Following the initial planning and construction phases, the presence and benefits of operating Data Centers in Northern Virginia seem currently limited, or perhaps simply not well-known, in terms of local, positive community visibility and impact (beyond direct revenue via commercial taxes and the indirect boost to community bond ratings and real estate values). Are Data Centers good neighbors, active and involved in the business and social fabric of the region – or can they be? What's the indirect, community ROI for these massive boxes without windows along the Greenway – the kind of ROI that both benefits and relies on the entire community? Questions are being raised more frequently – and starting to be addressed – here and around the world like the following: 1. Will the Centers continue growing (due to data processing demands), or will they shrink (due to new technologies that drive data center infrastructure consolidation and performance optimization and smarter ...

Hmmm...I think Blogs are good for SEO... A.    The SEO customer SAYS: "I'll write a Blog article, you SEO it, and we'll post it as part of our online marketing!" B.    The SEO customer THINKS: "I'll quickly write a fun, helpful blog entry (or get a Guest Blogger!), and my SEO person will highlight it and tag it with some keywords – and the SEO will be done!  This sounds pretty quick and easy, actually, so maybe I'll just get an Intern or check out "SEO 101" for next time…." C.    The SEO Provider SAYS: "No problem, let's agree on the topic, you put together some initial ideas about the content, and we'll get it all SEO'd!" D.    The SEO Provider THINKS: "As part of our SEO agreement, we'll walk through the standard process with one of our experts, and our customer will get the very best results from their investment with us….this is what we'll do, and what we'll communicate with the custo...

(Reposted from the NVTC B&EA LinkedIn Group for Members) Thanks so much to the attendees of the recent NVTC.org Business and Enterprise Architecture Committee meeting, with guest star Filippo Morelli (of the 9Starts Loudoun Tech Startup group, plus Chris, Ted and Tom from the Loudoun County Startup Community ) discussing the intersection of Enterprise Architecture and the Northern Virginia startup community. We're making progress also with our new  and improved "Committee Marketing Value Enablers" - i.e.: Committee Hashtag #NVTCBEA for dialogue/searchability across Facebook, G+ and Twitter. Live Tweeting (from @Loudoun/#NVTCBEA) for dialogue exposure and sharing - TweetReach reporting over 40,000 "impressions" of these tweets! Search Engine Optimized (SEO'd) event notice and follow-up for topic sharing and findability, as well as committee member link-juice and online impression benefit. Continuing Online Dialogue and Information Sharing abou...