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Improvements to the 1Velocity Website

In Company Updates on September 13, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg

The old 1Velocity website

The old 1Velocity website

1Velocity.com: Simpler, faster, and now with email subscribe!

We just finished some improvements to the 1Velocity website. Our website is one of the primary ways people learn about how 1Velocity can help their businesses. Now, It is also a great way to stay updated on what’s new with the company.

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Our primary goal with this refresh is to allow visitors to subscribe to our email newsletter. You can now sign-up to receive emails with expert tips, upcoming events, and news from 1Velocity. Subscribe to get Ethernet Tips

Other Improvements

While we were at it, we made a few other changes:

  • our phone number on the top of every page
  • better search engine optimization to help people find us
  • faster
  • photos of customer installations
  • simpler, cleaner design

How can we improve further?

We hope to continue to make improvements. Please take a look at the new 1Velocity.com. Then, leave a comment or email us with what you like and what we can improve.

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Congress Is Rethinking Its Ban on Internet Gambling

In Recommended Reading on July 29, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg

On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would effectively legalize online poker and other nonsports betting, overturning a 2006 federal ban that critics say merely drove Web-based casinos offshore. The bill would direct the Treasury Department to license and regulate Internet gambling operations, while a companion measure, pending before another committee, would allow the Internal Revenue Service to tax such businesses.

via Congress Is Rethinking Its Ban on Internet Gambling – NYTimes.com.

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The Many Flavors of Carrier Ethernet

In Recommended Reading on July 27, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg Tagged: , ,

Semantics can be tricky when it comes to technology, too. Take the concept of “carrier Ethernet.” We think we know what it means: Ethernet services provided by carriers. But it’s not that obvious. There are three distinct offerings, all with specific characteristics, under the broad umbrella of carrier Ethernet.

Learn the differences: The many flavors of carrier Ethernet (Network World).

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Google’s Apps for Gov adds Security

In Recommended Reading on July 26, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg Tagged: , ,

Google says that this is the first multi-tenant cloud application suite that has received FISMA certification at a FISMA-Moderate level, which gives it the ability to store and serve sensitive (but not classified) information. Google’s Matthew Glotzbach says this encompasses 80-90% of all government information.

Read more: Google Launches Apps for Government, with Servers on US Soil

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BitTorrent Speeds Twitter’s Server Deployment

In Recommended Reading on July 16, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg

Recently, Twitter began using BitTorrent to speed deployments across its thousands of servers:

“It was time for something completely different, something decentralized, something more like.. BitTorrent.. running inside of our datacenter to quickly copy files around,” Twitter engineer Larry Gadea explains.

The new BitTorrent-powered system “turned a 40 minute deploy process into one that lasted just 12 seconds.”

Read more: BitTorrent Makes Twitter’s Server Deployment 75x Faster | TorrentFreak.

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