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Dear customer,

In order to provide better performance, Server 089 will be upgraded to a stronger server. Server089 will perform a server upgrade on Jan. 26 (CST 00:00, Jan. 26) and a new server will be employed to replace the previous one. The upgrade is supposed to take 6 hours and most websites are available during the upgrade, while update of your website may be lost, so it is recommended not to update your website during the upgrade.

We are sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.
Please contact our Customer Service if there’s any further problem.

Support: support@hostease.com
Support Number: (302) 353-4678

HostEase Technical Department
Jan 20th,2011

Look! Who is coming? White beard, red suit, black belt and with a bag of toys, he is in a sledge which is pulled by a team of flying reindeer. Just like a bright star, he’s flying to us from the beautiful sky. Yeah, it’s Santa Claus.

All people love Santa Claus because he’s an amiable old man. As you know, he always gets into houses down from the chimney at midnight and places presents in children’s socks. How lovely it is! Maybe he not only puts (the) presents into socks, but also joys and hopes. None of us have ever seen him, but we’re still glad to believe that he would come on Christmas Eve.

No doubt Christmas is a most important festival in my country. Almost after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas season begins. In streets and shops, shopping centre speaker will play Christmas carols over and over. Most shops have Christmas tree which is decorated with colorful electric lights and Christmas ornaments. All in all, everywhere is full of joy.

I love Christmas, just like anyone else. It’s a nice time to share our joys and wishes with our families and friends. Listen, hang your wishes on Christmas tree, maybe it would come true one day. Seriously, Christmas has the magic!

Hostease would be here with you the whole time. Best wishes for everything (your heart desires). Merry Christmas!

Tags: christmas

Dear customer:

Alipay will perform maintenance between Dec 2nd 01:00 to 06:00 Beijing time.
During the maintenance, all Alipay services will shut down. Therefore, you are not able to purchase our products or service via Alipay.

Mainly customers from China will be affected as you will not able to buy our products or service with Alipay.

However, you can always sign up with Hostease by other payment methods, Paypal, Moneybookers and 2CO (2CheckOut).

We are sorry for the inconvenience. Alipay will be available to you after they complete the maintenance.

Thank you for your understanding.

HostEase Technical Department
Nov.29th, 2010

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Thanksgiving Day is coming, the fourth Thursday of November. It is a time of happiness and catching up on the lives of the others. And it is a holiday of simply being grateful and giving thanks for what we have received during the year. As usual, it provides a four day weekend which is highly anticipated as a small vacation from work or school. Moreover，most of you may be together with family for the first time this year ，so make yourself enjoy the precious moments as fully as you can.

No matter how busy, bored or stressed during working time, you are definitely looking forward to an unforgettable and quality time in this particular holiday .Not only will you get a big meal with all the family members, but you also spend four days of sleeping late, watching films and playing games as well as an enjoyable trip.

When we talk about Thanksgiving, the Thanksgiving dinner feast automatically comes to our mind. There is no better way to enjoy quality time with your loved ones than over a Thanksgiving dinner. Naturally the Thanksgiving turkey will top the list. You are very lucky to taste the tenderest, moist, succulent and delicious turkey with family and friends sitting around the Thanksgiving table at about midday or early afternoon.

No wonder the Thanksgiving Day is colloquially called “turkey day” sometimes. Deep-fried turkey and turkeys stuffed with bread-based stuffing must be your favorite. Other than Thanksgiving turkey, you are served with some non-traditional foods of main dish, like goose, duck, ham, and chicken. During the dinner time, there are also abundant side dishes like butternut, squash soup, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, casseroles, as well as desserts like classic pecan pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie and others which are specially prepared for the big holiday.

Except dinner to celebrate Thanksgiving, taking a trip alone or with friends is a great way to create special memory on Thanksgiving. Of course, you can join in some holiday activities or sports with family or friends to enrich the life these days.All the above must make Thanksgiving 2010 special and memorable.What is your special plan for Thanksgiving this year? Are you preparing for it?

In this time of Thanksgiving, HostEase expresses great thanks to your consistent focus and support .Wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with good things.

Tags: Thanksgiving

Knock, knock, open the door!
Hello! Hello! Trick or treat!
Trick or treat! Trick or treat!
Candy, cookies all for me!
Thank you! Thank you!

Knock, knock, open the door!
Hello! Hello! Trick or treat!
Trick or treat! Trick or treat!
Bubble gum all for me!
Thank you! Thank you!
Happy Halloween!

Song sung from a distance,it is the eve of All Saints’Day. How do you enjoy this special day? One film I love so much is very interesting and horrible. That is Trick’r Treat, which is an American dark comedy/horror film I will recommend.

Does this film have wonderful plots? It is said that all the monsters and ghosts come and go freely on Halloween night. People should respect the tradition and spend this horrible holiday safely by burning thousands of pumpkins in the evening. But some villagers in a small town are about to undergo a terrible lesson because some traditions are best not forgotten. A young couple have broken the lantern in the afternoon; Four dressed vulgar women talk and laugh loudly on a small way to the village party; A group of naughty children play the tricks too far and finally find a long horror story left complicated; An old man in the evening is with a skeleton child, skeleton people, ghosts, monsters … …Can these villagers survive this terrible night?

I guess you can not help getting the ending by attraction of the wonderful film. And HostEase will thank you for your visit and support. Happy Halloween!

Tags: Halloween

Dear customer:

Alipay will perform maintenance on Friday, October 22 from 00:00a.m. to 03:00a.m., Beijing time. During the maintenance, all Alipay services will shut down. Therefore, you are not able to purchase our products or service via Alipay.

Mainly customers from China will be affected as you will not able to buy our products or service with Alipay. However, you can always sign up with Hostease by other payment methods, Paypal, Moneybookers and 2CO (2CheckOut). We are sorry for the inconvenience. Alipay will be available to you after they complete the maintenance.

Thank you for your understanding.

HostEase Technical Department
October 19th, 2010

Dear HostEase’s customer

Alipay will perform maintenance between 02:00 to 05:30a.m.,Sept 15th,Beijing time. During the maintenance, payment service will not be available.

Mainly customers from China will be affected as you will not able to buy our products or service with Alipay. However, you can always sign up with HostEase by other payment methods.

We are sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.

HostEase Technical Department
Sept 13th,2010

Dear HostEase’s Customer:

We have to inform you that the Alipay system will be brought down for maintenance from 02:00 to 06:00a.m. August 19th Beijing time.

During these 4 hours of maintenance, Alipay payment service will not be available to you. That means you are not able to buy our product or service via Alipay during this period. Customers who are expecting to sign up our hosting packages by Alipay are recommended to avoid that time.

We are sorry for any inconvenience, and thanks for your understanding.

HostEase Technical Department
Aug.13th, 2010

Are you taking any measures to protect your online personal information or some sensitive business information? As we all know that safeguarding online data is very crucial these days, especially for the sensitive business strategies and information. Losing your control over the sensitive information will result in great harm to you (your company). Criminals may sell it or use it to tarnish your reputation, harass you, steal your identity, damage your credit, or even jeopardize your physical safety. Fortunately, below we will list some different ways to keep your sensitive information away from any harmful computer breaches or any immoral individual’s theft. To protect your (your company’s) privacy on the internet, you had better do the followings:

1.Keep your firewall turned on
A firewall is a software program or piece of hardware that helps screen out hackers, viruses, and worms that try to reach your computer over the Internet. Using a firewall is one of the most effective and important ways that can help you protect your computer. Before getting access to the internet, you should never forget to turn on your firewall and antivirus software. There are some pre-set criteria of rules to determine when to allow access and when to deny it. Therefore, firewall acts like a fence and it blocks dangerous viruses from contaminating information.

2. Never miss any update from your operating systems
To ensure that your computer is in a maximum-secure environment, you should keep your pc’s operating systems updated. A lot of security incidents are due to the security holes when the operating system has passed its prime or has minor glitches in it. Updating your OS and ensure it has all the latest patches maybe another simple but helpful method to safeguard your online information.

3. Encrypt your information
Encrypting your information is a good practice as it acts as a locked safe. Only the one who know the encryption key or password can get access to the encrypted files. Thus, it prevents unauthorized parties from viewing your sensitive information.

4. Use a secure server
Many of us need to get access to many online applications that are publicly viewed and accessible. For instance, the webmail will put you in a high risk of hack attacks. With a secure server, like hostease (www.hostease.com) who focus very much on network security, can provide you with a higher level of security and high quality support. For online businesses owners, it is advisable to only use secure servers to access the web thus reduce the possibility of the public viewing your sensitive business information.

Final words
It is said that American business owners lose billions annually due to crimes. As a small online business owner, you should keep yourself be more alert about online security. Protecting the security of your business actually has the same importance to running your business. Hopefully, the information leak will never happen to you with the above suggestions.

Tags: Firewall, online sensitive information, operating system update, secure server