Google Chrome Updates – Is Your Site Secure?
The world’s most popular Internet browser, Google Chrome, is releasing an important update in the coming weeks. Starting with the public and stable release of Chrome update 68, the browser will show a yellow “warning” icon next to the URL of web sites which are not protected by a SSL cert, and when this icon […]
Just Keep Swinging : DataYard Celebrates 23 Years
This year at DataYard we celebrate 23 years of hard work, ambition, and success. First things first, we want to thank all of our wonderful, loyal clients who have chosen us for 20 years or just over the last year, your trust in us means everything. Secondly, we want to thank our team that is […]
Securing Your Home Network
Earlier this month was Safer Internet Day, which is focused on educating and creating awareness for a safer internet. As Dayton’s only local ISP (Internet Service Provider), DataYard knows the importance of internet safety and security. While we do our part to keep the internet safe as a provider, the only one who can keep […]
5 Reasons Why Disney’s Channel Facade is Falling
An article by The Wall Street Journal came out yesterday revealing Disney’s struggles with ratings and viewership decline and honestly, we’re not surprised. As a company that values innovation, we’re not shocked when large companies fail to innovate quickly. As online providers such as Netflix, Amazon and the infamous, endless blackhole of YouTube have garnered more and […]
A Commitment to Radical Privacy
On April 3rd, President Trump signed legislation repealing the FCC’s privacy regulations. As a result, Internet Service Providers (like DataYard, AT&T, Spectrum, etc.) can now quietly gather, store, and sell the Internet histories, communications, and usage patterns of everyone they provide Internet access to. The legislation goes further, by placing restrictions on the types of […]
DataYard – At Your Service
DataYard – At Your Service! Now available by popular demand, DataYard has created a brand new offering under a brand new division, At Your Service. AYS will help regional companies with all aspects of business IT – whether it is managing existing workstations and servers, migrating to a VoIP phone service, upgrading network equipment, or guiding your transition to […]
“Venom” Vulnerability Details Released
This week the “Venom” vulnerability was announced, affecting a number of virtualization systems, like Xen, KVM, and VirtualBox (http://www.zdnet.com/article/venom-security-flaw-millions-of-virtual-machines-datacenters/). Hackers can use the defect to exploit flaws in code written more than 10 years ago, a virtual floppy disk controller, to shut down the hypervisor. With the hypervisor disabled, a hacker would then able to […]