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Trying to tweet today? You’re going to have to keep those 140 character thoughts to yourself for the moment. Twitter is down due to a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the DNS provider that Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Shopify and more rely on. The attack has broken the link between the URLs webRead more

The NYC tech scene is hotter than ever this summer! The creation of the New York Tech Alliance, the reinvigorated buzz around the Silicon Alley vs. Silicon Valley debate along with up and coming tech companies setting up shop in the island’s top tech neighborhoods – it’s bound to be a big summer in theRead more

Summer 2016 is officially upon us! We all know that means things are going to start to heat up and fast.  Ensuring optimal cooling in a data center not only lowers operational expenditure, but it reduces the strain on equipment cooling mechanisms, extending the lifespan of the hardware; and freeing up power for IT equipment,Read more

NYI just sent out invitations for a cloud event, Startup Infrastructure in a Post-Cloud Era, aimed at technology companies and start-ups – and really any company that wants to optimize its existing cloud infrastructure or leverage cloud in some way.   Working closely with our clients at a very hands-on level, we have seen the myriadRead more

The past 20 years are full of technology milestones and innovations. Looking back here are just a few: – Amazon introduced its 1-Click feature, which enabled customers to securely store their credit card info and make purchases with a single tap of their mouse – Apple introduced the iPhone – We also got Uber, formedRead more

So you’ve probably heard that Dropbox recently dropped the AWS cloud. Dropbox had been building out its own infrastructure for awhile and was ready to take control back, build its own platform and manage its own cloud infrastructure.   As a cloud storage company with 500 million users, it makes sense for DropBox to operate itsRead more

Control is everything, at least when it comes to your IT environment. Companies that don’t have control over their technology and communication platforms are destined to fail, but the tricky part can be how to first GAIN control. By integrating the cloud into your IT environment, you can be on your way to balancing costs,Read more

The Cisco ASA bug is a new vulnerability that can cause customers using ASA firewalls to go down. It’s caused by a susceptibility in the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) versions 1 (c1) and IKE version 2 (v2) code of Cisco ASA software. This soft spot could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a reloadRead more

The glibc vulnerability was discovered this week and is capable of causing substantial outages. It’s caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in the way the libresolv library performs dual A/AAAA DNS queries. This makes it possible for a remote attacker to create a specifically rafted DNS response, causing libresolv to crash or execute code withoutRead more

NYI now gives you more stats and data than ever before with our recently upgraded Helpdesk functionality. As an NYI colocation or dedicated server client, you can now view more detailed information regarding your specific bandwidth usage. Kevin Phair, Director of Operations, explains a few of the updates below:    You can see in theRead more