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The Oxebridge main office in Winter Haven FL will be closed August 19 as Tropical Storm Fay passes over the area.
Implementation Specialists traveling elsewhere in the US may not be affected. Those currently working clients in the Florida area will coordinate rescheduling accordingly.
Oxebridge mail servers may be impacted, if power is lost, but everything should be back to working order by August 20th.
As you may know, the previous incarnation of Oxebridge was hit with a serious hack. Our investigation discovered that our previous web host, Web.com (formerly Interland) had left a significant opening in the SQL database that ran that site. Since the purchase of Interland by Web.com, we had noticed a significant dropoff in customer service, and were having difficulties getting even the smallest issues resolved with them. This failure to secure our database proved the last straw.
We have moved our site to a new host, DeepBlueHosting, who we have had great service with previously. We are migrating the entire database to the MySQL-based WordPress format, which — contrary to what some may think — has more robust security than what we had previously. This also means a move to a Linux box server, from the previous Windows Server box. So pardon us while we experience some growing pains.
Meanwhile, we are going through the old database, and manually removing all the offending hacks and implanted viruses. We are stripping the old entries to raw text, deleting the offending strings, and will re-import them into the WordPress database. This will take time, due to the number and length of the articles.
We do plan on dropping many of the client press releases from 2000 - 2006, while keeping the various Oxebridge position papers and news analysis. It’s interesting to see how the quality profession - and our own opinions - have changed over time.
Our priority, however, is getting the very popular “Guidance Documents” back up. This includes the (in)famous Eyesore 9000, which our server data suggests may have more downloads than the actual ISO 9001 standard itself has buyers. (ISO keeps that data secret, so it’s only a guess based on ISO user data.)
So bear with us. Old news and articles will return soon. In the mean time, we will continue to post new items as they come in.
With Oxebridge Quality Resources in its tenth year of service to US companies, it is time once again to upgrade our famous web site, taking advantage of newer features and enhanced server security. We will now be using a heavily-modified WordPress blog format to continue to present the latest in ISO 9001 and quality profession news, analysis and commentary.
As always, we will continue to provide overwatch for our profession, pointing out where our problems lie, so we can improve in the same manner we teach to others.
During the transition to version 7.0 of the Oxebridge web site, some older links may not work. We are going through the database to correct these, but this will take some time. Likewise, some pages or older posts may show formatting errors due to migrating from our previous ASP-based page to the new WordPress format.
Articles and news items will return shortly.
Meanwhile, please browse our services using the menu at right, or feel free to contact us directly at OQR@oxebridge.com.
Thanks for helping us reach a decade of Rapid ISO 9001 Implementations!
At right: the Oxebridge site v.4, circa 2003.