Dedicated Hosting in North Dakota? Why not…

Here in North Dakota we strive to take care of our customers.  Our staff is talented industry experts that still believe in the importance of personalized customer service.

We provide the most reliable hosting services possible, along with helpful, technically superior customer service.  Take a moment and check out our current Dedicated Hosting Packages.  Need it customized or  maybe not sure which one would be best for your company?  Give us a call, we would love to help your company out!

Dedicated Hosting Packages:

E¹ Essential

The E5404 is a powerful and affordable quad-core server capable of hosting email, high traffic Websites, and development environments. This package comes with 2GB RAM and unmetered data transfer. This runs with the Intel® Xeon® E5405 Processor.

E² Enhanced

The Quad Core Xeon E5504 is a prime choice for those looking for a sturdy, powerful server. This server is great for handling various applications. This package features 6GB RAM and Dual 146GB (2 max) disks. This runs with the Intel® Xeon® Nehalem-EP^TM E5504 Processor.

E³ Elite

The Quad Core Xeon E5540 is equipped to handle more intensive applications. This package features 12GB RAM and Dual 300GB (2 max) disks. This runs with the Intel® Xeon® Nehalem-EP^TM E5540 Processor.

E⁴ Enterprise

With dual processors, six cores, and 12 threads the X5650 boasts hefty resources to power you’re demanding applications and Websites. Our ‘Enterprise’ package offers RAID Level 1 or 5, and 24GB RAM!  This runs with the Intel® Xeon® Westmere-EP^TM X5650 Processor.

Always included with our hosting services:

• Free Configuration Consultation
• 100% Network Up-time Guarantee
• Safe Midwestern Data Center Location
• Affordable Rates & Customizable Configurations
• Complete Solutions including Firewall, VPN, Backups, Monitoring, Clustering and much more
• No Term Commitments

Why not chose BTInet in North Dakota?  We are confident you will be pleased with our services and commitment to you!

btinet.net or btinet.com?

Well, the short answer is that it’s both……  For years, BTInet has been providing email addresses for its customers “@btinet.net”, and we will still continue to do so.  However, the BTInet staff has also used “@btinet.net” for its email addresses, and we’re in the process of making a slight change to that – we’re going to start using “@btinet.com” for our employee’s email addresses.  Our old @btinet.net email addresses will still work for a while, but please make a note of the change to @btinet.com and update your Address books if necessary.

In addition, here are some important email addresses you can use to contact our office:

support@btinet.com – can be used for any technical questions or to report any issues with your services

sales@btinet.com – can be used to request the set up of new services or for any pricing questions

accounts@btinet.com – can be used for any Billing or account questions

customerservice@btinet.com – can be used for general questions

By the way, either domain name will work to visit us on our website, so feel free to use either www.btinet.net or www.btinet.com to check out our services online.

“You can’t prepare for everything – but you can prepare for anything.”

It has been all over the news about the Cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy.  This tragic event serves as an important reminder to all.  We can’t prevent disasters from happenings, but we can prepare ourselves for the unexpected.  We need to be reminded the importance of Business Continuity Plans and realize that data disasters do occur, and the repercussions can be devastating.

Data Backup is one of the most critical components of a complete disaster recovery plan.  Back in 2007 only 3 percent of data losses occur due to natural disasters; 97 percent are due to mechanical failure or human error.  Good news, preparation for both types of disasters is the same!

Five important questions to consider:

1.  What is absolutely critical to running your business day-to-day?

• Emails?
• Accounting Data?
• Customer Records?
• Billing Software
• All of the above?

2.  How long could you operate without that data before your business suffered?

• A few hours?
• A day?
• Several days?

3.  When is your data backup?

• Multiple times a day?
• Every Day?
• Weekly?
• Monthly?

4.  Where and how is your backup data stored?

• On-site?
• Off-site?
• Not sure?

5.  In a natural disaster, the person or team whom is in charge might be dealing with other issues too.

The best thing to do is to not worry about any of these issues and call BTInet today.  We will manage your Disaster Recovery and your Managed Backups for you.  Do you feel that stress lifting off of your shoulders?

Here is some food for thought:  Businesses with a Business Continuity Plan will go on as normal, businesses without a Business Continuity Plan won’t know what to do and more than likely won’t be able to recover their lost data. 

Be a Scam Buster!

Cyber criminals don’t just send scam email messages and set up fake website.  They might also call you on the telephone and claim to be from Microsoft or some other company.  Once they have gained your trust, they might ask you for your username and password or ask you to go to a website to install software that will give them access to your computer.  Once you do this your personal information is vulnerable.

Tips on how to avoid phone scams:

• Never give control of your computer to a third party unless you can confirm that it is a legitimate representative of a computer support team with whom you are already a customer.
• Never provide your credit card or financial information to someone claiming to be from Microsoft tech support if you did not initiate the call to Microsoft first.
• Ask upfront if you are required to purchase software or pay a fee or subscription associated with the “service.” If there is, hang up.

Take the caller’s information down and immediately report it to your local authorities. If you think you’ve been the victim of a scam, check out these tips that can help you protect your money and identity.

Please remember to question any unsolicited email or call.  Check out our previous blogs on scams and phishing emails.

Is it a SCAM or not? 

Don’t Become a Victim

Fake Windows Support Calls 

What is CentOS?

CentOS is an Enterprise Linux distribution based on the freely available sources from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Each CentOS version is supported for 7 years (by means of security updates). A new CentOS version is released every 2 years and each CentOS version is periodically updated (roughly every 6 months) to support newer hardware. This results in a secure, low-maintenance, reliable, predictable and reproducible Linux environment.

CentOS has numerous advantages:

• An active and growing user community
• Quickly rebuilt, tested and QA’ed errata packages
• An extensive mirror network
• Developers whom are contactable and responsive
• Multiple free support avenues including IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums and a FAQ.

Check out our Dedicated Hosting with CentOS today!