As I was posting about the increase in spam, I noticed that my last post was over a month ago, talking about a server outage. That's not the kind of stuff that you want staying on the frontpage. :)
This is why I recommend NOT blogging to many website owners. It takes a lot of time to regularly update a website, unless that is your job, or you have a lot of free time managing your business.
Many of us woke up to no email this morning due to an outage at the data center. (we have our servers at ThePlanet.com) The servers were up and running, but network issues were limiting access to the serve
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Some reports from ThePlanet techs:
Last week it was fake confirmation email of Amazon Orders. Now we have a flood of phishing spam claiming Apple Store orders. Though most should get caught by email filters, some may get through. So, as a reminder, don't be fooled.
Wow, time flies when things get busy. How busy? I just noticed I hadn't done my billing since December.. before the holidays!
Seven Sages is now an authorized reseller of the Google Apps™ suite of communication and collaboration tools.
Read more: Seven Sages joins Google Apps Authorized Reseller Program
A friend and design associate, Judith Noisi, has updated her online portfolio. (Something I need to do eventually)
Jude's websites are created using hand coded CSS incorporating tableless designs, JavaScript and XHTML. For best browser compatibility and to ensure compliance with web standards, all of her sites are tested using the W3C HTML and CSS validator.
A busy few months. Mostly older sites needing re-design and optimization. RPT, Twinstar, Yvonne LaFleur. Some big, some small.
A second hurricane in as many weeks proves the point of having a Disaster Plan in place for your business. One of the companies that were affected by Gustav at beginning of September had a slight issue due to Ike.
In the beginning of the summer, we worked with several companies to test their Disaster Plans. It's important to have a plan in case of Emergency Evacuations or any other event that may interfere with business communications. So, we were ready for Hurricane Gustav.
Nothing is more expensive than trying to save a buck.