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Importance of keeping Domain WHOIS data current

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:32:22 -0600

When owning a domain name the owner is required to submitcertain data about himself to complete the registration. Nameand address information as well as a phone number and an emailaddress are required to be on file. If these pieces ofinformation are not provided the registration can either not becompleted or is not valid and the domain name could be takenaway.Often people forget to keep this information updated. This isnot a dramatic issue until the domain name expires and needs tobe renewed. If the owner keeps track of the names it is noproblem, but too often people tend to forget. Email remindersare usually send out by all domain registries. But what happensif the email addresses associated with the domain name are nolonger in use? The domain name expiration notification cannot bedelivered and the name expires.What happens when a domain expires? When a domain expires itwill remain in this status for approximately days. Duringthat time the DNS servers of the expi...

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:32:21 -0600

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Forget Google PR, It's All About "Real-Time" Data!

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:43:17 -0600

Forget Google PR, It's All About 'Real-Time' Data!The 'Holy Grail' in Digital Marketing is 'Real-Time' Data.Isn't that really what the transition from HTML . to XHTML toXML, and CSS and the lot is all about?I don't really understand the masses Site Owners clamoring forpositioning in the quarterly Google PR updates. What's the use?That's not 'Real-Time' Data! I hope by now we all, anyone listedin the Google Directory http:directory.google.com knows wecan go there and check a more in-depth 'PR ' GreenBar', thatencompasses more algorithm considerations and is updated morefrequently than the 'public' PR exhibited in the toolbar!How do these Hosting Companies that don't provide StatisticalPackages remain in business?That is only the first step. How can any web developer properlysupport themselves or clients without access to 'Real-Time'Data? How on earth, without those tools do you effectivelymanage your or a client's position for any key-phrase withoutthat inform...

Why Should You Backup Your Computer Files?

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:11:49 -0600

Forget the notion that you're just an average computer user who doesn't need to backup your computer files. Not only companies or individuals who have top-secret or financial information such as government agencies, banks, or criminal investigation units need to backup computer files, all of us do. After all, isn't our own work, a year's collection of family photos, or a compilation of our favorite songs gathered and painstakingly categorized, important as well? True, the loss of these files may not affect other people, but the effect of such loss on you would be devastating. In this digital age, your computer files are part of your life.Some have kept certain files for years. And this was always done in the same old process. First, you buy a stack of floppy disks or CDs which can be costly. You organize your files in such a way that everything in one category would fit into the disk space. Then, you label each disk before finally storing the information - which usually takes lots of s...

The Importance Of Data Backup

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:48:44 -0600

Data backup and data protection is a crucially important element of the IT department, because the information that a company has built up over the years can be critical to the smooth running of a business going forward. There are two major aspects to data protection; one is that the company information getting into the wrong hands and the other major one is losing critical information that is crucial to the running of a business. As more information is being moved electronically in today's world it is all the more important to be able to manage and control the movement of data that belongs to the company. On the one hand it is great to be able to send large volumes of information quickly but having this capability increases the risk of data loss.While it is important that we continue to have the ability to move large volumes of data quickly it is also important that we manage the movement of our data. This can be done in a variety of ways from simply making sure that files are passw...