CaribMedia ta informabo - what's going on this month.
Welcome to the CaribMedia newsletter! We plan to maintain it
regularly with information that will keep you informed about new
trends, projects, opportunities, as well as important tips and stats.
We welcome your feedback at any time!
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Recently completed work for these new
CaribMedia clients:
New websites / redesigns were completed for:
Currently we have several projects soon to be completed. Read more
about this in our next issue.
In the spotlight
Fundacion Autismo Aruba has launched a new site
recently to inform the local community of people dealing with autism:
family members, health care specialists, and anyone else interested in
autism.
The site of FAA was built using a CMS, so that FAA can add articles and
accept comments. As an addition forum software was installed. With this
forum the community can get involved and get answers to their questions
quickly, helping each other with sometimes difficult situations.
Read more
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Web Security Guide
The intention
of a hacker (or better: cracker) usually didn't use to be financial
gain, but the world is changing fast. Identity theft and spamming are
becoming more lucrative for criminals online. In the mild cases the
hacker just wants access to your system to show that the security
system can be broken. In worse cases the hacker is malicious and
deletes data, or steals your information. For the latter important
data like client records can be compromised. Therefor it is always
advised to
purchase a secure digital certificate.
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Would you believe me if I said you don't need a Ph.D. to understand
your website data? No? Believe it. Free tools like Google Analytics can
help simplify website data so that you can better understand what
visitors are doing when they arrive on your site.
read more - google blog
If you have newsworthy articles about your (tourism) business, feel
free to send us pictures and text, and we will be happy to give you
some extra exposure on the news section of VisitAruba.com. This is a free service for all clients of VisitAruba.
22.4 million mobile users in the U.S. access the web daily. A good
reason to have your website standards-based, and mobile device-friendly. read more or contact
us about making your website mobile-friendly.
More than 100 million US internet users use YouTube in January 2009
alone making it the dominant force for online video worldwide. read more or contact
us to get your videos on Youtube.
- GMail (Google's email service) was down for several hours! This is
a good reason to get your emails hosted on your own domain, if you
haven't already. Plus, it looks more professional to use yourname@yourdomain.com on your business cards. read more
-
Recently several
large Norwegian sites
placed a warning against Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) on their pages. If
you are still using IE6, it is time to upgrade. You can skip a version,
since Internet Explorer 8.0 has officially been launched.
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Did
you know?
Hosting plans offered by CaribMedia
CaribMedia will be glad to help you with the best managed hosting
plan for your
money. Here are some of your options, in layman's terms
- Shared hosting - a server is shared among several other clients,
making this is a more cost effective solution. However, if another site
is receiving a lot of traffic, it could slow down your site.
- Virtual Private Servers - more space and resources,
and more privileges to install software for you. If another client's
website
goes down, yours keeps running.
- Dedicated hardware with limited sharing - dedicated hardware is
shared among a maximum of up to 5 clients, with tight control on
resource usage, high performance, security and resources.
- 100% Dedicated - hardware dedicated to only one client, total
freedom to install any software, top performance and security. No other
client's system can affect your system's performance.
Why managed hosting? CaribMedia's hosting plans are managed
hosting plans meaning to say you never have to worry about your
server's configuration, setting things up, making backups, configuring
email, anti-spam software, server updates etc., it is all done for you
as part of your plan. Managed hosting differs from unmanaged
hosting in that with unmanaged hosting you simply get a
username and a password and are expected to login and do everything
else yourself, upload your website, configure it, manage email
settings, spam, manage backups, updates etc. Several companies both
locally and abroad offer unmanaged hosting at lower rates than managed
hosting, clearly because no effort other than minimal technical support
is required (e.g. in case of hardware failure). CaribMedia also offers
unmanaged hosting if specifically requested, but that is very rarely
the case since it is recommended for persons with specific knowledge
about servers, websites, software etc. Clients in general want peace of
mind, they want their website to work well, and want to get on with
their core business. Read more
Contact
us for more information!
New on VisitAruba
VisitAruba.com has a new page called "
Aruba
Deals & Specials". This is our recession stimulus package. As
a VisitAruba.com client you are entitled to have your specials listed
there FREE of charge. We can also combine it with a news release on
VisitAruba News, to boost your
Aruba deal's visibility
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Aruba Newsbits
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A Tourist's Experience
This was our 19th consecutive visit! Sat 2/7/2009- 3:30am we departed
from home to Tampa airport for a 6:00am flight to Miami. We arrived at
Tampa Airport parking 40 mins later and were shuttled to the terminal
for American Airlines flight to Miami.
read the rest of the trip report
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Meet
our team
Hi, my name is Otmar Manuela and I have been working at Caribmedia for 5 years.
How
did I arrive here? After graduating from Colegio Arubano, I went to
study in Melbourne, Florida (no, not Australia) where I earned my
Masters Degree in Engineering Management with a focus in Software
Engineering. I came back to Aruba in 2002 and started working as a
programmer/troubleshooter of burglar/fire alarm systems and
surveillance systems. When I saw an opportunity in web development, I
decided to go for it and here I am.
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