Happy weekend of North American celebrations!

Today we say “happy birthday” to our upstairs neighbors, Canada. Tuesday, it’s time for our own birthday. Sounds like a great reason to have a party.

However, I’ll take a few minutes to write up a newsletter.

Frist of all, the migration that was supposed to happen last month will definitely happen this month. Concerns over the possibility that some of the new upgrades wouldn’t play nice together caused us to delay it for a few weeks, but we’ve settled on a solution and are ready to go ahead. We haven’t set a date yet, but rest assured that you will get at least a week’s notice before we make the move. It’ll probably be on a Sunday morning, since that’s when most of you are off at church, sleeping in, spending time with your sweeties, or sipping coffee and reading one of those quaint things called a “newspaper” (It’s cordless and lightweight!).

Now… I strive to keep Geek Niche the type of company that lets you know what’s going on behind the scenes as well as out in the spotlight. I said we’ve found a solution to the issues of applications not playing well together. We have. It’s a solution that allows us to provide you with the services that you want and expect from us. However, it puts up a few hurdles for us expanding our range of services in the future. What does this mean for you? Right now, it means you’ll continue to receive the same kind of service you have been. Down the road? It means that there may be another migration in the coming months. As a company, we know where we want to be and we know what we want to offer to our clients. As the ones with our hands in the machines, we sometimes get frustrated that we can’t do it all right now. However, as the owners of the company, we understand that not everyting is that easy.

Rest assured, however, that we’re constantly working towards our goals, and we’re keeping your needs in mind.

Speaking of needs (aren’t I just a master of the segue), are your webhosting needs being met? If not, please, let me know. I’m more than willing to work with you to get those needs met. Just a few reminders:

• You’re not locked into your plan. You can upgrade (or downgrade) at any time.
• You can order “add-ons” such as more disc-space, more bandwidth, or extra features.
• You’re not limited to the plans and niches we have listed. If you have specific needs, we’re more than happy to work out a custom plan for you.
• Basic tech support is free, but if you have need of something more we offer support for HTML, PHP, SQL, and customization of applications such as WordPress and Gallery.
• If you’re unsure, just ask!

Amidst all this, we’re still looking to the future. We’re playing around with ideas for a couple of new niches, we’re working with programmers to bring you some new applications, and we’re researching additions and alternatives to what we already provide.

If there’s anything you’d like to see us offer, drop me a line and let me know: suggestions@geekniche.com

So… for all of you in the US and Canada: enjoy your holiday-weekend. And the rest of you enjoy your non-holiday weekend.

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M Blaze Miskulin
President
Geek Niche, Inc.

Yay! Three months in a row! I’m on a roll now!

That’s right. It’s Newsletter time again. And… well… nothing very exciting is happening. Which, to be perfectly honest, is a good thing. Around here “exciting” usually translates to “running around in a near panic trying to keep things from exploding.” This is why I’m very glad to say that things have been down-right boring for quite a while now. And we like it that way.

The last month has been pretty good. We’ve said goodbye to a couple people who have moved for one reason or another, and we’ve said hello to a few new people who’ve decided that they like what we have to offer. That’s the way business goes. The important thing is that it’s still going. And getting stronger. With the publishing of this newsletter, we’ll be celebrating 1 year since we three owners (of orient are….) sat down and worked out the final details of this little dream of ours.

In that time, we’ve grown, we’ve learned, we’ve run into a few speed bumps, and we’ve reorganized to bring you better and more reliable services. I think we’re doing pretty well.

As has been mentioned before, we’re still on track for moving to bigger and better servers in a couple weeks. We’re in the process of working out the final details on the new servers, and we’ll be ready to start tossing around the bytes in no time. If things go perfect, you won’t even know we’ve done anything. There may be a small bit of downtime while we get things moved over, and all the internet catches up with the new address information.

We’re setting aside the morning of Sunday, June 11th to pull the trigger on the actual changeover. If this changes, I will be certain to let you know. For your own sake, I’d like to ask that you not do anything with your sites that morning. Don’t upload anything, or modify files. At some point that morning, we’re going to be taking a final “snapshot” of the data on the old server and making sure that the new server matches it.

I think that’s all I have for this month.

You’ll all be receiving some of this information in an e-mail, just to make sure you get it. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks.

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Blaze Miskulin
President
Geek Niche, Inc