http://www.busworks.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few years ago, R & D Enterprises began registering domain names we believed might have some future value based solely on the domain name itself as 'intellectual property'. In fact, there is a whole class of businesses and organizations that regularly engage in what is known as 'domain name ... http://www.busworks.com/?p=6 Even though white-collar jobs are leaving the United States for growth-heavy regions like India and China, the placeless geography of e-commerce always works both ways. For those willing to make certain sacrifices, a new breed of American worker is following tech jobs out of the country; in essence, out-sourcing themselves. ... http://www.busworks.com/?p=3 Recently, we have seen an increased push for telepresense technology beyond the 'executive' meeting room. Perhaps telepresense is finally reaching the marketplace tipping point where it will be employed by the majority of a company's workers. Broad deployment of telepresense technology has become more economically viable primarily because of high-bandwidth ... http://www.busworks.com/?p=19 Over the last few years, we have watched as our nephew (a self-proclaimed techno-geek) has developed himself into a 'virtual employee'. His stated goal has been to be as free from working in a fixed 'bricks and mortar' office environment as possible. Fortunately, our nephew is in a type of ... http://www.busworks.com/?p=12 Normally, we do not report on Internet services designed for the largest business and government organizations. In most instances, R & D Enterprises rarely has the opportunity to consult and contract services for these size entities. We are mostly a small business Internet, telecommunications, and consultancy partnership. However, from time-to-time ... http://www.busworks.com/?p=24 We have been in the online services business since the mid 1980's. R & D Enterprises, our Maryland Partnership, began as a BBS (Bulletin Board Service), one of those old (gosh, it seems like ages ago) dial-up systems where people primarily exchanged e-mail, hung around in chat rooms, and uploaded ... http://www.busworks.com/?p=15 We have spent years working various angles on basic Internet connectivity issues for commercial real estate. We find it hard to believe that the majority of commercial real estate buildings do not offer basic Internet connectivity to their tenants as a standard service. It would be impossible, for example, ... http://www.busworks.com/?p=27