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Companies Should Carefully Consider their IT Backup Plans on World Backup Day

The idea that March 31st should be World Backup Day was a concept started two years ago by Reddit users. It was aimed at making data backups as routine as a doctor checkup or performing an oil change, and showing that it’s crucially important. But it’s also a potentially difficult decision for many businesses wishing to safeguard their critical data. Continue reading

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10 Tips to Defend Against DDoS Attacks

With the availability of cost-effective and user-friendly DDoS mitigation services, hosted service providers have no excuse for downtime caused by a DDoS attacks, according to a new WHIR whitepaper by Incapsula. This whitepaper looks at how DDoS attacks have evolved over the past two years, and it brings to light… Continue reading

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Former Bitcoin Foundation Exec Sentenced for Black Market Cash Exchange on Silk Road

Charlie Shrem, a former Bitcoin Foundation executive, was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday. He pled guilty earlier this year for aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmitting business. In 2102, Shrem indirectly helped send one million dollars of bitcoin digital currency on the TOR site Silk Road.… Continue reading

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Data Loss Causes Companies to Hemorrhage $1.7 Trillion Per Year: Report

During the last two years, companies have lost 400 percent more data. This loss of data and downtime cost businesses over $1.7 trillion dollars, according to the EMC Global Data Protection Index released Tuesday. This loss could be prevented with better IT strategies. At this point, most companies are poorly… Continue reading

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Not Your Mother’s DNS: Unique NSONE Algorithms Give Users Way More Traffic Control

NSONE, a startup based in New York City, is the newest entrant to the DNS market. NSONE was founded by former Voxel employees who transitioned to Internap after it acquired the hosting company in 2012. Kris Beevers, Alex Vayl and Jonathan Sullivan talked about creating a new managed DNS company for two years before it became a reality in 2013. Continue reading

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