You can learn a lot by simple observation. Last week, there was a brouhaha as several banks nearly collapsed, and then some did. The usual discourse will be set with educated people explaining how something was right, wrong, or neither. A joint statement by the FDIC, the Federal Reserve, and the United States Treasury affirmed their resolve to protect the system. While most coverage will try to confuse you with a labyrinth of econobabble whose goal is to convince you that it’s too complex and you can’t understand it, the reality is quite simple. In their attempt to hurt the right people, they accidentally hurt the wrong people. (more…)

The Atlantic.Net Cloud Platform (ACP) announced support for Windows Server 2022 in November 2021. We were one of the very first cloud providers to offer the very latest version of Microsoft’s award-winning Operating System.

Today we are proud to support the Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Desktop Experience, a finely tuned desktop-focused edition customized for the Atlantic.Net cloud platform. (more…)

Oracle Linux is now available on the Atlantic.Net Cloud Platform. This newly available distribution is designed for extremely high performance on a security-defined Linux platform. Oracle Linux is 100% RHEL-compatible and a genuine alternative to CentOS, which reached end-of-life (EOL) in December 2021. CentOS is no longer officially supported by its creators, meaning no further releases are forthcoming.

For power users who are already familiar with Red Hat, CentOS, and Rocky Linux, the transition to Oracle Linux will be a seamless experience. Oracle Linux has been available since 2006, and Oracle has used it directly to power their own cloud solutions. (more…)

The Rocky Linux operating system, seen by the developer community as the successor to CentOS, is now available for use in the Atlantic.Net Cloud.  Rocky Linux is an important release for many of our customers as CentOS has announced they will be cutting support for CentOS 8 much earlier than the original date of December 31, 2029, instead of planning end-of-life for a new date of December 31, 2021. CentOS will also be discontinuing future development of new CentOS versions that track RedHat upstream releases. (more…)

We are pleased to expand our offer enabling new cloud VPS customers to double their server resources at no extra cost. Atlantic.Net will upgrade all cloud plans to the capabilities of the next highest price bracket at no additional cost for new customers at all its data centers. This program also includes Atlantic.Net’s Free-to-Use for One Year Server promotion, meaning that any new free tier users will be automatically upgraded from 1GB to 2GB Cloud Server usage for one full year. (more…)

We are pleased to announce that Brandon P. is our Customer Service Champion for Q2 2021! (more…)

We are pleased to be recognized for our Healthcare HIPAA Compliant Hosting at the coveted Global InfoSec Awards during this year’s RSA annual conference. We have won the “Cutting Edge in Compliance” award from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine. (more…)

We are pleased to announce that the American Business Awards recognized Atlantic.Net for its Healthcare HIPAA Compliant Hosting with a Stevie Award the for second year in a row. This is a testament to our top-notch and unparalleled service chosen by thousands of businesses in over 100 countries. Atlantic.Net, Inc. was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Healthcare Technology Solution category in the 19th Annual American Business Awards®. (more…)

We are pleased to announce that Alex C. is our Customer Service Champion for Q1 2021! (more…)

PayPal payments are now accepted for all Atlantic.Net services and solutions

Today we began accepting PayPal payments for all our services and solutions. PayPal is an online payments system with 305 million active customers across most countries. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional payment methods like checks, money orders, and credit/debit cards by allowing people to transfer funds electronically between individuals and businesses directly from their PayPal account. This presents a significant opportunity to increase our revenues by opening our services up to clients that do not wish to use a credit or debit card or prefer to pay in advance for their services. (more…)