Hawk Host Blog

We partnered with SpamExperts in March to bring end users enterprise level spam filtering at a cost effective level.  We currently include SpamExperts free of charge for all users.  It’s just a matter of utilizing the SpamExperts link in your cPanel to activate it.  Then going forward you’ll be utilizing our filtering cluster to filter all your incoming email.  We’ve had skeptical users as it just seemed way too easy of a system surely it cannot be that effective.  As we just finished deploying additional hardware for our cluster located in our Los Angeles datacenter  I thought it was time to take a closer look at the numbers. Read More

On Wednesday September 24th 2014 a vulnerability was revealed in the Bash shell interpreter which we run just like nearly every linux system online.  Due to the news coverage this exploit ( CVE-2014-6271 ) has gotten our loyal customers have been asking if we have patched our systems as well as anything else we may have done.  The short answer is we put in steps to mitigate the risk and once patches were available we patched our systems.  At this time none of our systems are vulnerable to this exploit.  I thought though it would be good to address some questions and give a bit of background information regarding the exploit. Read More

Lately, a lot of folks have been asking questions along the lines of “What makes you different?” or “Why should I host with you?”. This made me think, maybe a quick Q&A of some basic facts about our company would help clear up just what it is we’re all about. Read More

We’re quite happy to announce that our newest datacenter is now online and accepting orders! Right smack in the middle of downtown Los Angeles, this highly connected and extremely reliable facility will improve on our already expansive global presence. Our Los Angeles datacenter was opened with the focus of catering to users from the Asia/Pacific region and we believe our network will be top notch! Read More

It’s a week full of holidays and celebrations here at Hawk Host. Last week we celebrated our 10 year anniversary, and this week we’re celebrating two holidays! As we’re a Canadian company we spent Tuesday honoring Canada Day, and now that the 4th of July is fast approaching it’s time to acknowledge the day for our American coworkers, friends, and customers. As part of our continued celebrations we’re holding a 4th of July sale which will save you up to 60% on your new hosting order! Read More

Hawk Host has officially hit double digits, and we’re now 10 years old. What started as a hobby way back in 2004 has now become a full time passion for our team across the world. We’ve grown from a single dedicated server hosting websites for friends to operating our own network while providing services out of 6 locations worldwide. It’s been a long, stressful, but ultimately rewarding journey. Truth be told, sometimes we feel like we’re just getting started! To celebrate our 10 year anniversary, we’re offering up to 70% off on our shared hosting plans. You can also save up to 60% on our reseller and VPS packages, grab a $7.95 domain, or a $10 SSL certificate. Read More

If you were to ask a random person on the street for their favorite website, odds are the overwhelming majority would say something that ends in .com. Facebook.com, google.com, twitter.com, reddit.com…you get the idea. For what feels like forever, .com has been the standard for all premier websites throughout the world. It didn’t matter if you were based in the USA, China, India, Ireland, or even the Isle of Man. If you wanted to find a website, you looked for the .com. For better or worse, we may see a major shift in how exactly people look for their favorite websites over the next few years. Read More

We’re extremely happy to announce this is our first ever Bitcoin hosting sale! For a limited time, any customers (new or existing) who sign up and pay with Bitcoin will be eligible for a $5 domain name registration/transfer and a 30% recurring discount on their hosting plan. Read More

About a month ago we decided to start accepting Bitcoin for our services - this blog post will be outlining our experiences thus far and our initial thoughts. Read More

We’ve like everyone else been battling spam for our users utilizing tools like SpamAssassin, custom filtering rules as well as the use of real time blocking lists.  This however was never the most effective solution nor did it give end users the type of control we wanted.  We went to HostingCon last year as well as cPanel Conference with one of our main goals was to find a spam filtering solution that would improve the email service of all our users. Read More