After the Storm

August 30th, 2011 by Tracy Fox

Irene came and went, and overall CT and MA fared better than expected. But how did your organization feel when the possibility of a natural disaster forced a test of what you did or didn’t have in place for protecting your network and critical data?

There are some basic best practices that you should consider BEFORE the next “disaster” strikes, be it weather, fire, theft, or the most common – hardware failure.

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ForeSite Technologies Makes Inc. Magazine’s 500|5000 List of America’s fastest-growing, privately held companies

August 26th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida

East Hartford, Conn. (August 23, 2011)- ForeSite Technologies, a Web site design and IT support company, has been named by Inc. Magazine as one of  America’s fastest-growing, privately held companies.
The Inc. 500|5000 list is compiled by ranking best in class companies according to their success and growth from 2007 to 2010. ForeSite ranks at #3188. [...]

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Is Your Twitter Bio Costing You Leads? 3 Steps to Better Leads

August 23rd, 2011 by Thomas Clifford

Misconceptions about social media’s effectiveness to help promote businesses are slowly fading away. Social media can help generate leads and convert those leads into customers.
There’s no doubt that social media is an important tool in a marketing toolkit.
So let’s assume Twitter is one of the tools in your toolkit.
Let’s also assume your Twitter account is [...]

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ForeSite Technologies Announces Sponsorship with DrupalCampCT

August 17th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida

East Hartford, Conn. (August 11, 2011)- East Hartford based ForeSite Technologies, a leader in website design and IT support, has announced their platinum sponsorship at the second annual DrupalCampCT on August 20, 2011 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
DrupalCampCT is hosted by Drupal, an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and [...]

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4 (Positive) Reasons to Welcome Negative Feedback

August 1st, 2011 by Thomas Clifford

Let’s face it.
No one wants negative feedback.
We cross our fingers, hoping everyone loves everything we say and do.
But the fact remains:  negative feedback happens.
Let’s pretend we ignore negative feedback
What might happen?

Complacency creeps in
Customer engagement weakens
Innovation fizzles out
Credibility is challenged

Clearly, not healthy signs for any business.
The fact that someone took time to (legitimately) comment on our [...]

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White Papers, Black Ink – Social E Conference

June 24th, 2011 by Tracy Fox

ForeSite  just ran a panel discussion on social media at the Social E technology conference in Newport called “White Papers, Black Ink”.  We talked about how professionals are using inbound marketing to get better rankings with search engines, become known as experts in their fields, proactively market to prospective clients – in [...]

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Wireless Access Considerations

June 23rd, 2011 by Nicholas Kelley

Wireless access is becoming more of a requirement than an amenity for most organizations.  The need has been more prevalent in larger organizations but it is trickling down to small and medium sized organizations.  Recently ForeSite had an opportunity to send an engineer to a four day Managed Wireless training class.  ForeSite has always been [...]

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ForeSite Launches New Website for The Mark Twain House & Museum

June 16th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida

Site Promotes Mark My Words: An Evening with David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult
East Hartford, Conn. (June 16, 2011) – The Mark Twain House & Museum will present a once-in-a-lifetime event with three of America’s most popular writers- Mark My Words: An Evening with David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jodi Picoult.  ForeSite [...]

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Are You Seeing Things That Aren’t There?

June 16th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida

Perhaps that’s what advertisers and software developers want. Augmented Reality (AR) is quickly becoming the hottest trend in marketing to users of smartphones. Ever wonder how that new dress would look on you before you trek out to the store? Ever wonder what that new couch will look like in your living room before you [...]

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Security Bulletin – Android Phones

June 14th, 2011 by Tom Allen

The Android platform of phones is becoming increasingly more popular and is making its way into business and enterprise environments.  For that reason, ForeSite Technologies would like to strongly recommend that its customers who are using or plan to use Android phones, first install antivirus applications onto their phones as there is currently a plethora [...]

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