Ask Freelock: Do I need a Web Application Firewall?
Craig asks,
Risk
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Picking a technology for a client project
Aside from the technologies we choose to develop expertise in and market prominently, we can support a range of related technologies without much trouble. Given our experience and expertise, this means we’re comfortable in just about anything in PHP. If a client comes to us with an existing platform and want our support with it, we’re happy to provide it.
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Is your host a single point of failure?
Just ran across a sad story where Digital Ocean is accused of killing a startup:
Ask Freelock: "Traditional hosts" vs "cloud providers"
A client asks about yet another hosting option:
The VPS-2000HA-S includes the following resources:
6GB RAM (burstable)
150GB SSD Disk space
5TB Monthly Bandwidth
4 free dedicated IP's
Basecamp moves from Medium to WordPress, and kinda misses the point
Software as a Service (SaaS) is all the rage these days.
Fate doesn't like to be tempted
Not 4 hours after posting my most recent blog stressing the importance of setting up systems with disaster recovery in mind, fate stepped up and thwacked me. "Oh yeah, think you're so resilient?
Managing change and risk with Drupal Hosting
If there's one thing that's constant in the web world, it's change.
Making technology decisions in a sea of alternatives
July 2013
If you learned how to make decisions before the fall of the Berlin Wall, you might get overwhelmed by decision making today. We used to live in a fairly black-and-white world -- East versus West, Pepsi or Coke, Miller or Bud, Democrat or Republican, ABC, NBC, or CBS.
How do you decide? If you're like a great many people in my generation, one tactic might be to create a list of pros and cons for each of the alternatives, and then compare these lists side-by-side. Ok, great! Let's use that to select a content management system. Let's see, what are our alternatives?
Drupal Rescue Shop
Sometimes bad things happen to good people. And sometimes people get in over their head and need help. At Freelock, we are here to help. If your previous web developer jumped ship and left you high and dry, don’t panic, just pick up the phone and call us for help!
CRM & Business Solutions
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems, they sound so great! Setup a CRM, put all your contacts and clients in there, add some forms to your website and BOOM the money will just pour in.
Except that’s not how it happens.
Web Site Review
Have a Drupal website, and not sure what to do with it next?
Having trouble implementing a module and need help?
Worried about your security level and making sure it’s monitored?
Our Website Review is the place to start!
Have us run your website through our quality checklist. We'll find all the clutter in your modules, files, and views.
Open Source Consulting
Develop an Open Source IT Strategy
Businesses are increasingly interested in investigating and implementing Open Source technologies to help cut licensing costs, increase security, and stay ahead of their competition. Whether your organization is looking for web development using an Open Source platform, maintaining a Linux server, or simply exploring a shift towards the Open Source world, Freelock can help you navigate through the hundreds of options to ensure your systems are working for you.