by Rich Stern | Jul 13, 2017 | Hosting, Technology
Had a client email me a few days ago, panicked that their web site was down. It wasn’t. Instead, their registrar’s domain name servers (a.k.a., DNS) were down. Despite the fact the registrar had four domain name servers, spread across diverse geography,... by Rich Stern | Jul 20, 2015 | Technology
Well, maybe. On July 29th, Microsoft will launch their latest version of Windows, known as “Windows 10.” What happened to Windows 9? It’s a bit of a mystery. Reality is, actual software version numbers used to track technical changes by... by Rich Stern | Feb 26, 2015 | MS SQL, Technology
In their recent versions, the folks at Parallels have done a nice job of minimizing the differences between their Linux and Windows Plesk control panel. While I generally prefer Linux for a variety of reasons, one of the nice things about Plesk for Windows is the... by Rich Stern | Oct 22, 2014 | Technology
It’s not easy to get comprehensive information on hard drive reliability. Most of us in the information technology world have anecdotal tales of hard drive reliability and failures, but one or even a few data points about brand and model hard drive reliability... by Rich Stern | Sep 25, 2014 | Technology
The Shellshock vulnerability and evidence of its use has now been widely reported in tech media. Like the Heartbleed exploit I wrote about back in April, the sheer breadth of the vulnerability is staggering. All of the mainstream Linux distributions contain the... by Rich Stern | Jul 23, 2014 | Technology, WordPress
I’ve had a chance to experiment a bit with the latest beta version of the upcoming WordPress 4 release. It’s safe to say that users of recent versions of WordpPress 3 will make an easy transition to WordPress 4. There are no radical design departures. ... 