Floating Menu Bar
Your entire site can be navigated from a Floating Menu Bar. It is a popup window and it works like a remote control. Clicking on a menu item displays the appropriate page in the main browser window.
Mind The Gap : Bringing You, Your Prospects and Your CFO Closer
As a marketer, don’t you love it when someone in finance or operations (or even a neighbor) asks, “What is it you do again?”
Will Microsoft Search Kill Apache?
Microsoft dominates the software world because they are better at strategy than anyone else. Beginning with the way they beat everyone to the punch with Altair BASIC, to their decision to embrace the PC platform, over and over we see very sharp strategy from Microsoft. MSN is already a very popular search service. They’re also an ISP, and a major portal. 1/3 of web users use MSN for one thing or another, not necessarily search, but MSN is already big. They serve about 12-15% of the searches on any given day.
Centrally Monitoring Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
Monitoring Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 is important even for small environments. Automatically monitored, critical failures can often be avoided. But how to monitor a system without too much effort? The basic idea behind a successful monitoring and alerting system is to centralize all system events at a single monitoring station. Once the information is centralized, it can be used to build an alerting system or even carry out corrective actions.
Digital River’s Destructive Acquisition Strategy
Most of us have grown weary of Digital River’s acquisitions and are no longer shocked when the announcements are made. How many of us have considered the implications involved in the volume of “takeovers”? I, like almost everyone in the industry, have been fairly complacent about the acquisitions, but now I’m seeing limited choices for developers and the fact is the “little guy” can no longer compete.
Intro to Darwinism
No, this isn’t going to be a religious or scientific battle about the origin of our universe. It’s going to be a first look at Darwin, the underlying level of Mac OS X. Right now you are probably asking yourself why, how, or are confused as to what Darwin really is. I can give a you a great nutshell answer for each. Strap on your geek boots, here we go!
Local Search Explodes
Happy New Year! Cheers to big clicks in 2004!
In Tuesday’s issue we looked at Google predictions for 2004. As we all know, Google’s not the only search engine, and those of us whose rankings dropped after the Florida update learned that it’s not profitable to expect traffic from Google.
6 “Life or Death” Factors For Any Website!
Not a week goes by that half a dozen people don’t ask me what separates a great, money-making website from a bad one. In response, I surveyed a number of different websites, large and small, to find what they share in common to make them so successful. With few exceptions, every extraordinarily great website contained the following elements:
The Wrong Way to Upgrade Your RPMs
Most Linux distributions use the RPM[1] format for their software packages. RPMs are managed by the rpm program, which typically lives at /usr/bin/rpm.[2]
Preparing a Contract With an Outsource Service Provider
When your in-house expertise and/or budget doesn’t allow you to implement a vital IT development project, it’s time to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing. If you finally decide to outsource your project, you have to choose an outsource service provider (OSP) that best fits your needs. The next step – a most important and responsible one – is negotiating and preparing a contract.