ViUX Blogs

Do you leave your Windows Server RDP sessions active? Please Logoff!

jt.smith@viux.com — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Please be aware of the need to logoff your Windows Server Remote Desktop (RDP) sessions. When you connect to your Windows Server on our network via RDP, make sure that when you are done working within the RDP session, that you do not just disconnect and leave the session active. Instead, always remember to logoff the session by selecting: [Start] / [Logoff] / [Logoff].

Calling all Football Fans... Are You Ready for Some Fantasy Football!?!

jt.smith@viux.com — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:36:00 GMT

Are you ready for some football!?! The NFL season is just around the corner, and the ViUX Fantasy Football League is about to get underway! If you are a Football Fan, with prior Fantasy Football experience, have “free time” enough to actively play your team each week, and have fun trash talking... then please Contact our Sales Dept. to request entry into our league.

You Own The Business, But Do You Really Own Your Web Site?

kevin.jones@viux.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:04:00 GMT

Have you thought about the possible issues that could result from making wrong decisions early in the process of getting your business online? If you own the company, make sure that you are also listed as the owner of both the domain registration and web hosting account, as the “admin” contact for both...This will help ensure a trouble-free hosting experience.

Truth in Hosting... To Oversell or Not to Oversell

jt.smith@viux.com — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:35:06 GMT

Web Hosts are well familiar with human nature, in that if you see “Hosting Provider (A)” offering: 1 GB of Disk Space; 10 GB of Bandwidth; and 10 E-mail Accounts – for $5 per month… and “Hosting Provider (B)” offering 100 times these amounts at: 100 GB of Disk Space; 1,000 GB of Bandwidth; and 1,000 E-mail Account – also for only $5 per month… that excluding other considerations, you are far more likely to select “Hosting Provider (B)”.

Is your business critical website using the ideal type of hosting service?

jt.smith@viux.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:48:09 GMT

Don’t trust your business critical website hosting to a server with hundreds of other sites present (regardless of the provider), when for a small amount more per month, you can have a private server that hosts ONLY your site(s).

Have you considered the importance of your domain / website name?

kevin.jones@viux.com — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:41:16 GMT

The domain name is the building block, or starting point of your online based career. A carefully chosen domain name can bring you more success, as search engine traffic will grow, which will increase your company traffic as well.

Does your business website make use of an MS-Access database?

jt.smith@viux.com — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Unless your Website is for nothing more important than to maybe show pictures of your new cat or dog, and would therefore never get more than a few visitors at a time… then you should NOT make use of an MS-Access Database for your live business Website.

ESPN.com Pay Per Click (PPC)... Indirect Click Fraud?

jt.smith@viux.com — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:31:37 GMT

A funny thing happened to me on the “Road to the NCAA Final Four”, that has caused me to wonder if ESPN.com is engaging in a sort of “Indirect Click Fraud”…