This is an unscheduled public service announcement which we consider urgent and in the interests of the broader online community. In the past few hours, on Sunday May 14th, the WannaCry ransomware campaign has evolved. We are seeing new variants of the ransomware emerge. We have posted an update on our blog which includes instructions on how to protect yourself.

Debian Jessie OS - Icehouse Release
4 Server Configuration - Controller/Image/Network/Compute nodes
Nodes use bonded ethernet for 2Gigabit throughput
SSD Drives used for fast compute node storage
HP Servers used with AES Instruction set CPU's for high speed IPSEC vpn.
Openstack API is on a secure, private network

Google has released a new feature within Google Webmaster Tools, called Index Status, that shows site owners exactly how many pages on their site are indexed and when.

Shopify, one of the Internet's leading e-commerce systems, recently posted some helpful guidelines to consider when using Facebook ads to drive traffic to an online store.

The free DotNetNuke blog module is getting some much needed enhancements in its next major release. Let's take a look at some of the most important changes to the module.

Beginning with DotNetNuke 6.1, site owners have noticed a marked decrease in the amount of time it takes for their web pages to load. DotNetNuke has made it a recent priority to improve the page download speed by modifying the way requests are made to the server. In short, it makes DotNetNuke a much faster loading content management system immediately out of the box.

DotNetNuke 6.2, set to be released soon, contains some new Facebook-like social features that could be very useful for businesses looking to add social functionality to their websites.

If you rely on Google Analytics for visitor tracking information on your website you've probably noticed an increase in the appearance of (not provided) as the search keyword.

As we've written about previously, responsive web design is a great way to have your website work on any kind of web-enabled device. A responsive, mobile-opitimized website works on desktop computers, tablets, phones, and any other device with web access. This week Google announced their support for responsive web sites and launched one of their own.

We wrote yesterday about why we think a mobile-optimized site is a good approach for many businesses looking to target mobile devices and tablets. NPR Digital Services also has a write up on why it's a great (and necessary) approach for their station sites.