Last Monday night’s TechCrunch event proved to be a big hit – we had a good time, that’s for sure. Technology professionals from around the local Atlanta metro area walked, drove and were shuttled in to network and talk tech while sampling a half dozen different brews at the SweetWater Brewery. Sheets of rain did [...]
Atlanta technology crowd meets up TechCrunch style
07.13.2012 By:
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Formula One silly season, rumor roundup and superhero shenanigans
07.06.2012 By:
F1 is all about performance, speed and technology. But did you know that there is a lot of intrigue and speculation that is associated with F1 too? All of a sudden I find that the F1 ecosystem is abound with juicy driver and team gossip. Everyone’s focus seems to have shifted from race predictions and [...]
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London takes on IT of Olympic proportions
06.28.2012 By:
Yesterday, I watched a friend of mine compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming. I streamed the live webcast and sat through race after race waiting for those 4 minutes and 11 seconds of glory when she would swim the 400 IM. Through countless heats, eight swimmers at a time dove into the pool [...]
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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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America’s most trustworthy companies
04.24.2012 By:
Trust is an asset afforded to companies that work hard to deliver on goals, meet deadlines and overall perform like they say they will. It’s something that is most definitely earned and should be protected above all else − which is why I am excited to say that Internap recently made Forbes’ list of America’s [...]
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Apps: Everything is going mobile
03.14.2012 By:
Of course everyone is talking about cloud and the latest trends, but have you seen what’s being written about the developments in mobile applications? I was browsing the Internet and discovered a bunch of articles about this, that and the other iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry apps. I’m not just referencing the light social or [...]
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How do you plan for your future IT needs?
02.28.2012 By:
Applications can grow at exponential speeds and sometimes your IT Infrastructure just isn’t up to the task. But deciding which platform can manage your growing computing needs best isn’t always an easy pick either. Our webinar last week, “Is Your IT Infrastructure Future-Proof?” gave attendees use cases for multiple IT platforms, including colocation, hosting, cloud [...]
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WPO technologies sweeten online retailers’ Valentine’s sales
02.14.2012 By:
Valentine’s Day can evoke different reactions from different people. For some, it could be a wonderful day of romance and gifts. For others, you may believe it’s just another Hallmark holiday meant to drive flower, card, candy and teddy bear sales. Similar feelings of sheer bliss or utter despair can also affect online retailers in [...]
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Just When You Thought There Weren’t Any Good Ideas Left
10.11.2011 By:
If you are like me, you are constantly coming up with what you think are original and innovative ideas. Problem is that they all seem to be taken already! Book concept? Taken. Dot com idea? Taken. Social media idea? Taken! Or wait…is it? Enter Pinterest. Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard that lets you organize and [...]
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Where staging environments fit in the lifecycle of high availability web apps
08.18.2011 By:
One of the more common discussions Voxel sales engineers have with potential clients is around whether staging environments are a necessary part of a hosting deployment. Our answer is always a resounding YES, especially for critical web apps undergoing rapid development. Unfortunately, staging environments often have a bad rep — some developers see them as [...]
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Is Customer Service Dead?
08.04.2011 By:
How many times have you heard people complain that customer service is dead? That no one cares and that companies only want to make money? Everyone has a horror story about being placed on hold as endless minutes, that seem like hours, tick by. When you finally talk to a rep, they are uncaring, rude [...]
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Voxel SG presents at Drupal 7 release party in Indonesia
01.12.2011 By:
Saying that I had a great time presenting at the Drupal 7 Release Party is an understatement. This event was sponsored by skyshi.com and inkuiri.com, and it’s great to see so many Indonesian people, like myself, excited about the bright future of Drupal with it’s formidable release, “Version 7″. There were more than 120 enthusiastic people there [...]
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At the Ready for IPv6
01.04.2011 By:
In recent months, there has been a groundswell of urgency around IPv6 as IPv4 addresses fall to critically low levels – below the 5% mark, according to the Number Resource Organization. So, after years of discussion and a lot of hype, it looks like IPv6 is finally arriving … and fast! At this point, the [...]
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Our “Slant” on Today’s High-Performance, Hyper-Connected World
11.12.2010 By:
The power and potential of the Web has likely never been more evident than it is today – reshaping the way consumers live and enterprises do business on an almost daily basis. Some telling indicators of this include: Cloud services revenues are expected to grow to $44.2B in 2013 (from $17.4B in 2009), according to [...]
