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Which is better: WooCommerce or Magento?
With the growing popularity of e-commerce for business, many online shopping platforms have risen to meet the needs of growing companies. Two e-commerce platforms, in particular, have managed to stand apart as forces to be reckoned with in the world of online shopping. These e-commerce platforms are WooCommerce and Magento. If you are looking to…
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Creating an Highly Available, Reliable and Safe Cloud Environment on Azure
There have been concerns surrounding cloud computing and services for quite some time. All the while more organizations have been employing the use of the cloud environment and its technologies. One survey reported these statistical indicators: The primary cloud computing concern, lack of expertise and resources, fell to 25% down 7 percent from 2016. Only…
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5 Steps to Make Your Website Accessible and Avoid a WCAG Lawsuit
More than 100 businesses—including Home Depot, Footlocker, Brooks Brothers and Sears—have been successfully sued in federal court and forced to pay expensive settlements because their websites were not accessible to people with disabilities. According to Accessibility Works: “Website accessibility lawsuits and threatened claims have become big business…More law firms are filing lawsuits or sending demand…
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Google Services You Can Take Advantage of as a Nonprofit
If you’re involved in running a non-profit in some fashion, you should know that Google Cloud and Google Cloud Platform has some resources that could give you serious aid. Here’s an outline of these resources including how they can help, as well as how and why you might want to use them. Google for Nonprofits…
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Applied Innovations does Windows and a whole lot more.
Most of our clients know us because of our close relationship with Microsoft and the fact that we’ve been a recognized leader for hosting Microsoft technologies in the Cloud for the past 18 years, but few people know that we do a whole lot more than just Windows. Over the past few years we’ve built…
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How to Protect Your Company from the Rogue IT Ex-Employee
It’s become fairly common to hear horror stories of the ex-employee who decided to “take the company down in flames” as they exited. Be it extortion, like what happened in Indiana in January, or the ex-employee who maintains a backdoor account and proceeds to hack your data. It is important in this day and age…
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Which Azure Region is the Best?
When looking at hosting on Azure, the first question you’ll undoubtedly have is which region is the best? The fact of the matter is there are some 26 different regions you can host in Azure and not all regions are equal. Here’s a quick 5 step approach to help you decide which Azure Region is…
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5 Aspects of Implementing a HIPAA Compliant Cloud You Need to Know
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been in use for 20 years now. It enforces a standard that helps protect medical records and other personal health information. Basically, it ensures healthcare organizations implement specific security measures when it comes to electronic data. That’s why working with a HIPAA compliant cloud – that respects the law’s…
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Cloud Backup: Why It Works and Why You Should Use It
Cloud backup is rapidly becoming the go-to method of backing up data. It is significantly more efficient than other options. Disaster recovery methods have improved over the past few years. But they are not yet at a level where you can say you no longer need a backup solution. We wanted to showcase exactly why…
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Cloud Hosting: What Goes Into It and How It Benefits You
Cloud hosting solutions have grown to be considered a necessity for any eCommerce or web project. It’s no wonder why. Growing traffic is a goal most business owners have, but it doesn’t just take care of itself. It must be properly managed if you aim for the best business outcome. In technical words, cloud hosting is IaaS…
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