Our soon to be released hosted website platform IO is a native cloud application. Designed not just for hosting websites in the cloud, but for hosting cloud-based websites. It may sound like splitting a hair, but the differences are profound.
Many of today's cloud/SaaS applications are nothing more than traditional web applications that are hosted in the cloud. If you were to look under the hood you'd see that they are employing a technology architecture that goes back to the 1990's complete with an relational database such as MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server. There's nothing wrong with those technologies per se and for certain types of applications, they are still the best choice. However if you are looking to build a modern web site that is highly ...
It's about getting more leads. Simply put, that's ultimately the goal for web marketing departments. There are many tools that can aide in that process, but none are more powerful than the web and email. The harsh reality is that the vast majority of companies aren't leveraging the web for its primary benefits which are learning about potential customers, generating leads, and converting leads into customers. This is the (not-so) new era of web marketing called Inbound Marketing or Permission Marketing and the best and brightest companies on the web are taking full advantage.
Most companies started adopting the web in earnest back in the late 90's. I remember it well as I was working for the leading law firm website development company, Hubbard O...