Posts by Pluff
MerchantTribe – A New Open-Source Ecommerce Platform Integrating Social Analytics
For more than a decade, BV Software has been building and selling commercial .NET shopping cart software. Now, they’re releasing an open-source project – MerchantTribe – based on the award winning BV Commerce software. Applied Innovations met with Marcus McConnell, founder and president of BV Software, to talk about this exciting new launch. Applied…
Read MoreSee Appliedi.net at DotNetNuke World in Orlando, November 9-11, 2011
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 year the conference will be held in Orlando, Florida on November 9 through 11 at the Hilton Orlando Resort. Applied Innovations is a Platinum Sponsor of DotNetNuke World this year,…
Read MoreComparing CMS Applications: DotNetNuke, Joomla, Kentico and WordPress
DotNetNuke, Kentico, Joomla and WordPress are four of the most popular CMS (Content Management System) Applications used by the customers of Applied Innovations. We even offer One-Click Installers right on our Control Panel for all of them. We’ve invested extensive time and research optimizing our hosting platforms to support these apps, too – one of…
Read MoreA Cloud Computing Crash Course
You’ve heard about the Cloud and you have an idea what it means. But do you really? Platform as a Service. Desktop Virtualization. Application Service Providers. Virtual Private Servers. Grid Computing. Software as a Service. Utility Computing. Remote Backup Services. Infrastructure as a Service. Yes, all these terms are related to the cloud or even…
Read MoreTaking the Mystery out of PCI Compliance
A VERY Brief History of PCI Short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PCI is a set of requirements designed to guarantee that all companies who handle customer credit card information maintain a secure environment. So if you have a Merchant ID (MID) and accept credit cards as a form of payment, this applies…
Read More5 Tactics for Converting Visitors to Customers
Congratulations. Your site traffic is up. You have worked hard to get this traffic using an array of paid search, social media, directory listings and online marketing programs. You’ve optimized your site for search engines by applying all the industry best practices and white hat optimization techniques. But you’re not seeing the pay off… what’s…
Read MoreComparing 5 Popular Shopping Carts
Wondering which eCommerce application is right for you? Take a look at this handy matrix comparing 5 of the most popular shopping carts. We have included ASPdotNETStoreFront (ASPDNSF), BVCommerce, nopCommerce, osCommerce, and Zen Cart. While this feature list is by no means comprehensive, it does provide a good sense of how these apps measure up. …
Read MoreTake a load off…our treat, no tricks!
Let Applied Innovations provide you with a FREE CUSTOMIZED website performance evaluation. We’ll take a look at your hosting plan’s specifications, your traffic and memory usage, and run a variety of performance monitors. From this, we’ll identify problems you may not even be aware of, and make suggestions for improvements to optimize the performance of…
Read MoreBenefits of Cloud Hosting on Hyper-V
As both a technologist and business owner of a company deeply involved in the cloud, I have a fantastic understanding of what the cloud means from both a business and technology aspect and often I take that understanding for granted. Recently, I’ve come to realize is that today everyone wants the cloud! They don’t know…
Read MoreIntroducing Office365: Collaboration for Everyone
Work from anywhere and on almost any device! As a longtime Microsoft Partner, Applied Innovations is excited to be offering a FREE TRIAL of Microsoft Office 365! Just call us at 866-706-8691 and we’ll send you a link to the free trial today. Office 365 provides Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools delivered through the…
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