A short while back I was reflecting on ways to share what high value, high quality hosting looks like to the customer. Can that picture be expanded? What are some key points between a cheap (aka budget or commodity) provider and a quality (aka premium) provider? Let...
Linux Socket Monitor by R-fx Networks is a good, automated, tool to let you know if an application is creating TCP and UDP sockets. The caveat we’ve experienced over the years is that when you receive an LSM alert that might involve malicious malware or hacker...
If the Internet is the super information highway, then what other analogies can we make? Frame of reference Analogy The Internet Information Superhighway Your ISP Vehicle on the road YOU The driver of the vehicle Web sites Buildings Email addresses House or business...
While there are a growing number of technical articles on how to protect your Apache based server against the SSL Beast, I’ve yet to see an article that goes into the SSL Cipher Suite that should be used for allowing only RC4-SHA and nothing else. This past...
More and more Web designers, IT (LAN, WAN, computer networking, computer repair) companies, and SEO (search engine optimization and search engine marketing) firms are offering Web hosting services to supplement their income. Some of this companies do so from a...
I would like to share with a recent, real life, story of what happens to small businesses when there is little to no documentation. I’m hoping to encourage you to review the documentation standards you have set forth for your small business; and potentially to...
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to read a well written book by Melinda F. Emerson, Become Your Own Boss In 12 Months. Melinda, who hosts the Small Business Chat on twitter every Wednesday night from 8 PM to 9 PM Eastern Time, focuses on helping people become...
Fiduciary is not a word you hear or read often as a small to medium business (SMB) owner. Yet if you are the steward of any size business, fiduciary should be an active word in how you manage your business. How does this relate to trust, security, and your business on...
Sometimes it takes a lighting storm to remove some old and almost obsolete things as well as thinking. Please allow me to share with you some lessons we’ve learned at Dynamic Net, Inc. from a lightning storm that took out our business phone system. Several weeks...
Hopefully you log into your WordPress administration area on a regular basis to see if there are updates (or maybe you are using WordFence or another tool that alerts you). Before you check the check boxes or otherwise press the update button, are you taking the...
