Big Increase in Spam

I know, very big increase in spam.
It is likely caused by a botnet infecting many people, but I haven't seen any reports of it on any news sites.

The total volume of email has increased a lot in the last 2 months, and

Short Server Outage

Many of us woke up to no email this morning due to an outage at the data center. (we have our servers at ThePlanet.com) The servers were up and running, but network issues were limiting access to the servers.

Some reports from ThePlanet techs:

Fresh Phish and Spam

Last week it was fake confirmation email of Amazon Orders. Now we have a flood of phishing spam claiming Apple Store orders. Though most should get caught by email filters, some may get through. So, as a reminder, don't be fooled.

Is Winter almost over?

Wow, time flies when things get busy. How busy? I just noticed I hadn't done my billing since December.. before the holidays!

Backup Software Updated

A new version of our MySecureBackup software for our Sage Backup Service. The new version (3.04) is stable, secure, and allows for auto-update when a new version of the software is available.

Now automatically checks for duplicate files to help reduce storage costs.

Seven Sages joins Google Apps Authorized Reseller Program

Seven Sages is now an authorized reseller of the Google Apps™ suite of communication and collaboration tools.

Open Source CMS goes to Washington

It's not Joomla, but Drupal is in the same sort of family/community of CMS and Open Source Software. So, with the White House choosing an Open Source CMS, hopefully, companies that are stuck in the unfounded fear of Security, or worry about not using a Microsoft or Windows system will realize the benefits. More about the US Administration's choice: Open Source Movement Finds Friends at the White House

But Brian... why don't you use Drupal? Isn't it better? Well, 'better' is subjective, as a report last week at CMSwire shows Joomla as the most popular CMS...

Joomla 1.0 at End-of-Life

It's time to put Joomla 1.0 into the history books. Joomla 1.0.x has reached End-Of-Life (eol). What's that mean? Simply, the old version (1.0.x) is no longer supported, and will no longer get security patches. So, in order to keep the servers secure, Seven Sages requires all websites to keep their software patched.