Results for ‘Web Applications’

5 Ways to Protect Your Web Applications
Friday, April 20th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
NEWS A web application is a script that executes when a website is accessed and is used to display information in a unique way or retrieve specific data from a database. These applications can rely on server-side scripts, client-side scripts, or...

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How to Secure Your Web Applications
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE It is easy to overlook web application security with so many other concerns, such as network security and file system integrity. The reality is, however, that even with an ironclad firewall and a fully updated and secure operating system, your...

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4 Web Application Security Tips
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Today’s websites almost always use web applications of some form. The days of static HTML pages are long gone. We depend on scripting languages, databases, and other tools to dynamically generate our websites as they are requested. As a result,...

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Running Your Applications in the Cloud
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE The traditional model for business applications are either locally-installed software on individual machines or local client software that accesses server-installed applications. In both instances, the user machine is required to have specific software installed to make the applications run. To...

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The Advantages of Automatically Installed Scripts
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE For most websites, having dynamic web applications in an absolute necessity. They allow you to easily update your website and provide the capability for user participation.  With social media now such an important part of the web user experience, dynamic...

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5 Free Open Source Security Tools
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Network and server security can be expensive, but not having good security is even more expensive.  Fortunately, you can have the best of both worlds thanks to the many free and open source security solutions that are available to web...

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How to Create Cron Jobs in cPanel
Thursday, July 21st, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE For a Linux server, the ability to automate certain tasks is one of its shining features.  Cron jobs are automated tasks that the user instructs the server to run at certain intervals.  These intervals can be daily, hourly, monthly, or...

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US Companies Ready For Added Cloud Computing Investment
Friday, January 15th, 2010THN Editor  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – According to a survey of 150 information technology decision makers from various small and large companies across the country by ReliaCloud, a national IT infrastructure company based in Minneapolis, three-quarters of companies identified the development of...

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