Author Archives: matt
Posted on September 26, 2012 by matt
Computing has never been static and it is clear the numerous options Cloud Computing bring to the table are just starting to be understood. It is also clear there are more decisions than ever before, and we shouldn’t be drunk … Continue reading →
Posted on April 11, 2012 by matt
Coming off my post about technology and the cool-aid of hype, an article about what the cloud doesn’t do resonated with my thinking. It reminded me of being a kid … “do you believe in magic” … we all want … Continue reading →
Posted on March 23, 2012 by matt
CentOS/RHEL, as most systems folks know, backports bug fixes to the origional software version. In this way they keep their operating systems secure, but also make for an incredibly smooth upgrade cycle. In other words, when we upgrade our servers, … Continue reading →
Posted on February 15, 2012 by matt
Hype is in every industry, but in technology this is even more common than in other industries. Or perhaps because technology can often be hard to understand, the lure of easy, fast, simple, and FREE is even harder to pass … Continue reading →
Posted on January 31, 2012 by matt
Code ownership is one critical item to address when you hire a web development firm. In one recent case, after having trouble with bugs and server performance, a client decided to move to SRI Hosting’s managed VPS with their site. … Continue reading →
Posted on September 13, 2011 by matt
We just completed a smooth upgrade to PHP 5.3 on our Plesk infrastructure. This was a big upgrade, since our PHP version had not changed for several years (security patches were of course applied- but no upgrade to the PHP … Continue reading →
Posted on September 5, 2011 by matt
If you are a Desktop Linux user, you’ll probably like everything about the new Fedora 15 … My only gripe is that I found that I hate the new “alt – tab” behavior clunky and meant I had to use … Continue reading →
Posted on July 25, 2011 by matt
When we went to start SRI Hosting, my wife and I spent weeks carefully considering how to name it. We knew the name should not be after an individual, and most generic words seemed to have been used (and abused!). … Continue reading →
Posted on July 19, 2011 by matt
For months we have been waiting for CentOS 6, which has many improvements to go along with it’s great stability and very long support life-cycle. July 10th it was made “live” and now we offer this great operating system for … Continue reading →
Posted on June 30, 2011 by matt
SRI has launched Nalsa.com, a Joomla/VirtuMart site with custom components and specialized CSS/Ajax code to improve functionality. The design was provided by their own internal resources, while SRI ported the pages to work in Joomla CMS + VirtuMart, matching the … Continue reading →
