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Kirsty Pryer Becomes STEM Ambassador
Kirsty Pryer, MD of Cromarty-based internet hosting company Calico UK, has just been appointed as a STEM Ambassador, following PVG certification. STEM Ambassadors volunteer thei...
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Calico UK Sponsors Karen Darke Website
Calico is pleased to be sponsoring the new website for one of our longest serving customers, Karen Darke from Inverness. Karen is a full-time athlete with the British Para-Cycli...
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IMAP vs POP - What Should You Use?
We often get asked by customers about the differences between IMAP and POP, the two protocols used when accessing your incoming mail. Here's a brief summary. First, some backgro...
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SSL Certificates for WordPress Hosting
We're recommending that all of our customer who use WordPress also enable a secure SSL certificate for their website. We recently posted an article on our website blog and socia...
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Multiyear Promotion on Services - 10% Off Domains and Hosting
Please note that we are able to register and renew your domain names for more than just an annual period. It's possible for you to secure your domain name up to a maximum 10 yea...
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Google Chrome marks login and credit card pages as Not Secure
Google's Chrome web browser has started marking web pages as "Not Secure" if they are accessed using HTTP (rather than HTTPS) and it finds password or credit card input fields o...
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Cyber Security Advisory Update
Following the highly publicised Ransomware attacks last Friday, on the NHS and other organisations, we thought it would be a good idea to share some general security hints and t...
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The Importance of Updates - Executive Magazine
Calico UK feature in the Inverness Chamber of Commerce InBusiness section of the Executive Magazine - March 2017. Read the article from Kirsty Pryer regarding the importance of ...
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PHP7 and Secure Certificates on Supercali Linux
At Calico we strive to bring you useful features to enhance your hosting with us. This time round, we bring you two new options to our Supercali Linux hosting. PHP7 As standard,...
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