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5 Ways to Use Social Media to Make Money

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Social media is here to stay, and it has changed the world as we know it. On the one hand, spending too much time socializing on sites like Facebook and Twitter can be an enormous waste of time and productivity.

But on the other, these connective technologies and communities can absolutely help you accomplish the things you’ve wanted to do this year.
And if making money is one of those things, you’re in luck, because we’ve organized five solid ways we’ve seen people using social media to make money! [Read more…]

Running Windows? … the Case for Investing in a Server Cluster Solution

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Windows software is prevalent in the world of business. Employees are likely to be familiar with it from previous jobs and/or in their personal life. Microsoft has developed a number of business application software solutions that fit most, if not all, of a company’s technology needs.

Beyond email, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations, Microsoft has also provided companies with a highly popular platform of business servers. Since it’s designed to streamline IT infrastructure and is based on a platform that practically all software applications are designed to work on, IT admins appreciate the streamlined approach for ease of management.
For security and performance purposes, it’s also best practice for companies to cluster those servers. [Read more…]

Content Management Systems for a Fast Backend

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Web designers are not often concerned with the performance of their website. This is often left up to the developer(s) who need to cater both frontend and backend codes. Considering how popular the open source movement has become I wanted to delve a bit deeper into which solutions may provide the quickest user access. I have toyed around with many various CMS engines and there are plenty of ideas worth considering.

But we need to think about which CMS solutions will be most useful to people accessing your website around the world. Which systems are the most stable and easy to install, customize, then keep running for years. It is a heavy burden to manage websites. The job is not physically strenuous but there are many various aspects and problems to deal with.

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Anybody who has gotten familiar with PHP knows about WordPress as a blogging platform. Over the recent years it has transformed into a major content management system great for managing pages and other custom post types.

The reason WordPress is such a great choice for new launches is because of the vast library of plugins for managing your site. There are free solutions for caching, comments management, user management, contact forms, and practically anything you could need. This is the main reason so many people rely on WordPress and how the system can stay online for years without much trouble. [Read more…]

Rising Trends in Modern Website Design

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The field of web design has been growing by leaps and bounds. Over the past 2 years we have seen tremendous strides in the realm of CSS3, jQuery, browser support, and HTML5 webpage elements. Most developers are willing to move towards these trends and build a semantic community based around similar goals and ideologies.

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The Internet has taken the world by storm and we are not letting up. There are more young web designers joining the ranks every day. I think it is a noble cause and provides a means for quickly distributing information. When people first get into studying web design there are a number of common questions which arise. I hope to address a couple of these and provide some relief with newer web developers getting into frontend coding, too.

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One very common trend you will find among designers is to build mockups right within the browser window. A couple popular webapps named jsFiddle along with Codepen are both free for all regular users. Both are an amazing service and I definitely recommend them to any young web designers. It can be great practice for HTML5/CSS3/JS and you do not even need to have software installed on your machine. It doesn’t even need to be done on the same computer!

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Cisco Highlights New Software-Based Focus, Sells Linksys And Acquires Intucell

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Cisco and SoftwareCisco has agreed to sell its Linksys router business to competitor Belkin International, a direct competitor in the computer router business. The company will now focus more of its efforts on the growing consumer and enterprise software sectors.

In the meantime Cisco also announced the acquisition of Intucell, an Israel developers of software-defined network (SDN) product. Cisco spent $475 million in cash to acquire the company and an undisclosed sum to retain many of its employees.

Cisco’s shift to the software side of the business has become standard practice for many large scale hardware/software firms who have continued to realize the importance of software based technicians in the growing space of cloud led technologies. It is that shift that has led to many computer technicians working towards programs such as the Cisco 640-802 exam which focused on software protocols include Cisco technology and other industry standards.

In the case of Cisco’s purchase of Intucell it will allow the company to focus on and hire more programmers in the field of mobile phone networking. The Intucell technology allows operators to manage speeds, adjust transmissions and transmit data for 4G LTE networks. [Read more…]

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