by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 30, 2010 | Server Administration
Ever heard of a situation where a security expert/data-center asks to re-install the OS of a server for security reasons? That sounds like(and in fact is) a drastic situation, and it does happen. The risk of living with a server that was once compromised is very high....
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 28, 2010 | Server Management, Technical Support
Every day, many new hosting companies or server administration companies join the race. Some of these succeed, but many fall by the wayside. Others will be able to take-off to a great start, given their ample resources and capital, but will falter along the way. Some...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 26, 2010 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
Auditing your servers should be a part of your basic security policy. Part of that audit is collecting information. The more information you have about your servers the better. So over the coming weeks we’ll look at simple and small programs that can help you...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 24, 2010 | FTP, Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
All Webhosts go through a lot of trouble securing their servers. Monitoring the server, setting up a firewall, creating multiple backups etc. Unfortunately, all this hard word can be undone by a vulnerability in a site hosted on this server. If its a shared hosting...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 23, 2010 | Server Administration
GlassFish is an open-source, freely available, Java EE (called J2EE formerly) application server. Like all Java EE-compliant application servers, GlassFish provides the necessary libraries to develop and deploy Java applications compliant with Java EE specifications....
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 18, 2010 | Server Administration, VMware
Sometimes, one is just not enough. When you’ve got one server with rocketing performance, you could very well make the maximum utilization of it. Obviously, I’m talking about Server Virtualization. We’ve had quite a lot of products out there in the...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 16, 2010 | Server Administration
Although there are no secrets to make it to the top of Google’s page ranking mechanism, your site’s page speed can now contribute to it! Websites are always meant for people, not bots. Visitors would love pages loading faster, and Google is in their favor!...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 14, 2010 | cPanel, Server Administration
The Payment Card Industry(PCI) Security Standards Council(SSC) was formed by some of the top Payment Brands in the world, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International Inc.. They assist...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 12, 2010 | Server Administration
One thing I adore about the Bobcares family is the enthusiasm to share. I was flipping through the articles already written in the Bobcares blog, and boo!! I stumbled upon an article on LVM, written by Indu Shabna way back in 2008. I guess its a crime to call that an...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Apr 9, 2010 | Server Administration
Product differentiation is the edge in a competitive market. That being said, businesses still revolve around customer relationships. Long term success of a business relates to how quickly your customer moves up your loyalty ladder. This article is about converting...
