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What Do You Really Need for Retail Ecommerce?
Thursday, March 21st, 2013Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Ask for advice about retail ecommerce and you are likely to get a plethora of responses, most of which are acronyms that may perplex you. People will tell you that you need ERP, CRM, BI, POS and more just to...

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4 Tips for Secure Web Hosting
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Whether you have a shared hosting account, a VPS, dedicated server, or an entire data center, security should be a top concern. The following are some tips to help you keep your web hosting secure no matter what type of...

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Common E-Commerce Hosting Terminology
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE If you are taking the dive into e-commerce hosting for the first time, you will undoubtedly encounter unfamiliar terms. The following is a list of some common terms that may stump you when you first see them but that may...

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5 Security Vulnerabilities in E-Commerce Systems
Thursday, September 13th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Website security in general is always a top issue for web administrators, but certain types of websites tend to be more susceptible to attacks than others. Because of the nature of their content, e-commerce sites are often subjected to attacks...

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Using a Password Generator for Added Security
Thursday, September 6th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE While the word “password” is easy to remember, it does not actually make an ideal password. Neither does “123456″, “netpass1″, your spouse’s name, or your dog’s birthday. Security experts will tell you that your password needs to be longer (at...

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Common Mistakes in SSL Certificate Implementation
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Implementing SSL security is one of the most important things you can do for an e-commerce website that performs financial transactions or collects any type of user data. If sensitive information is being exchanged in any form, you should have...

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Common Issues with Shared Hosting Security
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Shared hosting is a form of virtual hosting that requires its users to share the same server and often the same IP address. Despite the fact that the websites on a shared hosting server have separate domains and separate content,...

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Why E-Commerce Users Need Dedicated IP Addresses
Thursday, April 26th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE You have likely heard about the exhaustion of available IPv4 addresses and the push to adopt IPv6. IP addresses have a maximum number of possibilities, and to help minimize the unnecessary usage of remaining IP addresses, web hosting providers offer...

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HostDime Partners With Comodo on SSL
Friday, March 2nd, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Global hosting provider HostDime.com, Inc. and security solutions provider Comodo have recently announced a new SSL Certificate initiative that will allow existing HostDime customers to receive a free 1-year Comodo SSL certificate. The Comodo SSL features highest industry...

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GlobalSign Adds Former Microsoft Employee as CTO
Monday, January 30th, 2012THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Popular certificate authority GlobalSign has a new chief technology officer. On Monday, the company announced that former Microsoft security engineering expert Ryan Hurst would take the position, bringing with him ten years of experience gained at...

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