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Flipping the Email Encryption Switch

In today's world of cloud-based services and legislative forces that are upping noncompliance penalties with each passing day, the application of email encryption as a strategic tool is back on the front burner. Email encryption is nothing new, of course. Yet outside of the usual circles -- finance,...

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How to Build a Small-Business Web Site: Nuts and Bolts

When it comes to setting up your Web presence, entrepreneurs are surprisingly lax. Depending on who you talk to, about half of small businesses do not have a Web site. Most of those will tell you that it's just too complicated, time-consuming and expensive a job to take on. With the availability of ...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 11: Roping In That Rascally ROI

Ask Jennifer Derrig if she can tell you her return on investment for her Web site, and she has the numbers at the ready. "I look at it the way I would a physical storefront. If I went out to get a retail space in a prime location, it would cost me $5,000 a month," she told TechNewsWorld. "I pay less...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 10: Minding Your Privacy Ps and Qs

At a time when identity theft is a common concern, protecting the personal information of anyone visiting your Web site is something that every business should be thinking about. While legislation may vary from state to state in terms of how much you're required to do to protect your customers' pers...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 9: Security and Transaction Processing

It's all well and good to have a business site that encourages online purchasing and open dialog. However, with every interaction comes the associated risks and requirements in terms of payment processing and security. So, it's important to do your homework when it comes to securing your Web site. "...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 8: Content Management Simplified

You might think of content management as a tuning-up process for your Web site so it's always running in top form. For small-business owners, however, keeping up with the job of content management can be a trying exercise they would just as soon leave at the bottom of the to-do pile. Without change,...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 6: Marketing for Success

Having a Web site opens up the doors to all sorts of low-cost marketing opportunities for small businesses. Sometimes fledgling Web marketers can be overwhelmed by the embarrassment of riches that are available for next to nothing. The key to effective online marketing -- whether it's to drive visit...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 5: Outsource or DIY?

Many small-business operators have been especially hard-hit when it comes to managing their IT resources -- including their Web sites. Those who want to keep up a professional front despite the recent economic woes might find they can do a lot more with less with some strategic outsourcing. "The eco...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 4: Web 2.0 Tools

When it comes to Web 2.0 tools and your business Web site, there's a time and a place for everything. Web master wannabes with businesses to run often go overboard with the plethora of social networking tools at their disposal and end up wasting a lot of time and effort on frivolous undertakings. "I...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 3: Advanced Design

Anyone who's tried designing a Web site or working with a designer knows that the job inevitably turns out bigger and more complicated than expected. Some have created a graphically rich thing of beauty only to discover that half the users visiting the site are frustrated by slow wait times. Links o...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 2: Design Basics

With all the free online Web building and design tools, a lot of time-strapped business owners might think that with a few strategic drags and drops into templates, they're good to go. While that might get you online in a matter of hours, if you haven't paid close attention to a few design basics, t...

How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 1: Nuts and Bolts

When it comes to setting up your Web presence, entrepreneurs are surprisingly lax. Depending on who you talk to, about half of small businesses do not have a Web site. Most of those will tell you that it's just too complicated, time-consuming and expensive a job to take on. With the availability of ...

Cisco: IT Managers Neglect Employee Security Threat

While enterprises may be on top of their security practices for the most part, data leakage as a result of end user misuse and abuse is something that might very well be flying under the radar. According to a newly released global study by Cisco, "The Challenge of Data Leakage for Business and Emplo...

PC Upkeep for Average Joes

Firing up a brand-new PC is a magic moment that can never be recaptured. The flawless performance, the lightning-fast speeds, the uncluttered desktop -- they're a thing of beauty. In time, though, just about all PC users will have to cope with their share of problems, from sluggish download speeds t...

Bigger Phishers to Fry, Part 2: The Phuture of Phishing

If one were to look for sure bets in the online world, phishing would be right up there on the growing list of security concerns. The art of phishing has been a remarkable study in technology innovation. It started as a simple means of luring unsuspecting consumers to visit bogus Web sites to captur...

Bigger Phishers to Fry, Part 1: Calling the Pros

It's been on the radar of USA Credit Union's IT department for three years. They all knew about it. They were watching it every day. They had also heard rumblings that more and more of their industry counterparts had fallen victim to the attackers, said Daniel Schneider, the credit union's senior ma...

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