While easy to overlook, data is an integral business element. Because this type of information is vital to the health of your company, it’s important to prepare it for the holidays. Not only is the holiday season more demanding in general, but it is also a time when the IT …
Many people who are new to the world of application and website hosting are confused about whether to invest in a dedicated server or public cloud. Some companies that already have a host server aren’t sure if switching would be worth it. With the cloud industry becoming a big trend …
Attention, A recent exploit known as Dirty Cow has been discovered that affects Linux servers. You can find information regarding this exploit at; https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2706661 https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/linux-kernel-exploit.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384344 At this time if you have KernelCare your server should already be patched. To check that kernelcare has patched your server you can run …
First, let me explain what a “Future Proof Dedicated Server” is. The idea is to provide a bare-metal server that has so much power and bandwidth included day one, the need to scale in the future becomes moot. With that said, if down the road the need to add more …
“David just landed and will be here in about 15 minutes,” the Kingston event planner shouted. “He is coming in from China, which is about a 13-hour flight, so he might be tired.” We had just spent the last 2 days in Huntington Beach with 30 or so folks from …
With the launch of our Content Delivery Network or “CDN” product just around the corner, we want to ensure our customers fully understand what a CDN is, how it works, and what it costs when compared to traditional dedicated servers. Additionally, we want to explain what our CDN product will …
OpenStack is an IaaS platform that enables highly scalable and highly flexible cloud solutions. Similar to VMware or HyperV, OpenStack allows users to create virtual machines within bare-metal servers. Numerous bare-metal servers can then be connected to each other enabling the ability to seamlessly create virtualized servers at scale when …
We try to work with local incubators and acceleration groups to help start-ups get their online infrastructure going on a shoestring budget. We were a start-up once and we know what it is like to have dreams but no capital. Not too long ago I attended a Tampa Bay Wave …
We are happy to announce the completion of another round of annual audits and certification testing. Hivelocity has once again attained SSAE-16 SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, and ISAE-3402 data center certifications. Additionally, we continue to maintain HIPAA and PCI compliance. Each of these compliance audits and …
This is a courtesy notice for any self-managed customers running the following OS; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 & 7 CentOS 6 & 7 CloudLinux 6 & 7 Debian Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie Ubuntu 12.04 & 14.04 If you have Hivelocity’s Fully Managed Services on your server we have already applied …
Below is an email that our management team received from a colocated customer today regarding a recent visit to our data center. One of the selling points we always highlight to potential colocation customers is the level of expertise they have access to 24/7. For those of you that colocate …