Ahhh, it’s Valentine’s day. Visions of roses and chocolates dancing in your head? For those who may still be struggling with an original gift idea for your sweetie, think Teddy Bears! For one company, the most popular items sold online for this romantic holiday are in fact, teddy bears. But not just any teddy bear. [...]
Does your data center provider have what it takes to prevent disaster?
02.07.2013 By:
Threats to business continuity can take place any time of year, so it’s important to always be prepared. If you are seeking a new data center provider or merely reevaluating your existing one, there are several questions you should ask to determine their ability to prevent a disruption to your critical business operations in the [...]
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YouSendIt controls their IT Infrastructure with ability to quickly scale
01.04.2013 By:
As a leading provider of services that span from simple file sharing to a comprehensive content collaboration suite of services, YouSendIt wanted to expand its European market providing integrated tools for sending, sharing and signing business content online. But challenges they faced were important to overcome as well. Specifically, YouSendIt wanted to: Save on overall [...]
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Is Colocation part of your 2013 IT strategy?
12.07.2012 By:
Are you the SMB or new startup who began housing a server in your spare closet? Or is your mid-size business booming with application usage and customers who can’t get enough of your product? Or are you the enterprise that has the hardware, capital and manpower you need, and are now considering building your own [...]
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Is your IT Infrastructure ready for on-demand mobile access?
12.04.2012 By:
Anytime, anywhere access is becoming the standard. According to Forrester Research, nearly 60% of all corporate employees share, access and manage content outside the office – with their laptop, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android and more. Indications are that number is only going to increase. Just take a look at an infographic on working from home. [...]
The never-ending online retail season
11.30.2012 By:
Our recent blog post discussed the readiness of websites for events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but hold your horses — there is more to come in this crazy holiday shopping season. The holidays already start well before Halloween and Black Friday is likely to extend to the end of November. In fact, [...]
Help us help others – spread the word
11.09.2012 By:
I know many are still storm-stricken, dealing with the aftermath of superstorm Sandy and now Wednesday’s Nor’easter. Our heartfelt thoughts go out to those who haven’t, and probably won’t for a very long time, recovered. For those of us not in the area, one only need look at before and after photos to see the [...]
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Hi-Rez Studios wins 2012 Excalibur Award
11.08.2012 By:
Congratulations Hi-Rez Studios for receiving a coveted 2012 Excalibur Award! The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) wrote this on its website about Hi-Rez Studios’ award: “Not long ago, slow networks and servers were restricting gamers’ ability to enjoy fast-paced multi-player games online. To meet their business and customer requirements, Hi-Rez implemented a “bare metal cloud” [...]
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Business planning, as we know it, is finished
10.26.2012 By:
The age of business planning is finished? What? That’s what Forbes’s contributing author Dov Seidman recently suggested, stating that “What business needs now is to journey, to embark on a curvilinear path that eschews quarterly reports and gives room to explore new initiatives… Companies need to compete against former partners, partner with former competitors and [...]
Presidential – and now Facebook – politics?
10.19.2012 By:
Last week I mentioned the vice-presidential debate in my mashup, so in fairness I feel it necessary to mention this past Tuesday night’s debate with our presidential candidates. But not for the reason you think. Rather than debate their answers to the questions or who won, I want to mention the social media surrounding it [...]
Technology that changes the world in an instant
10.12.2012 By:
Gangnam Style. You’ve probably seen the video, heard the song, watched the interviews and are aware of its extremely viral nature. (If you’ve been living in a cave — which apparently I was because I only learned of it late last week – check it out on YouTube. Nearly 440 million others have.) Another example [...]
Gaming: Not the usual suspects
10.05.2012 By:
From gaming execs and developers to casino owners and agency CEOs – all had gaming top of mind this week. Gaming industry professionals from around the world attended Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2012 and one of the hottest topics was Internet gaming – the next frontier for casinos. Ad agency CEOs are in New York [...]
What’s your number – and I’m not referring to your “Bacon number”
09.28.2012 By:
It seems these days we are driven by numbers, numbers of all kinds and impacting us in any number of ways. Is your number the number of votes it will take to elect a new president come November (less than 40 days away)? Or is it about model numbers – the new iPhone 5 for [...]
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Online gaming continues to explode — and not because of a grenade
09.20.2012 By:
Not surprisingly, there continues to be a growing library of online games. What may be surprising, however, is the rate of its growth — how quickly and how much. According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, the global gaming market was worth $70.5 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach [...]
Machines aren’t taking over – smartphones are
09.12.2012 By:
The good news here is that while smartphones may be taking over –– they are making us more efficient humans. No, we can’t fly, yet with a smartphone you can do just about anything else. CNN.com kicked off a month-long series on Monday called “Our Mobile Society” and it got me thinking about how quickly [...]
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Don’t wait — another hurricane is already forming
09.05.2012 By:
Last week, as folks were bracing for Isaac and what wrath he would bring to Louisiana, Mississippi and beyond, my mashup referenced making other preparations – those beyond the personal – that are necessary to avoid data loss. But for many it may have been too late. According to a comment on a related article: [...]
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Hurricane Isaac preparedness to disaster recovery – are you ready?
08.29.2012 By:
So based on the title I’m assuming you are assuming I’m referring to personal preparation – securing your home, buying all the needed pre- and post-storm supplies, gathering necessary paperwork to contact your insurance company, etc., etc. – to ride out the storm and get back to normal as quickly as possible in the aftermath. [...]
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What? No more bricks-and-mortar shopping?
08.22.2012 By:
It’s that time of year to stock up on school supplies and replace those often worn items that your child has outgrown or destroyed beyond recognition. So, where to go? According to USA TODAY, the convergence of smartphone technology, social-media data and futuristic technology such as 3-D printers is changing the face of retail in [...]
Technology for the Olympics — what about your business?
08.15.2012 By:
We all know prepping and conducting the Olympics is a mammoth undertaking. And, now that the Games are over, I was curious as to what some of the mind-boggling stats with regard to technology might be. According to a ComputerWeekly article: London2012.com became the most popular sports website in the world. It had 38.3 billion [...]
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Getting crowded is a good thing
08.08.2012 By:
Crowdsourcing isn’t new, but increasingly it is being used by organizations big and small as a process to solve challenges in a more effective way – faster, more creatively and with better engagement. In fact, US lawmakers, scientists, educators, online gaming enterprises and Netflix, to name a few, are crowdsourcing. According to a BusinessWeek article, [...]
The next big thing
07.11.2012 By:
In the span of a mere six months, not one but two, newer versions of my smartphone have been released. Now, I know I’m not the only one that suffers from what I call “the next big thing” syndrome. You know, you want the latest and greatest — all the bells and whistles. Fortunately, or [...]
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We are not playing games when it comes to gamification
06.27.2012 By:
Let the games begin! Yes, the Olympic Games in London are just around the corner, and I’m eagerly looking forward to them. But that’s not what I was referring to. Rather, what I’m talking about are games of another kind. According to a recent CIO.com article, companies are starting to use the motivational techniques of [...]
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Trends…shmends and then again, that depends
06.20.2012 By:
Trends are popping up everywhere. In fact there is even a crowd-sourcing website that tracks them whether tech, culture, design, lifestyle or pretty much anything else you can imagine. Just the nail, hair, color and fashion trends for Spring 2012 are overwhelming – one could go broke trying to keep up. One of 2011’s crazes [...]
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Summer… summer…summertime
06.13.2012 By:
One only needs to type in “summer” in the search window of your favorite online music store for a mountain of tunes to pop up: Will Smith’s Summertime and the same named song, although not the same, by New Kids on the Block. Who can forget (especially those of you who watched the movie at [...]
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It’s hurricane season – will the wind blow and blow and blow your roof down?
06.06.2012 By:
We had unbelievably gorgeous weather this past weekend in Atlanta. Low 80s, low humidity. Very uncharacteristic of June. But with it being early June, I am reminded this is the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic and until November 30th, there is a much higher propensity for these often devastating storms to hit our [...]
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Are we the last generation to have grown up in a “dumb society?”
06.05.2012 By:
A networked society seems to be the next frontier in many eyes. In the age of smartphones and clouds, where a new business can be online in a matter of minutes, opportunities are emerging at a speed never seen before. Are we the last generation to know a “dumb society?” The pre-smartphone generation, if you [...]
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How can managing your IT be like taking a “chill pill”?
05.30.2012 By:
This past weekend was a 3-day one for most in the USA, and it marked the beginning of summer as well. That time of the year when you fire up the grill, uncover the pool, turn on the AC and chill out! Just as you are getting into that relaxed zone, it’s time to head [...]
Pay it forward pays off
05.23.2012 By:
I had a completely unexpected experience at a toll booth recently. I pulled up to make change for my dollar bill but was refused by the attendant. Now, I’m thinking “what the…?” – well, you can imagine what I was thinking. But to my surprise she threw 50 cents into the coin basket and said [...]
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Bursting at the seams? Try a cloud diet
05.09.2012 By:
Stretched to the max? Running out of room? Carrying around the weight of the world? Sound like you? Sound like your IT systems? The good news is it isn’t all bad news. You could be suffering from these symptoms because your business is booming! But keeping up with all the growth can be challenging. Your [...]
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What does success mean for you?
05.02.2012 By:
For this week’s mashup I “Googled,” Binged,” “[insert search engine here]” the phrase “what is success?” The first result on the page was obvious: the dictionary definition of success, following that was a website: www.what-is-success.com, which is a book promo site, and then an ezinearticle: “What is Success and How Do We Achieve it?” Here’s [...]
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