Archive for 2012
Introducing GiveCamps–Developers (and AppliedI) helping Charities
As I type this message, there’s a group of volunteers gearing up to spend the next 48 hours hyped up on Caffeinated drinks, gorged on Pizza and sandwiches and busily typing away on keyboards, strategizing on whiteboards and tackling problems for the greater good. No, I’m not talking about a World of Warcraft marathon gamer…
Read MoreAppliedI Partner Spotlight: Arrow Consulting & Design
Applied Innovations is committed to cultivating and nurturing mutually advantageous relationships through our Partner Program. One of our most successful partnerships has been with Arrow Consulting and Design, a Palm-Beach-based firm specializing in custom development resources for ASP.NET, Windows/WPF, SharePoint and Silverlight, as well as web development, internet marketing, and graphic design. The Applied Innovations…
Read MoreThe Internet Infrastructure Coalition
Last year the Internet on a whole was concerned by the SOPA and PIPA legislation, myself included and the hosting industry came together with the rest of the Internet community and helped speak out against the looming threat of SOPA and fortunately SOPA was stopped. Unfortunately, there still plenty of work to be done as…
Read MoreCloud Services and Small Businesses
In 2011 Parallels conducted a market research study to help service providers better understand the current state of cloud hosting and the small to medium sized business. What they found was that today’s small and medium sized businesses are responsible for 15 billion dollars of the cloud market today and are the businesses that are…
Read MoreVote for Hilton as DNN Site of The Year & Visit Us at DNNWorld 2012
We are proud to announce that one of our hosting clients, Hilton Grand Vacations, is up for DNN Site of the Year. Please help them win by voting on Facebook. DotNetNuke World is the annual user conference specifically designed for developers, web designers, administrators, business decision makers, and end users on the DotNetNuke Platform. This…
Read MoreUser Experience Phase 2: Implementation
In our first article, we walked through the process of auditing and evaluating the User Experience of your website. In this article, we’ll map out an Implementation Plan to tackle the items that you identified in Step 6 as: Easily and immediately actionable. Worth implementing but requiring additional resources or time to roll out. The…
Read MorePutting X On Your Map: How To Think Like a Creative Strategist & Get Greater Response To Your Online Offering
By Dan Ray, Web Media & Design Manager, Ray|Collective, Inc. Before the Internet, ad agencies were staffed with the brightest creative minds and rarest designers in the world. Their strategy was straightforward: Interrupt them: make people stop and look at you. Designs and concepts had to be compelling, attractive and hit the mark. Seed thought:…
Read MoreGetting to Know Cara Pluff
Fearless Editor sat down with Cara Pluff, Applied Innovations’ Director of Marketing and Sales, to talk about Teamwork, Triathlons, Food, and Inspiration. Fearless Editor: Let’s start with some basic work facts. When did you start at Applied Innovations? Cara Pluff: A little over three years ago. Originally my focus was on building out sales structure…
Read MoreRecap of Hosting Industry Events in July
July was a big month for the Hosting Industry with the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto July 8-12 and HostingCon 2012 in Boston July 16-18. 2012 Microsoft World Partner Conference Toronto, July 8-12 Applied Innovations’ President and CEO Jess Coburn joined 15,000 of his closest friends from over 150 countries at this annual…
Read MoreCustomer Spotlight: TechKnowSys
Applied Innovations wanted to get to know a little bit more about New Jersey-based customer TechKnowSys and its founder Tom Murzenski. So we sat down together over some nice afternoon tea with crumpets. (Okay, not really… we had a friendly, efficient and ecologically sensible email interview… but crumpets sound delicious.) Applied Innovations: So when was…
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