Author Archives: 3coast

Scrum Kind of Software Development

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Scrum has been around for nearly 20 years but has recently gained ground as a front-runner in the agile methodology practice group. Due to its approach to project requirements and fast iterative development cycles, Scrum will gain even more popularity as businesses are adopting lean processes, streamlining controls and cutting ...

3coast Refreshes Brand and Launches New Web Site

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3coast enhanced www.3coast.com as part of its brand refresh campaign. With structured navigation and new e-learning resources, the Web site provides technology leadership and business owners with more information to facilitate research and buying decisions for IT services and staffing. "Our goal was to build a more visually appealing site that tells ...

A Method to Vendor Madness

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Most businesses rely on 5-10 core technology vendors to keep business running smoothly. Any miscues in communication or coordination between vendors can result in downtime, wasted efforts and loss of productivity. This is a common occurrence among SMBs because the person managing vendors is usually juggling day-to-day operations and lacks ...

Disaster Preparedness for Houston Small Businesses

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3coast, a Houston-based managed IT support, business technology services and IT staffing firm, published a disaster preparedness blog series to help small and medium-sized businesses better prepare for the 2009 hurricane season. Online backup, voice-over IP, email message continuity and colocation options are highlighted in a Disaster Recovery Toolkit. “Last year, ...

Disaster Recovery Toolkit: Business Must Go On…DR & Colocation

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Business continuity and disaster recovery planning are all about a company’s ability to survive and continue operations in the face of physical and environmental events, such as natural disasters (fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc), network outages, disgruntled employees and computer viruses. Critical business technologies – telephone, email, Internet, corporate applications, databases ...