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After doing a lot of thinking certification opportunities that exist out there in the IT industry, I have decided that maybe I should get the ball rolling and get out there and get a new IT certification. I think it’s just about time that I take the bull by horns and practice what I have been preaching.

Today, I began to seriously look into Cisco certification. I know it might be a difficult certification for me to get, but it will be a very valuable certification that will pay dividends in the form of a better job. Just the credibility alone of a decent certification will be worth its weight in gold. It will be the perfect complement to my existing IT skills and expertise.

Normally, when I look into certifications and how I can teach myself the material that is taught in them. This works well for software, but since the Cisco certification is about the hardware, I will not be able to just sit at the computer and play around with it until it gets working. Nope, I am going to need to find a training program that goes along with the certification program.

Naturally, I am excited about this. I know that I will be able to keep working as a consultant(with an expanded level of expertise) or I can even take on contract employment to implement and manage Cisco routers and systems. I guess this is what has got me salivating right now. I am really looking forward to the opportunities.

I often post about web hosting because web hosting is one of the most important building blocks of an internet business. If a domain name is comparable to internet land, then web hosting compares to buildings and infrastructure. Good hosting goes hand in hand with a quality domain name.

One of the worst things that can happen to your online business is downtime. Downtime affects things negatively because customers can not reach your site. If they can’t reach it once, they may never come back to it. That’s why quality web hosting is so important. You want good quality hosting that doesn’t let you down.

How can you find the best web hosting? One way is to check out Web Hosting Geeks. They have a listing of the best web hosts. They separate web hosts into several categories depending if you need the budget web hosting or even web hosting with free domains. You can read reviews and see ratings so you can make an informed purchase of web hosting.

Domain names are the real estate of the net. Property is the basis for much of the wealth historically in the offline world so it is hardly surprising that domains are the basis for wealth in the online world. In this way, domains are an investment and we all know how important it is to protect your investments.

Network Solutions has a cool new free application that conducts a domain name analysis for your domain name. It gives you a domain name scorecard and gives you hints on how to improve and protect the value of your domain investment. The advice I got was to take advantage of other domain names to help increase the value of my main domain name.

For example, I got suggestions to pick up domain names from popular keywords on this site. I also got advice to domain typos as well as the .com and .net version of this domain name. I hadn’t given much thought about this before maybe because I hadn’t thought that ax697 was a brand, but looking at my success, I think it is.

I know just have to see how many of the recommended solutions that I should implement for this site. I think I could find some increased success with my site if I did.

I remember back in the early days of free email on the net, there were three main places you could go to for free email. Hotmail, Rocketmail and Usa.net. Hotmail got bought out by Microsoft and forever changed. Usa.net decided to became a paid service overnight, locking many people out of their email. Rocketmail got bought out by Yahoo and the domain was retired.

Well, sometimes today, Yahoo is going to be opening up signups for Rocketmail.com. I know I will be there, for nostalgia reasons alone. I have a few email accounts that I want to register. Some are accounts that I let escape me and thought I could never get back. Thank you Yahoo!

There was a transformer explosion and a resulting fire over the weekend at the Planet Data Center in Houston. It’s hard to believe that these kind of freak accidents can happen, but they do. All the best laid plans can easily be put asunder with a freak accident.

In this case, no data was lost, just internet connectivity was lost until power could be restored. The question pops, though, what would have happened if data had been lost? Do you have an offsite backup? Do you have a plan ready should data be lost? How often do you make backups?

I will discussing a few ways to backup web files in the next week or so.

It’s getting to be summertime and that means many people are getting out in the water in their boats. It’s a chance to enjoy summer on the water. If you pay attention to safety then you and your family can have a lot of fun this summer.

One safety issue that is a concern for many people are boaters who aren’t sober. Face it, it can be just as dangerous on the water as on the road when someone has decided to drink irresponsibly. Boating Operating Under the Influence is a crime and is take seriously by many states such as Arizona.

Take a look at this commercial about Boating Sober:

I used to live near Bullhead City and remember heading down to Lake Havasu for good fun on the water more than a few times. Arizona boating is fun as long as people are responsible. I love how Arizona has put together a program for Boating Education Online. It’s a unique opportunity for anyone with an internet connection to get Boating Education. If you want a certificate, all you need to do is take their online test.

Here is an awesome commerical about Boating In Arizona:

Maybe it’s time for me to make a trip back down to Havasu this summer?