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Why Do Companies Colocate?
Colocation is one of the options for hosting offered at Atlantic. With colocation, you get space and bandwidth. Essentially, you are taking advantage of the expertise of a hosting company for providing...
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What is Server Load Balancing?
Lets get technical: Nine 1Gig paths (all connections active and load balancing traffic) 9Gb/s full duplex mesh providing 18Gb/s of bandwidth between core switches. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Reliability...
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What is a WAF (Web Application Firewall)?
Firewalls come in essentially three varieties: hardware firewalls, software firewalls, and web application firewalls (WAFs). Typically a hosting company or datacenter infrastructure will take...
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Cloud for Mobile Apps [comic]
The parameters of cloud hosting, like any form of cloud computing, can be foggy and unsure. The below comic expresses the dangers that can be found in a cloud’s gray areas. Regardless of...
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Dedicated Servers versus Virtual Private Servers
Choosing VPS vs. dedicated: different methods for your global reach. Dedicated servers and virtual private servers (VPSs) are two common hosting options for those companies too large or complex for...
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Adding 2-factor authentication to your site
A great way to increase the security of your site is to deploy two-factor authentication. Of course you want to have complex passwords because it makes it difficult for someone to guess the correct...
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What is Operating Systems Management?
As we all know, information technology is a vast field with many different facets. Staying abreast of all pertinent information and prioritizing all aspects appropriately is a tall order. Often,...
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Hosting Humor: the role of fault tolerance in married life [comic]
(Words by Kent Roberts; art by Leena Cruz.)
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Hosting Humor: choosing a managed firewall service (comic)
(Words by Kent Roberts; art by Leena Cruz.)
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Hosting Humor: live-action real-time backup
At Atlantic.Net, we provide backup, complete with remote hands and mustaches. (Words by Kent Roberts; art by Leena Cruz.)
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Hosting Humor: Pay Per Click, or Don’t
At Atlantic.Net, we are always looking for enticing ways to help your business save money. (Words by Kent Roberts; art by Leena Cruz.)
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Hosting Humor: managed security
At Atlantic.Net, we manage your IT security without the need for a Taser. (Words by Kent Roberts; art by Leena Cruz.)
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What do I need for colocation hosting? (& comic)
Are you considering colocation? It’s not easy to find balanced information on the topic because the top search rankings are dominated by companies pitching their own colocation services. There are...
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Hosting Humor: geolocation & pirate costumes (comic)
At Atlantic.Net, our cloud and VPS web hosting specialists help in your quest for online treasure. (Words by Kent Roberts; art by Leena Cruz.)
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Cloud computing application: forklift weight & usage data (& comic)
The speed and agility of cloud-based web hosting has change the playing field in many industries, expanding the possibilities of technological application. One obvious example is medical research....
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Most Common HIPAA Violations & Tips to Stay Compliant
The Security and Privacy Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protect every patient’s health information. Healthcare providers, health plans, and health...
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How Load Balancing Works, with Explanation and Sample Types: Perceptive,...
Load balancing methods have expanded and increased in sophistication tremendously since the advent of cloud computing. The cloud is a structure that is built fundamentally to optimize the balance of...
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Encrypting Data to Meet HIPAA Compliance (Comic)
If you are an IT professional or otherwise have knowledge of Internet standards, you are probably familiar with SSL (secure sockets layer) security certificates and the concept of encryption....
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Compare Atlantic.Net Cloud VPS Hosting – Important Considerations (Comic)
A typical question one of our customers asks us is, “What is your advantage over other cloud providers?” We know at Atlantic.Net that we are just one of many options for cloud hosting. There are...
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Predictive Analytics, Predictive Modeling, and the Parameters of the...
Certainly cloud computing is growing astronomically, much of it in the public cloud (the standard model). However, a trend has emerged in which businesses are shifting from the public cloud to a...
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