Catalysis designed and built technical infrastructure to support a digital product awareness contest. The solution allowed users to register via Facebook and Windows Live and upload large, user-generated content files that would be screened for viruses and converted to efficiently streaming video. The final server environment was a hybrid of both cloud (Windows Azure) and physical machines.

It seems like everyone is talking about content management systems (CMS) these days. So what are they, why do you need one, and how should you go about determining which one is best for you?

An interesting article was posted this week on the New York Times relating to a security vulnerability that threatens the encryption of online transactions.

The news has been abuzz recently with stories of unprecedented hacking attacks and data breaches. The list of targets reads like a Hollywood script: banks, defense contractors, the IMF!

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 was passed in response to a 1998 Federal Trade FTC report that highlighted the growing concern for children’s privacy on the internet. In particular, the FTC was concerned about the collection of data from children via websites, message boards and other online venues.