by wwarren | Apr 1, 2016 | Annoucements, Service Status
ETC Maryland will be performing various maintenance tasks on it’s server fleet. The maintenance window is midnight Apr 2nd to 1AM Saturday Apr 2. During this time websites and other services may experience loss of connections or a total outage due to server...
by wwarren | Mar 30, 2016 | Annoucements
I have been drawn back into building custom computers again by request of my clients. I figured I needed some way of advertising my work…:) If you want one for a computer I have built for you let me know. If you want one I have a limited supply and will...
by wwarren | Mar 29, 2016 | AMD, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Security
The DOJ has withdrawn from their battle to force Apple to unlock an IPhone from the San Bernadino shooting. As I had mentioned earlier the US Dept of Justice had botched the investigation in the first place making it nearly impossible to unlock the Iphone. Then the...
by wwarren | Mar 24, 2016 | Annoucements, Ransomware, Security, Security Alerts
I have been watching with concern as ransomware spreads nearly unchecked throughout the world. Many ways are being discussed but I chose to focus on recovery. Local backups are now no longer safe as if you get a ransomware infestation these malware packages start...
by wwarren | Mar 23, 2016 | Internet, Service Status
I woke up about 0730 this morning to my phone being alerted that my webserver was offline. right after that several of my web hosting clients also began texting and messaging me about the issue. Once i got up I was able to see that not only was my server offline but...