Awesome Geek Tattoos – 40 of the Best Nerd Tattoos Ever!
Presenting: 40 of the most awesome geek tattoos. Tribute to those cool nerds who have gone the extra mile in demonstrating their love for all things geeky.
It’s 2am: Do You Know What Your Network is Doing?
As a network engineer, your job is to ensure neither money, nor your company’s reputation is left on the table. With proper network monitoring software in place, you can receive real-time alerts about the performance of your network, meaning you will never come to work surprised.
Network Monitoring 101: Devices vs Tasks
Two crucial network monitoring functions – Devices and Tasks – work together to keep close tabs on your network performance. Learn the difference between monitoring Devices and monitoring Tasks and how each is an ongoing system of maintenance that is constantly deployed to prevent individual target failures.
Help! My Webpage is Too Slow – Image Optimization for Website Performance
Is your website loading like it has a piano on its back? Learn how bulky images and other media may be to blame, and how you can regain your website speed with simple tools for image optimization and website performance analysis.
Amazon Down! The Retailer Giant Website Goes Offline
Amazon Down! – Dotcom-Monitor is tracking an Amazon.com website outage that started at approximately 1:55pm CDT August 19, 2013. To test the current status of Amazon click here.
New York Times Website Outage – NYTimes.com Website Down
New York Times Website Down – The New York Times online publication NYTimes.com suffered a website outage late Wednesday morning, Aug. 13, 2013.
Why Your Website is Burning Down and You Don’t Know It Yet
Website load times are going up and America’s attention span is decreasing. Your company website is slowly burning down and you’re losing money.
Major Webhost Outage | Bluehost, HostGator and HostMonster Go Down
The Downside to Big Box “Retail” Hosting Companies – As we learned while exhibiting at HostingCon 2013, the hosting market is evolving and consolidating. So, when one brand-name hosting provider goes down it can actually impact several other “brands”, which many people think of as separate companies.
Bluehost Down! Major Host Company Experiences Global Network Outage.
Friday, August 2, 2013 – Major web hosting company Bluehost has suffered a global network outage, affecting thousands of websites and customers worldwide.
Akamai DNS Outage – Akamai Technologies Goes Down Many Clients Offline
Aug. 1, 2013 – Dotcom-Monitor tracked an Akamai DNS outage today.
Dotcom-Monitor clients that utilize Akamai may have received error messages associated with the Akamai DNS outage lasting from 5-7 minutes starting at approximately 11:01 am CDT.
The Akamai DNS outage, though brief, is only one of several high-profile DNS outage issues that has occurred in the past year. In the recent past, Dotcom-Monitor has detected several high-profile DNS outages for its clients, including…
How Website Monitoring Improves Quality and Customer Satisfaction
A customer’s experience with your website—including its speed, ease-of-use and dynamism—can make or break their decision to do business with your company. In today’s competitive market, there is little room to commit errors when it comes to your website. The key to an unmatched Internet experience for your customers, therefore, starts and ends with the quality of your site.
Preparation Is Key When Managing Web Traffic – Load Balancing 101
In the case of managing web traffic, preparation is the key. Moreover, load balancing managed domain name server (DNS) processes is an important method for preparing for web traffic. So, how do you know if your web infrastructure is prepared for a surge in web traffic?
