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Network Design Tips: 6 Best Practices for Deploying Your Network
It should come as no surprise that best-in-class solutions often include many different types of hardware and applications all working together to optimize a network. Sometimes servers are virtualized, sometimes they’re not. Sometimes they run in a data-center or colocation facility, and sometimes they’re just down the hall in a server room. Some applications run on the local machine, while [...]
Dark Fiber and the Advent of Gigabit Service
Internet service providers are racing to provide ever-increasing bandwidth speeds to consumers and businesses alike. Providers from AT&T to Google to Cox Communications are offering gigabit ethernet in a number of metro areas in an effort to win long-term market share with both individual households and businesses of all sizes. But as is often the case, not everything is as [...]
Buffalo Bills NFL Football and Papa John’s Pizza – How Not To Use SMS Services
It seemed like a good idea at the time. The Buffalo Bills NFL football team seized on the rising popularity of cellphones and social media to better engage their fans. The strategy was simple: by connecting with fans using SMS services on game day, the team could highlight promotions and events that would enhance the fan experience. Or so the [...]
A New Era of Communication: SMS Services and the 2014 NFL Draft
At this year’s NFL draft, text messaging proved itself to be a key player. “Come get me” read Ha Ha Clinton-Dix’s text message to the Philadelphia Eagles the night before the draft. Michael Sam, the first openly gay football player eligible for the draft, received a congratulatory text message from supporter Jason Collins after being selected by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round. And [...]
Rules of Engagement: Compliant SMS Marketing Prevents Costly Fees
Did you know that sending an unauthorized text message to someone can cost your business up to $500 in penalties? That’s not a one-time fee, either, but rather the cost per instance of sending a text message to anyone after they have opted out of receiving the messages. A number of lawsuits in recent years have shown just how costly [...]
Is Mesh Networking the Future of Internet Connectivity?
Do you remember what is was like to plug a phone cord into the back of your computer and click an icon to start the process of connecting to a “dial-up” connection? Connection speeds were a fraction of what they are now, but that didn’t matter at the time: you were connected to the internet! Sending and receiving messages with [...]