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Shared Hosting Attacks

Shared Hosting Attacks

Since February 6, our shared hosting platform was under constant attack by malicious users intent on taking down our server. In the past two days, we suffered many hours of downtime as our team battled this issue.
In the world of web development, two Content Management Systems (CMS) are very popular: WordPress and Joomla. Both are so popular that they are common targets of hackers, and both have many known vulnerabilities. It is crucial to keep your WordPress and Joomla site updated with the latest patches as they are released by Joomla and WordPress. This prevents hackers from having easy access to your site.

ID Protect Now Included for Domains!

ID Protect Now Included for Domains!

When selling our clients hosting services, Nerds On Site strives to keep the process as streamlined and intuitive as possible. In the web hosting and domain registration world there are a lot of options, and this can get confusing. One such option is ID Protect, also known as WHOIS Protection.

Worthy Ideals

Worthy Ideals

The progressive realization of a worthy ideal - this is the definition of success, by one of the great masters. In...

A Nerd With Heart!

A Nerd With Heart!

I had a client who’s desktop died, and I was able to extract his hard drive and connected it to his laptop. He was so happy that he wrote the following comments in a survey and on twitter…

Slip Streaming

Slip Streaming

Often times when I’m driving, I’ll slip into a slipstream right behind a transport trailer. And as many of you know,...

WE not ME discipline

WE not ME discipline

Most of us have a couple of these (digits), and for many people their strongest digit of the five is their thumb. We’ve got studies that show that as strong as you thumb may be, your palm – your whole fist – is 40 times stronger than your strongest digit. 40 times stronger! So that’s 8 times five – 5 digits – 8 times the individual strength of each, together.
When it comes to the last little while, I spent some time in San Diego at a convention, and just finished up a board meeting a minute ago. The power of people working together is so much, SO MUCH more impressive, so much more overwhelming than individuals doing excellent work on their own.

Nice Guys Don’t Have to Finish Last!

Nice Guys Don’t Have to Finish Last!

A common phrase is ‘nice guys finish last’. Too many people think they need to be ruthless to get ahead, but a recent study by Harvard dispels that theory and shows that being ‘nice’ and ‘generous’ can help you get ahead.