Tech tool kit 2005.Fifteen years ago, the association world was asking, "What is this thing called the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ?" Ten years ago, it was, "Do you have a Web site up and running?" Today, if you're not offering your members Web access with a host of services, you're not only behind the times--you're losing face and money. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But the range of those services is dizzying, with a swirl of new applications, terminology, and technologies that change before your purchase order clears. The 2005 Tech Tool Kit is here to cut through the tangle of options. A range of companies has stepped up with both custom and turnkey See turnkey system. solutions to your most trying technology problems. Tap into their expertise by reading the following articles: * National and Regional Collaboration Through Web Technologies * An Integrated Approach to Online Membership Management--Why Your Databases Ought To Be Talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to One Another * A New Era of Flexibility: Software on Your Terms Through Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. * Wireless Security * Thin-Client Internet AMS AMS - Andrew Message System * Engage, Retain, and Establish Member Loyalty Through Online Communities * XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. : The Next Frontier * Improving Member Relationships Through Nonproprietary Technology Solutions So take advantage of this special section to arm yourself for that upcoming planning meeting. Pull it out, file it away--just be sure to save it. Your next technology decision may well depend on it. |
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