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1 in 5 companies is moving data to a local provider

1 in 5 companies is moving data to a local provider

  • 5 August 2025
  • Reading time: 4 min

According to the latest data survey by team.blue, the international group that includes Combell, 21% of European businesses, or 1 in 5, are already migrating their data to a local...

Why 72% of European businesses prefer not to store their data in the U.S

Why 72% of European businesses prefer not to store their data in the U.S

  • 24 July 2025
  • Reading time: 5 min

Many European business owners and IT experts are concerned about storing data in the U.S. This is evident from a global study - including Belgian insights - by hosting group...

6 reasons to choose a local cloud provider

6 reasons to choose a local cloud provider

  • 4 April 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump's policies have many European companies shaking in their boots. Is it still safe to store your data with American hyperscalers such as Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure,...

This is what you need to know about the WCAG guidelines

This is what you need to know about the WCAG guidelines

  • 10 March 2025
  • Reading time: 11 min

As a digitally accessible (online) company, you must comply with the guidelines of the international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We explain how WCAG ensures digital accessibility and what steps you...

Everything you need to know about the European Accessibility Act (EAA)

Everything you need to know about the European Accessibility Act (EAA)

  • 27 February 2025
  • Reading time: 9 min

June 28, 2025, is the day: the European Accessibility Act 2025 (EAA) will come into effect across the entire European Union. From then on, many websites and webshops must be...

SSL-certificates - shorter duration

Shorter duration for SSL certificates: a maximum of 1 year

  • 9 July 2020
  • Reading time: 3 min

To increase the security of HTTPS connections, SSL certificates will be for a shorter duration: from now on, they will have a maximum validity of 1 year. How does that...

Google Chrome 80 SameSite cookie

Warning: Google Chrome 80 may cause problems with online payments

  • 6 April 2020
  • Reading time: 3 min

If you have a website that allows you to receive payments online and this has sometimes failed to work properly for your users over the last few weeks, it could...

Containers - the building blocks of a cloud era

Opting for containers: do you still need (virtual) servers?

  • 11 February 2020
  • Reading time: 6 min

Have you opted for dedicated server hardware on account of security or performance? That is possible, of course. It actually used to be the standard in the small world of...

Sack panic bug

What is SACK Panic and what does Combell do about it?

  • 18 June 2019
  • Reading time: 2 min

→ Skip to the latest update Nowadays, every new bug gets a cool name instead of a boring number, and the same goes for the recent discoveries made by Netflix...

Caution: blackmail e-mails are going around

  • 29 April 2019
  • Reading time: 3 min

If you receive an e-mail that at first sight appears to come from your own e-mail address, do not panic! It does not necessarily mean that your e-mail account has...

Survey by DNS Belgium: more attention to domain name and security

  • 15 April 2019
  • Reading time: 5 min

Insites Consulting carried out a survey on behalf of DNS Belgium into domain name extensions to gain an understanding of the domain name market. Part of the survey was to...

Be careful as Brexit could cause you to lose your .eu domain!

  • 12 February 2019
  • Reading time: 5 min

.eu domains are reserved for companies, organisations and private individuals based in the EU. With Brexit, British companies and residents lose the right to use their .eu domain. And that...