Archive for April 2014

When moving your site to a cloud server or dedicated environment there are a few different options for hosting your SQL database and the right solution will depend upon a few factors. To understand what SQL option is best for your hosting environment, you want to know which version of SQL you currently use (MS…

Earlier this week I was invited to Orlando to speak to a number of c level technology executives about the cloud, the impact on their business and what they were doing.  These businesses were all classified as companies with revenues between $100 million and $1 billion. All in, I met with about 100 CIO across…

Are you tired of having to dig through your inbox for legitimate emails because you’re flooded with spam messages? Or does your current spam filter just not cut it anymore? Well, we’re proud to announce a new product offering from Applied Innovations – Awesome Antispam! As part of this new product launch, we’re offering a…

Oftentimes we’re asked to spec out a hosting solution just based upon visiting a URL, but unfortunately doing that only tells us a very small piece of the story. So what information helps web hosts understand what your website needs to perform at its best? 1. Software/Technology Used Websites can be built upon many different…

Recently, we have seen a lot of social media missteps and a lot of brands getting bad media coverage because of them. It seems to have stirred up a bit of apprehensiveness towards being really responsive on social media and engaging with customers. Some people feel it’s just too easy to make a mistake and…