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Five tips to a successful load test

nccadmin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:38:42 GMT

Load testing should be central to organisations’ online strategies, particularly for companies that rely on their websites to take online payments and those which can experience significant peaks in traffic. Ensuring website ...

UK gambling websites ready for US traffic boost, research suggests

nccadmin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:20:00 GMT

Research from website performance and load testing specialist Site Confidence, an NCC Group company, suggests that UK gambling websites are ready to take advantage of renewed traffic from the US to boost revenues, should online ...

UK Government to stick with IE6

nccadmin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:21:00 GMT

With the cost of upgrading from Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 cited to be a burden on the taxpayer, the Government has said the outdated version will continue to be used in all of its ...

Gambling website to remain closed

nccadmin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:23:00 GMT

A Canadian gambling website shut down amid problems with the privacy of users' personal details will not reopen yet, it has been confirmed.

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) closed down PlayNow.com after it ...

Wikipedia back online after outage

nccadmin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:25:00 GMT

Information-sharing website Wikipedia is back online after a power outage at its data centre in Florida caused servers to overheat and shut down.

The web-based encyclopedia used Twitter to let users know it was ...

Year end profits up 18% and dividend up 16%

nccadmin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Six year earnings CAGR 21.9% and dividend 33.9%

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or “the Group”), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance, has reported its final results for ...

BBC to investigate website crash

nccadmin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:26:00 GMT

The BBC will investigate why some users had difficulty accessing its website during a fascinating evening of sporting events, it has confirmed.

Viewers complained on micro blogging site Twitter that the BBC site had crashed ...

Research reveals extent of Twitter outages

nccadmin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:14:00 GMT

Twitter experienced 1.87 per cent downtime between 1 June and 15 June 2010 – representing a total of six hours and 44 minutes – compared with just 0.18 per cent for the ...

John Gittins appointed Finance Director

nccadmin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:51:40 GMT

NCC Group plc has appointed John Gittins as Finance Director and he will take up his appointment on 20 September 2010.

John joins from Begbies Traynor Group plc, the specialist professional ...

Hotel wins damages for bad software

nccadmin — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:04:34 GMT

A London hotel has been awarded more than £110,000 in damages after a computerised booking system provided by a software firm failed to work properly.

Kingsway Hall Hotel in Covent Garden took ...

Acquisition of leading testing services business for £15.0m

nccadmin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:17:48 GMT

NCC Group plc has acquired SDLC Solutions Limited (SDLC), a testing services provider for a maximum consideration of £15.0m in cash.

Based in Wilmslow, Cheshire, SDLC employs over 70 full time staff, ...

Kylie album news crashes website

nccadmin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:01 GMT

Kylie Minogue's announcement of a new single and album to be released this summer created such massive interest amongst fans that it caused her website to crash.

The pop star tempted fans ...

Cyber attackers hit Australian firm

nccadmin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:12:46 GMT

Cyber attackers in China targeted an Australian company with so much congestion that it slowed traffic on part of the country's second-largest broadband network, it has been revealed.

National news agency the ...

Interim Management Statement

nccadmin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:59:49 GMT

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC or “the Group”), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance Testing, is today publishing its Interim Management Statement, covering the period from 1 December 2009 to ...

New Google criteria will improve user experience

nccadmin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:48:00 GMT

Bob Dowson, director of Site Confidence, comments on the news that Google has started ranking web pages by the speed with which they load:

“While Google insists that its recent move to ...