'Going Public' means different things to different people. For the entrepreneur it's the capital injection to take the business to dizzy heights. To investors it's the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. While the big players strut their stuff on the ASX, the alternative investments markets offer middle market businesses big opportunities to raise awareness and capital for growth. Sid Subbrahmanyam reports.

In a recent report issued by CompTIA, the Computer Technology Industry Association, 50% of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) had very little trust in the security offered by VoIP vendors, or for that matter, voice over IP security in general.

Design is about more than just making things look nice and pretty, it is about functionality, useability, accessibility, and more. In short, it is about making things fit for purpose, and nowhere are there more stark contrasts of good and bad design than on the World Wide Web.

If you're like most people, you've probably already had that world-changing idea, but never acted on it. If your company is like most others, you've almost definitely developed a handful of business processes and technologies, but they now sit in the bottom draw of a filing cabinet gathering dust. Why is this so often the case?

NetRegistry dominated the Best Web Hosting category of the inaugural APC Internet Technology Awards, winning overall Best Web Hosting as well as two of the three sub-categories. The Award ceremony was held at Star City Casino’s Astral restaurant last night, 21st March, 2007.

"NetRegistry is thrilled by this recognition from both Australian hosting consumers and a respected publication like APC. This acknowledgment is testament to the vision and hard work of all NetRegistry staff over the course of many years." NetRegistry Chief Operating Officer Brett Fenton said.

Impressively, after only 6 months of trading, NetRegistry’s subsidiary corporation Hostess has grabbed the attention of discerning hosting customers, winning the Consumer Hosting sub-category.