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David Dunlap
Optimism, Positive Thinking, and Job Retention
Let’s face it, it is easy to fire someone who is a total menace. When it comes to someone you despise, vengeance can come quickly and mercilessly, severing the former employee from the company in a master stroke. And to be honest, you probably feel good about it too. But what about firing someone who is upbeat, well-liked, and a genuinely good human being?
Top 10 Speakers to Watch at Parallels Summit 2010
Parallels Summit has been a really good venue for the hosting industry. A fact that only increases each year. Looking over the speaker list I was surprised to see a few Google speakers, considering some of the comments Serguei Beloussov (CEO of Parallels) has said about them in the past....
Tech Specs: What is the Answer?
Yesterday we discussed the problems associated with tech specs and web hosting. The main problem with tech specs in web hosting is the vast bulk of the customer has little to no knowledge of anything found in the technical specifications and has no desire to learn them....
Tech Specs: What are they good for? Absolutely nothing
I have often wondered why web hosting plans are sold by technical specs… computers too for that matter. Don’t get me wrong, technical specifications of a product are pretty much as detailed as it gets for buying purposes. It can tell us exactly what we need to know. ...
Ramblings on Moving a Company
Before the holidays I managed to interview Haralds Jass, CEO of dedicated server hosting company Superb Hosting, on the moving of their corporate headquarters to Honolulu, Hawaii. That interview will be out at Web Host Magazine next week Wednesday. ...
Through the Eyes of a Novice
If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch someone who has never even thought about HTML or coding create a web site, I highly recommend it. Especially if you are a programmer, web designer, web host, customer service, well any job or hobby that has to do with web sites....HostingCon 2010 Attendee Registration Now Open!
HostingCon is proud to announce that attendee registration for HostingCon 2010 in Austin, Texas is now open to the public!...
SMB’s IT Purchasing Habits and the Studies that Figure Them Out
Here is an assumption you can take to the bank, the percentage of SMBs that buy new IT equipment, both hardware and software, will be far less than their enterprise level equivalents. This is business class 101 and the assumption pretty much holds water 99% of the time....
Net Neutrality – Removes Consumer Empowerment
Many readers of this blog know that I am against net neutrality. Many also know that I am pro-consumer and when there is an argument between consumers and corporations I will side with the consumer. So how can I be a consumer advocate and be anti net neutrality? ...
Marketing Jargon: Thinking Outside the Box
Every time I use a CD or DVD-ROM I always think of 7th Guest. It was the first CDROM I ever remember using and the game itself was unique (at the time). The storyline was quite involved, the puzzles where devilishly hard, and horror was a much overlooked genre when it came to PC games back then....Author info
David Dunlap
David Dunlap has been both a Web host industry analyst and commentator for the past eight years. Prior to his active writing career, David was a network and communications technician for four years. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief for WebHostMagazine.com