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U.S. Agencies Release Guidelines for DDoS Attacks

SecureWorld News

government agencies have come together to provide some guidelines in protecting against these attacks. While DDoS attacks are relatively simple to execute, they are frequently used by threat actors and can be a real thorn in the side of an organization. Which is why some U.S.

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Fountainhead: What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application?

Fountainhead

unique network topology (including load balancing, firewalls, etc.). connected to differing forms of storage (not to mention storage tiering, backup etc.) governing rules. location of app images and VMs), network (including load balancing and. Balancing these. Because a complex. Such blueprints.

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites. So, if one site should go down – users would transparently be balanced to the next nearest or most available data center. . Remote backup and storage.

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