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Gossamer Threads is Running Wild!

June 2nd, 2010

Gossamer Threads at the Sun Run 2010

On May 9, 13 members of the Gossamer Threads office participated in a longstanding Vancouver tradition that’s become a big part of office life here at GT: The Vancouver Sun Run!

And They're Off!
And They’re Off!

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Aeroplan’s Request Tracker Hosting: Powered by Gossamer Host

May 18th, 2010

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Aeroplan is Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program. Enabling millions of members to earn and redeem Aeroplan Miles, Aeroplan works with more than 75 partners in the financial, retail, and travel sectors. Aeroplan’s internal servers process approximately 6000 transactions every day, and an operation of this size needed a reliable and rock-solid hosting solution. In close collaboration with Aeroplan’s techs, Gossamer Host mapped out an extra-redundant server cluster custom-fitted for their internal operations.

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Custom Video Sharing: Gossamer Links & Venetubo

May 3rd, 2010

Gossamer Links and Venetubo

Venetubo is a video sharing site dedicated to Venezuelan news and content. The site has been developed using the Gossamer suite of products (Gossamer Community, Gossamer Forum and Gossamer Links), and is a great example of how extensively and productively these programs, especially GLinks, can be modified to develop nearly any kind of site!

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Got Worms?

March 8th, 2010

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Gossamer Threads’ commitment to environmental sustainability doesn’t begin and end with our fabulous green roof, no siree Bob. Currently, we’re up to our elbows in worms.

You heard us, worms.

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GTmetrix - A Free Speed Analysis Tool for Websites!

February 22nd, 2010

GTmetrix - A Free Speed Analysis Tool!

Speed is a critical element in a user’s experience of any website, and Google has suggested that load times may become a factor in page ranking. With this in mind, GT is excited to introduce a free tool for measuring the speed of your site.

GTmetrix subjects individual URLs to a range of tests developed by Google and Yahoo!, and presents the results in a detailed, comprehensive report complete with tips on how to improve your performance.

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