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Cloudflare Outage

The Cloudflare Outage Took Down Parts of the Internet. Here’s What Businesses Can Learn from It.

On November 18, 2025, the Cloudflare Outage disrupted websites and internet services for roughly six hours, blocking access to apps, authentication, and even DNS resolution around the world. At DataYard, we see this event as a practical reminder: outages happen to the biggest companies, so businesses must design hosting and DNS strategies that prioritize resilience. Read Cloudflare’s postmortem for the technical timeline and use this guide to reduce your risk.

May Maintenance Week – 05/11 & 05/12

On May 11th & 12th of 2018, we will be performing maintenance on DataYard’s customer infrastructure. This will include performing updates to all managed server infrastructure, including tasks that

April Maintenance Window 04/13 & 04/14

On April 13th & 14th of 2018, we will be performing maintenance on DataYard’s customer infrastructure. This will include performing updates to all managed server infrastructure, including tasks that

March Maintenance Window – 03/16 & 03/17

On March 16th & 17th of 2018, we will be performing maintenance on DataYard’s customer infrastructure. This will include performing updates to all managed server infrastructure, including tasks that

New and improved Connect Mail

We’d like to thank you DONet & DataYard mail users alike. We’ve spent the last several months bringing you a whole new revamped Connect Mail

Connect Mail Maintenance – Saturday March 10th

On March 10th of 2018, we will be performing maintenance on DataYard’s connect mail infrastructure. This will include performing updates to all connect mail infrastructure, including tasks that require reboots/shutdowns/service interruptions to both

Keeping the Internet Safe

Earlier this month was Safer Internet Day, which is a day dedicated to creating awareness around safe internet usage mainly geared towards children and teens.

February Maintenance Window – 02/16 & 02/17

On February 16th & 17th of 2018, we will be performing maintenance on DataYard’s customer infrastructure. This will include performing updates to all managed server infrastructure, including tasks that

Securing Your Home Network

Earlier this month was Safer Internet Day, which is focused on educating and creating awareness for a safer internet. As Dayton’s only local ISP (Internet

Maintenance Week – January 2018

Exciting news, it’s maintenance week here at DataYard!  We’ve recently shifted from having a single maintenance window on the Saturday following Microsoft’s patch Tuesday, to

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