Making Sense of the Semantic Web (Web 3.0)

Here's an interesting article from CNN's digitalbiz on the Semantic Web. The Semantic Web aims at using descriptive language to better identify & classify information on the web so that computers and computer networks can do more with the vast amount of information. This will open up new doors in search, artificial intelligence, and more...

Read the full article here, exciting stuff!

Sincerely,
-Aaron

Aaron M. Soto
Partner / Consultant
DezTech Consulting LLC, since 1998
Move Your Business FORWARD!

http://www.deztech.com/

Slightly New Home for Our Servers...

A couple weeks ago we decided to move our beloved servers to a new home in the newer side of our data center. The move was literally from one of the data center's older cage arrangements to their newly built side of the building with all new cabinets. Exciting, right???

Well, maybe not, but we are very happy to be in one of their new cabinets, which are better organized and more efficiently cooled. We've had a very good track record with our uptime and this move should only improve that record.

Our beloved servers in action!(you have to call them that to keep them happy)

Sincerely,
-Aaron

Aaron M. Soto
Partner / Consultant
DezTech Consulting LLC, since 1998
Move Your Business FORWARD!

http://www.deztech.com/

My Slow 'Puter and 2.5GB Outlook PST File!!!

Good morning... Last night I finally had enough of the recent slowness of my laptop. It had just been crawling lately and I wasn't sure why. I figured that maybe it needed a defrag, but I know I ran one several months ago. The defrag report showed it wasn't too bad and that I did NOT need it, but I was desperate and did it anyways as I imagine it shouldn't hurt. No noticeable difference...

Next on my list of possible culprits was my gigantic Outlook PST file. I hadn't archived in a while and my main PST file was 2.5GB! So I threw all of my 2007 mail into a new Archive_2007.pst file and then ran Outlook's compacting function. The combination of the two processes moved ~1.1GB of mail out of my main PST file and shrank it down to a much more reasonable ~1.4GB. Outlook certainly seems faster and I think the improvement also helped the overall performance of my machine. I'd guess that my laptop was constantly busy screwing around in the Outlook file looking for stuff that it didn't leave enough juice for the rest of the laptop.

Check the two links below on how to do all of this for your slow 'puter...
Step 1: How to Archive Old Mail in Outlook
Step 2: How to Compact a PST File to Reduce Its Size in Outlook

Sincerely,
-Aaron

Aaron M. Soto
Partner / Consultant
DezTech Consulting LLC, since 1998
Move Your Business FORWARD!
http://www.deztech.com/

Cheers to an Extra Productive Chamber Lunch at Rodrigo's in HB!

Sometimes networking events can be a hit or miss thing and it seems like lately they'd swayed a bit on the "miss" side UNTIL TODAY. Today's first-time meeting at Rodrigo's Mexican Grill was a big success in my eyes. Maybe it was the Holiday Spirit, maybe it was the food/location, or maybe it was just a coincidence, but today reminded me how important it is to consistently and repetitively network.

Some of the extra special relationships I'm thankful to have started or strengthened today include:

• Kristina Morris, President, Your Outsourced Accountant, Inc.
• Samantha Guzman, Massage Therapist, Healing Horizons
• Dr. Lynn Mabry, Chiropractor, Beach Chiropractic Sports Center
• Dr. Michael Muffoletto, Chiropractor, Muffoletto Chiropractic
• Alan Adamo, Account Manager, Volt Workforce Solutions

So I thank the people above and all of the other great people I talked to today. I really hope to work with at least some of you in the near future to continue DezTech's HB Chamber success that began with http://www.franciscosauto.com/ and http://www.cribusinesssystems.com/.

Happy Holidays!
-Aaron


Aaron M. Soto
Partner / Consultant
DezTech Consulting LLC, since 1998
Move Your Business FORWARD!
http://www.deztech.com/