FastServers knows people that know people. On television. But before we get to that, which might be the best video since the creation of New Zealand, you'll have to endure a handful of required seasonal elements from yours truly. Because these days, we all have so much more time to spend on those things we should already be doing 365 days a year... right?
Hahaha... yea. Right...
1) Why don't you go ahead and update your passwords, please and thanks. It's true that most of us wait until the New Year to assess and rehash authentication for our critical systems, and well, "once annually" is a disastrously all-too-seldom approach considering what's at risk. Your sanity, critical personal information, vitals of your business, really, pretty much everything could be blown away if a brute force assault to any service is allowed to run its course against the dedicated server you depend upon. Please, set a reminder and update your moderate to critically important passwords on a bi-monthly clip at the least, and encourage your end-users to do the same! Tedious, sure. But those five minutes every sixty days will be supremely helpful to the longevity and stability of your hosted infrastructure. Those of you that have wisely upgraded to add our UltraGuard Suite to your server's security complement are probably thinking this doesn't pertain to you. Well. You're much more adequately defended, to be sure. Let's leave no stone unturned though, shall we? Sounds good.
2) For those of you that have not yet sent that bottle of cabernet that I requested for "Doing Such A Great Job For You This Year...", I would like to humbly request a crate of the following: http://thestrategicretreat.com/worlds-best-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Feel free to include the booze as well. And/or, if you'd rather punch me in the eye (psychologically, of course) then enjoy those delicacies at home at your earliest chance.
3) For great justice, it's important to note that the network in Iowa has been sporting it's fresh oc-12 (Qwest) for what will be a month here in a few days. That vital deployment continues to improve all aspects of service, at long last, throughout each of our hosting footprints across the continent. We're able to mitigate all forms of nastiness, even the occassional attack of the possessed backhoe. This is excellent and settling news for all of us, though our farsightedness *must* remain improved in respect to this, and similar lessons of 2007.
4) We have this venue-thing called our FastServers Forums. There has been some activity there of late, particularly in relation to our platform-wide "Global Security Announcements". Understanding what's happening there keeps you in-tuned to what we're doing to your system(s) behind the scenes, and/or helps you understand how to do your part, depending on the DEFCON setting(s) in question. We're a team. It's important that we stay sync'd up and on the same page as best as we can! Especially when security is involved.
5) '08 is happening soon, or so it seems. That's... amazing, and I know I don't need to describe just how quickly time expires when you're involved within the hosting industry. We could discuss upcoming forays into BSD-hosting, cPanel on Windows, and the upcoming Vista-based webserver... but I think I'll leave you with the as-promised celebrities. We'll talk more about the future soon enough.
Mr. Bush, it appears that your daughters are mildly adorable. From time to time. And talented. When I was two I had a word bank of five to nine verbs. Hahaha... Happy Holidays indeed.
Behold, our Chief-Information-Officer(ettes)-In-Training...
Let's close out the year in a memorably smooth-sailing and productive fashion, friends.
Yes. Let's.
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