http://www.carrcommunications.com Consulting services from Internet Native Guide David F. Carr Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:55:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to the Coral Springs Chamber of Commerce for hosting my workshop, "Is the Web Working for You?" (Workshop Slides). We got just enough people to fill the conference room at the chamber offices, and they seemed to be interested and engaged in what I had to tell them. Biggest point ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/02/web-strategy-workshop-presentation-slides/ I'm now doing a column for the Fobes.com Business Intelligence channel on information technology issues for small to midsize businesses. First column: Don't Lose That Web Site on domain ownership problems that plague a lot of small organizations (and some that ought to know better). I'd still like to do an ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/02/my-column-launches-on-forbes-com-it-issues-for-smbs/ I will be presenting this free workshop through the Coral Springs Chamber of Commerce on February 24 at 3:30 p.m. Is the Web Working for You? A FREE Coral Springs Chamber of Commerce Workshop Your website, email marketing, and presence on social media sites like Facebook should bring you business and let you ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/02/free-workshop-is-the-web-working-for-you/ Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords in information technology today, but panelists at a Friday’s Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce event on the topic had to spend considerable time trying to define it before they could say anything more about it. One reason for the confusion is that it ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/02/south-florida-business-journal-chamber-panel-sees-sunny-future-for-cloud-computing/ My latest for CIO Magazine: 5 Things You Need to Know About Platform as a Service Analysis of web-based services that provide a platform for building applications. This is the middle ground between packaged web based applications, such as those from Salesforce.com, and lower-level infrastructure services like web-based data storage services. ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/01/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-platform-as-a-service-cio-magazine/ [caption id="attachment_270" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The olivebelcher.com home page"][/caption] Carr Communications is proud to announce the re-launch of olivebelcher.com, a website we revamped for Olive Belcher, the leading waterfront and luxury real estate specialist for Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Highland Beach, and surrounding communities. The new home page design took advantage of some ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2010/01/website-re-launch-olivebelcher-com-waterfront-luxury-real-estate/ One thing that many small businesses, nonprofits, and political campaigns I have dealt with fail to pay attention to is ensuring that they have direct control over the Internet domain associated with their website and email accounts. Often, the domain is registered by a web consultant in the name of ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2009/12/the-danger-of-losing-control-of-your-internet-domain/ A couple of stories I wrote about this week's Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando are just out on the Government Computer News website. Virtual world technologies aid real world problems Agencies show growing interest in Second Life and other 3-D environments Having done a Baseline cover story on "Is Business ... http://www.carrcommunications.com/2009/12/2-stories-on-this-weeks-military-simulation-conference/ My latest piece for CIO Magazine: Windows 7: 5 Things for CIOs to Consider Before Deployment http://www.carrcommunications.com/2009/11/windows-7-5-things-for-cios-to-consider-before-deployment/ Due for an energy makeover IT offers network, security, and process skills to buildings management. But IT involvement's the exception, not the rule. By David F. Carr InformationWeek November 13, 2009 03:00 PM (From the November 9, 2009 issue) http://www.carrcommunications.com/2009/11/what-it-teams-bring-to-green-building-efforts-informationweek/