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RAID – continued

03/02/2018

The two RAID types – Hardware and Software What are these two RAID types and how do they affect my RAID set-up? Besides the age-old arguments for and against both types, let us first take a look at each type and how it is put together. Hardware RAID Hardware raid, as the name implies, is built […]

Technology

RAID explained

31/01/2018

What is RAID? RAID (redundant array of independent disks or redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data on multiple hard disks to protect data in the case of a drive failure. However, not all RAID levels provide redundancy. Data is distributed across the drives in one of several ways, referred to as RAID […]

E-mail Security

Preventing E-Mail fraud….

30/01/2018

Email has become the normal communication corridor for most business. As a result, it has been targeted more and more by fraudsters. We are not talking mail scammers here or junk mail. No – we are talking about full-blown mail fraud involving big sums of money. The problem is that we tend to trust email […]

Software

The benefits of new WHMCS features

23/01/2018

The 7.4 version of WHMCS comes with a lot of benefits that your clients will surely enjoy. WHMCS started out in 2005 as a platform that combined domain registration, support and billing, which quickly made it a favourite for many hosting resellers. Since then, this all-in-one client management platform continued to grow, adding more security, […]

E-mail

The battle against spam (an internal perspective)

23/01/2018

A quick history of Spam…the 70’s In the early days of the internet, email was a safe and trusted messaging system. Sending an email to someone you did not know or have business with was almost unheard of. Email protocols were developed in a trusting environment and very little was written into the protocol as […]

Hosting

Virtual Hosting and my IT resources

21/01/2018

Amongst Virtual Hosting customers, there is a misconception that moving to “the Cloud” is an easy way to eliminate the cost of IT staff. This is rarely true. Most virtual hosting providers do not offer managed hosting. If they do, it will usually be at a significantly extra cost. In the end, you may end […]

RAID – continued

RAID explained

Preventing E-Mail fraud….

The benefits of new WHMCS features

The battle against spam (an internal perspective)

Virtual Hosting and my IT resources

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