5 Reasons Every Small Business Needs Server Monitoring

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Every 5 years, 20 percent of all small businesses experience unexpected downtime. This downtime often causes major damage, resulting in permanent closures for 25 percent of businesses who have a significant incident. Businesses, especially those without huge IT teams and millions of dollars in revenue, can’t afford to experience unexpected downtime. Not only does it cost them time

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Appeals Court Upholds Net Neutrality in 2-1 Vote

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Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals voted in a 2-1 margin to uphold Net Neutrality, making Internet service a utility. This new ruling will help prevent Internet Service Providers from slowing down or blocking Internet content to consumers. “After a decade of debate and legal battles, today’s ruling affirms the commission’s ability to enforce the

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No-IP Will be Closed May 30 for Memorial Day

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In honor of Memorial Day, No-IP Support will be closed Monday, May 30, 2016. Priority Support phone calls will be accepted from 10 am to 5 pm PST, but all other calls will not be accepted until the following business day. Upgrade to Priority Support if you need immediate assistance, or check out our extensive Knowledge Base for helpful troubleshooting

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No-IP Adds Second Intern to the Development Team

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At No-IP, we believe in learning from experience.  Last year, we added Liam to the team as the second intern to ever work for us. Last month, we added our third intern, Nick Wehrhan, to the development team. Nick comes to us from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he is currently majoring in Computer

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Create Hostnames on Your Own Domain with No-IP Plus Managed DNS

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Do you ever wish you didn’t have to use a different domain for your website and your dynamic DNS? Well, you don’t have to if you add No-IP’s Plus Managed DNS to your current domain name. Adding Plus Managed DNS to your domain will allow you to create up to 50 hostnames on your own domain

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No-IP Adds Engineering Lead Mike Mason to the No-IP Team

Last week, No-IP welcomed a new member to the development team. Mike Mason took on a new role as Engineering Lead and will help oversee and manage development projects.

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[SCAM ALERT] Web Listings Inc.

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Recently, one of our team members got an letter in the mail from Web Listings Inc. regarding a domain they have registered with us. The letter looks like a bill, describing the service you will be paying for and telling you where to mail your check.

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30 Things You Can do While Waiting for a Record to Update

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One minute may not seem like a lot of time, unless of course you have ever run on a treadmill. However, that is as long as it takes to update a record on the No-IP server. An update is any change made to a hostname or domain name which can include, setting a new TXT record

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How I Went to Mexico Without My Dogs and Didn’t Freak Out!

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Last week I spent five days in sunny Cancun, Mexico. My husband and I took the trip as a late honeymoon and we have never traveled together out of the country. We were excited but also nervous because, like many of you, we own dogs.  We actually have three dogs and no kids, so obviously

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A Beginner’s Guide to SSL Certificates

When it comes to your company’s website, security is king. You want to make your users feel safe when entering in personal data on your website. This is especially true for company’s that sell products and services like Amazon, but also for other sites that require accounts to be created like Facebook or Twitter. The easiest

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