We’re pleased to announce that we are hiring an eMarketing intern in our new eMarketing department. Here’s an overview of the position: The eMarketing Internship is designed to introduce a current college student or recent graduate to eMarketing best practices in a professional setting. The intern will assist the eMarketing department with analyzing and reporting on Google [...]

Last week, ForeSite Lead Network Architect and CISSP Thomas Allen contributed to a white paper entitled “An Integrated Approach to School Security” at the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) in North Haven, CT. The paper, written in conjunction with EBC Security and Granite Communications, highlighted the importance of technology in keeping students, teachers and [...]

Last week our own Janaura Bishop and Mike Giuffrida participated in the 2013 InPractice Conference at the Hartford Hilton in downtown Hartford. InPractice is daylong conference for attorneys and others in the legal profession that emphasizes technology as a resource for the legal industry. Janaura gave a presentation called “Why Your Website Sucks,” a provocatively titled [...]

While we may not be the first company to build a nap room at our corporate headquarters, we are way ahead of many others - and it's paying off! Our nap room (which opened in the fall of 2012) is just one part of our "culture of engagement" at ForeSite.

I’ve been reading a lot about the Pebble smartwatch lately and wanted to share my experience so far with my own Pebble smartwatch. I waited for almost a year to see the fancy box show up at my office with my cool Pebble smartwatch in it.  I was seeing regular updates from Kickstarter where I had [...]

We wanted to follow up and expand on some of the key points from last month’s Google seminar for folks who had questions about using eMarketing techniques for services or small businesses, and for those who want to learn more but were unable to attend.

ForeSite Technologies has joined the East Hartford Chamber of Commerce as a full member effective April 1, 2013. The relationship began with ForeSite’s design and development of the new Chamber of Commerce website.  ForeSite will also  participate in a number of speaking opportunities over the year to educate other members about technology for business;  including optimizing [...]

After an overwhelming response and more questions about each of our LinkedIn blogs, we decided to wrap it all together and add some extra content in this free eBook.  This eBook contains all of the great information that was in the individual posts as well as valuable, additional content has been added to round out [...]

ForeSite launched the Do Some Good program in July.  Each quarter we support three local nonprofit organizations.  We feature a blog profile on one of the organizations each month so our readers can get to know each organization.  This month we are featuring the Connecticut Radio Information System (CRIS) Radio. CRIS Radio is Connecticut’s only radio [...]

Are you more likely to go to a new restaurant if you see a commercial for it but have never heard anything about it, if a stranger posted a positive review online, or if you have a friend who recommended it to you?  Assuming you trust your friend’s judgment, the obvious answer is taking your [...]

The goal of Electronic Health Records (EHR) is to reduce the need for transcription by collecting patient information such as demographics, progress notes, problems and medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports.  However a recent survey of EHR users found that EHR service providers are not meeting expectations and that [...]

Hartford, CT ForeSite Technologies, an IT support, web development and eMarketing firm based in East Hartford, CT has launched a new website for Western International. Western International approached ForeSite to help them redesign their existing website to be easier to navigate and more search engine friendly to help them market their new TransCube line of industrial [...]

Purchasing new servers is an important investment in your company’s technology infrastructure. It can be hard to distinguish one “box” from another, and you may wonder why some computers and servers cost less than others that, on first look, seem “the same”. Non-branded hardware, also called “white box” equipment, is assembled from parts purchased from a [...]

ForeSite launched the Do Some Good program in July.  Each quarter we feature three local nonprofit organizations to support.  We will be featuring a profile on one of the organizations each month on our blog so our readers can get to know the organizations better.  This month we are featuring Covenant Preparatory School. Covenant Prep is [...]

The overwhelming majority of small businesses (80%) with less than 75 employees use Microsoft’s Small Business Server (SBS) software. Despite its success, Microsoft will stop selling SBS 2011 later this year, terminating the life support cycle for the software. Why would Microsoft kill such a successful product? The advent of cloud computing is perhaps the single most [...]

Lawyers have always known how important it is for their firm to stand out.  Clients today research firms before they make first contact so having a website that stands out from the crowd is vital. In a presentation to the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association, Joe Walsh, a principal and creative director at [...]

The expectation when you use Google is that you’ll find the exact answer your looking for instantly, but sometimes that just doesn’t happen.  You may find yourself wondering what’s slowing you down or how you could make this process go faster.  There are tools that you may not know about that can help you to [...]

The cost of unplanned IT downtime can be overwhelming.A recent report by the Ponemon Institute estimated that about $5,000 per minute is lost during an outage across industries and that the average issue last about 90 minutes.  This is one important reason why you should carefully consider when it is time to replace your server, [...]

Recently the Department of Homeland Security issued warnings urging computer users to disable the Java plugin on their computers due to the fact that the plugin can be exploited rather easily. On Sunday, Oracle, the company behind Java, issued a patch which closes the security holes mentioned in the DHS blog post. Despite the Oracle patch, [...]

ForeSite Technologies, an East Hartford based IT support and web development firm, announces four new team members to begin 2013. Janaura Bishop, of Granby, joins ForeSite as a Business Development Manager specializing in eMarketing. She brings nearly 15 years of experience working with clients of all sizes to create and enhance their [...]