Troubleshooting Web performance problems checklist
It is a fact of life – Website technical glitches happen. Most recently we saw that several retailers experienced severe Websites outages and glitches this past Holiday shopping Season. From Australia [AS1]~#1 retailer Myer Website outages that lasted almost one week to CVS mobile Website hiccups, to Belk Website...
How to Choose the Right Control Panel for Your Server?
When it comes to picking a server for your business, choosing an operating system is just a portion of what goes into making the server a good fit for your project. Control panels are a critical layer that sits on top of the operating system.~ By design, they simplify the administration of basic server tasks. Although the control panel p...
Researching cloud providers? Here is a checklist to help you get started
With dramatic implications such as rapid time-to-value, reduced deployment and ownership costs, energy efficiency, and a low overall TCO, it is no wonder that your organization is exploring the cloud as the ideal platform for deploying new applications or migrating existing ones.
However, don’t rush your evaluation. Did you know t...
IT Best Practices: Benchmarking your Web competitors
Visitors’ expectations are high when it comes to performance – speed matters and every millisecond counts. Did you know that fewer users will visit a Website if it is a mere 250 milliseconds slower than a competitor (Source: New York Times)?
One of the best ways to gain market share and stay ahead of your...
Arm yourself for 2014 with free Site24x7 Tools
2014 is here. There’s nothing better than starting afresh with a new year and strong resolutions – as long as it’s not a half-hearted attempt at getting back to the gym that only lasts a week. But on the business side, increasing efficiency and looking for ways to optimize your Website are must-tackle goals for this New Year...
Virtualizing your datacenter? Checklist of items to remember!
Congratulations- you are virtualizing your servers and supercharging your datacenter! Virtualization projects can be challenging and full of roadblocks if you don’t take the time to clearly document your requirements, virtualization policies and performance monitoring plans once your deployment is complete.
Want to avoid busi...
Take an Olympic-style approach to IT
There’s a Tibetan saying: it’s better to live for one day as a tiger than to live for a thousand years as a sheep. It’s a phrase that springs to my mind every time a slalom competitor zigzags their way down the slopes at the Winter Olympics. Or a snowboarder pulls the perfect backflip. That said, taking any unnecessary ...
Website Fiascos & Lessons learned - A Quick Recap
Recent website fiascos led us to pen down a series of blogs focusing on the subject. Here are the four parts Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3 and Part 4. Incase you missed it, continue reading for a quick recap.
Here is the story so far: Websites
Top sites for women in IT
Blogs have given many millions of women a place to network, share ideas, receive support and raise the profile of global issues. Yet despite the fact females make up the majority of social network users overall, the IT industry itself is still a male dominated field. Trying to change that are a number of female-centric websites focused on emp...
Are you in control of your company's mobile devices?
4 steps to better mobile device management
~If Cisco’s predictions on the number of mobile connected devices 2013 would end with were accurate, there are now more mobile devices on Earth than people. It’s a shocking thought that implies there are over 7 billion devices worldwide.