100th of a Millisecond Can Sell a Product or Drive Customers Away

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Not so long ago, Google published an article that revealed some interesting facts – and, if you are selling products and services online, you will want to take note of these facts! The Google research reveals that a mere half a second added to the load time for a search results page may erode your traffic and your advertising revenue by as much as 20%.So, what does that tell us, exactly? This research and recent research by Amazon and other major online retailers reveals that online customers and prospects are more sensitive than ever to speed, accessibility and availability of information. Want more evidence of the importance of performance optimization?

Add 100th of a millisecond to your load time and your sales will decrease by 1%

Add 1 second to the expected 2-second page load time and 40% of users will abandon the site or page

Whether you are considering the success of your web site, your pay-per-click marketing campaigns or your internet marketing and social media marketing, you need to accommodate the expectations of your site visitors, followers and prospects or your business will not succeed in its online sales initiatives.

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You Don’t Need a Super Hero to Protect Your Users and Your Business Reputation

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When one considers the brave new world of responsive web design and mobile applications, there is nothing more important than ensuring enterprise security. Data access, security policies and personal, data and network access protection is key to providing appropriate security, mitigating business risk and ensuring government and legal compliance regarding privacy and data protection for consumers, employees and stakeholders. Therefore, data and security governance policies must be carefully considered for mobile applications, with appropriate, comprehensive user authentication and data protection policies.

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To compete in ANY market and be recognized as a leader, you need to be the best at EVERYTHING.. no ifs, ands or buts! An expert, offshore IT partner can get you there!

Volusion: eCommerce That Beats the Competition

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While eCommerce markets change daily and social media and web sites explode into the eCommerce stratosphere, a software vendor in Austin, TX has rather quietly taken the eCommerce market by storm. Volusion has forged partnerships, released software development kits (SDKs) and launched new features, making it easier than ever for even small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) to enter and conquer markets with products and services and an integrated sales platform that allows customers to browse and buy on mobile and desktop platforms.Recently, Volusion targeted enterprise customers with its new product, designed to provide a unified shopping experience for online sales, mobile access, and retail sites. While Volusion originally targeted small and medium sized (SME) businesses, it is now making a play for larger businesses with a Mozu platform. The Volusion large enterprise market entry makes it easier for big companies to provide fresh content and utilize new features and partner products to improve payment gateways, provide online chat, expand product catalogs, launch related blogs and leverage other upsell opportunities like social media marketing and sales.

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Awesome Responsive Web Design (RWD) Part Two: Don’t Forget Device Size, Queries, Images and Testing!

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In the first of our two-part article series, entitled ‘Awesome Responsive Web Design (RWD) Part One: The Devil is in the Details!’ we discussed some of the challenges and considerations of building a high performance, heavy data centric, multi device mobile business solution. In the first article, we reminded our readers that Software Product Development and, in particular, Product Development, Management and Support (PDMS) must include a serious consideration of RWD and software usability improvements.The concept of Responsive Web Design encompasses differing techniques such as Adaptive Web Design, RESS (Responsive Design with Server-Side components), and responsive delivery. These techniques incorporate client-side code, multiple device templates, and cloud-based code transformations that stretch far beyond the scope of RWD. “Responsive” has simply come to describe techniques and technologies in which a unified set of website code produces Web pages optimized for multiple devices based on screen size and device capability. How a site achieves this unified state is becoming less and less important.

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Check Out Some Cool Bigcommerce Designs and Get Yourself an Expert to Create Your Site

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Awesome Responsive Web Design (RWD) Part One: The Devil is in the Details!

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Buzzwords like bring your own device, responsive web design (RWD), adaptive web design (AWD), mobile first and content first are flying through the offices of every technology team and IT consulting firm on the planet! In concept, these considerations apply to every business and consumer application in the design, migration or upgrade phase in today’s business world. However, building a high performance, heavy data centric, multi device mobile business solution is challenging! Software Product Development and, in particular, Product Development, Management and Support (PDMS) must include a serious consideration of RWD and software usability improvements.

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