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Still Using Internet Explorer? Please Read This!

Michael Horowitz is an independent computer consultant and the author of several classes on Defensive Computing. He views Defensive Computing as taking steps, when things are running well, to avoid or minimize the inevitable problems down the road.

From an entry published July 6, 2008 he writes, “if you surf the web on a Windows computer, you are safer using Firefox as opposed to Internet Explorer.” read the article here

In the article he quotes, “Another day, another gaping hole affecting fully patched versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser” And, apparently, Microsoft has no plans to patch or fix IE to protect against the latest vulnerabilities. “Tuesday July 8th is Patch Tuesday and according to Ryan Naraine at ZDNet there will be no fixes to Internet Explorer, which currently suffers from several known bugs.”

What’s the alternative? Tech-savvy users overwhelmingly use FireFox. You can either go to Mozilla.com and download a copy or click on the Firefox graphic (just to the right of this article) and download a customized copy with a Google Toolbar already installed. Please?

Do You Know This Woman?





Ever seen this face before? If not, you haven’t visited www.southbaynetwork.com for awhile. But she’s more than just a pretty face. Click-on this comely lass and she’ll either connect you to our HelpDesk, via live chat or, if no ones available, she’ll help you leave a message.

We think this new “chat” feature compliments our commitment to providing the very best in personal service and hope that it meets with your approval. In fact, you may want to talk to us about adding “live chat” to your company website. Pricing for this customizable, fully-hosted application starts at just $14.95 per Mo.

Yahoo Email Problems

Over the last few days (2-3) many emails addressed to [email]@yahoo.com have been returned, as undeliverable. The returned emails carry the Subject heading “Returned mail:permanent problems with the remote server”. If you look in the body of the message, you will see additional information about the problem. The error message looks like this: 554 permanent problems with the remote server e.mx.mail.yahoo.com. Read the rest of this entry »

Large File Attachments via Email..Why You Shouldn’t

A long, long time ago in a place, far, far away…

While genealogically, it was only a few years ago, in internet-time, it was eons ago when a small group of engineers, scientists and researchers began exploring ‘cyberspace’, using the remnants of an abandoned U.S. Defense Dept. communications network to facilitate faster and cheaper communication and information sharing between colleagues. Today we know it as the Internet and the ‘killer app’ that popularized this wondrous tool, we call Email. Read the rest of this entry »

SouthBay Network Offers Miva Merchant Hosting

Miva Merchant, a pioneer in web-based shopping cart software, propels business for tens of thousands of online merchants. Integrated into the Miva Merchant product line are services that help businesses market and position their online store, and collect money over the Internet.

We are proud to announce that SouthBay Network now offers Miva Merchant hosting, Read the rest of this entry »

SouthBay Network Goes “Green”

What does that mean? How can a hosting company “go green”?

Simple..we’ve converted all of our production servers to ‘virtual servers’, reducing our energy footprint and consumption by 90%. Energy demand, primarily electricity, for data centers has been a major concern for some time. In fact, the availability of low-cost servers and the growing trend toward outsourcing IT functions such as e-mail, database hosting and data backup/storage has led to many data centers scrambling for adequate electrical power.
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Why Remote Backup is a ‘no-brainer’

Remote Backup, an internet-based business service offered by SouthBay Network, automates the tedius task of daily backups of your business critical data. It encrypts the data, with strong 128 bit encryption, compresses the dataset and uploads the backup for storage on our storage server, co-located at 1 Wilshire, in downtown Los Angeles. The data is then replicated on a redundant server, located in a data center in Las Vegas.

It’s easy, simple, low-cost and an example of common sense applied to technology, one of our specialties. But, it’s not what makes our Remote Backup special. What makes RB a ‘no brainer’ is Read the rest of this entry »