I Don’t Mean to Brag But…I Have a GREAT IT Partner!

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I have the best IT partner EVER! If you are a software vendor or IT consultant, you know that quality, affordable services and dependable products and services are critical to your success. So how do you stay competitive, complete projects and satisfy requirements on time and on budget? You need a top shelf IT partner to give you the skills and support you need without the cost of internal staffing and training.Look for a partner that has years of experience and proven processes and staff. Partner with a company that values partnerships and joint ventures and wants to create and sustain long-term relationships and alliances. Your partner should have a comprehensive understanding of domains, tools, utilities and product and application development.

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Combine eCommerce with Affordable Quality and Expert Design

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Your business probably has an online store. If you don’t, you are way behind. Every business must leverage the opportunities offered by eCommerce to augment sales and offer an environment for B2B and B2C marketing and sales, and all customer-facing activities and even partner and supplier products and services. Whether you already have an eCommerce site or you are just getting started, you should seriously consider the effectiveness of your online efforts and the importance of your product and service business image in the online community.Why? Because your competitors do! And, if they are constantly thinking of ways to improve sales, you must do the same. Work with an expert in eCommerce to create or improve your online sales site, complement brick-and-mortar stores or sell exclusively online. Features like product comparison, photo galleries, color/size choices, and shipping options make buying easy and fast.

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What is dotCMS? It’s Open Source CMS for Everyone

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What is a dotCMS? Some people may find dotCMS to be a strange business name but it is appropriate for the solution. dotCMS is also one of the fastest growing open source enterprise Content Management Systems (CMS) in the world. The communication platform allows clients to manage an open source portal, company website or intranet application without the technical knowledge of a software programmer and that saves money and time and empowers team members. Comprehensive dotCMS development includes the best features of enterprise CMS, eCommerce, and CRM tools to support communication with customers, clients and prospects.

You can use dotCMS for document management, and information portals and the Accelerator Starter toolkit supports industry specific applications. Whether you want to use dotCMS for blogs, forums, workflow management, event management, mailing list, campaign or communication management or other needs, my best advice would be to find yourself an expert in dotCMS development. I know I just said that you can use this open source solution to meet your needs without software programmers, but working with dotCMS experts to build the foundation is a worthy investment of time and effort. Once you have the foundation, with cross-platform integration and enterprise wide, secured access your team can leverage and use CMS without technical knowledge or programming skills. You can expand your market share and improve your corporate visibility and who doesn’t want that?

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Liferay Themes Will Bring Light to Your Business

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Are you looking for a fresh solution for CMS and collaborative sites? The Liferay Portal solution is a good option. Liferay Themes and tools are innovatively designed to satisfy technical and usability concerns. The tool suite uses an open SOA strategy for easy, affordable application integration. Clients can integrate legacy system data, HR, Accounting or Sales data and other sources of important data to present complete, accurate data for Content Management System requirements.Liferay Themes allow developers to leverage a rich set of features and easily customize portals to meet client needs. The portal is designed to simplify the work experience, and quickly create, and customize CMS environments, document management systems and websites. The user interface has multiple layers of available personalization and desktop conventions, for ease of use and quick adoption.

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So You Think You Have What It Takes to Succeed in Software Application Development?

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Software Application Development can be a daunting prospect, especially if your business IT staff and IT department is not structured to accommodate custom development and/or is already overloaded with maintenance, support, upgrades and deployment projects.So, what is an overwhelmed business with software development dreams to do? Even if someone tells me that they have the in-house skills and software application developers, I advise them to look carefully at the project(s) and the detailed requirements. Your team may include web application developers and IT professionals with software application development experience, but in the current state of technology evolution, there are many hidden obstacles to successful software development.

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Offshore Outsourcing May Not be Brain Surgery, But it IS Equally Important

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Offshore Outsourcing can be very successful or it can be a total disaster. When you are looking at offshore outsourcing service providers, you MUST consider the skill and experience of the offshore outsourcing company.What if you had a rare health issue? Would you go to a doctor who earned his degree online or one who just opened her practice? When it comes to choosing an offshore outsourcing partner, your business, your needs and your requirements are just as unique as a rare health issue.

Choose an Offshore Outsourcing Company that has years of experience and proven processes and delivery. Your service provider must have models that are proven with all types of projects and clients, in all environments for technical offshore development projects, service and support. They must have a successful, stable business and leadership with a track record that spans many years and sustained client relationships.

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Volusion Design is the Answer to Your eCommerce Problems

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If your shopping cart or online store isn’t producing the results you want; if you can’t easily add new products or pricing; if your site isn’t integrated with payment gateways, and stock management…don’t give up. Get a Volusion design expert!Volusion provides eCommerce software that is designed to help you build, manage and grow a successful online business. Expert Volusion Design enables simple site management in the long term and makes it easy for the business to customize storefronts and themes. There are many product options for colors and sizes and there is strong support for product and category configuration. Volusion Design tools allow Volusion developers to integrate inventory management and order management, social media tools like YouTube, Twitter and FaceBook and shipping APIs and payment gateways.

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Liferay Portal Development to Create CMS, Blog, eCommerce and Business Sites

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Content Management Systems (CMS) used to be for document management and a little bit of collaborative work. Today, CMS systems can be used for all types of projects and sites and ingenious business managers are pushing the envelope to find new uses every day. If you want to use a CMS framework to manage a classic Content Management System site or an eCommerce site, blog or other business site, you might want to consider Liferay Portal Development using an expert Liferay Developer. Liferay has practical, functional tools for innovative design and it can satisfy technical and usability concerns for nearly any type of site. You can integrate legacy system data, HR, Accounting or Sales systems data and any other sources of important data.Liferay Portal Development is flexible, with Out–of–the–Box tools, Single–Click Configuration, SOA Framework, Dynamic Drag and Drop, Secure Single Sign On (SSO), Work from Desktop Tools, Granular Role–Based Authorization, Search and Tagging, Communities and Organizations, Personal User Pages, and Multi–Language Support.

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Flexible Offshore Outsourcing Delivery Models Are More Fun Than Russian Roulette!

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I have friends in the business and technology community who think that offshore outsourcing is like playing Russian Roulette. What I tell them is that, if they are careful about partner selection, they will get what they need. One of the most critical issues for offshore outsourcing services is delivery models. If your your partner has flexible service delivery models, you will be happier with the services. What you DON’T want is a vendor who is only available during the business hours in their time zone.What if your vendor is in India and you are in the U.S. or the U.K.? Are you willing to waste precious days waiting for an answer to a voicemail or an email? Are you willing to work at arm’s length, or do you want to talk directly to your vendor, on the phone or in person? Does your service provider offer flexible delivery models to meet long-term and short-term needs for projects and/or ongoing support?

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CMS Graduates From File Management To Collaboration And Beyond

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Web marketing and sales have grown exponentially in the past two decades. Even the smallest, local business owner may have regional or global business competition. With a few minutes of web research, your clients can purchase products and services from companies located in your community, or on other continents.

To compete, you have to create a site that ensures appropriate competition in the local, regional, domestic and global markets. Today, CMS Development goes beyond file management and shared workflow. Content Management Systems can promote and sell products and services, help you share business–to–business and consumer information, and provide a productive, collaborative environment.

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