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A Great Technology Partner Equals Happy Camping

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April 15, 2012

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I’m a team player. I have learned the value of collaboration and I firmly believe that partners can achieve more than an individual. Whether you need to bring a fresh, experienced perspective to a problem, or create a new product or service or you want to improve and sustain employee and customer satisfaction, these days it is nearly impossible to get it all done by yourself.When I looked for a technology partner to augment my product and service offerings and provide additional, global expertise, I set some pretty high standards. I wanted a partner with years of experience working in many industries, for all types of clients; one that could grow with my needs; and had existing alliances with IT companies, and consulting companies, business consultants and service providers. They would have to provide services to complement my domain expertise with product development and implementation skills and methodology.

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Liferay! As Cool as a Space Movie, but More Practical!

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March 31, 2012

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You know how some products have such a cool name that you can’t help but pay attention? This year, I discovered just such a product. Liferay Portal! Sounds like something from an outer space movie with lots of special effects, right? What I discovered is that Liferay Portal is a web portal framework with over sixty tools and innovative technologies to create web sites, Content Management Systems (CMS) and intranet applications. It has features like 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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Trudy Discovers the Future: iPad Business Apps

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March 15, 2012

 

iPad! It’s all anyone talks about! Frankly, I just didn’t believe any technology could ever be THAT cool. I was wrong. I received an iPad as a gift and I am determined to use every feature the device has to offer!

If you know Trudy, you know that everything I do is focused on making business easier – improving my bottom line; making technology simpler for my team. So, I am on a mission to leverage the iPad in the business arena. iPad is smaller than a traditional laptop or tablet computer, with the flexibility and features of a Smart Phone.

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dotCMS and Jimmy (the Marketing Guy) = A Great Pair!

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February 29, 2012

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The internet is old news but one thing still confuses me. When we note a web site, we do the “.com” thing. When we say the name, we say “dot com”. When we talk about the Content Management System (CMS) dotCMS, we say “dot CMS”. I believe I have it straight.

No matter how you say it, dotCMS is one of the fastest growing open source CMS solutions in the world. It lets you manage open source portals, company web sites, and intranet applications and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist (or programmer) to do it! I like dotCMS because it has lots of features and CRM tools to help me communicate with customers. I can manage documents and content, produce feeds, news listings, blogs, and forums and use the built-in search engine to make my site easier to navigate.

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Let’s Start the Year Right with Business Mobile Apps!

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February 15, 2012

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My goal for this year is to create business mobile applications to help our company meet its goals and remain competitive. I’m still humming holiday tunes, so here is an old favorite, with a business mobile app twist.

  1. On the first day of the fiscal year, my manager said to me, “We need mobile apps to break free”
  2. On the second day of the fiscal year, my client said to me, “Your apps do not run in 3D”
  3. In the third month of the fiscal year, my tech rep said, “I guess…we need mobile GPS”
  4. In the sixth month of the fiscal year, my marketers did state, “With FaceBook we must integrate”
  5. In the eighth month of the fiscal year, my team leader did say, “Our team needs a mobile app way”

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As Sweet As Blackberry Pie! Get a Taste of Success with Blackberry Mobile Business Apps!

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January 31, 2012

 

When it comes to pies, I’m partial to blackberries! And, my tastes do not change when it comes to Smart Phones and hand held devices. The Blackberry® is my favorite! So, it is no surprise that I decided to go with the Blackberry® platform to design my mobile business app!

You might think that BlackBerry® is a messaging device, but the newest models incorporate other Smart Phone technology and can compete with other popular Smart Phone devices for flexibility and reach! Internet faxing, web browsing, multi–lingual messaging, auto–text with auto–correct and other text features like shortcuts, FaceBook and other social networking updates, and support for Google Messenger, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, and eBay.

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Forget Those Jittery Energy Drinks! Joomla Can Energize An Entire Company!

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January 15, 2012

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Take it from Trudy! I have a lot to learn. When my colleague, Alex, told me he was using Joomla, I thought it might be a new energy drink. While you won’t find Joomla on the shelves of a grocery store, it WILL energize your company.

Joomla is an award–winning Content Management System. Let me explain why it is so special. It can be deployed on nearly any operating system or platform, which makes it pretty flexible and useful for CMS implementations. It also has a lot of tools for web designers and developers to efficiently create CMS sites and clients using Joomla sites easily manage their site after implementation is complete.

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Dare to Dream the Impossible Dream: Dependable, Skilled Software Application Development, Support and Maintenance Services at an Affordable Price

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December 31, 2011

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Oh infinitely wise business person, you can get what you need in the way of software application development, maintenance and support services without selling your most prized possessions and taking out a third mortgage!You need an IT consulting partner that is professional, dedicated and proficient. With that ace in the hole, you can wallop the competition with flexible services that let you quickly supplement existing staffing, and ensure that your application development design and execution is cost-effective and executed by experienced software developers who have your best interests in mind – a team that wants you to succeed as much as it wants its own business to succeed! Can you imagine that? Yes, this kind of IT partner DOES exist!

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The Tale of Cynthia’s Dilapidated IT Infrastructure

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December 15, 2011

 

My friend Cynthia cannot wrap her head around technology infrastructure. She knows that IT infrastructure is the foundation of all organizations. How does she know? Because the IT department tells her so! Beyond that, she doesn’t have a clue. Her IT staff and IT consultants told her that without an effective infrastructure her team can’t develop or exchange information, nor can it protect its competitive and proprietary data or build knowledge repositories to grow revenue and succeed in its market of choice.

Cynthia was scared out of her wits by these predictions of doom! She wanted to do something constructive about that old, creaky IT infrastructure. She hired a team of IT consultants with the skills and knowledge to remotely maintain and support her infrastructure.

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Pinch Me! Great IT Partners DO exist!

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November 30, 2011

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I am demanding! I like smart people! When it comes to finding a technology partner to help me with IT tasks and provide a few extra hands to do the heavy lifting – well there is just no substitute for smarts! As long as I am making a list of characteristics, I would also add functional and domain expertise and business and market value. I want the right solution and excellent results at an affordable cost. I want a partner with ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) standards, well-tested business processes, systems and models. I also want a team that will go the extra mile to deliver timely results while maintaining superlative quality. My partner has to have a customer centric approach and work toward a sustained relationship and mutually synergistic growth. After all, my project, time and money are really important to me. I need to know that my partner feels the same way.

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