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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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One of our Systems Engineers has written a four part series that we will be posting over the next two weeks in order to inform you of all you need to know in regards to a Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration.
Microsoft advises that this migration is meant to be a live, during business [...]

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One of our Systems Engineers has written a four part series that we will be posting over the next two weeks in order to inform you of all you need to know in regards to a Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration.
After you’ve made it through the Discovery Phase and Source Server Cleanup, you [...]

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One of our Systems Engineers has written a four part series that we will be posting over the next two weeks in order to inform you of all you need to know in regards to a Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration.
After you’ve made it through your Discovery Phase you should have a very [...]

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Implementing a client-server network and maintaining it with Managed Services can help businesses prevent data loss events, which lead 43 percent of such businesses to close within two years.
According to DriveSavers data recovery service, 43 percent of companies that lose data in a disaster never reopen, and 90 percent are out of business within two [...]

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One of our Systems Engineers has written a four part series that we will be posting over the next two weeks in order to inform you of all you need to know in regards to a Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration.
What do you think of when you hear the phrase “Small Business Server [...]

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Client-server networks can help employees perform 20 percent more revenue-producing tasks. For businesses that may not be able to afford a dedicated IT staff, outsourcing may be the most cost-effective means of installing and maintaining such a network.
You’re probably aware of the benefits of a client-server network—but are you prepared to handle the maintenance? If [...]

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We wanted to make sure that you were aware that Microsoft’s support, including new security updates, has ended for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Vista Release to Manufacturers.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

Microsoft will stop providing incident support and will not release new updates, including security [...]

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What four legged 9 week old requires onsite management and 24×7 monitoring? Dallas Data Center’s newest team member! Meet Melville, a 16.5 lbs male, black lab who is a guide dog puppy in training from Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, California.  I’m sure you are all wondering why our new team member [...]

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Palo Alto Networks was just awarded the “2010 Global Entrepreneurial Company of the Year” in the Firewall Market by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.  The following criteria were used as a benchmark for all competitors:

Growth Strategy Excellence
Growth Implementation Excellence
Degree of Innovation with Products and Technologies
Leadership in Customer Value
Speed of Response to Market Needs

Frost & Sullivan [...]

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A critical vulnerability in Windows XP has been revealed that involves the Windows and Help support center, a Web-based feature providing technical support information to end users. The vulnerability can potentially allow a remote hacker to take complete control of a victim’s machine. Systems running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 using many major browsers, [...]

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Managed Services provide enterprise-level IT capabilities without a large initial capital investment for a predictable monthly fee—which can be appealing to many businesses in today’s economic environment.
Are you a candidate for Managed Services?
Take our quiz below.
Managed Services checklist

We’re having difficulty staffing qualified IT professionals.
We’re concerned about the security of our data.
We’re concerned about the security [...]

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Got a note from our Dell rep the other day…told us that as of October 22, 2010 they will no longer be offering Windows XP on any of their systems.  As of right now they do not have a cutoff date that customers need to place their orders by for systems with XP, but any [...]

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A recent report, released by Osterman Research and sponsored by software vendor Commtouch, reports that the incidents of outbound spam is getting worse. The research firm interviewed 266 end users of internet service providers and 100 web hosting companies. Almost 40% of respondents have had their IP addresses listed on Real Time Blackhole Lists (RBLs) [...]

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Palo Alto Networks recently released their ‘read-only’ Facebook functionality that can be implemented with the next-generation firewall and is available now at no cost to their customers.  The ‘read-only’ Facebook allows companies to enforce their Facebook policy by having finer-grained controls over their employee’s access to the popular social networking site.  This functionality lets companies [...]

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Of course we’ve all heard of the saying “If it ain’t broke, why fix it?” And really, to some degree, that saying holds true.
When it comes to technology, though, reality favors the opposite. You might have hardware right now that’s a bit old by industry standards but is still working, so there seems to be [...]

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Dallas Data Center is proud to announce that Motion HR has put their trust in us by choosing to host their SaaS offering, CloudHCM, at DDC.  We are running their SaaS offering using some of Dell’s new R710 servers, firewalls from Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco switches.  Their environment is set up in a full [...]

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If you travel for business, chances are you need to connect to the Internet while on the road. Here are some tips to help:
Set up wireless access. If you travel frequently, sign up for a wireless data plan from your service provider. Depending on the features of your mobile phone, you can use it as [...]

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