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The Lesson of the GitHub DDoS Attack: Why Your Web Host Matters
📅 - Adam Stern
Author: Adam Stern , founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based hosting provider Infinitely Virtual.
Surviving a cyberattack isn't like weathering a Cat 5 hurricane or coming through a 7.0 earthquake unscathed. Granting that natural disasters too often have horrendous consequences, there's also a "right place, right time" element to making it through. Cyber-disasters – which can be every bit as calamitous in their own way as acts of nature – don't typically bend to the element of chance. If you come out the other side intact, it's probably no accident. It is, instead, the result of specific choices, tools, policies and practices that can be codified and emulated – and that need to [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
"As Infinitely Virtual has since its inception, my approach is to be fanatical about customer support and customer service," said Scott McDonald, Infinity Virtual's new VP of Sales and Marketing.
"As Infinitely Virtual has since its inception, my approach is to be fanatical about customer support and customer service," said Scott McDonald. "Transparency and a partnership mentality will continue to define IV as we embrace new markets an
📅 - Infinitely Virtual Named One of Ingram Micro’s Fastest-Growing SMB Channel Partners in the U.S. - Cloud hosting provider Infinitely Virtual today announced it has been named to the Ingram Micro 2015 SMB 500. The annual list recognizes the top 500 fastest-growing Ingram Micro U.S. channel partners serving the small and midsize business (SMB) market. Ranked at number 126, Infinitely Virtual expanded its business with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) by 59 percent in the past three years.
“Ingram Micro continues to be a valued channel alliance for us, in large measure because the company is so familiar with the SMB world and has helped us serve those businesses so well,” said Adam Stern, founder and CEO, Infinitely Virtual. “Our clients turn to us for virtualized infrastructure services, and w
While the notorious Sony hack may have implied that the biggest targets are the most vulnerable, any organization can be a victim – and, perhaps surprisingly, an unwitting perpetrator.
So says Adam Stern, founder and CEO of cloud hosting provider Infinitely Virtual.
Stern's counsel applies to IT infrastructure companies as much – or perhaps even more – than it does to users. On April 23-24, Stern will be on hand at SMB TechFest (http://www.smbtechfest.com/index.asp), at the Business Expo Center, 1960 S. Anaheim Way, in Anaheim, Calif.
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