Monthly Archives: August 2014

Not Your Mother’s DNS: Unique NSONE Algorithms Give Users Way More Traffic Control

NSONE, a startup based in New York City, is the newest entrant to the DNS market. NSONE was founded by former Voxel employees who transitioned to Internap after it acquired the hosting company in 2012. Kris Beevers, Alex Vayl and Jonathan Sullivan talked about creating a new managed DNS company for two years before it became a reality in 2013. Continue reading

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Survey: IT Workers Not Confident in Federal Data Center Reliability

Data center reliability is a top federal agency priority, but a recent survey by MeriTalk found that government IT workers don’t have too much confidence in federal data center uptime. Continue reading

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Australian Tax Office to Treat Bitcoins like Shares, Not Currency

The Australian Tax Office is going to start treating bitcoins like shares, according to a Wednesday announcement. The guidance was delivered now to allow Australians to include cryptocurrencies on their 2013-2014 tax returns. Continue reading

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How to Keep Your Data Secure Even If You Don’t Trust Your Web Host

Whether a hosting provider goes out of business unexpectedly or a customer loses trust in their provider, mobility and multi-vendor redundancy are just two factors that could help them prepare for the worst case scenario and keep their data safe. Continue reading

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Heartbleed Exploit Could Have Enabled Massive Healthcare Security Breach: Report

A hack on a US healthcare company which gave attackers 4.5 million records may have begun with the Heartbleed exploit, according to security research firm TrustedSec. The data breach was revealed in a regulatory filing by Community Health Systems (CHS), which makes no mention of the OpenSSL flaw. Continue reading

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