Word From the Herd

The New Comfort Level with E-Commerce.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: March 7, 2011

Online shopping continues to become more and more convenient so it’s not surprising more customers are turning to the web for purchases. They think they can often find better deals online than in brick-and-mortar stores and prefer shopping on their own time, not when the store happens to be open. Read More »

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Real-time information and social media are changing everything … especially the way we do business.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: March 3, 2011

Codero was recently featured in a book about social media. The book gave insight about our expertise in using social media for a public relations matter. Read More »

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Help for Open Source Projects.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 28, 2011

If you’re wondering how to start an open source software project, you might be happy to know there are several examples out there showing how to do it successfully.

Open source software vendor, Black Duck, organized projects into its Top 10 Open Source Rookies of the Year. For developers, system administrators and open source enthusiasts, it’s an interesting list. It shows examples of new communities that are growing…in particular in the areas of mobile and cloud. They reviewed and scored thousands of projects.

For a long time, businesses have used applications developed by communities of programmers which were freely available for anyone to use but mainly for basic infrastructure functions. Now, many businesses are using open source software to make applications they think will give them a competitive edge in the marketplace.  Gartner conducted a 547-company survey of software usage trends which showed companies now know they can customize the code to meet their individual needs instead of paying a commercial software vendor to do it for them.

Over half of the survey respondents said they had adopted open source software (OSS) as part of their IT strategy. Gartner identified these key categories where IT organizations use OSS:

  • Data management and integration
  • Application development, integration, architecture, governance and/or overhaul
  • Business process improvement or re-engineering
  • Security, risk and/or compliance
  • Data center modernization and consolidation
  • Virtualization

What projects have you created in OSS? Why did you choose OSS?

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We’re participating in Game Developer Conference March 2-4.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 23, 2011

Codero will be in booth# 1143 at the Game Developers Conference® (GDC) in San Francisco, California. Stop by our exhibit and pick up a free Codero bag…we’ll be there from March 2 through March 4, 2011 in the Moscone Center.  Read More »

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Visit Codero at SCALE in LA.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 16, 2011

If you are going to SCALE, we hope to see you there.  Codero will be at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 9X-2011. It’s being held February 25 through February 27, 2011 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel.  SCALE is a community-run Linux and open-source conference.  Read More »

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Codero Director to be on Partner Advisory Committee at Parallels Summit.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 14, 2011

Codero’s Director of Dedicated Services, Taylor Giddens, will be on the partner advisory committee for Plesk Panel at the Parallels Summit 2011 in Orlando, Florida next week. Parallels is the premier conference for service providers to learn what Cloud services small businesses want. Read More »

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Codero Supports The First Web Design Staging Area In A Control Panel.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 9, 2011

Codero now supports the latest in Parallels Plesk Panel 10.1. This most recent update introduces the industry’s first web design staging area in a control panel. Read More »

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CEO Addresses Cloud Infrastructure.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 8, 2011

Our  CEO, Jonathan Ewert, talks about the future of cloud infrastructure in an interview by WebHostReportCards.com. He gives his projections for infrastructure hosting, including cloud vs. hybrid, serving enterprise’s hosting needs and managing customers’ costs. Jonathan also talks about where Codero is headed with its Cloud offering.

Read the interview here.

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Majority of SMBs Have No Disaster Recovery Plan.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 2, 2011

With a foot of snow dumped upon us during this blizzard and a state of emergency declared in the area, it made me think about planning for disasters. As someone who has experienced losing data firsthand, I can appreciate the value of having a secure plan in place to prevent it. Read More »

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Meticulous Planning Was Behind Successful Migration.

By Maureen Griffith | Published: February 1, 2011

Migrations can be tricky. That’s why the engineers here at Codero spent months developing a comprehensive workflow process to make sure our last server migration was seamless. Read More »

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