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Static and dynamic IP addresses explained

Static and dynamic IP addresses explained
The internet is a complex interconnected web of servers and client devices. Each device needs a way to communicate with one another, much like a person gets given a name at birth to communicate with others. In technology terms, there are a few different naming conventions for systems, including MAC
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Telnet explained

Telnet explained
Computer and server management is a tricky task, especially when you don't have direct access to the system itself. For this reason, IT administration and support tools that facilitate remote connections are incredibly popular. These tools allow you to connect to and manage a PC or server, in
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Traceroute explained

Traceroute explained
The internet is a massive interlinked network of personal computers and servers. This is where the name World Wide Web (www) comes from, with many individual systems interconnected in a web-like structure. In some cases, however, these connections can fail and cause network outages. To combat this, network troubleshooting
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The advantages of SSD hard drive storage

The advantages of SSD hard drive storage
Is the SSD tide turning? More importantly, are SSDs worth it? Just a few years ago, solid-state drives, or SSDs, were seen as cutting-edge solutions with price tags to match, strictly reserved for hard-core techies and high-end users. Most people were still perfectly content with tried
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Why do IP addresses get blacklisted?

Why do IP addresses get blacklisted?
Whether you’re a small business or a large company, being able to email your customers when you need to is essential. However, this vital capability can be compromised due to many reasons. This includes malicious hackers gaining unauthorised access to mailboxes or vulnerable websites to send spam. The more
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Web Performance Explained: Tools to capture metrics

Web Performance Explained: Tools to capture metrics
In the last web performance explained article, we learned about the metrics we can capture to measure a website’s performance. This involved looking at the difference between quantity and milestone metrics, before moving on to explore some widely used examples of the latter, such as Time to First Byte,
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The human aspect of cyber security

The human aspect of cyber security
Attackers are developing bigger, scarier, and more complex viruses every day. Increasingly however, the biggest part of cyber security that businesses should be wary of is the human aspect. Companies may be able to build secure infrastructure protected from external threats with firewalls and private networks, but that doesn’t
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WordPress plugin security: How to secure WordPress plugins

WordPress plugin security: How to secure WordPress plugins
WordPress is the undisputed king of the content management system (CMS) realm, powering 43.3% of the web as of 2024. With over 835 million websites using WordPress, any dangerous security threat has the potential to adversely affect a vast amount of people and businesses. Whilst WordPress has a dedicated
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LAMP stack or MEAN stack? Let’s compare

LAMP stack or MEAN stack? Let’s compare
In web development, no one can argue that web stacks aren't vital to keeping things running as they should. The increasing demand for seamless technology that extends across client-side, server-side and mobile makes web stacking ever more important. There are  many different types of web stack
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Web Performance Explained: What metrics do we capture?

Web Performance Explained: What metrics do we capture?
Last time in “Web Performance Explained”, we explored the role of good web performance when it comes to increasing your website’s conversions and boosting its search engine optimisation (SEO). We learned the faster your website, the higher search engines such as Google will rank it - meaning more users. We
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Web Performance Explained: Increase conversions & boost SEO

Web Performance Explained: Increase conversions & boost SEO
In this article, we’ll examine how good web performance can have a positive impact on conversions as well as increase your website’s search engine rankings through improving its search engine optimisation (SEO). Increasing conversions Every organisation who builds a website has at least one goal in mind for
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Magento vs WooCommerce

Magento vs WooCommerce
Each accounting for roughly 30 percent of all ecommerce websites, Magento and WooCommerce are both incredibly popular. For anyone looking to build and maintain an online shop, these platforms are often the top two contenders. But how exactly do they compare? What is Magento? Magento is a dedicated ecommerce platform
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ECC RAM: keeping critical data error-free

ECC RAM: keeping critical data error-free
Big data is only getting bigger. As more organisations rely on ballooning volumes of information, the accuracy and integrity of data have become more important than ever. Whenever data is transferred, processed or stored, there are inherent risks of it being lost or corrupted – with potentially dire consequences. But with
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What is a grey hat hacker?

What is a grey hat hacker?
Where white hat hackers work alongside organisations and take part in things like bug bounty programs, there's another type of hacker that's a shade darker. Grey hat hacking sits, predictably, somewhere in between white and black hat hackers, in the nebulous grey area. But what is
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Relational vs non-relational databases

Relational vs non-relational databases
Databases are the core of any business or project in some form. Whether your business deals with data from customers, or simply generates its own big data during operation, making use of a database will inevitably become a key part of running it. How you set up, manage and use
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