The Uptime Blog

What is IP Anycast, and How Does it Work in the Cloud?

One of the most important aspects of the Total Uptime Cloud Platform is the underlying IP Anycast architecture. Without it, we would not be able to deliver a 100% uptime SLA and the level of performance our customer’s demand. In this article, we’ll explain what IP Anycast is (just called “Anycast”) and how we […]

AWS Route 53 DNS… How does it compare?

DNS is the critical first link in a Website’s ability to load quickly for its users. Cloud solutions don’t mean much if your DNS system isn’t giving you great performance and the level of granulized control you need. High performance and granular control have always been focal points for our business here, and the existing demand […]

North American companies give cloud the most business

Here is an interesting article about cloud adoption that we thought you might like: IT market research firm Gartner says interest in data center services is high around the world, but the market structure, dynamics and maturity are quite varied. In North America, hosting (42 percent) and cloud IaaS have achieved the highest level of […]

Security… Getting to the Bottom of “Cloudphobia”

Cloud solutions have gotten a bad rap. They have incredible potential to minimize a business’s IT infrastructure, scale to meet rapid demand, support mobile workers, and cut costs, but they have also gained the reputation of being a risky investment. Many people are just not ready to trust a third party to secure their confidential […]

Why a Web Application Firewall

IT managers are faced with many difficult decisions today. The demands of performance, security, and economics are difficult to reconcile, and are only getting more challenging with the increasing number and complexity of internet attacks. Another challenge that we are dealing with is the explosive growth of Web 2.0 applications, such as social media, blogs, […]

Making Cloud Computing what it Should Be

I recently read an interesting article by InformationWeek detailing the Top 10 complaints about Cloud Computing by IT professionals. This article brings to the forefront the fact that cost, security, and performance are still the main concerns in Cloud Computing. It also paints the picture of why our work in the space is so important and points […]

A Primer on the Domain Name System (DNS)

In the early days of the Internet, humans and other computers located the few massive interconnected computers the same way: by their numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Soon, the impracticality of memorizing all these numbers became obvious and a rudimentary naming scheme was developed. A central repository of names and their associated IP addresses was […]

What is a DNS Server?

You want to know what a DNS server is and what DNS does? Quite simply, DNS is what makes the Internet work. Seriously! Imagine going to Facebook by typing in the IP address in your browser. Obviously that’s not going to work. It’s not very memorable, and can you see people using IP addresses […]