English: Illustrative diagram of history of development of ISO 9000 series of standards (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hosting Company Auditing and Certification — Part 3-A of 3 In addition to Superb Internet’s ITIL staff certification (Part 1 of this three-part series) and our SSAE-16 auditing (Part 2), we are certified for the ISO 9001:2008 standard. This [...]
Logo of the United States Government Accountability Office. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hosting Company Auditing and Certification — Part 2 of 3 Along with Superb Internet’s staff certification for ITIL (covered in Part 1 of this series) and our ISO 9001:2008 certification and registration (Part 3), we are also SSAE-16 Audited. “Oh, fiddlesticks, that’s a government-infiltration [...]
With the explosive launch of the world’s mobile networks we were facing the prospect of imminent IP address exhaustion. Yes there were only so many IP addresses created and allocated to hosts, and Internet service providers. The long term solution to address IP address depletion became a serious concern. What was needed was an IP [...]
You’ll note that on the front-page of the Superb.net site, we mention our “coast-to-coast IP backbone.” We mention this prominently because we know how crucial IP location can be to the success of the websites using our services. Let’s look at why. IP addresses identify a machine accessing the Internet. For an end-user, it [...]
Let’s look at the basic categories of cloud-based services – PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS. These acronyms stand for Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, and Software as a Service. What’s with the “as a service” lingo? Well, similar to with hosting, you’re accessing these services from a remote server. Your platform, your [...]
According to NetMarketShare’s information for February 2013, the Windows operating system is used by 92% of worldwide users, Mac represents 7%, and Linux represents 1%. This article will focus on that tiny slice of users, the 1% who use Linux. Frankly, there is not a lot of easily available operating system demographic information. Perhaps [...]
A zombie apocalypse and web hosting having something in common? “No way,” you say? Well, let me ask you this; if a zombie apocalypse were to happen, and we were all thrust into a George Romero-esque post-apocalyptic world, what would your most pressing concern be? Not getting your various body parts eaten by zombies? Perhaps. [...]
You know the old saying “variety is the spice of life”? Well, that’s a nice way of saying, make sure you play the proverbial field when purchasing a product. Whether it is dedicated servers or a new favorite restaurant, variety is paramount to honing your tastes as a consumer. For the sake of this discussion [...]
