Hivelocity security alert – Heartbleed vulnerability

Hivelocity Customers, Due to the recent discovery of a vulnerability within OpenSSL encryption known as HeartBleed, action is required to ensure your Linux server’s data is secure. Windows servers are not affected. Below are 5 sets of instructions for fully-managed customers, self-managed customers, self-managed cPanel customers, self-managed Cloud Linux 6

How to Get Hired by a Hosting Company

As someone who has been in a management position within the web hosting industry for close to 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see many resumes of potential employees. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of the applicants miss the mark on what a hosting company is looking for

Hivelocity Now Offers Softaculous

This week Hivelocity, provider of Dedicated Server, VPS and Cloud hosting solutions, announced the addition of Softaculous to its list of partners and available software offered with its services. Hivelocity is offering Softaculous free of charge for the first month to anyone who signs up by the end of September.

Hivelocity Launches Cloud Specialty Site SparkNode.com

Hivelocity announced this week the launch of its new cloud hosting and virtualization specialty site www.SparkNode.com. SparkNode offers cloud hosting plans including Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Cloud Virtual Machines (VMs) either of which can be signed up and deployed within seconds. SparkNode emphasizes simplicity and ease of use throughout

Cyber Monday 2015 Deals Are Here!

YOU MUST OPEN A LIVE CHAT WITH SALES SO THEY CAN APPLY THESE PROMOTIONS TO YOUR ORDER! THESE PROMOTIONS WILL NOT SHOW UP IN CART WITHOUT SALES ASSISTANCE!     $20 OFF & 2X RAM on our E3-1230-V2 3.3GHz or E3-1270-V2 3.5GHz systems at – Server Outlet   FREE cPanel

Why Hivelocity is the Best Colocation Option in Tampa

Hivelocity was founded in 2001 and we have maintained our headquarters in Tampa Bay for over a decade. In the early years as our company grew we toured each data center in the area looking for the right fit to facilitate our swelling needs. You see when we founded the

Best Practices for Securing a Linux Server

By: Tommy Craddock At Hivelocity we sell a few hundred Linux dedicated servers or Virtual Private Servers (VPS) every month. As a hosting provider and data center with thousands of dedicated and virtual servers our techs are on site 24/7 assisting our customers as issues arise. Many of the dedicated

Meet the Team- Sasha Yetter

Sasha is the Manager of Hivelocity’s Billing Team and has been a part of the Hivelocity family for over 10 years. Sasha came to us fresh out of college, having just finished her senior year at the Florida State University. Back in 2004 when Sasha showed up to our door

Minecraft Server Buying Guide

By: Jason Sayre When shopping for a Minecraft server, you’re often presented with servers traditionally meant for one thing: hosting websites. By now, you’re used to running a java heavy server application that eats ram like candy. Your hosting company may not be used to these types of applications and

How to do Backups in WHM.

  NOTE: If you want Hivelocity to set up your backup you must purchase our R1Soft Continuous Data Protection service. Otherwise, even with Managed Services, Hivelocity does not setup, or take responsibility for your backups.   To setup backups in WHM/cPanel, we first suggest you use a 2nd drive to