FedEx to go totally cloud by 2024
https://www.pcmag.com/news/fedex-to-stop-using-mainframes-close-all-data-centers-by-2024?fs=e&s= FedEx is set to fully-embrace the cloud, and in so doing, will save $400 million a year in operating costs.
Arin 2Factor Authentication statistics
Recently, Arin sent out an email with the following statement. In 2015, ARIN deployed a Time-Based One-Time password (TOTP) implementation of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Since the time of implementing that login security feature, 3.2 percent of ARIN Online users have …
Foundations weekly e-mail
Christian Koch has a great weekly e-mail about Data Centers, Interconnection, and other topics. If you are in these spaces it’s worth the subscription. https://www.foundations.email/about/The primary weekly briefing newsletter is delivered by email every Monday at 7:30 AM (ET/New York), …
Patreon Edition of ISP news
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Free Microsoft exam credit
Microsoft.com offers a Microsoft Certification Exam for Free when you Complete One Challenge within the Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge May 2022. Thanks to Community Member CleverCheetah1749 for finding this deal. Instructions: Go to Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge May 2022 Complete one …
ISP News for the week ending April29th, 2022
Cloudflare blocks a 15rps DDOs Attack.https://blog.cloudflare.com/15m-rps-ddos-attack/ Good news regarding the chip shortage. “America’s ambitions to rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing industry took a step forward on Monday with the opening of a specialty chip fabrication plant in central New York.”https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/U.S.-opens-first-major-silicon-carbide-chip-plant-in-New-York The …
Data Center redundancy explained
Fiber Store has an article explaining what things like N+1 and other terms used to describe Data Center redundancy mean. https://community.fs.com/blog/understanding-data-center-redundancy.html
New Arin Membership structure
On 1 January 2022, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) implemented a new fee schedule and membership structure. There are now two customer membership categories: Service and General. Both categories are entities that have a valid ARIN Registration Services …