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At Google’s IO Conference earlier this month, the company announced its new Google Storage for Developers service, a cloud-based storage solution designed to directly compete with Amazon S3 and Rackspace Cloud. With Google, the largest Web host in terms of the number of servers, getting into the cloud hosting game, it certainly is a major […]
A major WordPress hack has hit Go Daddy, Bluehost and Media Temple customers. The cause is unclear, but it’s an ongoing problem. Some users report similar problems with their Joomla and ZenCart installs. About the Hack The hack appears to have originated at the hosting provider level; hackers seem to have been able to infiltrate multiple accounts […]
In April we covered the launch of a new cPanel backup service, Site Auto Backup. We decided to give it a try and see if it lives up to its claims. Our Site Auto Backup Test For the purposes of the test, we used a single VPS on Servint hosting around 12 domains. Six of these are […]
Hostgator has announced a new backup service aimed at cPanel and WHM users. Site Auto Backup gives cPanel users low-cost, automated daily offsite backups. Customers do not have to have their hosting with Hostgator to use it. Site Auto Backup is priced at $1.95 per month for the first GB and $1 for every GB beyond that. […]
Up until now, site monitoring apps have been few and far between. Pingdom and Are My Sites Up? both offer native apps for the iPhone which work very well. Priced at $4.99, the Are We Up? app is more expensive than its competitors, but Are We Up? comes with something the others don’t: free monitoring […]
cPanel is one of the most common hosting control panels on the web. The software is ideal for beginners and intermediate users and is often used along WHM. However, the interfaces don’t work well on a smartphone. Now, there’s an unofficial cPanel and WHM app for the iPhone. [Note: This article was originally posted in […]
Last month, I did a side-by-side review of five of the big uptime monitoring services. Since then, Pingdom announced a major change that changes the game completely. Pingdom (previously a paid-only service, now offers free accounts. Most amazing is that the free accounts come with 20 free SMS alerts (more can be added if desired) […]
IBM just launched Bluehouse, a service that combines the features of social networking (ala Facebook) with business-collaboration tools. My first impression is that the demos look great. A nice clean interface, useful tools, and I can see this being a replacement for current online project management services. Currently Bluehouse is free during its public beta […]
