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The Architecture of Iptables and Netfilter

A firewall is a security device (hardware/software) that protects the network by filtering traffic and blocking unwanted/unauthorized access to private data. Having a proper firewall is important to protect your servers and infrastructure. It can not only block unwanted traffic but also block malicious software from infecting the system. In the Linux ecosystem, iptables is a popular firewall that interfaces …

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Key Aspects of Protecting your Data in the Cloud

While new technologies are designed to counter cyber threats, attackers are constantly evolving and coming up with new ways to exploit potential system vulnerabilities. Therefore, it is crucial for businesses that keep their data in the cloud to build robust and effective security measures that make sure their systems are protected at all times. A sound security plan requires considerable …

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Better performance at lower prices – our U.S. cloud locations

We recently underwent a major infrastructure, connectivity and pricing upgrade to our cloud locations in mainland U.S. So we created this blog post to share the details about why we made that change, how you can take advantage of it and finally some of the really great things it means for our cloud going forward. Improved performance After introducing Intel …

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Want to run a successful digital agency in the cloud? CloudSigma has the right mix of flexibility and performance for you

Customer Profile Based in Geneva, Swiss company Ideative, specializes in the management and development of e-business projects. Recently, the company, formerly known as Cobweb, teamed up with the Graf Miville agency to join the audiovisual and digital group Groupe Point Prod Actua as Ideative. Ideative offers digital expertise to institutions, brands, NGOs and companies. It offers analysis, consulting, strategy, UI/UX …

Customer Auditing of CloudSigma

Customer Auditing of CloudSigma

As a company, people often ask us about about the possibility to do an audit of our service. Our customers want to ensure compliance with regulations, industry standards, codes and engineering best practice. As a customer of any CloudSigma cloud platform, you have the right to perform security, operations and processes auditing in relation to the services that we provide …

False Assumptions About Cloud Computing

5 False Assumptions Every CTO Should Know About Cloud Computing

No doubt, Cloud Computing has brought benefits to the IT industry with its awesome innovations. Cloud adoption is transforming markets and industries every single day. As both small and large firms increase their knowledge of basic cloud computing services, many are migrating to the public cloud to house more complex and flexible business applications. Some companies have already advanced when …

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CloudSigma Receives Enterprise-Ready Rating from the Skyhigh CloudTrust™ Program

Zurich, Switzerland – December 22, 2014 – CloudSigma, a public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider with advanced hybrid hosting solutions, announced today it has been awarded the Skyhigh CloudTrust™ rating of “enterprise-ready” for its CloudSigma Iaas Services. Skyhigh identifies and classifies thousands of cloud services and provides an objective and detailed evaluation of the enterprise-readiness of each cloud service based on …