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The Rising Tide of Internet Activism

May 31st, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

I admit, I'm not a huge Twitter fan. I tweet, entirely for business. It doesn't take much to find "Top Ten Celebrity Feuds on Twitter" or a plethora of narcissistic "shouting" into the internet universe. That being said, Twitter is also a platform for social activism never before realized.

Trending: The debate over the merging of man with machine

May 9th, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

I read a blog post recently by an individual struggling with what he perceives as the inevitable merging of humans and machines.This type of soul-searching in the growing glow of technology is a trend running through entertainment and technology blogs.

Week’s Roundup on Internet Security Updates

May 2nd, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

It feels like I've been posting about internet security breaches and their updates/fixes for a while now. This latest week brought the news that virtually all versions of the Internet Explorer browser was vulnerable to hackers.

Updates on Heartbleed

April 18th, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

I come to you today with updates on the Heartbleed bug because, as a company, we believe that this information is important. So feel free to skip to the more interesting bits if you've been reading about this all week.

By now (hopefully) you all know that you need to change your passwords to a slew of websites.

Heartbleed: what you need to know

April 11th, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

The Heartbleed bug is the talk of the technology community this week. It is the wolf in sheep's clothing, except unlike the wolf, it leaves no trace. "Catastrophic is the right word," wrote security guru Bruce Schneier in his blog this week.

A beginner’s guide to SAN

April 4th, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/BzjhHNfFQW0&source=udsWhat is this SAN of which people speak? SAN stands for Storage Area Network, which are used by enterprise to small businesses to store their data. They can be located on-premise or remotely in a data center or centers.

Internet: communicate or isolate? Maybe it’s a little of both.

March 21st, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

There seems to exist a difference in consensus about whether the Internet is bringing people together or driving them into an unnatural (for humans) isolation, especially in the United States. A Pew Research Internet Project article cites a study in which "They depicted the rise of internet and mobile phones as one of the major trends that pulls people away from traditional social settings, neighborhoods, voluntary associations, and public spaces that have been associated with large and diverse core networks.

DirectNetworks loves our customers!

March 14th, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

Update from the DNI news desk: we had our first customer appreciation event of 2014 last night. We had a great turnout! I want to thank everyone, customers and staff, who joined us last evening at Erin's Snug Pub for a cocktail hour.

Leveraging social media to grow your business

February 21st, 2014

By Naomi Dolin-Aubertin

Last week, I posted about the importance of using hashtags to engage with a consumer audience. I wrote about how at New York Fashion Week, social currency was as good as cash to some retailers. Many companies are utilizing social media to drive consumer interest and increase sales of their product or service and some aren't as obvious as you think.