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Working tricks to reduce bandwidth usage for a site

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If you’ve signed up for a limited hosting limited plan, then follow the below tricks/methods to reduce the bandwidth usage for your site. I’ve successfully implemented the below tricks in one of my site, and the bandwidth usage has reduced by 25 percent. Reduce Image size Using large images of a site can kill hosting bandwidth within a week unless you’re signed up for an...

Best blogs to read daily : Top Tech, Design, IT blogs in world

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Our today’s article – 10 most popular blogs on the internet (2015) has been published to inspire you. As a blogger, you need inspiration. Many times, you may not be satisfied with your online career and you may think to quit blogging. I won’t recommend you to do this as many months of your hard work will go in vain. Just go through the content published on the most popular blogs...

How to start a blog: A Free Guide for beginners (2018)

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If you want to start a blog, through the below points as we have shared a detailed guide for creating a new blog. Step-by-step guide for starting a blog 1) Choose a Niche Niche is nothing but a topic on which you’ll blog on. Spend few hours in writing 2 or 3 some niche ideas on a paper and think hard on your favorite topic. Some topics that you can shortlist for your new blog is technology...

Best Blogging Platform : Blogger vs WordPress Comparision

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WordPress and Blogger are 2 of the most popular blogging platforms/content management systems of all time. They are free to use. These 2 platforms are so powerful that users can build/launch a new website within a couple of minutes. As a newbie, I used Blogger platform as I didn’t want to risk my money in an adventure that I’ve never been a part of before. After 5 – 6 months, I...

A small Orange Review and coupon codes (2018)

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This month, i decided to switch hosting from ******* to some other service. As there are many website hosting companies, i was confused to decide which one should I signup for. I was impressed with reviews on Hostgator, Inmotion, Bluehost and A2webhosting but I ended signing up for a small orange. ASO was suggested by some that folks have their blogs deployed on ASO servers. It has been a week...

More on Limiting Damage to Information Assets

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This is post 4 of 8 in the series “Prevention and Protection Strategies” Intrusion Detection Honeypots: To Lure or Not To Lure Managing Access to Information Resources More on Limiting Damage to Information Assets Post Authentication Methods Usable Security? User Friendly Factors SQL Injection Explained Web Application Database Vulnerabilities to be Aware of Establishing and enforcing...

Managing Access to Information Resources

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This is post 3 of 8 in the series “Prevention and Protection Strategies” Intrusion Detection Honeypots: To Lure or Not To Lure Managing Access to Information Resources More on Limiting Damage to Information Assets Post Authentication Methods Usable Security? User Friendly Factors SQL Injection Explained Web Application Database Vulnerabilities to be Aware of Security breaches caused...

Honeypots: To Lure or Not To Lure

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This is post 2 of 8 in the series “Prevention and Protection Strategies” Intrusion Detection Honeypots: To Lure or Not To Lure Managing Access to Information Resources More on Limiting Damage to Information Assets Post Authentication Methods Usable Security? User Friendly Factors SQL Injection Explained Web Application Database Vulnerabilities to be Aware of Honeypots are sometimes...

Intrusion Detection

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This is post 1 of 8 in the series “Prevention and Protection Strategies” Intrusion Detection Honeypots: To Lure or Not To Lure Managing Access to Information Resources More on Limiting Damage to Information Assets Post Authentication Methods Usable Security? User Friendly Factors SQL Injection Explained Web Application Database Vulnerabilities to be Aware of Intrusion Detection is the...

Rockville Drupal Meetup

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Are you a Drupal developer or someone who is interested in learning or hearing more about the platform?  Each month there are various ‘meet-ups’ that take place across the area.  ICF International now co-sponsors two of these meet-ups, one is held in our Fairfax office and the other in Rockville.  Last night we held our first Rockville meet-up, which was a big success. 

Testing email in a local development environment

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Have you ever had a need to test email functionality on an application within your local development setup?  I have found this process to be both time consuming and confusing in the past, especially when working within firewall restrictions.  Of course we can always test with real dummy email addresses, but what if we accidently send a mass email out to real users?  It is much...

Heather Remote Usability Session 10

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This is post 11 of 11 in the series “Usability Testing Sessions” This is the series for Usability Testing Sessions Helen – Pilot Usability Session Beth – Remote Usability Session 1 Rob – Remote Usability Session 2 Kate – Remote Usability Session 3 Lorie Remote Usability Session 4 Megan Remote Usability Session 5 Jeff Remote Usability Session 6 Romey Remote...

Meg Remote Usability Session 9

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This is post 10 of 11 in the series “Usability Testing Sessions” This is the series for Usability Testing Sessions Helen – Pilot Usability Session Beth – Remote Usability Session 1 Rob – Remote Usability Session 2 Kate – Remote Usability Session 3 Lorie Remote Usability Session 4 Megan Remote Usability Session 5 Jeff Remote Usability Session 6 Romey Remote...

Michael Remote Usability Session 8

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This is post 9 of 11 in the series “Usability Testing Sessions” This is the series for Usability Testing Sessions Helen – Pilot Usability Session Beth – Remote Usability Session 1 Rob – Remote Usability Session 2 Kate – Remote Usability Session 3 Lorie Remote Usability Session 4 Megan Remote Usability Session 5 Jeff Remote Usability Session 6 Romey Remote...

Romey Remote Usability Session 7

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This is post 8 of 11 in the series “Usability Testing Sessions” This is the series for Usability Testing Sessions Helen – Pilot Usability Session Beth – Remote Usability Session 1 Rob – Remote Usability Session 2 Kate – Remote Usability Session 3 Lorie Remote Usability Session 4 Megan Remote Usability Session 5 Jeff Remote Usability Session 6 Romey Remote...

MSDN Perks: Azure Development Environment

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Recently Microsoft started offering a $100 per month credit to all MSDN subscribers for using their Azure cloud based services.  A lot of developers here at ICF have MSDN subscriptions so I definitely recommend checking this out if you haven’t already done so.  I never really considered using Azure for anything as I had assumed it was mostly used as a cloud based hosting service...

Curriculum Mapping for Expeditionary Learning

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Curriculum Mapping is the process of documenting lessons, activities and assessment methods used within different grade levels and classes in an educational institution.  Expeditionary Learning (EL) is a style of teaching that involves the students in experiences and problem-solving activities.  This paper explores the intersection of these two educational theories and addresses how pedagogical...

Jeff Remote Usability Session 6

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This is post 7 of 11 in the series “Usability Testing Sessions” This is the series for Usability Testing Sessions Helen – Pilot Usability Session Beth – Remote Usability Session 1 Rob – Remote Usability Session 2 Kate – Remote Usability Session 3 Lorie Remote Usability Session 4 Megan Remote Usability Session 5 Jeff Remote Usability Session 6 Romey Remote...

Megan Remote Usability Session 5

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This is post 6 of 11 in the series “Usability Testing Sessions” This is the series for Usability Testing Sessions Helen – Pilot Usability Session Beth – Remote Usability Session 1 Rob – Remote Usability Session 2 Kate – Remote Usability Session 3 Lorie Remote Usability Session 4 Megan Remote Usability Session 5 Jeff Remote Usability Session 6 Romey Remote...

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Ian Carnaghan

I am a software developer and online educator who likes to keep up with all the latest in technology. I also manage cloud infrastructure, continuous monitoring, DevOps processes, security, and continuous integration and deployment.

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