Subprime mortgage fallout fears have brought the market off of it’s July highs, which saw the Dow in the neighborhood of 14,000. Since then, it’s been like a kiddy ride at a carnival… up, down, up, down, down down… you see where this is going. The DOW and NASDAQ are both 5% off their summer highs. But, is it all really Doom and gloom for the markets? With pressure on Bernake to cut rates and the looming fear that the falling of the housing market will topple the whole row of dominos, I think its likely that we’ll see another rate cut from the Fed before the end of the year. Whether this will signal the bottom of the market and redirect the economy in the long run is doubtful. In the end, the market needs to truly and completely correct from the real estate bubble that has built up over the past few years. (more…)

Beyond providing a fluid user experience, intuitive navigation, search engine friendly source and a secure transactional environment, website operators also need to concern themselves with preventing the unimaginable - hacking. Every day, new vulnerabilities in server operating systems and software are found - and used, to compromise commercial websites. Although your ISP should provide daily security scans and frequent audits on all of your servers, it behooves every e-commerce company to put its best foot forward by ensuring the security, uptime and redundancy of it’s servers. (more…)

Anyone reading on changes in the hosting industry understands that web clients are seeking more comprehensive and less expensive services. Internet service providers that strike deals with providers of third party applications (i.e. cPanel) gain two things; 1) added value for their product and 2) additional revenue via affiliate or profit sharing with the application provider. Obviously, the extent of both the value and additional revenue depends on the deal terms and vendors within the given scenario. In this article, we’ll examine how web development companies can expand by taking advantage of their vertical markets. (more…)