Stephenmccarron.com » Other Stuff http://www.stephenmccarron.com Founder, Owner & Managing Director of Hosting365.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hosting365 Expanding Globally… http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/10/14/hosting365-expanding-globally/ http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/10/14/hosting365-expanding-globally/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:55:35 +0000 admin http://stephenmccarron.ie/2008/10/14/hosting365-expanding-globally/ Secret locations under build… :)

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]]> http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/10/14/hosting365-expanding-globally/feed/ 2 Have a brilliant idea for a web app… http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/10/09/have-a-brilliant-idea-for-a-web-app/ http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/10/09/have-a-brilliant-idea-for-a-web-app/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:33:45 +0000 admin http://stephenmccarron.ie/2008/10/09/have-a-brilliant-idea-for-a-web-app/ … but never had the skill or budget to realise it?

The guys at Contrast have just launched App School 2008 -  they will pick an idea submitted by an Irish startup, charity, non-profit or individual and teach it how to be a fully-grown app. And, will cover 95% of the cost!

I’m also offering to help by providing the winning application with a true enterprise, scalable platform to grow on, with the Hosting365.com Cloud solution – and stump up €3,000 worth of hosting to power the App for the first year of it’s life!

See more at http://www.contrast.ie/blog/app-school-2008/

]]> http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/10/09/have-a-brilliant-idea-for-a-web-app/feed/ 2 Ireland, Transatlantic communications hub for more than 150 years! http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/03/25/ireland-transatlantic-communications-hub-for-more-than-150-years/ http://www.stephenmccarron.com/2008/03/25/ireland-transatlantic-communications-hub-for-more-than-150-years/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:02 +0000 admin http://stephenmccarron.ie/2008/03/25/ireland-transatlantic-communications-hub-for-more-than-150-years/ Came across this fascinating image the other day, which I wanted to share:

Ireland USA Transatlantic Cable Map 1858

You see, back in 1858, this map shows the telegraph cable connecting Ireland / UK / Europe to Northern America.

As you can see from the map, there are also other cables there doing similar jobs, also terminating in Ireland on the European side.

In modern times, fiber networks like Global Crossing and  Hibernia Atlantic take similar routes and just goes to show that, in terms of American – European connectivity, Ireland has been leading the field for more than 150 years now!

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