The Lesson of the GitHub DDoS Attack: Why Your Web Host Matters
By Adam Stern | Hosting Journalist Surviving a cyberattack isn’t like weathering a Cat 5 hurricane or coming through a 7.0 earthquake unscathed. Granting that natural disasters too often have horrendous consequences, there’s also a “right place, right time” element to making it through. Cyber-disasters – which can be every bit ...
The Lesson of the GitHub DDoS Attack: Why Your Web Host Matters
By Adam Stern | Hosting Journalist Surviving a cyberattack isn’t like weathering a Cat 5 hurricane or coming through a 7.0 earthquake unscathed. Granting that natural disasters too often have horrendous consequences, there’s also a “right place, right time” element to making it through. Cyber-disasters – which can be every ...
In Wake of ‘Urgent’ FBI Advisory on VPNFilter Malware, Infinitely Virtual CEO Urges SMBs to Stop Shortchanging Security
Cloud Hosting Pioneer Says IT Sector Got the Message but Small/Midsize Businesses Continue to Rely on Compromised Consumer Equipment, Porous Firewalls LOS ANGELES (June 18, 2018) – While the IT establishment is responding to an “urgent” malware advisory from the FBI, consumers and small businesses unwittingly continue to rely on routers a...
Security: The Cloud’s Ace in the Hole, Not Its Achilles Heel And in Healthcare, the Cloud is Not Only Secure-It Costs Less
By Adam Stern | Healthcare Tech Outlook In the cloud's infancy, cloud hosting providers touted scalability, initial cost savings and speed. But the prospect of enhanced security in the cloud -- indeed, that the better cloud deployments now mean that data is safer in the cloud than on a typical unsecured desktop -- has altered the conversation....
A quick look at cloud terminology
By Adam Stern | eCampus News The more IT terms you understand, the more you can help your institution stay safe The cloud may be easier and more affordable than advertised, but it isn’t free. Still, computing horsepower is finally a virtual (or, perhaps more appropriately, a virtualization) bargain. It’s entirely possible for your college o...
The Entrepreneur Way Podcast: Adam Stern & Neil Ball
PULL HIGHLIGHTS Neil Ball: Hello, it’s Neil Ball here. Thank you so much for joining me today on The Entrepreneur Way. The Entrepreneur Way is about the entrepreneur’s journey: the vision, the mindset, the commitment, the sacrifice, failures, and successes. I am so excited to bring to bring you our special guest today, Adam Stern. But...
Infinitely Virtual Announces Support for Windows Server 2016, Releases Plans, Migration Path for Microsoft’s Cloud-Ready OS
IaaS Leader Offers Industry’s Fastest, Safest Windows Server 2016 Implementation LOS ANGELES (April 12, 2018) – In a milestone next-gen update, cloud hosting leader Infinitely Virtual today announced support for Windows Server 2016, Microsoft’s cloud-ready operating system that delivers new layers of security for popular cloud applications...
Cloud 101 for Real Estate Brokerages: Words to Live By
By Adam Stern | CRETECH In my view, the IT vendor’s proper role is to showcase the powerful economic rationale for those in the real estate field to get out of the practice of buying/maintaining hardware that is obsolete practically before the paint is dry. And then to set an example, through grounded, customer-centric initiatives design...
Cloud 101 for Real Estate Brokerages: Words to Live By
Adam Stern | CRETECH In my view, the IT vendor’s proper role is to showcase the powerful economic rationale for those in the real estate field to get out of the practice of buying/maintaining hardware that is obsolete practically before the paint is dry. And then to set an example, through grounded, customer-centric initiatives desig...
Cloud 101 for Real Estate Brokerages: Four Myths in Need of Retirement
Adam Stern | CRETECH Cloud migration involves placing applications (and potentially much more) off-premises and online, shifting the focus from locally-based technology to remote access and deployment. While some real estate brokerages – local offices and parent firms -- are likely to continue buying hardware, the pace of cloud migration con...
