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By Yan Ness on January 23, 2012
Video, music, classified ads, newspapers, magazines, pictures – all forms of media have been dramatically transformed by their digitization. iTunes, Amazon and all of their various devices have enabled a new business model that created fantastic wealth at the expense of old-guard leaders. This digital transformation was an onslaught that decimated local newspapers, record stores, [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips, Managed Servers | Tagged IT industry news, mass digitization, server virtualization, virtual servers, virtualization |
By Kurt Schaldenbrand on January 5, 2012
If you’re an Online Tech client, you can easily monitor your monthly bandwidth usage in OTPortal, our client hosting portal. Simply login to OTPortal at https://customer.onlinetech.com and open the Systems Tab. The Bandwidth Usage section gives you a snapshot view of your bandwidth for the current month, as well as the previous few months. For [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips | Tagged add bandwidth, bandwidth usage, client hosting portal, OTPortal |
By Kurt Schaldenbrand on January 3, 2012
Online Tech clients can stay up-to-date on the status of their services by using OTPortal, our client hosting portal that allows you to monitor your servers remotely. Simply login at https://customer.onlinetech.com. Immediately after logging in, you will be on the Status page, which gives you a quick overview of what’s happening at Online Tech. The [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips, Online Tech News | Tagged client hosting portal, OTPortal, remote server management, remote server monitoring |
By Kurt Schaldenbrand on January 3, 2012
Provided to every client at no cost, OTPortal’s feature-rich dashboard delivers self-service, on-demand access to server monitoring, management and customer support, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. With historical records of current and past order forms, Internet bandwidth and support tickets, managing your account is a simple undertaking. As an Online Tech [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips | Tagged client server portal, client server support, firewall rule changes, firewall rules |
By Aaron Riddle on December 21, 2011
According to a recent Gartner study, smartphones accounted for 297 million (19%) of the 1.6 billion mobile phones sold in 2010. That’s 72.1% more smartphone sales than in 2009 and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down for 2011 and beyond. The advancements that have been made in the mobile market have been nothing more [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged data breaches, data security, HIPAA breaches, HIPAA compliance, mobile phone security, mobile security, PCI compliance, smartphone security |
By Zachary Zeid on December 15, 2011
Why is patch management so important? If your servers aren’t updated and managed properly, your data and applications are left vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves and other malicious attacks against your systems. And when it comes to sensitive data and national industry compliance standards, such as HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance, your company can’t afford [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged data breach, duqu, HIPAA compliance, IT security, patch management, PCI compliance, server security |
By Thu Pham on November 15, 2011
When a company decides they want to transition to a private cloud, there are a few important steps they need to take to get started: In-house vs. outsource – The first step is to decide if you want to keep your IT in-house or outsource your IT services to a managed cloud or data center [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Information Technology Tips | Tagged cloud disaster recovery, IT disaster recovery plan, managed cloud computing, managed cloud hosting, private cloud computing, private cloud hosting, SAN, SAN-SAN replication, transitioning to the cloud |
By Thu Pham on October 25, 2011
Data security and intellectual property rights in cloud computing are issues that should be addressed prior to signing with a cloud computing provider – outlining the agreements in a contract will help protect your company and your (or your clients’) data. The terms outlined in the JISC Legal’s Cloud Computing and the Law guide bring [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Information Technology Tips, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged cloud compliance, cloud computing contracts, cloud security, data security, hipaa cloud, hipaa compliant cloud, HIPAA hosting |
By Aaron Grumelot on September 24, 2010
While researching solutions to the many daily problems we face I came across an interesting and useful SQL tool. There are many conventional ways to backup and restore a Mysql database using a multitude of methods that are equally effective. The mysqldump command is a very effective tool for use in the safe backup, storage, [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips | Tagged database, mysql, RDP, sql tool, SSH |
By Aaron Grumelot on September 8, 2010
Spam and Scam mail is much like telemarketing of the last twenty years in the fact that they are equally annoying, frustrating, and disruptive. The precision of automated and impersonal marketing that makes telemarketers such a pain has drifted into the electronic realm in the form of chain email, Bank transfer schemes, and other spam [...]
Posted in Information Technology Tips | Tagged drive encryption, KeePass, password vault, TrueCrypt |
