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We Need New Small Businesses
It is often said that small business is the backbone of our economy. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small business employs half of all private sector employees. Over the past...
View ArticleCool Tool: nslookup
If you’ve been around the Internet awhile you’ve probably heard of the Domain Name Service. DNS is what takes www.domain.com and turns it into the 1.2.3.4 IP address which your application actually...
View ArticleGAHAP Revisited. Otherwise titled “Credit Analysts, Statistics, and Common...
From time to time, I have posted about my frustration with GAAP accounting and traditional credit analysis and how it is not friendly to the hosting business model. For a refresher, click here, here,...
View ArticleHey, I just got an email saying I won a million dollars! *Click* Wait, what...
This is usually how it starts. Some shady person sends out spam telling people they have one a million dollars or a free laptop or mp3 player with a link a form they need to fill out to claim their...
View ArticleAvailability with NetScaler VPX and Global Load Balancing
The concept Single Point of Failure refers to the fact that somewhere between your clients and your servers there is a single point that if it fails downtime happens. The SPoF can be the server, the...
View ArticleSecurity Myths Part 1
The world of IT security is full of partial truths and paranoia – some of which is completely justified. Sometimes, steps are taken that actually are beneficial, but without knowing the reason behind...
View ArticleSecurity Myths part 2
Security Myth #4: A hardware firewall will stop the evil hackers from the internet. They also stop viruses and spam emails. The Facts: A hardware firewall will filter your traffic based on a set of...
View ArticleTop 10 SoftLayer Facts
At conferences and tradeshows, I have the opportunity to meet hundreds of people. While a good number of attendees at technical conferences will come up to our booth and tell me they’re already...
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