Thaidoweb 2008

You may ask, isn’t tape an anachronism in the age of optical disks, removable hard drives and a plethora of whiz-bang, random-access storage media? In many ways it is, but because of the nature of backup it doesn’t really matter that tape is slow and sequential-access. Remember, tape is cheap. Businesses use tape because they find it to be a cost-effective backup solution.
However, if you have any problems with tape backup, you’ll probably be interested to know that there are [...]

If you run a small business, chances are you’re saving important files to a server. But what happens when disaster strikes? How are you ensuring that your files won’t be lost? Many people fail to realize that the loss of files could cripple their business. You can insure your office and equipment, but you can’t insure files. You can’t repair or buy back lost files. Ipso facto, they are lost!
This brings us to the concept of disaster recovery. What is [...]

What’s happening to good web site design? Somehow we creative types at interactive and traditional ad agencies have run amuck – we’re building web sites that may dazzle the senses, but don’t really communicate much about our client’s business or products and services!
1. Somehow I don’t think anyone has a burning desire to spend 30-60 seconds on the Index page of a web site while another fancy Flash animation loads, complete with snazzy graphics, audio, and way cool cutting edge [...]

Between 50% and 60% of the people using the Internet today do not have high-speed broadband access. Yet many Web sites cater only to the 40% that do. Then they wonder why their sales figures are so poor. Although it’s tempting to add every whiz-bang feature into a Web site, if you do, you are undoubtedly sacrificing profitability for “techno-appeal.”
As the Internet has become more popular, more and more software applications have moved onto the Web. To give users an [...]

Have you ever been lost on a highway late at night? It’s not a fun feeling.
In the same way that it’s not fun to be lost on a highway, it’s not fun to be lost when visiting a web site. When you create a web site, make sure that it is easy for your visitors to find their way around.
Here are some tips:
1 – Make your pages consistent
The most important rule is to make your pages and your [...]