It’s been 5 years since Microsoft has made a release in the Windows Server family. Like many of the other software offerings from Microsoft, the development cycle has been inflated as the company looks to make significant changes to usability and security. Windows products are often bogged down with unnecessary features and are a favourite target of […]

Each year, old technology is replaced by new, bringing us faster, better computers and servers (among other things, of course). SuperbHosting.net has now released some new dedicated servers, and with that, updated our pricing and the way we name our servers. Gone are the old Solo, Prime, Edge, Pro, and Extreme servers that were a part […]

The average person has little or no difficulty starting their computer, opening up their preferred web browser (likely Internet Explorer or Firefox, based on statistics), and surfing to their favourite websites. There is little understanding about how or why it works, it just does, and that’s good enough for the average user. However, once you […]

Earlier this week I made a post linking to an article released on AnandTech last year that compared the Intel Woodcrest CPU to AMD’s Opteron and Sun’s Ultrasparc T1. The overall conclusion was that the Woodcrest was the top processor of the three. While the Intel Woodcrest will suffice for a majority of business and personal needs, there is […]

Featuring one of the processors that Superb offers in our dedicated servers, the Intel Woodcrest, this is a great article that compares three of the major server CPU manufacturers. In four years, AMD’s Opteron gained a 48% share of the US and a 36% share of the worldwide four socket server market. The response by […]

You may already know what dedicated hosting is but may be trying to decide if you need it or if shared hosting is enough. While there is a 3rd alternative; virtual private servers, they are simply an upscale, more flexible version of shared hosting.
For those who are not clear about the difference. Shared hosting […]

Security relating to computers and networks has always been a concern for IT managers tending to Enterprise-class operations. Despite all their efforts to keep their networks free from intruders - be it a hacker, a worm, a trojan, or a virus - the biggest security risk to these systems is most often the users themselves. Over time, more […]