It started like just another day at one of our remote offices: email, follow-ups, meetings, calendar management, spreadsheets, a little pdf here and there, some programming, a last minute Photoshop tweak …

Normally, every time one of our workers finishes a task, he or she takes a 15 minute brain break or does some other Web 2.0 activity that benefits the organization. Some of us prefer Twitter, reading what new trends are out there. Others like to do a little Facebook to see what our friends – and foes – are up to. Reddit is also a definite favorite.

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Seriously folks, it’s been sixteen months of website building, tweaking and programming. Some of us here at WebsiteForensics need a break. Some of us here would love to go back down to New Mexico. Time to fire up our browsers for something else that usability testing or reading Reddit!

Before we hit the road let’s check out some vacation rental homes. We still have a few weeks of blogging before us, as well as a handful of sites to finish, but we’ve already found a couple of places we’d love to rent in Albuquerque or Santa Fe… Time to start counting the days on the calendar.

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A virtual infrastructure is not only more and more common; it just makes sense for modern businesses. Redapt.com offers server virtualization solutions, along as a great number of other services, that provide maximized server storage, high availability for applications and lower power and cooling costs.

Mainframe versus decentralized computing was the issue of the 80s and 90s. Increase in computing power ensured users had more and more software packages on their machines. But trends are changing again…

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ACD also known as Automated Call Distribution is a system that distributes incoming calls to a specific group of terminals used by agents. Call centers use this technology universally and costs for the hardware can be quite steep. A simple ACD with five lines and BCM software can run in the mid to high five figures.

So once again, when it comes to services, why run your own hardware when you can use a hosted automatic call distribution service? Seriously, it makes so much more sense to have such services hosted via a professional third party such as USAN.com.

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“Whatsmydns.net is an online service that allows you to instantly perform a DNS lookup to check a hostnames current IP Address and other DNS information against a selection of random name servers around the world. This is especially useful to check the current state of DNS propagation after making changes to your domains zones.”

WebsiteForensics.com says: AWESOME TOOL!

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There are so many web-hosting companies to choose from and so many technical flavors. How do you know which one you want to sign up with? This is not an easy decision, as the server choice will impact development, deployment, security and many more aspects of web hosting. Do you really want to export databases, redo a CMS installation from the ground up and move your work from hosting company A to hosting company B after six months of bad service?

Not all companies are equal, not all services are the same and before anybody go ahead with a hosting provider, and one should do as much research as possible before hand. What are the best Linux Hosting Plans, why should you use a VPS (virtual private server), what is dedicated hosting, who offers the best email hosting?

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