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October 14, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on October 14, 2014

What To Do If You Were Affected By The “Poodle” Bug

What to do if you’ve been affected by Google’s “Poodle” Bug affected SSL Vulnerability: A serious SSLv3 security vulnerability was recently discovered that can allow third parties to decrypt information being sent between a web browser and a web server. […]

October 14, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on October 14, 2014

What Is a CDN And Why Do You Need It?

The web is a very different place today from what it was. A report released just a few months ago in July 2014 reveals that the average page size on the Internet has breached 1.6 MB. If you consider that […]

October 9, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 9, 2014

Data Center Security Breaches Are Human’s Fault, Claims IBM

Never thought I’d be saying this, but the time has probably come. Yes, you know what I’m talking about—the time when it’s indistinguishable to determine whether or not something is human or robot. You’ve seen it in a bunch of […]

October 8, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 8, 2014

The US Military Is Outsourcing Data Centers to the United States?

In the most bizarrely American thing you could imagine, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) will start “outsourcing” its data centers to commercial providers here in the states. Okay, admittedly “outsourcing” might be the wrong word, but it’s no […]

October 7, 2014

Published by Chris L on October 7, 2014

China’s Cyber War

We talk a lot about cyberattacks, hacking threats and security breaches, and it’s all gathered under the banner of “cyber warfare”. But what is happening in China—Hong Kong, specifically– is literal cyber war. Waging a War Online For those unfamiliar, […]

October 6, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 6, 2014

A Cloud Reboot Causes Panic At Netflix

Raise your hand if you’ve ever watched an entire season of a favorite television series in one sitting, realized it’s the morning of the next day, called in sick, and then watched the second season all because, well, you could? […]

October 2, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 2, 2014

The White House Struggles To Improve Data Center Efficiency

Despite that fact that it’s the United States’ government, the White House proposed a new voluntary program for data centers to become 20 percent more energy efficient by the year 2020. For the unapologetic, curious, and somewhat naive crowd: they haven’t […]

October 1, 2014

Published by The Colocation America Staff on October 1, 2014

Social Security Gets New Data Center

The US Government is in the midst of a big overhaul in terms of their IT infrastructure. There are big talks of a mass consolidation of the government’s data facilities, which would ultimately lead to a more efficient, cost-effective infrastructure. […]

September 30, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on September 30, 2014

Why The eBay-PayPal Relationship Is Coming to an End

One of the longest lasting and adorable internet relationships is coming to an end. eBay and PayPal, companies synonymous with each other since the first time you heard of either one of them are announcing a split in 2015 after […]

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