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How to Setup a Proper Firewall Rule Set

By Ryan Gunther on January 21, 2010

Here is Online Tech’s quick tips on how to setup a proper firewall rule set:

Limit your server management ports (RDP: 3389 and SSH: 22) to your office subnet or a VPN connection.  The first and easiest way for someone to hack your server is for them to be able to RDP or SSH to your [...]

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Morning Edition Featuring Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech

By Online Tech on May 8, 2009

Join us for Ann Arbor’s Chamber of Commerce Morning Edition featuring Yan Ness
Come hear Yan Ness, CEO of Online Tech at the May monthly lively morning program sponsored by the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce to keep members up-to-date on community and business issues.
Yan Ness talks about how data centers are really banks for data. [...]

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Online Tech First in Michigan to Complete SAS 70 Audit for All Three Data Centers

By Online Tech on March 12, 2009

Managed Data Center Operator Raises the Bar at All of Its Data Centers
(Ann Arbor, MI – March 11, 2009) Online Tech announced today that it has successfully completed its SAS 70 (Statement on Auditing Standards number 70) audit for all three of its Michigan Data Centers. SAS 70 for IT Data Centers is similar to [...]

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Data Storage – Closet Space for Data?

By Online Tech on March 10, 2009

A Different Way to Think About Data Storage
Everyone has closets at home where we often hide our personal treasures.  They are insured of course.
Everyone has closets at work. Unfortunately we find that many also hide their most precious resource, data, in closets. Data is not insured.
Why is this a terrible idea?

Heat – Servers these days [...]

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NEW on Helping Michigan Nonprofits

By Online Tech on February 11, 2009

Online Tech works with NEW to save costs on IT for nonprofits
Linh Song, the Director of npServ at the NEW center, sat down with Online Tech to answer a few questions about how they are helping out Michigan Non-Profits.
Question 1) Can you tell us about NEW and your npServ program?
NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work) [...]

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Why Consider Online Data Storage over Traditional Tape Storage?

By Online Tech on December 19, 2008

Online Data Storage is Faster, More Secure, and More Reliable.
Many of our clients are moving away from tapes to online backup and archiving of their data – usually between our data centers.  Online data storage and backup works for co-location and dedicated server environments and is faster, far more secure, and more reliable than tape [...]

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Data Center Disaster Recovery

By Online Tech on November 18, 2008

Presentation to the Great Lakes Business Recovery Group
On November 11, 2008, Mike Klein, President of Online Tech presented a “Framework for Data Center Disaster Recovery” to the Great Lakes Business Recovery Group.
The Disaster Recovery presentation discussed how mass digitization is shifting the business world from relying on physical assets to relying on electronic assets. [...]

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Universal Threat Management

By Online Tech on November 8, 2008

Advanced Network Security for Colocation and Dedicated Servers
Our new Universal Threat Management (UTM) for both our colocation and dedicated server customers is generating quite a bit of interest recently.
As the industry evolves from traditional firewalls and VPNs, more advanced security is required to address the more sophisticated and destructive Internet threats.
Based on Watchguard’s industry leading [...]

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Disaster Recovery Plan to Keep Michigan Church Extension Fund’s Data Secure

By Online Tech on September 27, 2006

Online Tech Delivers Disaster Recovery Planning Services to Michigan Church Extension Fund
Ann Arbor, MI—September 27, 2006—Online Technologies Corporation (OTC) announces today that it has provided a disaster prevention planning project for the Michigan Church Extension Fund.
“We knew we had to establish a disaster recovery plan, but we are a financial organization and not disaster recovery [...]

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