Bobcares at HostingCon 2013, June 17-19 | Austin
Bobcares is gearing up for HostingCon 2013, the largest gathering of hosted services professionals in the world. This year's HostingCon will be held from June 17-19 in Austin, TX at the Austin...
View ArticleSysadmin Appreciation Day - A reminiscence
The sysadmin day this year was greeted with a good measure of excitement here at Bobcares. Techs were found hanging out during coffee breaks relating tales of tech support adventures. It varied from...
View ArticleHow to troubleshoot high load in linux web hosting servers
Even in this age of high configuration servers and cloud instances, server load spikes are all too common. Getting the approach right is half the work done in troubleshooting a high server load. In our...
View ArticleFun at Bobcares - With Merry Berries, every day is a day to celebrate!
The time was 7:30 am. All was set. Everyone at the front desk waited with bated breath. It wont be long now, and I should make my move. Right on schedule, the sunshine yellow Tata Nano pulled up, and...
View ArticleThe curious case of Google tagging all mails as spam
Gmail is one of the most reliable and reputable mail services. So it piqued our tech team when our billing division reported that Google seemed to think our server is a spam source. We routinely keep...
View ArticleAn introduction to cron and its administration from command line interface
A cron job is the first bit of magic a new webmaster would see in a web hosting account. You tell the server to run a script at scheduled times, and it gets done. Updates happen automatically, data...
View ArticleCustomize your support using build-your-plan support package from Bobcares
Here at Bobcares we believe in giving you exactly the service you wished for. We asked for your input, and we listened. Now, we present to you the Build Your Plan package. This gives you the freedom to...
View ArticleBob's World Clock crossed 15000 installs - A peek at how it was achieved
Bob's World Clock on Nov 13th crossed a critical milestone by reaching 15,000 android users. It coincided with the release of version 2.0.6 of the app. This is a major milestone for the app, and the...
View Article7 best practices in managing your hosting server backups
So, you have configured your server with backup. Thats great! Most sysadmins are pretty confident about their backup systems, but is it really adequate? Here are a few questions to ask yourself: 1. Are...
View ArticleExtend WHMCS : Create Your own WHMCS API Functions
WHMCS is an awesome piece of software, and already a hot favorite of web hosting companies. The features it provides are more than sufficient for an average host to run his business. However, the...
View ArticleThe day my Postfix/SASL server refused to deliver mail
I encountered this issue one Saturday afternoon, on which I happened to be working. Being a Saturday, I expected a relatively quiet day at the office. This was why, I was initially surprised when our...
View ArticleBobcares at HostingCon 2013, June 17-19 | Austin
Bobcares is gearing up for HostingCon 2013, the largest gathering of hosted services professionals in the world. This year's HostingCon will be held from June 17-19 in Austin, TX at the Austin...
View ArticleThe day my Postfix/SASL server refused to deliver mail
I encountered this issue one Saturday afternoon, on which I happened to be working. Being a Saturday, I expected a relatively quiet day at the office. This was why, I was initially surprised when our...
View Article24/7 hosting support : Does your web hosting business need it?
As a company specializing in outsourced support, we keep track of ticket flow trends. A metric that often attracts special attention of web hosts is the volume of tickets generated in...
View ArticleBobcares Hosting Tip : Maintain a news area in your hosting support desk
It might seem simple, but not many web hosts realize the good sense in maintaining a news area. Along with giving you a great way to show case your updates to the servers, and innovations in the...
View ArticleCloud like capabilities in Managed Services - How support was rapidly scaled...
Its a fine week end, and internal training sessions are on in full swing, here at Bobcares head quarters. Today's hot topic is cloud server administration. The trainer today drew an interesting...
View ArticleBobcares at HostingCon 2014, June 16-18 | Miami Beach, Florida
Do you feel the heat yet? :) Yes, the most popular conference in web hosting industry is just around the corner. And yes, Bobcares is going to be present at the 10th anniversary of HostingCon. If you...
View ArticleBobcares presents the Power Pack Support bundle at HostingCon 2014
For the second year in a row, Bobcares is bringing you the Power Pack Support bundle to give a boost to your hosting business. This support bundle, worth $40,000, is a part of the Premium Service...
View ArticleWorld Environment Day 2014 at Bobcares
World Environment Day was observed with much fanfare today at Bobcares Cochin campus. This is the 4th consecutive year WED is observed at Bobcares. To mark the occassion, tree saplings were planted in...
View ArticleContact Bobcares via LiveChat - Now in German!
You can now chat with the Bobcares sales team in German! Starting today, the Bobcares German sales team will be available via the "Live Chat" link at the top right corner of the German version of the...
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