Until this month, Microsoft Azure was a tradeoff in business continuity against competitors like Amazon Web Services (AWS). But that tradeoff is in the rear-view mirror now that Availability Zones are live. Now, the most difficult part of putting your business continuity plan together will be understanding the extremely fine-toothed nuances between Regions and Availability […]
(The Son of Man, by Rene Magritte) Most people think of hackers as isolated individuals, acting from the privacy of dark basements with only large-screen monitors to keep them company. At worst, they are decentralized organizations, like the hacktivist organization that gained notoriety in the early 2000s, Anonymous. But the playing field has changed significantly […]
Brian Myers is a Systems Engineer for Platte River Networks and has been with us for 3 years. Prior to joining PRN, Brian attended the US Navy Aviation School and was a plane captain for the US Navy Squadron VA-52. He was also an Access Control Systems Engineer at the Vandenberg Air Force missile launch […]
January was a month of brutal honesty for many of the world’s largest IT companies. First, Intel, ARM, and AMD confessed to Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. And then, just two days before the month ended, Cisco also entered the confessional to admit a vulnerability in their WebVPN portals. Cisco’s vulnerability impacts a much smaller user-base […]
Now, more and more businesses are looking for a Managed Service Provider (MSP) who can help them to achieve strategic goals in addition to support services, but if you happen to be one of these businesses, many of whom feel as though they are falling behind the curve, you might not see your needs as […]
The deck is stacked against defenders in cybersecurity, but a new breed of threat detection could help even the odds. This last year has made the need for immediate help obvious, first with the Equifax hack and now Meltdown and Spectre, there’s now a focused attention towards the fundamental characteristic of cybersecurity. Peter Thiel put simply: “One […]
Two critical CPU vulnerabilities, named Meltdown and Spectre, were disclosed to the public on January 3, 2018, leading to a slew of questions, patches, and fear. The nature of this security threat is categorically different than most. When you hear about malware, ransomware, and viruses, these names refer to programs that are only dangerous when […]
The holidays are a mixed blessing. Spending more time with friends and family is great, but it also means more obligations. Since we are stretched for time, we make simple mistakes, like clicking on a link that we weren’t supposed to in an email that looked legitimate. To make the holidays a bit easier, we […]
Colorado Biz Magazine has chosen Platte River Networks as a Top 250 Private Company in Colorado for the fourth consecutive year Denver, CO November 27th, 2017 — Platte River Networks, a leading managed IT services and cloud provider based in Denver, was recognized for the fourth year in a row as one of the Top […]
