The Case of the New Cable/DSL Modem

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

In these lean times, people shop for less expensive connectivity choices, but business networks aren’t as simple as home networks.  Changing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can cause connectivity issues on a business network if the new modem isn’t configured properly.  Even without changing ISPs, similar problems can arise when replacing your router or even just a wireless access [...]

What’s Involved in Publishing a Website?

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

So you want to publish a Website, eh? The end result you see on your screen when you type a Website address into your browser actually requires a lot of components, and unless you’re planning to hand the whole project over to someone to handle for you, you’ll need to bring those pieces together yourself. [...]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Primer

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is all the rage nowadays. Rather than waste money traditionally advertising to people who probably have no immediate interest in your products or services, SEO allows businesses to present ads only to people who are more-likely on the verge of buying their goods or services right then. How can businesses get more free, organic listing impressions? This is what Search Engine Optimization (SEO) addresses, and the more sweat equity you’re willing to put in, the lower your cost of implementation will be. This article presents a few tips and tricks to get you started.

Network Security: Internet Content Filtering Primer

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Lots of companies employ some sort of Internet firewall, but schools have a unique obligation to provide more extensive Internet content filtering on their student-use workstations. Content filtering can be applied in a variety of methodologies, and most content filtering technologies use a combination of multiple methodologies. Content filtering may be used to block access to pornography, games, shopping, advertising, email/chat, or file transfers, or to Websites that provide information about hatred/intolerance, weapons, drugs, gambling, etc.

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