Github survived the biggest DDoS attack ever thanks to Akamai On Wednesday, 28th of February at about 17:28 GMT, 1.35 terabits per second of traffic hit the Github developer platform. This DDoS attack was the biggest one recorded ever and all without even using a botnet. The technical term for this[...]
Judy Android Malware Infects Over 36.5 Million Google Play Store Users Security researchers at Checkpoint have discovered possibly the largest malware campaign ever on Google Play Store. The security provider claims that more than 36.5 million Android devices are infected by a malicious ad-click[...]
Distil’s Free Plug-in for Google Analytics Will Clean Up Bot Data One of the market leaders in bot protection, Distil Networks announced the release of their latest product, a Google Analytics plugin. The new product is a free plugin that helps weed out bad bot data from GA.
A website is the digital face of a company, the first thing a visitor sees. And it’s a well known fact that people build their opinions largely based on first impressions. In order to build a great first impression, online businesses focus on compelling and crisp visual elements - they want the[...]
At GlobalDots we have been developing an exclusive partnership program with selected web performance professionals to strengthen the collaboration and knowledge transfer within our industry. For starters, we ran a few Q&A sessions with the experts to find out what were their thoughts about the[...]
Having a smooth, fast loading website is key to optimal user experience. A great way to lose the wait is to trim the fat, as in the weight of your page content. There is a number of ways to do that, such as using HTTP compression to reduce the size of the data that needs to be sent to the client.[...]
Ericsson launches its own global CDN with Telcos Ericsson, the global communications technology provider has taken a huge step forward into the CDN market; by launching a new ubiquitous CDN called UDN (Unified Delivery Network) which aggregates regional service provider capabilities on a global[...]
Media streaming is one of the most powerful mega trends around, whose potential were only beginning to fully master and exploit. The arrival of streaming technology brought upon a new generation of the internet, based on delivering rich video and audio content to the end user, on the spot. The[...]
Britain’s tech community links up with charities to help migrants with mobiles My Refuge, a website and app which tries to put refugees looking for a home in touch with people willing to provide one, described as "AirBnB for refugees, with no money involved”. The plan faces obstacles, such as how[...]
Gartner Positions Rackspace in Leaders Quadrant for Cloud Enabled Managed Hosting in North America and Europe Rackspace Hosting, the managed cloud company, announced that Gartner Inc., the IT research and advisory institution, had positioned Rackspace in the Leaders quadrant of “Magic Quadrant for[...]
