If you haven’t looked at USA Today’s website in the past couple weeks, you’re in for a surprising experience when you call up the page on your laptop—you’ll think you’re on your mobile device, not your laptop.
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Choosing an Open Source Solution
by Martin Davis
The debate over the ability of open source programs to handle enterprise-class businesses, complex nonprofit operations, and government needs is largely over. While the heavyweights in the proprietary world aren’t going away anytime soon, organizations are increasingly coming to realize that to ignore open source solutions is placing their business at a competitive disadvantage. But not all open source is created equal. What’s the better web solution—WordPress, Drupal, Joomla? What about a CRM—SugarCRM, CiviCRM? I could go on, but you get the point.Choosing an Open Source Solution
The debate over the ability of open source programs to handle enterprise-class businesses, complex nonprofit operations, and government needs is largely over.
Site Performance Comparison - Apache / Varnish / CloudFlare
Just for fun, I decided to measure our site performance in three ways:
- Apache server
- Apache server + Varnish
- Apache server + Varnish + CloudFlare
Site Performance Comparison - Apache / Varnish / CloudFlare
Just for fun, I decided to measure our site performance in three ways:
- Apache server
- Apache server + Varnish
- Apache server + Varnish + CloudFlare
Nonprofit Marketers Can Learn from B2B
Nonprofit marketers are facing new pressures as the economy continues to struggle. Competition for contributions is fierce, and relying on established networks is no longer a guaranteed path to success. Instead, nonprofit leaders are adopting a growth mindset, looking for new and engaging ways to stay out in front of potential donors. The B2B market has faced the same issues, and the tools and tricks they’ve used successfully have relevance for today’s nonprofit managers.
Growing into Change: Push the Pain
By Paul Welty
Drupal has quickly become one of the most powerful, expansive open source programs for building complex business and nonprofit websites. The White House, the prime minister of Australia, Universal Music, the Emmys, and Greenpeace UK are just some of the high-profile organizations that have turned to Drupal to manage their web presence.Growing into Change: Push the Pain
Selling simplicity isn’t all that it should be. In fact, I have come to believe that people don’t make changes based on what’s good for them. Rather, they accept change when their current practices become so cumbersome or awkward that they have little option but to change.
