Take an inside look at HostDime’s green data center initiatives that include cleaner generators, roof solar panels, hot aisle containment, and 100% electronic equipment recycling.
Can You Claim Your Web Server as a Tax Deduction?
Tax Day is Tuesday, April 17, and online business owners are looking for every tax deduction they can get. Luckily, you can get some relief by deducting items like your web hosting, domain, and various software.
For World Backup Day, Here’s How to Proactively Protect Your Business
One out of every two businesses never return after a data disaster. Businesses that survive and thrive have a response to disaster BEFORE it happens.
Update Drupal Now! Over 1 Million Drupal Affected By Highly Critical Vulnerability
Content management system Drupal just released a statement confirming a “highly critical” vulnerability found in versions 6, 7 and 8. According to an analysis by Sitelock, only 18% of Drupal websites are on the latest update, so there’s over one million vulnerable sites in need of the new security patch.
How to Choose the Right Data Center for Your Enterprise
One of the most important decisions for an enterprise is where and how they host their operations. Unfortunately, not all data centers are created equal. The following tips should steer you the right way in choosing a reliable data center that fits your enterprises’ needs.
HostDime Offering Los Angeles Dedicated Servers and Colocation
HostDime is proud to offer enterprise-level, managed dedicated servers at our Los Angeles, California branch. The 7 story data center facility is 490,000 square feet, outside the 500 year flood plan, and is SOC2, SOC3, and HIPAA compliant.
Dropbox Saved $75 Million Moving from Public Cloud to Colocation Data Centers
Dropbox filed its IPO last week, and in the filing, we were able to peel back the curtain and see exactly how much they saved because of the switch from AWS to colocation data centers.
Memcached Servers Being Exploited to Launch Massive DDoS Attacks
Yesterday, Github was hit by the largest DDoS attack in history. This volumetric DDoS attack was unique in achieving its massive amount of power by relying on UDP-based memcached traffic.
HostDime Now has Fiber into Level 3 / CenturyLink Orlando Gateway
HostDime’s fiber connection into the Orlando Gateway, one of Central Florida’s largest interconnection points, will allow enterprises in 380 S. Lake Destiny to connect their most critical applications to us through this fiber via a simple cross connect and by interconnection to our nearby facility.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Bare Metal Servers
Bare metal servers are physical servers dedicated to a single tenant; this means one tenant has complete control, flexibility, and security over their server.
Google Chrome Marking All HTTP Sites “Not Secure” in July 2018
Google has now given a deadline of July 2018 for all HTTP sites to switch over to HTTPS or else visitor browsers will see a “Not Secure” next to the URL.
It’s National Clean Out Your Computer Day! Let’s Also Clean Your Server, Website, and E-Mail
Today is National Clean Out Your Computer Day! Think of it as getting a head start before Spring Cleaning; take some time today to do some much needed cleaning work to your computer. Here’s some steps to help clean up your digital space.