MovieSite and TouristSite systems are now generating over 1 million requests for information per day, peaking at over 20 requests every second!
October 29th, 2009
During testing, we have become aware of a potential problem with Firefox version 3.5.x (the latest versions) on OS X. As far as we can tell this does not affect Windows users, although we’re still testing this.
The bug in Firefox can cause a small number of pages on MovieSite versions 1 and 2 to “hang” indefinitely and appear not to load. The problem also affects major sites such as Yahoo! and LinkedIn.
If you encounter this problem, we recommend you use Safari meantime.
Best wishes,
David
October 9th, 2009
Open Brolly has been accepted onto Apple’s iPhone Developer Program. Our first iPhone / iPod Touch application is expected to be released on the App Store in the next few weeks.
Open Brolly will use its core expertise to take clients’ database information and make it available through attractive and functional applications on the iPhone. We’re also introducing feedback and collaborative mechanisms – for example, allowing application users to contribute to the information displayed in future versions of an application.
Our new system, for translating information to and from the iPhone and existing databases, is called BusinessBox. Applications are expected to include provision of visitor information in a tourism destination, crew and facilities for the film and television sector and specialist databases in other niche sectors. For more information, contact david.sim@openbrolly.com.
October 9th, 2009
As you may be aware, a major road traffic accident caused damage to our Forres datacentre’s connection to the Internet.
We have invested in backup capacity and were able to switch to this immediately. We continue to run on this, and there is no disruption to services. We are running below the capacity of the backup line and therefore there should not be any performance issues.
Demon, the service provider, has not yet provided an estimate for restoration of the main connection so we will continue to run using backup capacity until further notice.
In related news, an upgrade is planned for the main fibre optic connection. While we are currently operating below capacity, we will ensure that we are ahead of the curve of future growth.