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Kim Krause Berg had a interesting additional thought to my post about eye tracking. Her question, "What happens when your target market gets up on the wrong side of the bed?".

Information Technology has improved the leasing process, parts at a time. Every company has evolved some manner of maintaining customer information.

When last we left the inestimable Robert X Cringely, he had announced the big shipping container slash portable data centers secreted away in Google's parking garage; his newest column claims little cubes with lots of I/O ports and connectivity will connect those containers to Internet users.

You've probably heard these concerns expressed before. You might even have voiced them yourself.

The idea that by the year 200x there will be more smart devices on the Internet than people has become widely accepted. You can already see it if you look at the most integrated manufacturing facilities. Everything from the factory floor up is being connected using web technologies. If connecting a smart device can create substantial customer value and you do not do it, your competitors will. So the questions in many cases is not should I do it, but how should I do it?

You're probably in business to make as many sales as practical and build a better life for yourself and loved ones. In order to make those sales you need to reach as many targeted prospects as possible with your message. Yet, your message must get through to your prospects one... at .... a ..... time. It's individuals that read your message, think about it, and react to it. They react to your message once they connect with you and feel an appropriate emotion based upon the content of your messages. So the real key to your on-line success is connecting with your prospects one-at-a-time or one-to-one.

If you manage a small network, you might have never considered the complexities involved in connecting networks together. The idea of wide area networking might seem way beyond the scope of anything that your small network could ever require. However, there may come a time when you need to connect two or more small networks together. Even if these small networks reside within the same building, you can run into some unexpected consequences if you try to connect the two networks without proper planning.

Connecting to the Internet This article is a basic overview to get you started. There are other articles here that cover certain details in more depth. You may also want to read: Installing a Small Office Network Internet Mail OSR5 PPP Setup IPFILTER Firewalls DSL and Cable Modem Security VPN's and other remote access E-Smith Server and Gateway