Outage
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Articles about Outage
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10 ways to survive a critical system outage
System outages are inevitable when working in IT. The trick is to get through the experience while keeping your wits and reputation intact.
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How to deal with DDoS extortions
Patrick Lambert looks at some of the ways you can protect your website from DDoS extortion threats.
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The Amazon Web Service outage: Step by step
Major sites were knocked offline when Amazon's Web Service suffered an outage on Monday. Thoran Rodrigues breaks down what it means to those using AWS and how they should proceed with planning and com...
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DDoS attack methods and how to prevent or mitigate them
Patrick Lambert covers the various methods attackers use to launch distributed denial of service attacks, and the precautions you can take to prevent or at least, mitigate these types of events.
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Attacked by Anonymous: How to defend against a denial-of-service
Alfonso Barreiro witnessed an Anonymous-led attack firsthand. Here is a description of their primary weapons and the countermeasures that can be taken against them.
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How companies can prepare for cloud outages
When your cloud service goes down, you learn a hard lesson pretty quickly. Here's what smart companies do to prepare for an outage.
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Benefits of server power supply efficiency
Going green may be financially and socially beneficial to your company. Scott Lowe explains how server power supply efficiency can impact the bottom line.
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What to do when clients want same-day service
Clients' same-day service requests can wreak havoc on your IT consultancy's schedule. Erik Eckel shares how his firm successfully handles these client emergencies.
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Dodging denial of service
The secret is not to present a large target to the enemy...
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TR member appeals to Canadian government to reorganize IT and go open source
TechRepublic member Jaqui submitted a "Letter to the Editor," which in this case is actually a reprint of a letter that he wrote to a Member of Parliament about why the Canadian government should reor...
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Virginia's IT outage doesn't pass management sniff test
It has been a rough few days for anyone interacting with the state of Virginia following an IT outage that affected 26 state agencies. Can a storage area networking failure really cripple a state’s IT...
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Four reasons to consider Chloride's new Trinergy UPS for critical installs
Paul Mah recently met with senior executives from Chloride to hear about the company's new high-power UPS called Trinergy. Here's why Trinergy might be right for your next critical installation.
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Twitter brought down by DoS attack
Twitter suffered an outage yesterday as a result of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, but the microblogging site has not commented further on the issue.
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CBS reports on the Twitter Denial of Service attack
Sci-Tech correspondent Daniel Sieberg explains to CBSNews.com's Dan Farber what "denial of service" means for Twitter users.
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Five internal signs that you need a new job
Job changes are traumatic and sometimes difficult to absorb. However, they can be just what the doctor ordered to bring some joy back to life. Scott Lowe discusses the five signs that you might need t...
