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FatPipe Addresses the Need for Internet Redundancy and Business Continuity After Internet Service Fails Across Australia
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire -02/23/12)- Millions of Australians lost Internet connectivity for nearly an hour on Thursday, when Telstra‘s Internet services failed due to router hardware failure. ISP Dodo stated, “…a minor hardware failure on one of the routers… has caused some big issues between ourselves and Telstra and had a flow on effect to others which it absolutely shouldn’t have,” said Dodo CEO, Larry Kestelman. Fixed-line and mobile Internet connections were affected, as well as 3 million BigPond mail, and Next G mobile services customers.
FatPipe Networks™, the inventor and multiple patents holder of Wide Area Network (WAN) redundancy,… Continue reading
Health Start-Ups Like ZocDoc Should Dial Back The Hype
I like health Web sites and tech start-ups. I think the democratization of medical information is a beautiful thing. It’s a cliche that you can find out more about a hotel than a doctor with a few Google searches. I love how that’s starting to change. I also think that electronic medical records will improve health care over the long haul.
But I am also cynical about the idea that technology is some sort of panacea all that ails the sector. I read Michael Lewis’s book The New New Thing when it came out in 1999. There’s a… Continue reading
Gazette.Net: Internet sales tax could lead to business exodus, experts say
Taxing Internet sales and downloads in Maryland isn’t likely to meet revenue projections and could drive businesses from the state, according to some experts.
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed budget for fiscal 2013 includes two expansions of the state’s 6 percent sales tax. One proposal would tax purchases of “digital products,” such as music downloads and e-books. The other would require businesses that operate in the state and gross more than $ 10,000 in sales per year to collect the tax on Internet orders for ordinary retail items.
In addition to raising revenue, the O’Malley (D) administration says the plans will… Continue reading
Internet Society Board of Trustees Approves Donation to Support W3C Stewardship of Open Web Platform
WASHINGTON & GENEVA–(Business WIRE)–
In its continuing efforts to foster an open Web ecosystem, the Internet
Society right now announced a 1M USD donation to the Planet
Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This donation, the final installment of
the Web Society’s 2009 pledge of two.5M USD above three years,
supports the continued evolution of W3C as an organization that generates
open Web requirements.
“The Net Society’s generous donation has fueled deep organizational
alter at W3C,” mentioned Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. “We have strengthened our
organization model and broadened participation to accelerate the improvement
of the Open Net Platform technological innovation that… Continue reading
12 Internet Predictions For 2012
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Yes, predictions are hard, especially about the long term. But they’re exciting!
And, sometimes, they can even be beneficial. They’re rarely right but, perhaps, they assist clarify and hone one’s considering about the future.
And so, in the spirit of enlightened thinking about our business, here are Enterprise Insider Intelligence’s 12 Web Predictions For 2012:
Google Will Release A $ 200 Tablet
Amazon’s Kindle Fire modified the tablet game, largely thanks to… Continue reading
Market Target, San Diego’s #1 Ranked SEO Firm Launches Small Business Websites
Market Target, San Diego’s #1 Ranked SEO Firm Launches Small Business Websites
San Diego, California (PRWEB) December 26, 2011
Market Target, a leading provider of SEO in San Diego, SEO Services San Diego and San Diego SEO Services is announcing several new WordPress website packages that are tailored for small businesses and startups in San Diego. Market Target was started by a San Diego SEO Consultant has been delivering San Diego SEO Training and WordPress based web solutions to local small businesses over the last 3 years and it is this experience that has assisted… Continue reading
Nearly 80 percent of WordPress users are making revenue (survey)
Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN’s San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.
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