Would you like to completely eliminate the cost and hassle of upgrades, patches, and other support issues associated with Microsoft Office, e-mail, and other applications you use?
      Do you dread the profit-sucking outlay of cash every time you need to upgrade Microsoft Office, purchase new applications, or when you add a new PC to the network?
      Would you like to be able to access your e-mail, database, and other applications while on the road without having to deal with synchronization problems once you get back to the office?

      Then you'll definitely want to consider SaaS.

      SaaS is geek- speak for "software as a service" and it's quickly growing in popularity for companies who want to offload the heavy costs of installing and maintaining a computer network.
      Until recently, companies purchased software and then ran their applications on their own servers and computers. As you know from experience, this leaves the entire responsibility (and cost) of upgrades, troubleshooting, security, and maintenance up to you.
      With the new SaaS model, you don't pay to own the software-you only pay to use it via the Internet. Since you, the SaaS provider, are responsible for keeping the applications available 24/7/356, THEY take care of all maintenance, scalability, disaster recovery, security, upgrades, and more. And since you are only renting the application along with hundreds of thousands of other companies, you only pay a small fraction of what it would cost to purchase, install, and maintain the software on your own.
Why are so many business owners opting for SaaS instead of the traditional network model?

• Low Cost of Entry and No Heavy Annual License Fees. SaaS is delivered on a subscription basis, usually billed in a per-user, per month basis. This completely does away with the heavy up-front costs of purchasing and installing new software, upgrades and annual license fees.
• No Maintenance Costs or Hassles. You offload the need to support, secure, and upgrade the PCs and servers in your office. All maintenance is done by the SaaS provider.
• Drastically Lowered Hardware Costs. You can use the most up-to-date applications on older and less powerful PCs without any negative effect on speed or performance of the application. This eliminates the heavy costs of upgrading aging technology and protects you from expense spikes.
• Access Your PC from Anywhere. You can access your desktop-securely- from any PC at any remote location. This eliminates synchronization issues and gives you the freedom to work from anywhere.
• No Expensive Commitments. Under the "pay as you go" model of SaaS, you can buy an application for two employees and then after a few months, give access to an entire department. Plus, if you find out you don't like a particular application, you simply cancel that service without penalty.
• Improved Security. Software as a service providers are in the business of providing uninterrupted, reliable services. They know that data must be backed up religiously, and information security is a fanatic priority. Skilled technicians, network redundancies, stand-by power, up-to-date security and intrusion detection are mandatory for any SaaS provider, but usually ignored by most small businesses.
  
  

      There have been a number of e-mails circling the Internet talking about hidden tricks and features of the average cell phone. Below are a few of those myths and the actual truths according to Snopes.com.

Myth #1: The emergency number worldwide for mobile phones is 112. This number can be dialed even when the keypad it locked.

Truth: Calling 112 on your cell phone will connect you with local emergency services in some parts of the world-primarily Europe-even if you are outside of your service area, and some phones will allow you to dial 112 even if you lack a SIM card or if the keypad is locked.

Myth #2: If you have a remote keyless entry system for your car and lock your keys in the car, you can call someone with a spare key and get them to transmit the "unlock" signal via your cell phone. Simply get them to press the unlock button on the spare key into their cell phone while you hold your cell phone close to the door. It will open instantly.

Truth: Cars with remote keyless entry systems cannot be unlocked by relaying a key fob transmitter signal via a cellular telephone.

Myth #3: Pressing *3370# on your cell phone will unlock hidden battery power on your phone.

Truth: This is a misunderstanding of an option available on some brands of cell phones, such as Nokia. However, this option is activated by pressing ; pressing *3370#actually enables Enhanced Full Rate Codec, which provides better sound quality at the expense of a shorter battery life.

Myth #4: You can totally disable a stolen cell phone by giving your phone's serial number to your service provider and reporting it stolen; they can disable the phone so that even if the thief replaces the SIM card, the phone is still useless. You can get your cell phone's serial number to display on your phone by punching in * on your phone keypad.

Truth: Entering the sequence * may display a 15- digit identification code string, but this function only works with certain types of phones. Plus, reporting this number to your service provide to shut down the phone is extremely limited.

Myth #5: To avoid paying telephone directory charges associated with 411 info, dial (800) FREE-411.

Truth: Some companies like (800) FREE-411 do provide free directory assistance to cell phone customers. However, users should know that while the service is free, your cell phone service provide may still charge you for placing the call.

By Lisa Gullette, CreatiVisibility, May 9, 2007 The old saying, "don't judge a book by its cover" had its appropriate application, but fortunately as a society we don't follow this advice too often. Judging "a book" by it's cover saves us money! When it comes to identifying our favorite books or brands, without a familiar "cover" or label we may choose a different product and be disappointed with the quality, thus wasting our money and resources. People come back to a product or business that they had a good experience with previously.

History of Branding

In the 19th century, industrialization saw the need to package goods to move them in barrels. These barrels were literally branded with a unique insignia or logo to identify the factory where the products were manufactured. These factories started generating mass produced goods and sold them to a wide market familiar with these local goods. It happened that a manufactured product without the branding didn't sell as well as a similar product with the brand label. Thus, the importance of branding with a logo was discovered.

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