Introducing Awesome Antispam! (Free 30-Day Trial)
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…
Read More5 Things to Know About Your Website to Determine the Best Hosting Solution
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…
Read MoreWhy it Pays for Brands to be Responsive on Social Media
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…
Read MoreThe Heartbleed OpenSSL Exploit
A very serious vulnerability in open source software called OpenSSL was recently discovered which allows malicious users to pull sensitive information from web servers. The good news for Applied Innovations customers is that we host your sites on Microsoft IIS which is not vulnerable to this exploit. Microsoft’s IIS web server does not use the…
Read More4 Basic Things to Look for in a Shopping Cart Solution
With over a million active online stores, thousands of new merchants launching weekly and $47.5 billion in Q3 2013 sales (comScore), it’s no secret that the e-commerce market is exploding. And with this rapid growth comes seemingly countless shopping cart solutions from which to choose. Which one is best for your small-to medium-sized company? Consider…
Read MoreUpgrading to SmarterStats 8.x & The Benefits You’ll See
We will be scheduling an upgrade to the latest version of SmarterStats 8.x during the week of March 24th, so all of our shared hosting customers using this service will receive the following benefits: Tremendous Performance Increases SmarterTools spent a great deal of time benchmarking SmarterStats and then making changes to increase the level of…
Read MoreWe’re taking our show on the road, to Orlando Code Camp
In February, we were happy we got the chance to sponsor and attend the South Florida Code Camp. And this year was one of the best years yet. There were over 1100 registrants this year and many joined in the fun for sessions, networking and pizza. John Donnelly, one of our new Account Managers, represented…
Read MoreJoin Us at South Florida Code Camp!
Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the South Florida Code Camp, which is a free one-day geek fest that features speakers from the local community and beyond. We are happy to announce we will be sponsoring the event and hosting two sessions for the community. Our founder and CEO, Jess Coburn, will be delighting audiences…
Read MoreWe’re honored to be honored!
About 4 years ago, Applied Innovations was approached by our CEO’s cousin to host his track club website, Gulf Winds Track Club. We were thrilled to be a part of a nonprofit site that centered around what many of us love, health and fitness. This past January they presented us with the 2013 Gulf Winds…
Read MoreTeam Building AppliedI-Style
It was a typical day in the Applied Innovations’ office. Ice cold AC pumped through the halls and technical chatter was heard all around, when suddenly I thought, “hey, it’s about time for a team building event!” Now anybody who knows me knows that my ideas tend to escalate quickly. Just a few days earlier,…
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