How to Add More Followers on Twitter

(Gawkwire.com) – How to add more followers on Twitter is no longer a huge secret…A social media expert Angela Giles reveals the secrets to adding more loyal followers on Twitter on WVOL1470 Radio Show Life with Tatyana, premiering Sunday Feb. 13, 2011.
Angela Giles will give you a mini guideline “How to get 5,000 Twitter Followers in Under 30 Days“
Angela Giles believes everyone has a choice in which advice they listen to and what seminars they attend. Millions of people invest thousands of dollars and hours every year in social media with hopes of creating a huge online presence. Angela Giles Asks, “Is that really necessary?
You can just take the simple secrets that I am going to teach you and add more followers on Twitter “ You will learn how to add more followers on Twitter and get your fan base to fall in love with you.
Tatyana Gann, the host of "Life With Tatyana” show on WVOL1470.com and the founder of SmokinHotPR, the VIP publicity services for business owners worldwide, will be interviewing Angela Giles during her episode on February 13, 2011, at 6 PM CST. Listeners can listen live online or tune in.
Angela Giles, the founder of "Simple Secrets BIG Results" added, “I am excited to share today on the show how to take the necessary steps to build a HUGE online presence using the power of Twitter”

On “Life With Tatyana” radio show interview with Angela Giles listeners will have a chance to hear from Angela, her story on how she built a large fan base using her knowledge of how to add followers on Twitter. 

        I began by following people in my niche that were well known!

        How to Put Your Name In Spotlight

        How to Gain Twitter Followers Affection

        How to Reach Loyal Buyers.

“The Life with Tatyana Show” is about life, inspiration, fashion, real business issues and life situations that people face and with a touch of humor and with pure honesty Tatyana makes sure to deliver what listeners are craving to know in the real daily life.

Angela Giles has been recognized in social media world as the person who teaches about simple secrets that BIG results. Her specialized social media niche is in teaching others how to add more followers on Twitter. She is also an author of Facebook Marketing in 60 Minutes A Day

Angela Giles is also a co-founder of SmokinhotPR.com with her business partner and friend, Tatyana Gann. Tatyana and Angela are teaching business owners how to obtain publicity for their business using SEO enhanced press releases and social media strategies.

To claim immediate access to “Simple Secrets BIG Results” newsletter, visit Angela Giles’s website

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SEO Service Rebranding

(Gawkwire.com) – Professional search engine optimization (SEO) is a complex process that requires a many-faceted approach. SEO techniques change constantly, which is why so many marketing and ad agencies, web developers and local business consultants shy away from offering it to their clients.

Internet entrepreneur, James Schramko, created the immensely successful SEO Partner service in 2009 to provide a high level SEO service to his colleagues and clients. However, increasingly popular is the provision of this service to consultants, on a ‘Reseller’ basis.

Who Are Resellers?

Client requests for SEO services are received by businesses as diverse as advertising agencies, marketing and local business consultants and web developers. It is a marketing strategy, but it is one in which few marketers are adept.

The inability of these organizations to provide SEO to their clients became a thing of the past, however, with the creation of SEO Partner.

Schramko explains “We have made it possible for all manner of businesses to offer SEO services to their clients, on a reseller basis. Their clients never need to know that the reseller is not the person delivering the service.”

Report Rebranding

SEO Partner resellers receive monthly reports for each of their clients.

“We are now offering to add our resellers’ logos to their clients’ reports, which will streamline the reporting process for them.” says Schramko.

“Through SEO Partner there is now no reason why all ad agencies, consultants and web developers cannot offer SEO services to their clients and make at least 100% profit margin on top.”

SEO Partner Services

SEO strategies are constantly changing, and can include article, video, forum and social media marketing, along with blog networking and press release creation. All of these techniques play different roles in the SEO Partner suite of products, which have been tailored to suit both small and large businesses.

More details are available at SEOPartner.com

About James Schramko

James Schramko is a Sydney based Internet Marketer who fired his boss in May 2008. Since then his internet marketing business has grown exponentially. James has not just mastered the essential skills you need to be a success on the internet, but he is applying them in innovative ways that have skyrocketed him to international renown.

James continues to developed his suite information products and automated profit systems that are in demand by the top internet marketers around the world (they now call him for advice!). In so doing he indulges his passion for product development and innovation, and mentoring students in high-level and ethical internet marketing.

About SEO Partner

SEO Partner is a division of James Schramko’s SuperFastBusiness. After testing several supply sources on many blogs and websites James built a high performance team to develop the very best done-for-you SEO service on the planet.

Its products can encompass article, video, press release and social media marketing, along with other high level linking strategies designed to improve the search engine rankings of small and large businesses. SEO Partner now has five specially assembled packages from which to choose.

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FlowFest 2011: Advanced NetFlow Training

(Gawkwire.com) – Plixer International, Inc., a leading global provider of network traffic monitoring and analysis tools, is hosting FlowFest™ 2011: Advanced NetFlow Training for IT professionals on July 25-27, 2011 in Wells / Ogunquit, Maine. This conference will feature industry experts detailing how to gain network traffic insight through use of NetFlow analysis.

Plixer’s software tools provide clients around the globe with a holistic view of their network infrastructure regardless of equipment vendor. Plixer tools are proactive and intuitive with some of the most advanced NetFlow collection features available, allowing IT professionals to quickly identify congestion and narrow in on the source.

During the 3-day FlowFest™ training, attendees can participate in sessions and hands-on labs for live troubleshooting on voice, video, and data traffic using hardware from numerous vendors. Participants can learn how to improve network traffic management from some of the field’s most knowledgeable NetFlow and IPFIX authorities.

The conference will feature keynote speakers from both Cisco Systems and Enterasys and will cover topics such as:

    Basic NetFlow 101 Configurations and Advanced Flexible NetFlow (FnF) configurations

    Filtering: both include and excluding data to narrow in on problems

    Understanding the Cisco ASA NetFlow exports

    NetFlow and IPFIX exports from (Adtran, Enterasys, nProbe, SonicWALL and several others)

    Ingress Vs. Egress NetFlow and why use them

    Layer 7 Application Analysis with NetFlow (identify Skype, Facebook, Webex, BitTorrent and more)

    Layer 2 Analysis including MAC addresses and VLANs

    NetFlow Latency reporting from several different vendors (e.g. RTT, Jitter, Latency, Packet loss and more)

    NetFlow Forensics and Network Behavior Analysis with NetFlow and IPFIX

From virtualization to borderless networks, technology specialists will provide the knowledge needed to advance the NetFlow troubleshooting abilities of IT professionals to a higher level. Instructor Michael Patterson is the Scrutinizer Product Manager, an industry expert, and an extensive NetFlow blogger. He has a Masters Degree in Computer Information Systems and was formerly an instructor at Cabletron Systems, teaching Network General Sniffer, Ethernet, ATM and Network Management.

The 3-day FlowFest™ training costs only $1,795.00 and includes the conference, continental breakfast, lunch, and a lobster bake. To register or review additional agenda information, visit Plixer’s website at http://www.plixer.com or contact Plixer International at 207-324-8805.

About Plixer International

Plixer International, Inc. develops and markets network traffic monitoring and NetFlow analysis tools to the global market. All of the sFlow, IPFIX and NetFlow tools are built from the ground up with valuable feature sets and ease of use in mind. Plixer tools have been used to analyze and troubleshoot irregular network traffic patterns by IT professionals with some of the largest networks in the world, such as AT&T, Toyota, CNN, The Coca-Cola Company, Lockheed Martin, IBM, Regal Cinemas, Raytheon, and Eddie Bauer.

For product and sales information, contact Plixer International, Inc. at 1 Eagle Drive, Sanford, Maine, via telephone 207-324-8805, via fax 207-324-8683, on Facebook, on Twitter, or through the Plixer website at .

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Troux Conference Attracts Big Name Speakers

(The Hosting News) – Troux, the leader in Business Technology Management and Enterprise Architecture software, today announced an exceptionally strong lineup of speakers, sponsors and attending companies designed to create a unique educational and networking conference scheduled for March 23-24 in Austin, TX.

To say “thank-you” to the organizations, customers and industry leaders that have contributed to its success, Troux is making the full conference program free for the majority of invited guests. With a focus on driving business results, the Troux Worldwide Conference is the largest Troux conference ever held and boasts more customer-presented success studies than any other EA conference.

“Our Texas-sized conference is the event of 2011 for business technology management (BTM) and EA. It’s ideal for all Troux customers, partners and anyone involved in BTM who would like to join us for an intensive learning and networking experience,” said Matt Price, vice president of worldwide marketing at Troux. “It’s also the perfect next step for anyone who has previously attended one of our Troux regional conferences, a Troux webinar or training class.”

George Paras, editor-in-chief of Architecture and Governance Magazine had this to say, “Our industry needs this kind of conference, built around quality success stories, encouraging the sharing of ideas that drive business results and fostering networking among colleagues who will learn through talking with one another.”

Case Studies Showcase Business Technology Management Success

With more case studies than any other EA conference, the Troux Worldwide Conference features presentations from a slate of renowned professionals representing leading global organizations. Each case is hand-selected to showcase challenges and successes that offer learning and insights to drive results.

Sessions include the best practical advice on how to plan, execute and promote programs, overcome hurdles and deliver business value. Masterclasses will be offered on EA-driven strategy, investment and planning, applications portfolio management, architecture management and TOGAF, information management, standards management and ITIL.

Presentations from these leading companies are featured: Alstom, AMD, Boeing, BAE Systems, Cisco Systems, Dell, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Cummins, Vattenfall, Discover, USAA, Merck, Kaiser Permanente and Volkswagen Group of America.

A special track is designed to help EA address CIO priorities, including topics such as cloud transformation, IT modernization and mergers and acquisitions.

Throughout the conference Birds of a Feather sessions will be held and technical advice will be available from Troux practice directors, support engineers and development teams.

Enjoy the Best of Texas

Attendees will enjoy the conference location in downtown Austin, the ‘live music capital of the world’.

“Austin is an ideal place to reconnect with old friends and meet new contacts over delicious food and music. Texas-style hospitality will be infused into every hour of this conference,” promised Price.

Registration Available
Please go here, http://www.troux.com/conference, to request your invitation.

About Troux
With Troux software CIOs and their teams successfully streamline Business Technology Management and EA initiatives. Troux applications unify business and technology decisions across the enterprise to save money, reduce risk and increase agility. Designed for rapid rollout, Troux delivers value to priority CIO programs fast. With the largest – and fastest growing – base of successful customers, Troux delivers results for these global companies and more: Alstom, AMD, Bayer, BAE Systems, Beiersdorf, Cisco, Dell, Discover Financials, Fiducia, Kaiser Permanente, Merck, USAA, US Customs and Immigration, Vattenfall, Vodafone and Volkswagen.

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Shoring Up Defenses

(The Hosting News) – A DDoS attack is defined a distributed denial of service attack. This kind of attack tries to make a computer resource unavailable to users. There are different ways in which this kind of attack can be carried out. The reasons and targets for these attacks vary, but the end result is the same, shutting down a system so users cannot access it. The point of a DDoS attack is to prevent an internet site or service from functioning normally or at all. The most targeted web sites for these kinds of attacks are banks, credit card payment gateways, e-business sites and root name servers.  A common method of attack is to flood the server with external communications so that it cannot communicate with legitimate traffic, or causes the server to run so slow it is rendered in effective, causing actions to time out. A DDoS attack is carried out by either forcing the target computers to reset, or consuming resources to the point that the targeted computer or server can no longer achieve its primary function. Attacks like this will also limit or stop all communication between the user the victim. A DDoS is a crime most, it violates the Internet Architecture Boards’ internet proper use policy, and TOS of all major internet service providers.

There are different programs that can be used to perform DDoS attacks, some are actually written for benign use, but can be used for malevolent purposes. These programs are written with the intent of performing DDoS attacks while others are true packet injectors and able to perform other tasks.

Examples of the legitimate tools used are hping, socket programming, and httping. There are also underground tools available for such attacks.

Signs of an Attack

The US Computer Emergency Response Team defines symptoms of a DDoS attack as :

Unusually slow network performance, either processes or opening files.

Unavailability of a website

Inability to access a web site

Dramatic increase in spam emails, this is an email bomb.

DDoS attacks lead to issues with branches of a network being attacked. The attack over loads the network; other branches will try to compensate for the increase in traffic. This causes the whole network to slow down. A large enough attack can shut down entire regions of internet connectivity.

Types of tactics a DDoS will use

These are the most common types of DDoS Attacks:

1) Consumption of computational resources: such as bandwidth, disk space, or processor time.

2) Disruption of configuration information:  such as routing information.

3) Disruption of state information: such as unsolicited resetting of TCP sessions.

4) Disruption of physical network components: Such as the actual server

5) Obstructing the communication media: between the intended users and the victim so that they can no longer communicate adequately.

The DDoS attack may also use malware to cause further damage:

    * Max out the processor’s usage so no work gets done
    * Cause Microcode errors in the machine
    * Lock up the computer by giving the processor erroneous sequencing
    * Locking up the computer through the operating system through resource starvation.
    * Crashing the operating system itself.

Weapons of a DDoS: What can be used against you?

ICMP Flood: ICMP flood, also known as Ping flood or Smurf attack, is a type of Denial of Service attack that sends large amounts of (or just over-sized) ICMP packets to a machine in order to attempt to crash the TCP/IP stack on the machine and cause it to stop responding to TCP/IP requests.

Tear Drop Attacks: Use corrupted IP fragments of overlapping over sized payload to over load a target’s computer. This can cause the operating system to crash due to the TCP/IP reconfiguration reassembly code.

Peer to Peer Attacks: An attacker uses other computers to attack a victim, over loading the victim’s computer.

Permanent Denial of Service Attacks: Attacks that are so destructive they cause hardware to be reinstalled or replaced.

Application Level Floods: Floods the victim server with an overwhelming number of packets, causing the CPU to become confused and crash due to lack of resources.

Nuke: This attack is just as it sounds. The attacker sends corrupt data over and over to the victim until the computer locks up.

Distributed Attack: The attack comes from multiple fronts the attacker hides his whereabouts this way.  The multiple fronts then flood band width, or take up resources causing system crashes or locking up the server.

Reflected Attack: This attack uses forced requests sent to multiple locations to flood the victims computer with response.

Degradation of Service attacks: Attackers use infected computers to degrade service of a server by flooding it intermittently. This type of attack is hard to detect because the victim has to determine if the traffic on the server is normal or not.

Unintentional Denial of Service: This is not an intentional attack, but is a result of users being directed to a smaller site from a larger site. The smaller site is typically unprepared for a jump in traffic.

Denial-of-Service Level II: This locks the network off the net, by triggering a defense protocol to block traffic to the internet. This will take the network off the net without shutting down the network itselfBlind denial of service: The attacker must be able to receive traffic from the victim, then redirect the traffic then either subvert the routing fabric, or use the attackers own IP address. This type attack the attacker can use multiple forged IP addresses to launch the attack.

DDoS Attacks: End Game
DDoS attacks can take a website down quickly and emphatically. By knowing what you are facing you can defend against them. DDoS Attacks range from brute force incursions, to surgical strikes against key components of a network. The right tools to set up your defenses and a DDoS attack can be stopped cold.

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Secure and Innovative Virtual Point of Sale Terminal Solution

(The Hosting News) – Maas Global Solutions Corporation (MGS) announced today that it has made a significant investment in the merchant acquiring ISO – PRIDE Payments Network LLC (PRIDE) to establish itself as the exclusive processing engine behind PRIDE’s state-of-the-art Virtual Point of Sale Terminal solution. The founder and CEO of PRIDE, former First Data SVP Doug Byerley, has quickly built an impressive network of advisors and a foundation for establishing what is clearly “a new concept for a new decade”.

Putting aside the need to hire a traditional sales force and the urge to copy the standard ISO model of pushing outdated technology like typical POS terminals, PRIDE is revolutionizing the industry by driving sales exclusively through inbound marketing tactics and promoting a Virtual Terminal software solution at the point-of-sale (POS). MGS looks to capitalize on this new philosophy by providing PRIDE with the technological and intellectual capital it needs to expand into the global marketplace.

By partnering with MGS, the merchants acquired by PRIDE will receive the following initial services:

    * Secure, PCI/HIPAA-compliant integrated gateway connection via a virtual terminal
    * Acceptance of all major debit/credit cards, eCheck/ACH and electronic processing of paper checks
    * Processing engine that can be leveraged for any type of alternative payment transaction
    * Exclusive, easy-to-use white-labeled POS software
    * Real-time transaction reporting analytics to drive a merchant’s future sales
    * Competent client relationship support staff backed by MGS technical support

Small to mid-sized merchants are continually looking to find an integrated, inexpensive and secure processing platform to stay competitive. With the help of MGS, PRIDE is focusing on those same things but also intends to provide more added value than merchants have ever experienced before.

“The 21st century will be defined by increased collaboration and sharing among people, organizations and groups,” said Byerley. “Much of this sharing will be in the form of alternative or non-payment transactions, such as carbon credits, swaps, trades, coupons, loyalty and even things like video game points. These types of transactions need to be integrated into the point-of-sale for the merchant to capitalize on, and MGS can quickly add support for those added value transaction types on its platform.”

This new relationship will leverage both MGS CEO Troy Maas’s and Byerley’s combined 16 years of experience at First Data Corporation. MGS is continually looking to partner with forward-thinking companies and the partnership with PRIDE is an example of this philosophy. Byerley provides 35 years of experience in developing strategic and innovative business solutions for clients within the electronic payments industry space. For the past four years, Byerley has been at the forefront of the technological revolution in the payments industry. He has served as an invaluable management consultant to clients, such as: Bank of America, Barclays Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and StoreFinancial. His consulting firm – Byerley & Associates – has assisted clients with their evaluations of markets, products and risks within the financial services and electronic payments space.

Maas has been an expert in payment gateway architecture since the late-1990s, when he built the LinkPoint Payment Gateway for Cardservice International – the first truly high-volume, high-availability Internet payment gateway that is now the First Data Global Gateway.

About Maas Global Solutions Corporation
Maas Global Solutions Corporation (MGS) is a transaction technology development company that owns and operates a state-of-the-art, fully redundant, load balanced data center that is Payment Card Industry (PCI) Level I, SAS 70 and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) certified. MGS uses the latest security methods to keep sensitive customer information safe and secure. The MGS data center is currently used by thousands of retail and card not present merchants, has an 99.99% uptime and has the excess capacity to process over 100 times the current processing volume and 10’s of thousands more merchants without significantly adding to the hardware configuration.

MGS founder and CEO Troy Maas – along with his team of engineers – built the LinkPoint Payment Gateway for Cardservice International in the late ‘90’s, the first truly high-volume, high-availability Internet Payment Gateway that is now the First Data Global Gateway. MGS brought the key players from that effort back together to build the transaction processing solutions focused on bringing market success to our Partners, Customers and to MGS.

MGS is also a registered ISO/MSP of First National Bank of Omaha – Omaha, Neb. For more information, please visit: http://www.maasglobalsolutions.com

About PRIDE Payments Network LLC
The merchant acquiring ISO – PRIDE Payments Network LLC (PRIDE) – was incorporated by Doug Byerley on Nov. 3, 2010 and has quickly built strong relationships within the electronic payments industry. The company is moving to establish the industry’s first, all-in-one commercial processing solution built exclusively to provide small to mid-sized merchants with a 21st-century competitive advantage. The name PRIDE signifies a promise that employees and associates will deliver Professional Results In Daily Efforts. For more information, please visit:http://www.pridepaynet.wordpress.com.

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FBI Investigating NASDAQ DDOS Attacks

(The Hosting News) – An investigation is now underway by Federal agents over numerous network intrusions that run the Nasdaq Stock exchange, according to cnet.

Although the hackers did not affect the exchange’s trading platforms, it is not quite clear at this time what other parts of the network were accessed.

The FBI recently launched an investigation and announced they are considering a range of motives for the intrusions, including a threat to national security, financial gain, and theft of trade secrets.

Reports say that those familiar with the investigation are saying that surfaced evidence points to Russia as the intruder’s location. However, investigators warn that the hackers may be using the country as a channel for their actions.

This is not the first time the Nasdaq has been targeted by hackers. In 1999, the group called “United Loan Gunmen” accessed the site and posted a headline entitled “United Loan Gunmen take control of Nasdaq stock market.” The headline was quickly erased and Nasdaq officials said that the trading platforms were never breached.

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Smooth Surfing on Safer Internet Day

(The Hosting News) – Co-funded by the European Union, today is Safer Internet Day. This day was designed and aimed at teaching people young and old safe internet surfing and online habits. Several European governments have intiatied community outreach and activities to teach everyone about the possible dangers of internet use. Along side this movement, Yahoo! has set up its own page, Yahoo! Safely, with fun activities and resources for young people and their parents to join in on to help inform the upcoming generations the safe practices that will guide them in the future.

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The Cloud Hosting Curve SMBs

The information technology and web hosting industries have become infamous over the years for a hype curve on all new technologies.  Typically the curve begins when a buzzword technology or solution is introduced by a handful of companies and adopted, sometimes, by an even smaller niche.  The promise of these technologies may be so great, however, that bloggers, media, and other companies drive the hype curve to such a level that the technology can go nowhere but down.  Then, after it seems like the hype curve has crashed back to earth, we often find that some of the technologies end up truly being game-changers…just perhaps not on the schedule of the early hype.

An excellent example of such a curve in the past decade has been the smartphone and the mobile technologies, as a whole.  We’ve gone from a decade of hype, shattered expectations, and more hype to suddenly a world where it seems virtually one has an iPhone/Android/Blackberry and…yes, there is an app for whatever you need.  One recent technology that has also rode the hype rollercoaster is cloud computing and, more specifically for the web hosting industry, cloud hosting.   The Small-To-Medium sized business (SMB) market segment stands to benefit greatly from the cloud hosting model as time goes by and the hosting model becomes more commonplace, yet there is a feeling among many that this is a technology that was overhyped and is now under-delivering.  This, actually, couldn’t be further from the truth.

The term “cloud hosting” refers to a hosting environment in which all you, the customer, need to worry about are the resources your environment requires, whether that be network access capacity, disk storage space, or CPU processing power.  In a standard hosting environment, these resources are directly tied to the server hardware and/or storage subsystems you deploy.  If you need to resize your environment or scale up, you typically have two options:  vertical scaling and horizontal scaling.  In a vertical scaling model, you simply get bigger servers to handle the load.  In a horizontal scaling model, your environment scales “out” by adding additional servers of approximately the same size so that the processing load can be distributed across these new machines.  Obviously, changes in either direction (up or out) can be disruptive to an organization and is the sort of thing that keeps network, hardware, and database administrators working long hours.  For customers who opt to go the cloud hosting route, however, each of the hardware resources can be almost literally dialed up (think of a big knob you can turn!) to meet demand.  The most advanced cloud hosting environments actually allow you to control the times of day or of the year that the dynamic resizing occurs (think of a situation in which most of your traffic is during the day – these hosts would allow you to dial your resources down at night, which could save you money on your monthly bill!).  One term that was used to describe such a model early on was “utility computing” and it is an apt description.  In the cloud environment, resource capacity operates almost like your electric and water utilities…as you use more, you pay more.  Use less and pay less.

Applications such as onApp (http://onapp.com/) have sprung up to allow hosting providers to effectively manage such environments.  Virtualization environment providers such as Xen (http://www.xen.org) have expanded their offerings to also offer a complete cloud infrastructure platform for hosting providers to use.  As these tools increase in capability and complexity, the SMB market stands to profit most because a cloud hosting environment is designed specifically to reduce the IT complexity and budgeting requirements to run your mission critical applications on.  If you’ve put off considering cloud hosting, now is the time to reconsider.

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Take a Ride on the 2011 Prediction Cloud

(The Hosting News) – In the Rosemont Review, an article titled “The End of Google, SEO, and Other 2011 Predictions” centers on the suspect quality of Google’s search results, which is seemingly the first chink in the armor of the once untouchable search giant. With the amount of news focused on Facebook, from the success of The Social Network, to Zuckerberg as “Person of the Year,” to Facebook as the most visited site in 2010, a dip in the quality of Google’s bread and butter couldn’t have come at a worse time.

Recent changes to the company’s brain trust suggest they are aware of the problem. However, even before the big news from Google, Humes predicted radical changes to the search engine’s algorithm, as well as SEO and search engine marketing in general would be unleashed throughout 2011. While Humes is quick to point out that he expects Google will open 2012 at the top of search engine rankings, he adds that ultimately, everyone is only as good as their last success.

Fueled by a recent report from Pew Internet Research concerning the future of the internet, Humes believes similarly astonishing changes to the way Rosemont Media’s cleints connect to the internet are just around the corner. In an article titled, “Mobile User Tough to Ignore in 2011,” Humes highlights the Pew report which shows 59% of Americans access the internet through wireless means. He says the prevalence of mobile devices, along with the increasingly active lifestyle of mobile users, will not only alter the way Americans use the internet, but also the way online advertisers reach their audiences while burning through an expected $3 billion in annual ad spend by 2014.

Another reason for the downfall of the traditional desktop or office setup is addressed in an article titled, “3 Reasons the Cloud will Benefit your Practice.” Focusing on the desire for constant connectivity in all walks of life, from personal to professional, Humes discusses the inevitable move toward cloud computing and the expected effects this shift will have on their aesthetic healthcare clients.

At the end of the day, Humes says the majority of Rosemont Media’s clients depend on the firm for a multi-faceted approach to social media and search engine marketing, medical or dental website design, and much more. The Rosemont Review is designed to create an easy-to-digest assessment of the latest internet and technology news, and how it will affect the company’s aesthetic healthcare clients.

About Rosemont Media

As the Modern Ad Agency, Rosemont Media focuses on providing innovative search engine marketing campaigns and custom website design for plastic surgeons, cosmetic dentists, bariatric surgeons, and beyond. The San Diego firm operates under the strictest terms of market exclusivity to create the ultimate competitive advantage.

Rosemont Media is located at 1010 Turquoise St. Suite 201 in San Diego, CA 92109, and can be reached at (800) 491-8623. For additional information on custom website design, SEM, SEO, and SMO consultancy, online reputation management services, and the overall RM advantage, visit http://www.rosemontmedia.com or theRosemont Media Facebook page. To stay up-to-date on the latest internet and technology news, and how it influences the aesthetic healthcare industry, visit the Rosemont Review.

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Next Generation of Handy Backup Incorporates Cloud

international software development and IT consultancy company, announced the release of a new program from the Handy Backup software family. The utility brings the most actual up to date backup features (like cloud storage and video game plug-in compatibility) available via refined interface.

“When a question arises which customers you put in the first place, (A) the current ones who you have history with or (B) the future ones who you want to attract to your product and service, the right answer is (C) both groups are equally important. It might be quite a challenge to aim both categories at the same time, for they are rather different in what they want and how it is to be delivered to them, but our experience shows that there is nothing impossible about the goal if you are ready to toil hard. Let the evolution of the product be gradual with each step brining new quality, that is the recipe that works for Handy Backup,” said Alexander Prichalov, the head of Novosoft Development Department.

“The gradualness (oriented primarily towards actual users) of the new Handy Backup is the succession of interfaces. With all the maximal simplicity and refined usability, the new one is designed to look structurally associative to the previous version, for users who got accustomed to the former interface not to get confused with changes. At the same time the interface is intuitively organized, for the new users who are not familiar with the program structure to find desirable backup features just right away. The new quality is in the most called-for backup options, like easy accessible fair priced cloud storage and compatibility with new functionality which might be individually set up with the use of plug-ins,” added Mr. Prichalov.

New Handy Backup demonstrates refined interface, which makes it possible to shift between different views optimized for easy automated backup and for manually adjustable backup configuration.

The program is integrated with online backup service which is accessible both from the utility interface (an online account is automatically generated as the first online task is launched) and on the web (via online cabinet).

The utility is easily compatible with functionality extension, which can be manually adjusted due to particular user needs (e.g. backup of Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 video games) and is configured by means of plug-ins.

About Handy Backup

Handy Backup is a line of data backup and recovery software for home and small- to medium-sized business. The software implements the principles of smart automation and the width of supported data formats. The basic PC pack is Handy Backup Standard, Professional version brings more adjustable functionality, and Full pack presents the whole range of data backup and recovery options. The software line also includes Handy Backup Server and Handy Backup for Android. The software prices are from $0 for Handy Backup for Android to $599 for Handy Backup Server. For more information, please feel free to visit the website http://www.handybackup.net

About Novosoft

Established in 1992, Novosoft LLC has more than 18 year experience in developing and marketing of a variety of IT solutions for home and corporate users. The competence and creativity of Novosoft experts keeps bringing the company stable customer satisfaction and industry standard maker reputation. For more information, please welcome free to refer to http://www.novosoft-us.com

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Be Heard – Have YOUR Say In The HostingCon 2011 Program

HostingCon asks our valued attendees for feedback on how we can improve the conference every year. In 2011, we’re listening by letting YOU have a role in determining in the most important part of the conference…..

From February 10th until March 15th, registered attendees of HostingCon 2011 have the opportunity to vote on sessions to be included in the HostingCon 2011 educational program!

The number of session proposals received in 2011 increased by 34% over 2010, and HostingCon wants YOU to tell us what sessions we should include as part of the program in San Diego this August.

Voting for sessions is easy. Here’s how it works:

    * Register for HostingCon 2011 (in addition, you’ll save up to $160 by registering today!)
    * Head to the session voting page on the HostingCon site
    * Vote on the sessions YOU want included in the program! You are allotted one vote for every session and there is no limit to the number of sessions you can vote for.

Your votes account for about 30% of the decision making process for each session. The HostingCon Advisory Board (40%), along with the HostingCon staff (30%), determines the remaining input for each session in the 2011 educational program.

See a session you want to attend? Vote for it! See a session that sounds like a pitch or hard sell? Leave it be and we’ll get the message. Either way, your feedback is valued and will help shape the HostingCon 2011 educational program!

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Parallels Study of Cloud Adoption

(The Hosting News) – Parallels today announced it will distribute key findings of its study of Cloud adoption of U.S. small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) at Parallels Summit. The research focuses on current usage, growth expectations and areas of market opportunity for service providers delivering Cloud services to their SMB customers.  The research results will be published in a white paper titled “Parallels SMB Cloud Insights, (U.S., 2010)” which will be available to all attendees of Parallels Summit to be held February 23-24th in Orlando Florida.

“Parallels study of Cloud adoption by the SMB market offers unique insights into customers’ buying trends, priorities for the coming year and confirms our vision of the continued rapid evolution and growth of the Cloud market,” said Jack Zubarev, President of Marketing and Alliances at Parallels.  “This study demonstrates there is ample opportunity for service providers to offer value-added services to SMBs.”

Key research findings include:

    * Hosted Services for U.S. SMBs with 1-1000 employees is a $9B Market with $4.9B of this spending in Hosted infrastructure.
    * The U.S. SMB opportunity is at an additional $13B.
    * The Hosted PBX opportunity could be worth up to $3.9B, as hosted PBX becomes more accessible to the smallest SMB segments.

The comprehensive study used a combination of primary research, customer data and secondary research and will assist service providers in selecting and marketing new integrated services for SMBs.  The study focused on use, spending and attitudes of the U.S. SMB sector toward “traditional hosting services”, which include hosted infrastructure, Web hosting and hosted messaging and collaboration (email and PBX).

The annual Parallels Summit is the leading global gathering of the Cloud industry. More than 1,500 attendees, including hosting companies, communication service providers (CSPs), value-added resellers (VARs), software vendors and web designers from around the world will attend to hear from and meet industry leaders from companies including Gold Sponsors enom, HP, Intel, Go Daddy, Logic Box/Resellers Club, and Open Xchange.  Details are available here: http://www.parallels.com/summit.

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Processor Wars – Making the Right Choice

The Hosting News) – Server needs are continually changing. Modern day e-commerce has made it a necessity to continually evolve with speed and quickness for the new ways of doing business that develop. Because no two businesses are alike, they will have different needs and requirements. All in all, it comes down to money. How much do you have to spend, how much are you willing to allocate to your server requirements? What’s the best bang for the buck?

In order to answer this question, you have to make a checklist of the business issues that will affect you. You, as a consumer or business owner, are not going to know the exact server requirements that will best fit your business. Service technicians and professionals in the fields of datacenters and server racks are going to be able to answer that question for you. When it comes down to experience and business projections, professionals know how to get your questions answered accurately the first time.

Pose the following questions to yourself and your development team.

• What size business demographic does your company fall into? Knowing the answer to this question and being able to classify your business into a specific size will help you to narrow down the choices of server size and performance. Paying for an overabundance of services you don’t need is one of the biggest mistakes you could ever make.

• How many employees do you have? The number of employees you have is most likely linked to the size of your business. This question may be posed by server analysis professionals who need a better idea of your business size. They need this information to properly tailor a server configuration to fit your needs.

• How many customers do you have? The amount of customers you have will have a direct link to the amount of server performance you require. Similar to gauging page views per day, your customer average will give you an idea of your future expansion capabilities and whether or not to opt for a upgradeable contract.

• How many pageviews does your site get on a yearly basis? This is a major consideration in choosing a server with optimal performance for you. You don’t want to overpay, you want to stay in-line with your business expansion needs and you want to get the best bang for your buck. Be sure to include your Web site visitor’s growth rate in your server selection.

• How many page views on a peak day? This information is needed in order to ensure the server you choose can handle your current maximum bandwidth requirements. If your server output is too slow, you run the risk of putting off potential customers because of slower access times.

• How many page views in a peak week? In case the peak page views per day doesn’t work out to a perfect science, you can rely on this secondary method of gauging your bandwidth requirements. This data can help you to not go over your bandwidth quota, should you sign a contract that poses such a risk.

• What are the kilobyte sizes of your Web pages being served? Data transfer sometimes comes down to contractual agreements. The amount of data you transfer is directly linked to the amount of money you will pay for your server. Knowing how much data you transfer will help you to select the right data transfer limit for you.

• What is your price range? Knowing how much of your company’s budget you can safely allocate to your server will keep your profit margin safe. Overspending for a server could put other aspects of your business at risk and prevent your business from reaching its full potential.

• How fast is fast enough? Make sure you are able to answer this question to the best of your forecasting ability. Take all the possible Web site elements above and come to an informed decision. Overpay and you will end up kicking yourself but if you buy a server that is too slow it could be detrimental to the success of your online business.

With these questions answered and with all things considered, you stand a much better chance of making the correct server choice. Everything in online business is dependant on each other. Max page views per day, week, month and year. The kilobyte size of your Web pages, your price range, everything. Being able to thoroughly think a server purchase through requires raw data. Web site statistic services can provide you with this data but you get what you pay for. Opting to purchase a website statistics service will keep the data you present completely accurate and available to service professionals 24/7

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