fine. We are watching the situation closely and The UX Group is safe from flooding as of now, as the flood water hasn't entered Vijayawada city yet.

We have been watching the histrionics, short-sightedness and the after-effects of systematic weakening of the basic administrative structure by the so-called leaders. None of them have the courage to own up this disaster! They blame the next state, they blame the officials of relevant departments, they might blame you and me too. However, when politicians and criminals interfere with the functioning of administrative mechanisms, and when the inept project contractors are taken care of so well (rather than the common man) by the state government and when corruption is encouraged by the government itself, this is very well expected and should be an eye-opener.

Our so-called leaders were so busy mourning for a whole month, that they do not have any energies left to worry about this disaster. They are just making fun of common man's trust in them. The question now is: Does it really matter to them, now that the elections are over?

Partnerships review month

We dedicate this month to review our existing partnerships and to have some new ones, using which we can offer some more innovative services or solutions in our niche areas. Keep watching our company site for the updates.

A note on Joomla upgrade from 1.5.11 to 1.5.12

After the recent upgrade of our sites from 1.5.11 to 1.5.12, while trying to edit a content page, we noticed that not all editing buttons could be seen at the top of the edit window. TinyMCE, our default editor, has got updated in this upgrade alongwith some security and other fixes. Googling, we figured that we have to edit the TinyMCE editor plugin's functionality to "Extended", apply the changes, and go to the extra settings that are now visible for that plugin, and enabled all that we needed. Hope this helps others.

Sun T1000 server sitting pretty in the server rack at last!

This brand-new Sun Fire T1000 server, which we never got a chance to even power up all these months since it arrived has finally been placed where it should belong to! Came with Solaris 10 pre-installed. Our engineers set up DHCP, connected a network cable, and powered it on. We figured its IP fine, but it took us a while to find out the ALOM sc admin password (It is the last 8 characters of its serial number!) for the user "admin". Once we got in, we played around a bit before we shut it down and place it in the rack.

Well, we couldn't place the other server we have (Sun Fire x2100 M2), which we have been using all these days, since the rackmount kit seems to be optional. Need to check with them and order one soon. Overall, a productive day well spent.

Summer Hosting Offer - Pay only 50% on annual plans!

We have just launched another hosting offer, in which, for all the annual plans that we offer, you pay only for 6 months and get hosting for one full year. Since there are limited number of promotional coupons, we suggest that you check out this promotional offer and use it for your hosting needs. We assure you a trouble-free hosting experience with TUXG Hosting.