Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Cloud and SMBs: Promising, but Not Quite as Easy as 1, 2, 3

March 13, 2011
By erapresign

How IT Can Save SMBs Big Money If there is an evergreen discussion theme at conferences or other gatherings of IT managers and executives, it’s on ways of reducing costs while upping productivity. Lists are great things. They are concise, generally to Carl Weinschenk

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LTE and WiMax Move Ever Closer

March 13, 2011
By erapresign

Just as humans share most of their genetic makeup with other members of the animal kingdom, two of the technologies now counted as 4G – Long Term Evolution and WiMax – are made of much of the same stuff.   That realization is growing in importance Carl Weinschenk

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The Social Internet – Yes, It Influences on SEO

March 11, 2011
By erapresign
The Social Internet – Yes, It Influences on SEO

Everyone is jumping on the social media bandwagon and it is affecting the SEO. Gone are the days of when relevant link building, interesting content and basic website optimization were key to ranking well.  Here to stay are the days when user experience and the social Internet plays a vital role for relevancy. With...

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BYOD Is the New Normal, at Least for Smartphones

March 9, 2011
By erapresign

Creating a Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) Program  12 steps to follow when creating a BYOT program. Good Technologies’ latest quarterly survey, as reported at InfoWorld , offers some interesting data points. Perhaps the most intriguing is that the Carl Weinschenk

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A Bad Couple of Weeks for Top Dogs

March 3, 2011
By erapresign

Nobody is perfect, of course. But the best looking and highest profile athlete on campus is judged by a different set of rules than a wallflower who tops out at intramural flag football. Likewise, huge companies making expansive claims and angling to Carl Weinschenk

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Smartphones Hit the Big (and Not-so-big) Screen

March 2, 2011
By erapresign

The size of a smartphone screen is an increasingly important topic as IT departments decide whether their futures lie with smartphones, tablets or a combination of the two.   A desire for a bigger screen seems natural, and to a large extent is Carl Weinschenk

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In-Building Wireless Networking Is in the Right Place at the Right Time

March 1, 2011
By erapresign

The great increase in wireless use is leading to a parallel increase in in-building networking.   There are two interrelated reasons for this. The first is, as anyone who has ever used a cell phone knows, cellular networks struggle with Carl Weinschenk

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