Tonight, tornado sirens were blaring all across Chicago.  Hail, wind, and rain was sent beating across windows and weather forecasters braced themselves for a rough night. Even though the storm hit shortly after the end of rush hour, Chicagoans still had to deal with traffic nightmares, as two Chicago-area expressways were shutdown for a short [...]

We are always looking for ways to enhance the ReadyWire Customer portal.  We have moved a lot of things around over the past few weeks in an attempt to make things easier for our customers.  Plus, a number of new features have been added: Firewall Control-  If you or a client is being blocked by [...]

When we formed ReadyWire many years ago, we worked to provide website design/consulting services to a small portfolio of clients.  As our portfolio grew, so did the needs of our clients.  Shared website hosting was quickly added to the fold, followed by reseller hosting, and then virtual private servers.  In late 2008, we launched a line [...]

Without a doubt, inquiries about IP’s being blocked by our server’s firewall is one of the most popular topics of tickets that come across our help desk.  Earlier this month, our team added a feature to our customer portal that enables you to unblock IP addresses yourself without having to open a help desk ticket.  [...]

Chicago is such a fun place to live and work.  ReadyWire Multimedia Solutions was founded in downstate Peoria, IL but moved to Chicago about three years ago — and we’ve never looked back since! Working in the office when you’re located in such an upbeat and vibrant city can be difficult.  That’s why you’ll frequently find [...]