iModules Software holds Sixth Annual Sizzler User Conference

Overland Park, Kansas (PRWEB) August 04, 2012

iModules Software, the leading provider of online engagement software for educational institutions, held its annual Sizzler User Conference from July 22-25, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri with a record attendance of more than 400 clients. The conference provided a venue for peer networking and product education for iModules clients from around the world and celebrated a new strategic relationship between iModules and LinkedIn

Urnaments Introduces ‘Christmas in July’ with their Holiday Edition Urn Ornament


Glen Rock, New Jersey (PRWEB) July 24, 2012

Urnaments LLC has created a special keepsake urn called Christmas Memories for patrons who want to commemorate the memory of their loved ones and pets during the holidays.

“Christmas Memories was actually our very first design,” says Michael Martino, Founder & President of Urnaments LLC. “We had reservations about introducing it separately when Urnaments and Pet Urnaments first launched in May. Our PR people said that it might be assumed as our signature product and misrepresent our brand in a way other than what we intended.”

There is a logic to this. All Urnaments and Pet Urnaments look like traditional holiday ornaments and are specially designed so they can be adorned on a Christmas Tree. If the First Edition Collection of seven very distinct designs were represented by Christmas Memories, the assumption might that the product was solely a “seasonal” one.

This is why Urnaments’ graphic artists at Miles Technologies were instructed to make no more than one design with a holiday theme.

“On our website and brochure we go to great pains to showcase pictures of Urnaments and Pet Urnaments in settings all around the home, or office for that matter,” continued Mr. Martino. “Still, we have a distinct demographic who also love them for the holidays. Our “Christmas In July” campaign is our way of searching out more people who fall within that sales margin.”

Urnaments LLC was founded by Michael C. Martino in 2010. All engineering / prototyping / designing of the Urnament was completed in November, 2011. Urnaments were designed for the growing market of people seeking to commemorate their departed loved ones and pets in a more heart warming and expressive way. By matching their decorative appeal with an eyelet at the top, Urnaments can displayed on a Christmas tree or anywhere else in the home







Cutting-Edge NoSQL for the London Olympics Presented by John ODonovan at the NoSQL Now! Conference & Expo


Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 01, 2012

DATAVERSITY today announced that John ODonovan, Director, Technical Architecture and Development at the UKs Press Association (a leading content and media services provider) and one of the worlds foremost media technology designers, will give a keynote presentation to this years NoSQL Now! Conference & Expo at the San Jose Convention Center August 21 23.

On August 23rd from 9:10 9:45 AM, ODonovan will discuss the advanced methods used to build the next generation of content delivery platforms for the London Olympics. During his session ODonovan will share on how his team did – just weeks after the Olympic experience – using a combination of NoSQL technologies including graph databases, XML, RDF and linked data, to deliver new media capabilities on the world’s biggest stage.

ODonovan was formerly the Chief Technical Architect of BBC News and Sport delivering the acclaimed BBC World Cup website in 2010 which pioneered approaches to NoSQL technology including utilizing semantic and linked data, but the architectural approach has been taken much further into the core of the business by the Press Association, especially for key elements of the Olympics this year and many of their other services. PA is the appointed Host National News Agency for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

PAs coverage of the Olympics will be global and pervasive as it provides content and drives real-time data services for many clients and global brands including MSN, Sky TV, ESPN, Bing, LOCOG, NRK Norway, The Daily Mail, The Times, The Telegraph, British Telecom and many others

For many, we are the Olympics – the text, pictures, video and data we publish will be a window onto the Games. This is not just about driving a single service, this is about driving flexible and relevant services for many clients across all types of digital, broadcast and print media. said ODonovan.

We are delivering a global service of complex products to over 40 territories in 23 different languages, all working together in real-time – and the technologies deployed make it easier for us to receive and create the content, manage it, distribute it and customize it. We can also perform more advanced services to analyze and organize content and deliver a highly individualized consumer experience he added.

Preparing ourselves for the scale and real-time needs of the Olympics is an unprecedented technical undertaking said ODonovan, but we have faith in these technologies because relational technologies struggle to get us where we need to be, so we have blended a variety of NoSQL products to get the scale, performance and customized experience we needed to deliver.

NoSQL technologies are being used effectively to deliver large-scale solutions in a wide variety of applications. During the NoSQL Now! Conference attendees will learn from real-world examples and case studies from industry leaders in e-commerce, education, broadcast media, search, advertising, gaming, healthcare and online services. ODonovans keynote is a prime example of the innovative NoSQL technologies being used for the Olympics as well as in companies who have found NoSQL in enterprise business solutions.

NoSQL Now! will include the following case studies of NoSQL databases in the Enterprise space:

Response Mine Interactive Promotes Key Executive to Lead Digital Services Team

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 02, 2012

Response Mine Interactive (RMI), a digital marketing agency founded on direct response principles focused holistically on driving category leading ROI for brands, announces the promotion of Ryan Woolley as Senior Vice President of Digital Services. The appointment aligns with Woolleys deep routed experience within the interactive marketing space and solidifies the firms plan for strategic growth in 2012. Recently named an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company, RMI is poised to continue its influence in direct response marketing, strategy and online media.

Ryan continually exceeds performance goals in serving clients. I dont know if its the Midwestern fortitude or just his own zen-like calm, but he has innate leadership skills and a deep commitment to engendering success in others- clients and employees alike, explains Ken Robbins, founder and president of RMI.

Depth and Breadth Added to Digital Services Team

Woolleys promotion comes after years of relentless focus and dedication to producing exemplary results for RMIs clients and the agency itself. In his new role, he will be tasked with leading the Systems Design & Operations of the Digital Services Division. Woolley will maintain P&L ownership of the Digital Services Division, focus on new business development and serve as a strategic resource for RMI staff and clients alike.

Before leading the Digital Services Team, Woolley served as Vice President, Group Director of Client Services where he was tasked with providing strategic marketing insight to RMI’s rapidly growing number of interactive marketing clients while maximizing profits and revenue growth for both clients and the agency. Due in part to his dedication and relentless focus on strategic growth, Woolley was promoted to Senior Vice President of Digital Services.

With more than 11 years of interactive marketing experience, Ryan has managed strategy and relationships for many RMI clients including Staples, Rooms To Go, Travelzoo, and Carters/OshKosh BGosh. Ryan was a featured speaker at the 2010 Direct Marketing Associations Annual Conference on Advanced Link Building.

Prior to joining RMI, Ryan served as vice president of interactive marketing for Anderson Communications, an integrated marketing agency in Savannah, Ga., and Hilton Head Island, S.C. There he launched the agencys paid search and search engine optimization services. Ryan graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State University with a bachelors degree in computer information systems.

RMI offers an innovative marketing strategy that redefines the mission of its clients marketing function to achieve the greatest ROI. Its customer acquisition program owns and builds online properties in key consumer-facing markets. By attracting specific audiences to these properties, RMI converts them into customers for clients at no risk. Its digital services division drives sales conversion by employing direct response strategies such as paid search, local search and SEO to acquire new customers and achieve online category domination.

About Response Mine Interactive

Response Mine Interactive (RMI) is a digital marketing services firm grounded in direct response principles to help its clients achieve online category domination. Dedicated to ROI driven efficiencies, RMI has generated billions of dollars in revenue for leading brands in the ecommerce, seniors, healthcare, retail, travel and home services markets. For more information, visit http://www.responsemine.com or call 404-233-0370 x318.







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New Ebooks from HealthCompare to Help Educate Today’s Health Insurance Consumers


Orange, California (PRWEB) July 23, 2012

HealthCompare is a nationally recognized health insurance comparison site that is releasing their own line of books to educate American health insurance consumers. Noting the large gap in health insurance knowledge among consumers, HealthCompare made it their mission to close that gap and teach consumers how to make their most effective choices in policies.

Their journey towards education began when they began asking probing questions of site visitors that would enable the visitor to arm themselves with powerful knowledge before making any decisions.

Knowing what their needs were prior to researching insurance policies helped them to make the right decisions. Questions HealthCompare asked the consumers were:

What are the consumers current health care needs? Do they currently require medication? Does the consumer have a pre-existing condition? Or are they seeking to start a family in the near future?

Does the financial state of the shopper allow for a lower deductible, thusly giving them a higher monthly premium? Or would having a high deductible (and therefore lower monthly premium) be more beneficial?

Is the consumers physician a factor? If they prefer to continue seeing their doctor of choice, HealthCompare helps them decide what policies allow that.

Are there any other health insurance options for the shopper, such as spouse or parent plan?

Once consumers get their quotes, HealthCompare then helps them narrow their decisions by prompting them to ask further questions, like:

How much will the policies being compared cost them from their pocket when considering deductibles, co-insurance, and co-pays?

What will the policies being compared offer in terms of maximum out-of-pocket expense?

Will the consumers office visits be covered?

Do any of the policies up for comparison offer maternity?

Is prescription drug coverage an option?

How much will the consumer pay for emergency services and ambulances?

Will the current primary physician and local hospitals be accepted under any of the policies being considered?

Health insurance costs are much more involved than mere premiums and buyers must carefully consider all out of pocket expenses to understand what their policies will ultimately cost them.

Thats why HealthCompare knew they couldnt stop there. Their journey to continue education evolved from questions into infographics.

Infographics are tools that effectively distill the essentials of a complex topic into an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format. That format is a graphic that includes images and colors and incorporates them with data that depicts topic highlights without getting bogged down in jargon and industry lingo that few people understand.

Some infographics that HealthCompare released are:

How To Find Affordable Health Insurance – Designed to help health insurance consumers find affordable health insurance

Buying Health Insurance – Designed to help todays health insurance shopper buy health insurance online

Finding Cheap Health Insurance – Created to educate consumers on the best ways to find cheap health insurance

What To Look For In Childrens Health Insurance – Designed to educate to help todays consumers ask the right questions about childrens health insurance

Find Health Insurance Online – Created to help health insurance shoppers to find effective health insurance online

Other infographics can be found here.

Not stopping there, HealthCompare chose to release the latest trend in information technology: ebooks.

Aware of the ever-growing popularity of ebooks, they saw an opportunity to reach even more consumers in hopes to empower them to make the right decisions when it comes to their healthcare policies.

The ebooks will begin weekly release in August and will cover wide ranges of topics to reach wide ranges of consumers. There will be titles ranging from college survival to becoming self-employed.

About Health Compare: HealthCompare was launched in 2009 to work with brokers and carriers to help individuals and families easily research, compare, buy, and enroll in the right health insurance plan at the right price. Based in Orange, Calif., it delivers accurate, customized, health insurance quotes for the country’s diverse population.

Through a unique partnership with its sister company, CONEXIS, HealthCompare has the ability to quickly reach thousands of COBRA-qualifying consumers and provide them with COBRA alternatives at the moment they become eligible for COBRA benefits. This provides these consumers with an opportunity to enroll in individual or family plans and potentially save hundreds to thousands of dollars on COBRA premiums and, at the same time, rewards referring brokers with referral fee income for the life of each policy.

For more information, visit http://healthcompare.com/ or call 888.748.5152.







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NJIT Offers Online Data Mining Graduate Certificate


Newark, New Jersey (PRWEB) August 01, 2012

The online data mining graduate certificate program prepares students for our world of information economy where data is being generated in every aspect imaginable. Every time you swipe your card at the grocery store or are on Facebook or LinkedIn, data are being extracted and downloaded into a database. Today more than any time in history, organizations are storing, processing and data mining this information for marketing, advertising, eCommerce, healthcare and supply chain processes. The results are extracting actual information for companies to draw on to increase productivity and efficiency.

NJIT s Online data mining graduate certificate classes teach the mathematical methods in understanding data mining. Emphasis is on large-scale databases as a source of knowledge generation and competitive advantage within many areas of business.

What will you learn?


The fundamentals of relational database technology, concurrency, and recovery
Methods of database design and conceptual modeling
The principles of information-retrieval system design
Techniques essential for building text databases, document-processing systems, office automation systems, and other advanced information management systems
And more in two elective courses, each worth 3 graduate credits.

Information on the Online Graduate Certificate in Data Mining:

12 credits four classes

One year to complete (on average)

Study is fully online, or in a classroom. You can mix and match between online and on-campus classes too.

The graduate certificate is a stand-alone credential that can lead to a corresponding – NJIT masters degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Financial Assistance is available for students who study part-time (6 credits or more). U.S. income tax education credits can be applied as well.

New Jersey residents studying online and/or on campus are charged, as always, in-state tuition rate. Residents living anywhere in the world outside New Jersey qualify for the affordable graduate online tuition rate. This rate is significantly lower than the out-of-state fee to attend graduate classes on campus.

NJIT, New Jersey’s science and technology university, enrolls more than 9,558 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 Annual Guide to America’s Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Division of Continuing Professional Education.







First Light Technologies Lights up St.Pete Beach Florida with Solar LED Bollards


Victoria, BC (PRWEB) August 14, 2012

First Light Technologies Ltd., a leading designer of architectural-quality, integrated solar-powered LED lighting products for pedestrian applications, announces the successful installation of its new PLB Series Solar LED Bollards by the City of St. Pete Beach in Southern Florida.

First Lights bollard design fit our needs perfectly, said Renee Cooper, CIP Construction Manager at City of St. Pete Beach. The choice to use solar not only provided a visibly green statement but was also cost effective. Short term cost savings included being able to deduct the cost for conduit and wiring. The long term cost savings can be realized by not having any additional monthly electrical service fees. The bollards could be categorized as being a one-time capital cost with long-term savings benefits.

Cooper also felt the LED solar lighting provided by First Light Technologies has a future with the city, Installation was simple and the response has been fabulous. The community loves the look of the bollards and the ambience of the softly lit pathways. We will be looking at other areas to utilize the bollards and I foresee more of these being installed in the near future.

St. Pete Beach officials installed the PLB lights as part of a park improvement project at Horan Park, which included new sidewalks, sod and large solar pole lights. For areas remote from the existing electrical panel, budget constraints called for a solar stand-alone lighting solution that could be installed with minimal site disturbance, reducing cost by eliminating conduit, wiring and trenching. The city also required the light to be vandal resistant and able to withstand high winds and flying debris of a coastal location, to avoid ongoing maintenance and repair costs.

City officials chose our new PLB Series Solar LED Bollard for their robust design, ease of installation and cost savings, said Justin Taverna, First Light Technologies Managing Director and Co-founder. Feedback from our client following installation is excellent, confirming our confidence that we have launched a remarkable product into the $ 13 billion outdoor and architectural lighting market.

About the PLB Series Solar Powered Bollard

The PLB Series Solar LED Bollard is a stand-alone solar-powered light for low-level architectural and commercial pathway and landscape lighting. The PLB is cost-competitive with traditional hardwired bollards while offering several advantages:

Improved Illumination Selects Top Rated LED Lighting Manufacturer, Expands Energy Efficiency Lighting Options and Offerings


Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

Over the last 12-15 months, Improved Illumination has spent a tremendous amount of time interviewing, meeting with, researching and evaluating numerous LED manufactures and supplies. Our goal, as LED reliability has improved and the fixture cost has decreased, has been to add a proven LED offering to our already existing suite of cost saving exterior and interior lighting fixtures. says James Feeney, Managing Director of Improved Illumination. We are very impressed with not only the reliability of NextGens product offerings but their commitment in providing the highest level of customer satisfaction as well.

There is no One Size Fits All in the lighting world says Feeney. The application is the key. Take for example, Parking Garages or Parking Lot Lighting. If you own, run or manage a parking facility, with Metal Halide lamps currently installed, you know they are expensive to run, labor intensive to replace and when these bulbs burn out, leave dangerous unlit areas that may increase the risk to your visitors and/or decrease the customer experience.

Improved Illumination is a third party, unbiased provider of cost saving, energy efficient lighting solutions. Unlike others who represent only one particular lighting technology product line, Improved illumination has strong relationships with leading Induction, Fluorescent and now a LED lighting technology provider. This allows Improved Illumination to expand its ability and continue to suggest the most appropriate energy savings solution for our clients individual requirements and specific lighting applications. Feeney added.

We look forward to working with NextGen Illumination and providing well designed lighting recommendations that exceeds our fast growing list of clients expectations surrounding 5 major factors:

Better Light: covering color rendering and consistency, More Energy Efficient: consume 50-85% less energy, Less Maintenance: Longer lamp life, less replacement, fewer service calls, Environmentally friendly: less greenhouse gasses, smaller carbon footprint and Saving Money: reduced monthly lighting expenses, payback in months, not years.

Improved illumination (http://www.improvedillumination.com) provides exterior and interior lighting solutions to commercial, industrial, educational and government clients. Based in Metro West, Boston, Improved illumination works with Parking Facilities, Warehouses, Hospitals, Lodging Organization, Auto Dealerships and a host of others to evaluate and make cost savings suggestions to reduce our clients lighting/energy consumption. These benefits provide a solid ROI and a payback measured in months not years.

James Feeney can be reached at 508 801 9205 or jfeeney(at)improvedillumination(dot)com and would welcome the opportunity to discuss your current lighting configuration and undertake a no-obligation LEAP evaluation for your organizations locations.







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Survey Details the Keys for Successful SharePoint Adoption

Rockville, MD (PRWEB) August 01, 2012

Portal Solutions announced today the results of an AIIM Industry Watch report they co-sponsored titled, The SharePoint Puzzle Adding the missing pieces. With responses from 551 organizations, the report identified a lack of internal expertise, lack of strategic plans and resistance from users with respect to contributing and collaborating as the top three most prevalent business issues associated with Microsoft SharePoint. Most organizations are planning to increase or maintain the level of SharePoint spend on internal development, integration with other repositories, training, and third-party add-ons, over the next 12 months.

The study found that only half (51%) of organizations have achieved adoption rates of 75% or more (users using SharePoint at least once per week). With this low usage, it is clear that SharePoint is not being used to its potential.

One major issue is its lack of integration with other systems. 44% of respondents are using other Enterprise Content Management and Document Management systems alongside SharePoint. Whatever the reason for having multiple systems (and many are detailed in the report), these organizations will not likely abandon their investment in those technologies, making seamless integration with other systems critical to wider adoption.

Another key to successful roll-out is an effective planning process that includes a communication strategy to engage users. Governance is the most frequently cited technical issue while lack of expertise on getting the most out of SharePoint and lack of a strategic plan are the most frequently cited business issues.

Finally, there was a consensus around the functional gaps of SharePoint with mobile, search, workflow, and social being cited as the most disappointing gaps. To meet these shortfalls over half (54%) are using or plan to use third party add-ons.

Portal Solutions works with customers to overcome these challenges with a deployment methodology that emphasizes upfront strategic planning and providing technical expertise with the Microsoft SharePoint platform and overall ecosystem to address back-office integration and appropriate use of third-party applications, said Portal Solutions CEO, Daniel Cohen-Dumani. Based on our customer experience, the results were a reaffirmation of our approach to deploying SharePoint solutions with the ultimate goal being enthusiastic user adoption.

The research was underwritten by Adlib, Axceler, EMC, Kofax, Knowledge Lake, IBM, Igloo Software, OpenText, Portal Solutions and QorusDocs.

Portal Solutions will include additional insight on these findings and implications for organizations in a webinar this fall.

About Portal Solutions

Portal Solutions helps organizations share what they know and find what they need by connecting people, data, and content. The company focuses on what drives user adoption to create solutions that people love to use. For over 10 years, Portal Solutions has implemented SharePoint-based solutions across a wide variety of industries and user environments. Our services span the project lifecycle to include Advisory Services, User Experience Services, and Implementation Services. http://www.portalsolutions.net







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Content Writing King Announces Return to New SEO Video Content Creation Process

(PRWEB) July 19, 2012

Today, Content Writing King announced that their packages for SEO link building services would now contain a new version of their SEO video creation service. A while ago, the company had announced that they would be scrapping development of this video SEO process due to limited resources. Now, Content Writing King has been able to find the proper resources to truly finish developing their video systems.

A recently hired graphic design artist working for Content Writing King is heading the new SEO video content creation process. She was hired for her artist talent so she could create images for websites, but more importantly for Content Writing Kings SEO video services. She has been fully trained on the new process, so now the SEO packages at Content Writing King, as well as the solo SEO video service, is ready to go for new customers who need them.

Beyond the new SEO video content creation process, Content Writing King has been engaged in a promotional campaign for its new SEO content creation website. The latest promotion ends tomorrow. This promotion includes a 10% discount for those who buy blog writing services, website copywriting services, and SEO video creation services. The 10% discount applies only to new customers who pay for at least $ 1500 worth of any of those 3 services.

A spokesman from Content Writing King made a statement about the new SEO content creation services, including the new SEO video process. This statement says, Weve finally been able to complete our development of a new SEO content creation process for our video service. We hope consumers take advantage of recent promotion to really see it at work.

About Content Writing King Content Writing King is an online company that helps consumers to find and obtain SEO content creation services, including their new SEO video service. For more information, please visit their website at http://www.contentwritingking.com.







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