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Network Monitoring in 2020

Please note: This is an update to an original article written in 2015. Most of the information contained in the original article is still relevent, however to ensure customer reliability, the post has been updated with current information. See the original blog post here. Here we are again! The age old debate of if you […]

Posted: February 20th, 2020 08:21pm Category: Director's Blog Network & Infrastructure Safety & Security Read Entire Post

Spam Spam, Everywhere! (Not here though!)

It’s been quite a while since I’ve had the chance to post anything on our blog, and it’s not that we’ve not had anything to post about, we just haven’t had the time, between finalizing renovations on our home office, reworking our networks and then on top of it, updating and maintaining our existing infrastructure. […]

Posted: March 04th, 2019 04:21pm Category: Director's Blog Safety & Security Read Entire Post

What is the difference in hosting companies?

To be completely honest, there really isn’t one. Most hosting companies are fundamentally the exact same. All of them aim for the highest achievable uptime, network transfer and data reliability. So why are the prices so different? And what are all of these other things that get thrown in for free? Well I’m here to […]

Posted: August 12th, 2018 11:20am Category: Director's Blog Safety & Security Read Entire Post

Domain Security: A serious threat

Domain security is a serious concern here at Spark Rack. There are companies out there who’s main business goal is to steal your domain name from your current domain registrar and then “ransom” it back to you for an outrageous price. While these may sound like the ramblings of a crazed techie, this is actually […]

Posted: December 05th, 2017 04:07pm Category: Director's Blog Safety & Security Read Entire Post

SSL: Do I need it for my website?

The topic of SSL has been thrown around here at Spark Rack lately and I think it’s time we address it here for all to see. Recently a customer came to us asking about securing his website with SSL. We were extremely confused since the customer does not use his website to sell products.. But […]

Posted: March 20th, 2017 09:00am Category: Safety & Security Read Entire Post