So You’re Thinking About The Cloud, Eh?

Posted by Jim Van on December 23, 2011 under data security, entrepreneur, eOffice, Internet, mobility, Online, portability, security, Web | Be the First to Comment

Boy, there’s been so much hype about The Cloud in 2011, you’d think you were surrounded by meteorologists on meth some days. I recently counted 27 emails in a single day pitching a variety of service and products ranging from security, storage and servers to marketing tools and portable devices. It seems like everyone is in The Cloud, and it’s the newest thing, and is going to change our lives forever. Or is it yet ANOTHER bubble. Read more of this article »

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Your Online Presence: Five Rules for Social Networking

Posted by Jim Van on November 25, 2011 under Blog, entrepreneur, Internet, Online, SEO, small business, Social Networking, Web | 3 Comments to Read

As more and more of the world goes online, it makes sense to enhance your business’ onlinesocial networking presence, and social media is a great way to do so. If you’re like most businesses these days, you already have a website, and therefore, largely depend on getting ‘found’ by search engines and links to your site from other websites, blogs, and social networking sites. Read more of this article »

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What’s Changed On the Web? A Lot

Posted by Jim Van on November 11, 2011 under entrepreneur, Internet, mobility, Online, small business, Social Networking, Web | 2 Comments to Read

I first became involved with The Web Project back in ’91, when there weren’t browsers, per se, except for an application called Lynx, which would highlight words based on search entries and exsited only in a monochrome text-based world. The search engines in those days went by names such as Archie, Gopher, WAIS, and were rather cumbersome. Contrast that to today, when we have robust engines such as Google and Bing, and now personal assistants like the iPhone app Siri, with others soon to follow. Read more of this article »

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