• Building Websites

    We’ve designed, developed, and launched hundreds of sites for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies in many different industries and technologies. We partner with our clients and focus on supporting business with technology.
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  • Managing Content

    Managing the content on your site can be a breeze. We can help you implement the right content management system for your site including WordPress, Joomla, Kentico, Sharepoint or another CMS.
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  • Virtual CIO

    As a Virtual CIO, we analyze your processes and methodologies, manage projects, work with vendors and give you an experienced eye to assess technical capabilities. We are your CIO when you need one and a phone call away when you don’t.
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  • Start-Up Partners

    It can be difficult to find a technology partner for a start-up venture that really understands the start-up process. NewSouth Interactive can breathe life into your ideas and help you get your company launched. Contact us to discuss your ideas and how we can help.
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Content Management Systems help companies keep their websites updated and fresh. Keeping it fresh helps with search engine optimization and also gives your clients a reason to visit. Instead of having to rely on a technical person to update the site, a CMS lets you take control of your web site content.

There are many content management systems available today. Some are good for certain things but are weak in other areas. We consult with you to find out your business needs and then recommend a CMS that matches your needs and budget. We implement Joomla, WordPress, Kentico, Sharepoint, Shopify, BigCommerce, and other content management systems.

Our business is finding innovative technical solutions to business problems. We look for technical innovations that lead to competitive advantages. We don't build technology for technology sake. We first analyze the business and help you determine the best way to position your business with technology.

We love technology, of course, but we know that it is only a tool to assist in building your business and providing information to your clients and showcasing your products. Our approach is business focused and technology based. Most technology firms will build applications, we partner with you to help build your business.

We are an Atlanta based company and are proud to be high technology in Georgia. We have a strong network of companies in Atlanta that we partner with to provide solutions in technology, marketing, and branding. We frequently bring in experts from our network to assist in delivering projects.

In addition to our resources in Atlanta, we have team members in Guatemala, Argentina, Israel, and in other cities in the states. After working with these experts for many years, we have a top notch network to do high quality work. We put together the right team of experts that match your project and budget. We work with many clients in Atlanta, Alpharetta, Cumming, Roswell, and Johns Creek. We also work with many companies outside of Atlanta.

WordPress vs Joomla 2013: Choosing A CMS

joomla-vs-wordpressWe use many different tools to deliver different types of sites, from customizations of content management systems like WordPress and Joomla, to custom developed applications.  Although we use many types of content management systems, for many sites it often comes down to a decision between WordPress and Joomla.  Why are these two CMS so popular?

WordPress versus Joomla

Both WordPress and Joomla are robust, mature programs with stable bases of code.  Both have an active plug-in development community so extending the core platform allows for extensive customization.

Joomla was released in 2005 and WordPress in 2003.  There are more implementations of WordPress and it continues to grow rapidly.  WordPress commands about 55% of the CMS market to about 9% for Joomla.

Joomla is better for more complex applications.  It has more robust capabilities and is built to be extended to the enterprise level.  WordPress is better for blogging and brochure type sites.  For lighter weight sites, WordPress can be customized to the point of not seeming like a WordPress site while maintaining all of the benefits of being a WordPress site.

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5 Tips to Business Intelligence (BI) Success

business intelligence dashboardWe live in an era of data overload.  Our systems gather and networks gather massive amounts of data and most of it flies by without even being examined or analyzed.  Some of the data is relatively useless to business strategy but most companies don’t utilized the nuggets of information gold that they already have.  Companies spend money to store and backup in their systems but in many instances, don’t take advantage of the existing data that is stored there.  Many times they don’t even know that it is there or how to access it.

Here are the keys to building successful Business Intelligence (BI) dashboards for your business:

1. Start with the data that you already have.  Generally, there is already a ton of data that is being wasted by not being examined or analyzed.  Make sure the data is accurate and there aren’t hidden assumptions that will result in bad information.

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Kentico CMS – An Excellent SharePoint Replacement

Critics of Microsoft’s SharePoint point to cost and complexity as some of the issues they encounter when deploying SharePoint solutions.  SharePoint certainly is an impressive product and valuable tool but there are other options in the Microsoft world that should also be considered.

Kentico is a terrific option to SharePoint.  It runs on Microsoft technologies and offers and easy to use content management system.  Kentico isn’t shareware but the cost can be considerably less than the cost to deploy SharePoint.

I’ve personally deployed hundreds of content management systems and I know the pros and cons of each one.  Other than it not being a free system, I don’t have many complaints with Kentico, certainly rare in the world of CMS reviews.  Kentico really is that good.

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Are You Ready For A Content Management System?

The evolution of websites has included several clear phases in capabilities and company strategy. The phases have been driven by advances in technology and software advancements. It’s clear that there is another huge shift taking place now and this is a great time to take advantage of the shift in cost and capabilities.

Phase 1 – The Emergence of the Web
Company Owners - “What is the web? What is a website? We gotta have one too.”
Website Technology - Flat HTML websites
CMS Techonlogy - No real good options

Phase 2 – Faster Internet Access
Company Owners - “We can put our marketing materials online?”
Website Technology - Better graphical tools produced web based brochure sites
CMS Technology - Some great content management systems, very expensive

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