Smart stops on the web.SOFTWARE SITES Search for Solutions www.knowledgestorm.com Information technology consultants an CPAs can register for free at this Web site and compare hardware and software in categories such as infrastructure and systems management and Web and applications development. The Business Solutions section includes links to accounting and finance, business intelligence and knowledge management products. Research and Resources www.techrepublic.com Network administrators and IT consultants and managers can access for free all of this Web site's content including articles such as "You've Been Hacked: What to Do in the First Five Minutes" and discussion threads See threaded discussion. where users can get feedback from experts on their questions. In addition members can comparison shop in the Product Information section, sign up for e-mail newsletters to get expert commentary and download checklists, templates and white papers. An Online Software Library www.tucows.com This Web site, launched in 1993 for software downloads, now includes more than 30,000 rifles and reviews for computer programs in categories such as business, the Internet and multimedia. In addition to links to online software stores, Tucows.com offers flee newsletters and financial and technology articles Find Freeware Software that is distributed without charge and which may be redistributed without charge by its users. However, ownership is retained by the developer who may change future releases from freeware to a paid product (feeware). See shareware, free software and public domain software. Fast www.completelyfreesoftware.com IT consultants and tech-savvy CPAs can click on the Free Access section of this site to download Web author components such as applets and java scripts, find links to software, order a CDROM See CD-ROM. full of freeware, read technology news and register for e-mail newsletters Virtual Marketing Tools www.marketingsource.com IT consultants and professionals in charge of online marketing content will want to check out Concept Marketing Group's e-stop containing links to articles on online banner advertising Banner Advertising A common form of advertising on the internet. The banner is an advertisement of 460x68 pixels, usually placed at the top of the page Notes: For an example, just look at the top of a page on almost any popular web site. , site content improvement and Web-based marketing strategies. Visitors also can subscribe for a free Internet marketing See Internet advertising. newsletter. Technology News Online www.bizjournals.com Technology consultants and small business owners will want to stop by this Web site and read the latest IT news articles such as "Software Firms Chase Sarbanes-Oxley Biz." Users also can have lists of new software and services e-mailed to them weekly as well as tap into sales leads A sales lead is the identity of a person or entity potentially interested in purchasing a product or service, and represents the first stage of a sales process. The lead may have a corporation or business associated with the person(s). for more effective marketing strategies. GENERAL INTEREST SITES IT Advice You Can Use www.intelligententerprise.com Professionals looking to turn IT data into useable advice for their businesses should go to this Web site for a free hard-copy or electronic subscription to Intelligent Enterprise magazine. The print version offers readers departments including Data Warehouse Designer, E-Business Developer and Information Supply Chain, while its online counterpart publishes Web exclusives such as "Sarbanes-Oxley: The Document Management Dimension" and has archived issues back to 1998, discussion forums, a research library, vendor white papers and Web seminars. Resources for Internal Controls www.auditsoftware.net/community Auditors will want to visit this Web site created by Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us (currently typeset as ToYsЯuS in the logo) is a toy store chain based in the United States, Canada, Australia,The Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. manager of internal audit Rich Lanza, to find articles such as "What You Don't Know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. About Sarbanes-Oxley" as well as links to related Web sites including www.intelligent enterprise.com (see above). Lanza's site also offers a free newsletter on using audit software. Free Articles and Newsfeeds www.technewsworld.com This Web stop offers "real-time technology news from around the world" on topics such as computer hackers, e commerce, Internet privacy Internet privacy consists of privacy over the media of the Internet: the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet, and to control who can access that information. , networking and wireless computing. Along with a breaking news section visitors will find free newsletters and real-time newsfeeds no older than 15 minutes from ABCNews SciTech and no more than 30 minutes old from E-Commerce Times (see Smart Stop below). E-News to Peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- www.ecommercetimes.com This e-stop offers "24-hour news, analysis and strategy" with current and archived articles on all things tech-related in categories including B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business , cyber-crime and Internet marketing. Users also can register for free newsletters on data security; e-commerce and the wireless industry, to name a few, as well as free technology newsfeeds and a message board for discussing linked articles on technology topics. A Sister Site www.ectnews.com A fellow E-Commerce Times-run Web site, Ectnews.com narrows its focus to fit the e-business market with articles on databases, data storage and network security. Article titles include "Is Broadband Really Changing E-Business?" "Privacy vs. Internet Piracy piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations. " and "Google Branches Out Again With Overseas News." |
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