The 5 Mortal Sins of Launching a Social Game
Social network games have revolutionized the gaming industry and created an impressive footprint on the Web as a whole. 235 million people play games on Facebook every month, and some estimates say...
View ArticleTips from the Abuse Department: DMCA Takedown Notices
If you are in the web hosting business or you provide users with access to store content on your servers, chances are that you’re familiar with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you...
View ArticleThe Three Most Common Hosting-Related Phobias
As a member of the illustrious the SoftLayer sales (SLales) team, I have the daily pleasure of talking with any number of potential, prospective, new and current customers, and in many of those...
View ArticleActiveCampaign: Tech Partner Spotlight
We invite each of our featured SoftLayer Tech Marketplace Partners to contribute a guest post to the SoftLayer Blog, and this week, we’re happy to welcome Peter Evans from ActiveCampaign....
View ArticleManaging Support Tickets: Email Subscriptions
This week, the development team rolled out some behind-the-scenes support functionality that I think a lot of our customers will want to take advantage of, so I put together this quick blog post to...
View ArticleTips from the Abuse Department: Part 2 – Responding to Abuse Reports
If you’re a SoftLayer customer, you don’t want to hear from the Abuse department. We know that. The unfortunate reality when it comes to hosting a server is that compromises can happen, mistakes can be...
View ArticleChoosing a Cloud: Which Cloud Chooses You?
It’s not easy to choose a cloud hosting provider. In the first post of this series, we talked about the three key deciding factors every cloud customer has to consider, and we set up a Venn diagram to...
View ArticleChoosing a Cloud: Cost v. Technology v. Hosting Provider
If you had to order a new cloud server right now, how would choose it? I’ve worked in the hosting industry for the better part of a decade, and I can safely say that I’ve either observed or been a part...
View ArticleGlobal Network: The Proof is in the Traceroute
You’ve probably heard a lot about SoftLayer’s global expansion into Asia and Europe, and while the idea of geographically diversifying is impressive in itself, one of the most significant implications...
View ArticleethProxy: Tech Partner Spotlight
This is a guest blog from ServerOrigin’s Kevin Hatfield about ethProxy. ethProxy is perfect for any company that wishes to secure its web presence against DDoS attacks and intrusion-based hacking...
View ArticleMODX: Tech Partner Spotlight
This is a guest blog from the MODX team. MODX offers an intuitive, feature-rich, open source content management platform that can easily integrate with other applications as the heart of your Customer...
View ArticleBuilding a True Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming Platform
Some of the most innovative developments on the Internet are coming from online game developers looking to push the boundaries of realism and interactivity. Developing an online gaming platform that...
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