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Giggle, a New York City retailer of upscale baby gear, prides itself on having great customer service. So when it became clear the company’s website wasn’t meeting the high standards founder Ali Wing, 40, set for the business, she knew it was time for an upgrade.

This isn't another lecture about minding your e-mail manners. This is a story about a new subset of e-mail etiquette. Call it wireless politeness. An increasing number of e-mail messages are being received on small, wireless devices with limited screen space — devices such as Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. Being polite is still important. But so are a number of other considerations, including brevity, diction and consideration for bandwidth.

The latest rave is something called quick response (or QR) codes. They are like the UPC barcodes used on products except they are a little more complex. The UPC barcodes are one-dimensional (meaning they can only hold up to 20 numerical digits). A QR code is a two-dimensional matrix barcode that can hold thousands of alphanumeric characters of information. Click the learn more link below to learn more about QR codes and their uses.

Fifteen years ago (okay, maybe more like 20 years ago), there were only a couple options available for expressing gratitude to someone. You had the choice of either a hand-written note, a phone call or email. The hand-written note is ages upon ages old; The phone call was customary for a long time; and, email did not become a communication commodity until about 20 years ago.

Website speed is very important in terms of sales and visitors. If you have an eCommerce website, and a potential customer cannot get to your website or becomes frustrated at the speed of it, then you will lose that sale. If you have a marketing website and it takes the page too long to load, you will lose the attention span of the user and they will move on to another website/company.

In this economy, we are all trying to save money, any which way we can. While we try to do this at home, we should also do it at the office. There are numerous ways to cut costs around the workplace. And in some cases, saving money helps your office go green at the same time!

Facebook has done it again! They are making a few changes to the layout of the business page. Some of the changes are minimal and some will change the way people view and use your Facebook page.

Recently, there is all this hype on "the cloud" and "cloud computing" - people are saying "it's the next big thing!" So what is it exactly? And why is it important to you and your business?

There was a study done that found that while small and medium sized businesses (sized 10 to 500 employees) are aware of the security risk's that exist in today's digital world, many of them have yet to take even the basic measures of protection for themselves and their company. Even the most basic of security measures could prevent many of the security breaches and crashes that these types of companies go through.

The Importance, Benefits and Details. Facebook, Twitter and other Social Media outlets aren't going anywhere any time soon. They're here to stay. So, you might as well jump on and learn how these outlets can work for your business. Adding Social Media marketing to your business plan is no longer an option, it has become a necessity.

Sadly, there are still some individuals out there who say "no one will steal my password" or "oh, it's just my email, who cares if someone reads it". We can't stress it enough ... It can happen to you so you better take the necessary measures to protect yourself against someone trying to steal your passwords and information. It can happen to even the savviest of computers geeks if they don't take the precautions.

Technology has become a necessity in the lives of people and businesses. Every person and business has some sort of computer that stores data - they have become a must-have in the working world. But when the "unexpected" happens, it's a complete disaster. Don't let the "unexpected" be unexpected. Prepare for impending data loss.

So you've heard of it but aren't completely sure of the meaning. So what is Managed Services? Managed services are when an I.T. resource or I.T. company takes care of a portion or all of your I.T. needs, such as telephony, firewall management, monitoring and reporting of network servers.

Bluetooth technology: Some computer users swear by it, others don't use it at all. The concept of bluetooth technology was to be the basis of the Personal Area Network (PAN), a way for devices within a close range to communicate with each other. It benefits the user by allowing them to be being hands-free and easily use portable devices.

With Windows 7 now in full effect, many people don't know about some of the cool gadgets that you can have on your computer. Most of the gadgets that were available on the Windows Vista operating system will still work on the Windows 7 OS. These gadgets cover everything from music apps to business tools to things that are just convenient and helpful.

Email and data archiving is simply electronic information management. It is the systematic approach to recording and saving copies of emails and electronic documents for record-keeping purposes. However, many small- to mid-sized businesses are still not managing their electronic information, which in the long run, can hurt them.

Many people cringe at the phrase email marketing - for the misconception that email marketing equals spam. However, when done appropriately, email marketing can get your prospects to become customers and keep current customers coming back. It builds the important business-to-business and business-to-consumer relationships that good business thrives on.

Spring is here! The birds are chirping, the sun is shining (most of the time!), it's getting warmer and your ... computer is dusty? Eww!! Time for a little spring cleaning for your trusty PC.As you are accomplishing your yearly spring cleaning ... don't forget your computer. It needs to be cleaned, inside and outside.

Doug Church, Principal at Vantage Point Solutions Group, has been invited to attend the XChange Solution Provider 2K10 Seminar in Los Angeles, CA, March 8-11, 2010. The seminar hand-picks 225 executive level, pre-qualified Solution Providers to attend this exclusive event. The selected attendees get together to meet, network, build relationships with other Solution Providers and vendors. This seminar is the world’s leading IT channel event. The top vendors and Solution Providers from around the world come to meet, network, train and define the future for their business.

Don't fret about how you're going to work when away from the office or about missing hours of work time when traveling and hopping from plane to plane. Get connected to your business and perform numerous operations on the go via mobile computing.