Silva Tech Solutions LLC

Using our quick prototype Google Earth tool, we put together a quick map from the USGS showing the Magnitude 5.8 – VIRGINIA earthquake.

Update 8/23/11 8:11PM EST: Added another layer to the Google Earth Map that shows recent seismic data from across the globe.

We ran into a situation recently, where a wildcard SSL cert was purchased for a customer. When setting up the cert for the entire server, WHM/CPANEL would not tag the default CPANEL account with the new cert. Apache would serve the SSL, but the Apache conf file was not picking up the domain name.
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We are often times asked to work on clients servers that range greatly in hardware and software platforms. It seems that no two VPS/Cloud servers are configured the same, nor do they have the same user permissions to install/compile modules into PHP/Lamp.

This can be a pain if we need to install a third party module like PHP SSH2 to securely transfer some files between servers for backups.
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We recently started research work for a potential grant and some of the project focused on dynamic visualization of data sources. A few years ago we had done some work for a client in visualizing aircraft telemetry data using the stand-along Google Earth client. At that time, the Google Earth browser plug-in was not yet mature and still had a few issues.

With our current project, we needed a quick way to geographically visualize a large set of data. A years worth of Apache log files, a perl script, some PHP code, and we were able to create a fully automated data integration and visualization system with no cost.
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Data integration. Integerated several commercial data sources into MSSQL server. Wrote data normalization schemes for each data source and built a custom search engine for new data. Authorize.net and Squirrel Cart ARB integration. Intrusion detection and resolution Virtual Private Server architecture, development and troubleshooting Website architecture conversions (ASP to PHP) Linux DNS and Mail server configuration/troubleshooting Apache and IIS setup. PHP and Classic ASP Software Development MSSQL Database installation (VPS) and management Legacy System Maintenance and troubleshooting (OsCommerce and proprietary ASP frameworks)

“When our web development company has a difficult project that requires really technical expertise, we pick up the phone and call Jeremy Silva. He is a master programmer and knows the intricate ins and outs of servers and networks. He is able to estimate and accurately code all manner of outrageous programming requests and makes very creative suggestions which ultimately save our customers time and money. He is the first person I go to when I have a tricky programming problem, and he always gets the job done in a creative way, under budget and on time. I’d recommend Jeremy to anyone!” — Susan McCrossin