Remember when we started in 2010? Our goal was to bring premium hosting services to the Czech Republic at prices that would be affordable for everyone. And we did it! In just 31 months we have climbed to the top among hosting services in the Czech Republic and since then we have been pulling further ahead. But in order keep providing the best service and evolving further, it’s time to take an important step. Inflation affects everyone. Costs are rising at a staggering pace. We want to maintain quality and constantly innovate, so we have to raise prices as well. It’s an investment in the future – in services that run your websites and that you can always rely on.
Continue reading “WEDOS 2024: Rising costs. Price changes. What you get for it.”We tested our new L7 DDoS attack protection on ourselves
As awareness of WEDOS Global spreads and more and more new customers who have a problem with DDoS attacks come to us, the more frustrated the attackers become. This leads to more intense attacks on our website and infrastructure. Sometimes they try really hard, earning us valuable data and experience 🙂 .
Continue reading “We tested our new L7 DDoS attack protection on ourselves”WAF report from WEDOS Global Protection for October 2023
In October, we mainly tuned the content caching. We have made great progress, especially with WordPress sites. We can return any static content in thousandths of seconds after receiving a request from the user, while checking if it is up-to-date in units of seconds up to 60 seconds (depending on the tariff). The average site on WEDOS Global Protection has increased in speed by approximately 48%.
Continue reading “WAF report from WEDOS Global Protection for October 2023”WEDOS Global joins VIX in Vienna: Better connectivity in Austria
One of the key steps in our efforts to improve connectivity in Austria is our recent connection to the Vienna Internet Exchange Point (IXP), known as VIX. This connection was made via VIX2, located at the Interxion Data Center in Vienna.
Continue reading “WEDOS Global joins VIX in Vienna: Better connectivity in Austria”A look back at GoTech World 2023 in Bucharest
This week we attended the big GoTech World 2023 conference, which took place on 9. November in Bucharest, Romania. It is the largest IT and digital expo-conference in Central and Eastern Europe.
Continue reading “A look back at GoTech World 2023 in Bucharest”We have launched another WEDOS Global location – Germany – Frankfurt.
We last updated you on the expansion of WEDOS Global’s infrastructure in September, when we launched a point in Dublin, Ireland. During October, we completed all the necessary preparations for the launch of the next point, this time in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. This is a very important point for us in the future, which is why we have reinforced the hardware from the beginning. Germany is one of the most important crossroads on the European internet map.
Continue reading “We have launched another WEDOS Global location – Germany – Frankfurt.”When 162,000 unique IPs attack 143,000 websites
On Monday 23. October we experienced the most extensive attack on WordPress installations. The “Indonesian botnet” has fully awakened and started massively attacking the files of xmlrpc.php. Although the attack tried to look inconspicuous, the result was truly massive.
Everyone needs a vision and a strategy, otherwise they are lost
A word…
Let me introduce a little essay exercise. I have been reflecting for some time on the development and future direction of our country. At the same time, I am working on changing the direction of our company. The better I feel about my company, the more sad and worried I feel about the future of our country.
Continue reading “Everyone needs a vision and a strategy, otherwise they are lost”WAF report from WEDOS Global Protection for September 2023
In September, we also saw an increase in the number of attacks compared to the holiday months. In today’s report we will look at the “stronger” DDoS attacks on L3/L4 and probably the strongest L7 DDoS attack so far in terms of number of requests per minute. Of course, we will also discuss the building of WEDOS Global Protection and what we are currently working on.
Continue reading “WAF report from WEDOS Global Protection for September 2023”WEDOS Global connects to the heart of the Finnish Internet to the FICIX Internet node
On Tuesday 10. On October 2023, at exactly 7:45 a.m., the first packets from the members’ network flowed through FICIX, Finland’s largest Internet node, to WEDOS Global. This is particularly important for customers targeting the Northern European market, as DNS server responsiveness and distribution of cached content will be significantly improved for their visitors.
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