New Facebook Feature Lets You Send a Happy Birthday Video

  Thanks to Facebook, you can now have your (birthday) cake and eat it, too. Well, almost. The social media megalith launched a new feature Monday that allows users to…

Does VMware Have a Post-Merger Future?

It’s hard to believe that a company that has sold its product to virtually every enterprise on the planet would run afoul of the investor class, but as VMware seems…

Tips to Achieving a Successful Cloud Strategy

There aren’t too many people in enterprise circles that want the cloud to fail. Even the system vendors who stand to lose lucrative revenue streams are still pulling for the…

Nutanix Scales Hyperconvergence in a Private Cloud

While hyperconvergence inside the data center is all the rage these days, Nutanix wants to remind IT organizations that it is really only a means to achieving a true private…

A Layman’s Visual Guide To Google’s Knowledge Graph Search API

Google released their much-delayed Knowledge Graph Search API on December 16, 2015, which was announced in a post on Google Plus by Freebase. (They did so after retiring Freebase, to support…

SearchCap: Streetmap Loses, Google SEO Certification & AdWords Automated Bids

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Streetmap Loses Anti-Competitive Lawsuit Against Google…

Valentine’s Day Google Doodles: A Blushing Teapot, A Reading Hedgehog & A Candy-Giving Kleenex Box

Google went out of its way for Valentine’s Day this year, creating three separate animated doodles. In one, a blushing teapot receives a flower from a coffeepot. Another shows a…

3 Requirements For A Successful Link Building Campaign

Link building campaigns are complex and nuanced. No two campaigns are alike, and tactics and strategies vary depending on the specific project. Although every project is unique, there are three…

How To Compile A Top-Notch Competitive Link Analysis

When it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), it’s crucial to research your competition. Knowing where you stand in relation to your competitors will help inform the strategy and tactics needed to achieve your client’s…

How to cross the DevOps chasm in a safe and reliable manner

If you read IT blogs regularly, you would assume DevOps is already the status quo, that everyone has ‘crossed the chasm’, and are practicing continuous delivery on a daily basis.…