Yesterday, as part of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to protect its customers with security updates and the latest guidance on the threat landscape, the company released MS10-070 as an out-of-band security update. The update addresses a vulnerability in ASP.NET, as described in Security Advisory 2416728, and carries a maximum severity rating of Important and an Exploitability [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2010
MicroSoft Alert — Critical Product Vulnerability
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Dedicated Servers, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Security, Uncategorized
Changing Windows 7 Default File Location
September 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Microsoft
When saving a file in Windows 7 you can select a library to save it in – but because libraries aren’t real locations, the file is stored to the defined save folder such as My Documents or Public Documents. However, you can reset the properties of the folder to suit your needs.
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Survey Reveals Majority of Businesses Plan to Set up Websites Designed for Mobiles
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Managed Services, Uncategorized
Growth of mobile fueling increased interest in mobile sites.
A new survey conducted by Adobe, a leader in software for the design and publishing industry, reveals great interest in emerging mobile channels among many businesses. Survey respondents from a wide variety of industries revealed an overwhelming preference for developing websites as their mobile commerce presence, compared [...]
Tags: Adobe·Mobile Communications·Mobile Technology·Mobile Websites
Network Security
September 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Managed Services, Security, Uncategorized
No matter what the size of your organization, securing your network should be one of your key initiatives. I’ve recently discussed the importance of Disaster Recovery Planning and having a Managed Audit Process, but ensuring network security is equally important. Plus, for all you techies out there, researching and implementing network security is a lot more [...]
Tags: Disaster Recovery·Firewalls·Managed Audit·Network Security
Disaster Recovery and Documentation
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services
These days, more than ever, maintaining your IT infrastructure is a must. We’ve become such an “E” driven society, that failure in your technology infrastructure could mean doom for your business. In my last post about disaster recovery, I shared some pretty interesting facts about what I found from an article by Paul Chilsom, “Ten [...]
Tags: CRM·Disaster Recovery·IT Infrastructure·Managed Services·Network Management
Protect Your Company From Social Engineering Attacks
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security
Threats to the security of your organization can not only come from malware, hacks, and network attacks, but also in more subtle ways. One such method is called “social engineering”.
Be aware that hackers have another tool in their toolset that employs a particularly subtle, insidious way of compromising the security of your systems and network. [...]
Tags: IT Management·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Security
Keeping Up With Your Disaster Recovery Documentation
September 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security
Documentation…it should be a four letter word. No engineer wants to hear it. Give me firewalls to configure, servers to prep, virtual machines to spin up, even problems, anything but DOCUMENTATION. I don’t know what it is about this time of the year, but it seems like there is a lot of documentation going on [...]
Tags: Disaster Recovery·Information Technology·IT·Managed Services
Calculating Your IT’s Real Cost
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Colocation, Dallas Data Center, Dedicated Servers, Managed Hosting, Managed Services
Hidden IT costs can be stifling your company and you just don’t know it. It’s important to assess what those costs are and find a way to help your business perform better.
In this day and age, few businesses (if any) can survive without an IT arm. Every business, big or small, needs someone, or preferably [...]
Before Moving Your Business To The Cloud…
September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Cloud, Cloud Computing, Dallas Data Center, Managed Services, Security, Servers, Virtualization
Before you entrust your sensitive data to a “cloud” service provider, make sure you weigh the risks with the benefits.
“Cloud computing,” largely synonymous with Internet-based computing, has become a hot topic of discussion among many in the business community, with its promise of radically simplifying the access to, and use of, computing resources on demand. [...]
Tags: Budget·Cloud·Cloud Computing·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·ROI·Security·TCO·utility computing
How To Calibrate Your Monitor
September 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Managed Services
In order to see images the way they were intended to be seen, your monitor might need to be calibrated. If you’re a web designer, digital photographer, or graphic professional, this is especially important. You don’t want to spend hours choosing the perfect subtle color scheme only to see a mis-matched mess on someone else’s [...]
Dallas Data Center Partners With The Planet to Deliver “Colo By The U”
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Green IT, Linux, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage, Switches, Uncategorized, VMware, Virtualization
HOUSTON, September 7, 2010 – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Dallas Data Center (http://www.DallasDataCenter.com), a provider of Colo By The U, is the company’s newest referral partner, and joins its growing portfolio of referral agents within the Partner Plus program. Through the partnership, The Planet provides colocation services from its wholly [...]
Tags: Cloud Computing·colo by the u·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·The Planet·Virtualization
Play golf…help a child.
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Did you know that Texas Child Protective Services investigated over 50,000 reported cases of child abuse and neglect in the DFW Metroplex in 2009, including 61 deaths? Help Dallas Data Center support Trinity Kids by participating in the Links Fore Kids Charity Golf Tournament. DDC is the Hole-in-One sponsor on all four par 3’s this [...]
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Green Workplace Equals A Cost-Effective Workplace
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Green IT
Running an environment-friendly business may seem like too much of a hassle, but in truth, you can save money.
There’s been a lot of buzz about environmental issues such as climate change, and with the effects reaching everyone around the world, we all need to do our part to help. The good news is that going [...]
Tags: Budget·Consolidation·Green Dallas Data Center·Green IT·TCO
Common Vulnerabilities in Many Common Applications Still Exploited by Hackers
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Firewalls, Managed Services, Microsoft, Security, Servers
The continued exploit of many vulnerable applications that have been fixed by vendors for over a year highlight the need to keep software updated with the latest versions and patches.
A new report released by security firm M86 Security reveals a trend toward more sophisticated forms of malware in taking advantage of vulnerabilities in common software [...]
Tags: Firewalls·Hackers·Malware·Managed Security Services·Phishing·Vulnerabilities
Mozilla Firefox Releases Fixes for Several Major Security Holes
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Firewalls, Managed Services, Microsoft, Security
Mozilla implements new initiatives to ensure the security of its browser to fix the main security holes, and this brings Firefox’s latest version to 3.6.7.
The Mozilla foundation, the organization behind the Firefox browser, announced recently that it has released a patch to fix many major security holes found in its software, as well as the [...]
Tags: Firewalls·Hackers·Malware·Managed Security·Mozilla Firefox·Phishing·Security·Vulnerabilities