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What Happens When a Hurricane Hits the Web

Published on October 31, 2012 01:04AM by Matthew Prince.

What Happens When a Hurricane Hits the
Web(Photo credit: Hy Chalmé/Instagram)

Now that Hurricane Sandy has passed and the flood waters have begun to recede, we wanted to recap what ...

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Sandy, Meet CloudFlare

Published on October 28, 2012 08:27PM by Matthew Prince.

Sandy, Meet
CloudFlare

There is a large hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean which is likely to come on-shore in the Eastern United States late tomorrow. Dubbed Sandy, the current track of the hurricane has it making landfall ...

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Always Online v.2

Published on August 05, 2012 09:33PM by Matthew Prince.

Always Online
v.2

The video on CloudFlare's home page promises that we will keep your web page online "even if your server goes down." It's a feature we dubbed "Always Online" and, when ...

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Come On Irene: Surviving a Hurricane

Published on August 26, 2011 10:56PM by Matthew Prince.

As you may have heard, there's a hurricane (Irene) about to hit the east coast of the United States. We just got word from our data center in Ashburn, VA that they have taken precautions to help weather the storm. These include:

  • Backup generators have been tested, fuel tanks ...
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SXSW Panel Picker: Powered by CloudFlare

Published on August 18, 2011 07:46PM by Matthew Prince.

SXSW Panel Picker: Powered by
CloudFlare

Each year, the SXSW Music, Film and Interactive Conferences (sxsw.com) solicit session ideas from the community for the upcoming event using PanelPicker (panelpicker.sxsw.com). After submissions ...

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CloudFlare Keeps Groundhog Day Online!

Published on February 03, 2011 12:04AM by Matthew Prince.

CloudFlare Keeps Groundhog Day
Online!Today is Groundhog Day: the day on which a groundhog (named Phil) crawls out of his hole in Punxsutawney, PA and either sees his shadow, meaning we're in for ...

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