by wwarren | Dec 30, 2018 | Annoucements, Microsoft, Uncategorized, Windows, Windows365
I was interviewed for an article on the state of Windows 10. Windows 10/Server 2016 REALLY needs to have the QA team brought back. Microsoft is seriously affecting the security of their products. I am not the only one holding off on multiple versions(not several as...
by wwarren | Nov 3, 2018 | Annoucements
This is from one of my hosting clients The Christian Gamer’s Alliance. They used to be on a dedicated server and now they run inside my standard hosting plan. Their site now runs faster on my shared hosting platform than it did on their dedicated server. ...
by wwarren | Oct 28, 2018 | Hosting, Linux, Services
Just like Sun got borged by oracle IBM has borged RedHat: Press Release by RedHat I posted I am moving to Ubuntu in a recent post. This has the effect of moving me even faster. This also explains why there has been ZERO movement towards a RHEL 8 alpha. In order to...
by wwarren | Sep 15, 2018 | Hardware, Research Projects
It has been a while since I have been able to post about any kind of research I am doing. Right now I am figuring out just exactly how I want to build my new rack mounted PfSense firewall to replace my USG-pro-4. I want this machine to be fast enough to eventually...
by wwarren | Aug 28, 2018 | Annoucements, Hosting, Linux, Open Source, Service Status, Services
RedHat is out to make money…I do not begrudge them that. However they have now resorted to moving things into their own form of lock-in via directory services: RedHat KB Page Considering that directory services is a HUGE portion of any large network layout, it...
by wwarren | Aug 22, 2018 | Annoucements, Browsers, Chrome, Firefox
I have been an avid Google user for nearly a decade. For the longest time I have used the Google stack in nearly every area I can. Today I am removing one piece of that stack…the Google Chrome Browser. Why? Speed and system stability. I know I am extreme...
by wwarren | Aug 8, 2018 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
Does your webhost provide everything in this video? ETC Maryland hosting does. One of the biggest security lapses is ongoing maintenance of the website code. This is keeping the sites code updated, protected, account isolation, and multiple layer(and as a...
by wwarren | Aug 1, 2018 | Cloud Computing, Office 365, Windows365
Microsoft started this transitioning the desktop to the cloud back in 2015 with the trademarking of Windows365. Microsoft then began the move in earnest with Office365 being pushed as the primary way to get Office. Microsoft has now announced Microsoft Managed...
by wwarren | Jul 24, 2018 | General
ETC Maryland has been HTTPS only for a long time now. Google has been warning of its intention to start deranking and marking sites as insecure as of today, July 24, 2018. For both business owners and web design professionals, if your host is not providing HTTPS by...
by wwarren | Jul 24, 2018 | Annoucements, Domains, Hosting, Services
I have seen other web hosting companies claim they have free backups, but what do those backups consist of? The backups that are offered are simply a copy, compressed into one file and then stored locally on the machine that hosts the site. Worse yet most times...
