When we talk about hardware support contracts with the manufacturer we are being very serious. When we were planning our infrastructure we decided to do something unusual in the server hosting business; we decided to purchase hardware support contracts for all of our hardware to give us 4 hour on site responses by the manufacturer.
The New Microsoft WebsiteSpark Program
We’ve enrolled in the Microsoft WebsiteSpark Program that has just been launched. By partnering with Microsoft we can better assist website developers who run a dedicated server hosting their client’s websites.
Part 2: The C Infinity Private Cloud VS the Rest
In the first post in this article we looked at how you could get high levels of hardware fault tolerance with a “statefull” application such as a database and how it was very expensive. In this post we will look at how the C Infinity private cloud can get the same results at a fraction of the cost and with greater functionality.
Part 1: The C Infinity Private Cloud VS the Rest
I don’t blame anyone for being confused about the server hosting options that are out there. It makes picking a mobile phone billing plan or reading a constitutional amendment look easy. I thought I’d take a few minutes to explain what some of the options are in the market and compare them with the C Infinity private cloud.
Microsoft TechNet Ireland Survey Shows Cuts In IT Budgets
Microsoft TechNet Ireland recently ran a survey to identify trends in Irish
Trends. Some of these were posted in an article by Silicon Republic. 62% of Irish IT professionals say that their IT budgets are being cut. At the same time 76% of them say that the business is relying on IT to find ways to make the organisation find ways to be more efficient.
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74% of IT Workers Should Look To the Cloud
ZDNet published results from a survey that showed 74% of IT workers are using at least 3 machines to do their day-to-day jobs. What’s really scary is that this doesn’t include servers that they are working on or PC’s that they are fixing. What’s going on is that testers need multiple test environments for various scenarios, developers need custom work environments and IT pro’s need to work in isolated environments or be able to manage many operating systems. This needs have evolved over time and the infrastructure required has grown organically until it gets to the point that there’s a huge environment that resides outside of the normal management systems.
Can Your Business Afford A Network Virus?
Having your computer infected with a virus can be a headache to deal with. Not only do you have to find the source of the infection to eliminate it but you may also be left with data that can no longer be trusted.
A single infected computer can takes hours to fix but imagine if your whole office network was infected with the virus and multiple computers had to be taken down. This is something that Ealing Council in the UK recently experienced.
How I’m Doing Secure Administration
I’m a believer in separation of administration from office work. Office work means being on the Internet and being vulnerable to the threats that are out there. Even though I’m a veteran administrator and keep my systems patched I know there are always risks. Even reputable websites are targeted to host malware. My colleague Gavin recently brought to our attention the alarming percentage of Irish websites that host malware without their owners knowing.
How long does a LiveVault offsite backup take?
This is a question I get asked a lot by people who are interested in using our LiveVault offsite backup service. Although I could simply answer how long is a piece of string? This type of a response isn’t really helpful, is it?
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The Work Implications of Swine Flu
I woke up on Monday morning with a sudden onset cough and headache. After a quick check of the symptoms on the HSE website I knew there was a chance I’d caught the swine flu. I knew to watch out for the other typical flu symptoms. Luckily enough, as the day passed nothing else developed and I was feeling much better by Tuesday. That got me thinking.
