Whenever we build websites for clients one question we ask is "Will a CMS work best for this?" Most of our clients are good with computers (they can at least use a word processor to create docs) but don't know how to build a website. So we build it in a CMS, and then they can update the site with a simple point and click tool that makes it easy. Well, there is a new CMS in town - SilverStripe. Okay, so it didn't just spring out of the womb...

Around twenty percent of all our clients here at GigaVero come to us with a site already in hand. Usually, the website they already have is yucky looking, hard/impossible to update, and simply not working for them. Thus, they’re coming to us for a new website. Since many of these clients built the site themselves via some chintzy little “Five Minute Site Builder” program, we try not to dash their dreams of fame and fortune as an artist.

As an end user you most likely don't care about the difference between dynamic and static sites but as a small business owner, corporation, or creative individual, understanding the difference is the first critical step in establishing your web presence. To save you the time of reading this article (I tend to be fairly long-winded on tech subjects), I'll just give you the answer straight-up...

When I was a youngster people often told me that I had my head in the clouds. Today, I willingly admit and I'm proud to have much more than just my head in the clouds. I try to put as much as my life's information into the clouds as possible. Cloud computing for me started out as a curious fascination with emerging technology but today it has come full circle and has evolved to affect the way I view information, organize my life, manage my business and collaborate with others.