More Safest Online with OpenDNS

DNS is such an integral part of our Internet life working behind the scenes every time we connect to a website. In most situations, our Internet Service Provider specifies the DNS Server address that we key into the browser network settings or the router.


When you type an address like www.yahoo.com in your browser address bar, the computer doesn’t know where yahoo.com points to and it will therefore ask the DNS server.

The job of a DNS server is to translate this human-readable web address (like www.yahoo.com) into a computer-readable number also known as an IP address (209.131.36.158). Once your computer knows the IP location of a web domain name, it opens the website in your browser.

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Blogging as Career

Based on the number of blogs coming up and increasing day by day, blogging has been a very popular hobby these days. But it is no long a hobby as there are actually individuals who are earning money just simply by blogging. The most amazing thing of all, there are even people who blog for a living or taking up blogging as a career.

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Network Security For SOHO

“Nothing more than the whim of a 13 year old hacker is required to knock any user, site or server right off the Internet” Steve Gibson, Gibson Research Corporation

As small businesses move with the Internet revolution - from dial-up connections to broadband 24 x 7 Internet, the security threats to the network increase dramatically. Now PCs and networks are visible on the Internet constantly, giving hackers more time and opportunity than ever to wreak havoc on the businesses of the world.

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e-Government Briefing Paper

Customer relationship management, basic definition:
Customer relationship management (CRM) is an approach to doing business and providing better customer service. The technological solutions badged under the CRM header are enablers of this approach. As an approach to doing business, CRM implementation is as much about cultural and process change as it is about new technology.

Within the context of local government, customer relationship management (CRM) aims to improve customer service by encouraging a higher quality of customer interaction, and smoother internal operations. The emphasis is on improving service to the individual customer. This requires a shift from department-centric operations, to a more customer-focused approach.

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