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PLDT Equipment Failure at MGO

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:49:26 +0000

One of our multiple links to the internet went down at 11:40 am today. While our surviving links are capable of handling the traffic, it may not take the most optimal route and so some slowdown in access may result.

As of this time, PLDT MGO equipment failure in Makati has been identified as the cause. No restoration time has been given. We will post more info on our website as we get more details.

As of 4:50pm the link went back up. BNS is currently monitoring the line. Thanks to all our clients for the feedbacks.

Information Security Event

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:58:42 +0000

Information security

With Internet use becoming a more popular activity among Filipinos today, we recognize the need to have a secure environment that will protect the corporate and user environment. In this regard, DigitalFilipino Club and Posh Marketing Services presents the InfoSec Conference 2010 that gathers top practitioners who will share best practices on Information and Technology security.

Speakers from global enterprises, technology leaders, certified security professionals and law enforcers will identify risks, threats and vulnerabilities your companies are facing today. Expect speakers to provide preventions and solutions to protect your business.
Date: August 25, 2010 Time: 9am to 5pm Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Makati City

Reducing your email’s spam score

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:55:07 +0000

BNShosting came upon several of our clients whose emails were tagged as spam by spam assassin. Obviously, a score of 4.3 and above would generally trigger the [spam] message and other email clients would send it off to the junk folder. So their email may not end up being read by their recipients.

To learn how to reduce the spam score of emails being sent out, you need to avoid things that spammers generally use in their emails. This site offers valuable ideas: http://help.campaignmonitor.com/topic.aspx?t=104

The summary of things to lower spam score:

1. Avoid using words like “Click below”, “Risk free” , “To be remove, reply via email”
2. Avoide using HTML format
3. Excessive capitalization (Yelling)
4. Avoid using toll free number
5. Avoid making Offers, discounts, promotions, $$$,
6. Do use SPF (Sender Provider Format) on your email domain
7. Dont include a disclaimer that your email is NOT spam.
8. Use open and conversational language

To check out your email before you send them out:

http://www.contactology.com/check_mqs.php

OpenDNS issue raised by ASTI

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:08:56 +0000

ASTI shared OpenDNS workaround to an issue with Asia Pacific users hitting their west coast servers and consequently not getting optimal DNS results.

We are actively spending resources on both of these to increase performance and connectivity for users such as yourself. In addition, we do a have workaround that will allow you to gain better performance from the major CDN providers. While the specifics vary depending on your DNS server, the short description is that we will need to configure your DNS server to not send certain requests to OpenDNS directly. Doing so will not affect your Content or Security filtering as these zones are exclusively used for Geo location and content distribution. The zones are as follows:

akamai.net
akadns.org
akadns.net
akamaiedge.net
akamaitech.net
edgesuite.net
edgekey.net
nsatc.net
llnwd.net
l.google.com
b.yahoo.com
yahoodns.com

If you would like instructions on how to do this for your DNS server, please let me know and I’d be happy to provide those for you. We’ll be notifing all of our customers as we press forward on this and continue to deliver better service optimized for all of our users globally.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

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***Solution for Windows DNS***
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Open the DNS Server management console and follow these steps:

1. Left click on the DNS server you wish to manage
2. In the right hand pane, double click Forwarders
3. Add a zone that you do not wish to forward to OpenDNS by clicking the New button

4. Set the Forwarders to either your ISP or another DNS server that does not forward to OpenDNS.

5. Click Apply

You’ll want to repeat those steps for each zone listed below:

akamai.net
akadns.org
akadns.net
akamaiedge.net
akamaitech.net
edgesuite.net
edgekey.net
nsatc.net
llnwd.net
l.google.com
b.yahoo.com
yahoodns.com

For the domains listed above, try using 202.12.27.33 and 199.7.83.42

BNS enters Pilot Testing with Lyceum WIFI

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:39:39 +0000

BNS started pilot testing the wifi hotspot system at Lyceum over the weekend. The system is powered by newer 11N+ series (300mbps bandwidth) access points that covers Lyceum Northwestern. The pilot testing phase will last up to August and provide free access to all LN students until then.

Please email us your comments and feedbacks about this system. Thanks!

BLOGS & SOCIAL NETWORKS – THE NEW MEDIA

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:10:13 +0000

After the successful National E-Commerce Conference Blogworld Philippines2010 held last March 5, 2010 at the Crossroad Convention Center in Quezon City, the Social Thinkers, one of the country’s dynamic event organizer in IT and e-commerce will be bringing the e-commerce conference to Northern Luzon entitled “BLOGS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS – THE NEW MEDIA” to be held on July 26, 2010 (8am-5pm) at the Music Warehouse, Perez Boulevard Dagupan City.

Guests: International Speaker Ms Janette Toral of digitalfilipino.com and SEO Expert Mr. Gary Viray (Search Opt Media). See you there! -Jonathan Jay Daoana (GCF Dagupan Masters Commission)

BNS has limited number of tickets available. Kindly contact Marichu. For more details, interested Parties may wish to visit : http://www.thesocialthinkers.com/northern-luzon-e-commerce-conference.html

Pres Inaugural Bandwidth

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:45:10 +0000

The bandwidth on our 1 gbps server hit maximum during the height of the inauguration.

Yahoo Philippines to Webcast Presidential Inauguration

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:34:10 +0000

On June 30, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III will not only take his oath as the highest official in the land, but will also make history as the first Philippine president whose inauguration will be livestreamed on the Internet.

Yahoo! Southeast Asia will provide a live video stream of the Aquino inauguration, in partnership with broadcast network TV5, MediaQuest and webcast provider, FutureGen.

This will be made available on the Purple Thumb election site of Yahoo! Philippines, together with a live blog that will give up-the-minute updates and allow readers from all over the world to post their comments.

Just as in the Purple Thumb coverage of the first automated elections in the Philippines, bloggers and citizen journalists can take part in Yahoo!’s social media coverage by using the hashtag #PurpleThumb together with their election-related tweets. These #PurpleThumb Twitter updates will be automatically posted on the live blog, where they can be read by the millions of readers who visit the Yahoo! Philippines site.

More Info here: http://ph.yfittopostblog.com/2010/06/29/live-video-stream-of-aquino-inauguration-on-june-30/

Check Out Microsoft’s IIS SEO Toolkit

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:05:42 +0000

The IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit helps Web developers, hosting providers, and Web server administrators to improve their Web site’s relevance in search results by recommending how to make the site content more search engine-friendly.

The IIS SEO Toolkit includes the Site Analysis module, the Robots Exclusion module, and the Sitemaps and Site Indexes module, which let you perform detailed analysis and offer recommendations and editing tools for managing your Robots and Sitemaps files.

To install, click this: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9695987

Make Social Media the Secret Ingredient to Your Marketing Success

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:14:55 +0000

Here’s your chance to understand what social media is all about, and how to clearly and completely integrate it into your existing marketing strategies and campaigns.

Social Media is about joining the ongoing conversations our customers and prospects are already having and not trying to control them.
Beyond this first step of connecting with customers on social networking sites, how do you generate more business from your social media activity?

Attend this conference – The 3rd Social Networking Conference 2010 on April 22-23, 2010 at Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City, Philippines…and learn how to:

- Design and execute an innovative social media campaign
- Integrate social media into your current marketing mix
- Connect with your target audience using social media tools

Social networking is bigger than buzz, don’t miss this conference.

Hurry! Sign-up now and book your conference seat.

Save P1,000.00 when you register, NOW!

LEARN MORE: http://www.fmi.com.ph

Call 8960639, 8960637, email: fiera@info.com.ph for registration.