Published by Peter Armstrong on December 24th, 2020
On behalf of all the team at Spiral Hosting, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year. We are especially grateful to all our clients for choosing us in 2020. It has been a difficult year for all families, communities and businesses. We value the close partnership we have with our …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on December 14th, 2020
The United Kingdom left the European Union on 1 February 2020. The Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020. Before 1 January 2021, all UK holders of .eu domain names should ensure they meet the eligibility requirements. There are three categories of registrant: – A business or organisation established in the EU – A …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on December 5th, 2020
We are delighted to announce that Spiral Hosting are now an accredited registrar with eurID, the .EU domain registry. This means that Spiral Hosting are an official provider of .eu domain names. We previously registered all .eu domain names as a reseller. In due course all .eu domain names purchased through Spiral Hosting will be …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on November 13th, 2020
Ireland’s domain registry have rebranded their company name as .IE and will no longer use IE Domain Registry or “IEDR” in their branding. Their website has changed to www.weare.ie and you may see the new succinct brand name in notifications about your .ie domain registrations and renewals. Earlier this year, .IE signed a licensing deal to use …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on July 13th, 2020
This month Spiral Hosting are promoting the idea that you can have a low price registration and renewal on .ie domain names. 1st year introductory pricing is great, but check the renewal price or you could get stung next year! 🐝🤬 Spiral Hosting are celebrating 10 years as an accredited .ie registrar with new registrations …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on March 5th, 2020
Spiral Hosting are offering new 1-year .ie domain registrations for an incredible €3 +vat!. All new 1-year registrations are at the discounted price until 31 March 2020. You can get your irish name by placing an order here. Already have an .ie name with another provider? You can transfer it to Spiral Hosting including 1 …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on December 6th, 2019
Spiral Hosting are committed to providing the latest software on our web servers for optimum performance and security. Part of this job is our technicians maintaining the many different PHP versions on offer, with every version having its own launch date, updates and patches throughout its lifespan, and finally decommissioning. From time to time we …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on January 9th, 2019
Spiral Hosting has today warned our Irish clients of a domain registration scam from dnsIreland.orgWe wish to advise all our clients to be on the lookout for scam emails from “DNS Ireland” (specifically dnsireland.org). The company claims to be “founded in 2009 in the heart of Dublin”, however their website domain was only registered in …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on November 2nd, 2018
Comodo CA (Certificate Authority), the company behind Comodo SSL certificates, was acquired by Francisco Partners one year ago. After the acquisition the Comodo CA branding remained extremely similar to Comodo, their former parent company. That was until now.. The new owners have renamed the company Sectigo! The rebranding was always inevitable because the names were …
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Published by Peter Armstrong on September 27th, 2018
Spiral Hosting are today warning our clients to lookout for new scam emails which are linked to recent data breaches at some leading retail websites. We wish to advise all our clients to be on the lookout for new types of email scams. There are several different versions of a phishing scam email currently circulating, …
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