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FusionRMS Launches New Scheduling Module for Point of Sale

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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 13, 2012

FusionRMS announced today the release of a new scheduling module for their integrated Retail Management System. Fusion Scheduling targets single and multi-store retailers looking to better manage resources.

This new scheduling functionality dramatically simplifies the process of scheduling resources for our customers, says Mike Gill, President of FusionRMS. Our customers battle big box retailers every day. This new functionality continues our mission to equip them for that fight.

Fusion Scheduler provides an easy to use interface to define a resource and establish its basic availability. Whether it is a salon technician, a delivery truck or a hotel room, availability for the client defined resource is quickly and easily handled form the managers dashboard.

With availability defined, end users can, in real time, schedule tasks which consume user defined intervals, for the resources. These tasks (non inventory billable charges) can then be easily converted to a FusionPOS transaction with one key stroke for additional charges or final settlement. No need to enter any information twice. Further, because of the integration with FusionPOS all client information including historical purchases, special pricing, and demographics are at the operators fingertips. Finally, FusionPOS offers seamlessly, out of the box, integrate with many of todays accounting packages including SAGE 100, SAGE 500, SAP Business One and Acumatica.

Fusion Scheduling will be available for all FusionRMS clients on August 1, 2012.

For information on how FusionRMS can help grow your retail business, please contact their office at 214-420-5144 or go online to learn more at http://www.fusionrms.com

About FusionRMS

FusionRMS, is a division of Point Solutions LLC a Dallas, Texas based software publisher that focuses on providing integrated point of sale software systems custom designed for the retail environment. Their unique architecture integrates into most major accounting systems, and can be hosted in the cloud for maximum flexibility. Their strong and growing customer base in multi-store retail markets are spread throughout North America. For more information, please visit http://www.fusionrms.com.







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No Small Parts: The Role of Scale Models in Theater Set Design Opens at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures on September 18, 2012

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Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) July 12, 2012

No Small Parts features the works of talented local scene designers whose masterful maquettes were created for productions by Arizona Opera, the University of Arizona School of Musics Opera Theater, the University of Arizona School of Theater, Film and Television and Arizona Theater Company.

A scene designer must interpret the script under the guidance of the director and define that world as it will appear on the stage. To be tasked with representing fearsome forces of nature or conveying deeply wrought emotions with little more than light and a few well placed scenic elements are creative challenges that can best be reworked and resolved in miniature. says The Mini Time Machine Museum Executive Director, Nina Daldrup. This exhibit will allow the viewer a glimpse of the artistic problem solving that happens behind the scenes.

In addition to full-color scale models, this exhibit will also include the designers scale drawings, white models and theatrical production photographs, illustrating the progressive phases of set design and the final outcome of the process in full scale on the stage. The work of scene designers Sally Day and Clare Rowe will be featured, among others.

Artists Biographies:

Sally Day is a freelance scene designer based in Tucson. Productions include Arizona Operas 2004 production of Il Tabarro / I Pagliacci and 2012 production of Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci. Ms. Day has designed nearly a dozen presentations for the U of As School of Music Opera Department. Other companies she has designed for include: Arizona Repertory Theatre Company, Borderlands Theatre, Bloodhut Theatre, Southwestern Ballet Company Dance Festival, New Articulations Dance Company (as Lighting Designer), a.k.a. theatre and Pima Community College. Ms. Day has trained outside of Tucson as both a scenic artist and design assistant at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival in Bloomington, Illinois.

Clare Rowe has worked professionally as a scene designer and painter for over 25 years. Rowe is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Theater, Film and Television. She teaches scenic painting, theatre graphics and scene design and supervises scenic production in properties and paints for all department productions.

About The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures:

Located in Tucson, Arizona, The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures is a nonprofit organization with the mission of sharing the artistic, historic, architectural and creative aspects of miniatures in an entertaining and interactive way. Since opening in September of 2009, the museum has welcomed more than 110,000 visitors. For more information about the museum and this exhibit, please visit http://www.theminitimemachine.org or call 520-881-0606. Photos available upon request.







RTT PictureBook 6.5 and PowerHouse 2.5 Open New Perspectives for 3D-collaboration Within the Company

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Royal Oak, Michigan (PRWEB) July 12, 2012

“With a visualization-based workflow, PictureBook 6.5 minimizes the interpretation scope during the product development process. Globally, limitless communication and efficiency between decision makers, designers and markets can be achieved. In conjunction with PowerHouse 2.5, the production of images for catalogs and e-commerce is fully automated. The end result, due to the elimination of the physical patterns, allows clients to benefit from significantly reduced variations in production costs and a significant time advantage. These are clear competitive advantages, which are as relevant in the fashion industry as they are in the automotive industry,” explains Sascha Lanninger, SVP for Fashion, Sports & Luxury at RTT.

The user-friendly web interface of PictureBook simplifies project tracking and enterprise-wide decision-making for visual assets – from early product development stages to marketing campaigns. It supports not only 3D specialists, but is just as focused on the requirements of users in marketing and sales departments as well as of agencies. With version 6.5, the coordination is now also interactively possible in 3D via web meetings. PowerHouse automates rendering processes for online product catalogs, and high-circulation print productions. This provides marketing departments and agencies with significant time savings. On the basis of DeltaGen scenes, the full range of file formats of images, videos or personalized on-demand media can be produced automatically. PictureBook distributes the required 3D models in the PowerHouse rendering cloud and uses a powerful framework for monitoring the progress achieved. The flexible architecture allows the rendering processes to be scalable and can be safely used for a variety of user needs. The seamless connection to DeltaGen, the core software of RTT, guarantees a smooth process.

The main applications and features at a glance:

PictureBook 6.5

_ Intuitive and secure visual asset management

_ Examination of product representations, including sketching, commentary function and project tracking with an extended preview feature

_ Integrated reporting functions

_ Global use through replication on various server locations

_ Data access, role allocation and rights management at the highest safety level

_ Fully synchronized and secure 3D web meetings with RTT InstantMeeting

PowerHouse 2.5

_Cloud-based rendering: Visualization as a service

_Print-on-demand: 3D content server production for personalized marketing materials

_ Automated production of large media volumes

_3D real-time streaming of highly complex product models on mobile terminals

_Rendering farm

_ Advanced options for progress monitoring of renderings

About RTT

RTT is the leading, one-stop-provider of high-end software, consulting and creative services in professional, 3D visualization. As a strategic partner, RTT offers sustainable, effective and seamless process support across the entire product lifecycle with its holistic approach. As a result, products are developed faster and more cost-effectively while time-to-market is significantly reduced. Through creative, photorealistic CGI implementations RTT enables innovative sales and marketing advantages and new dimensions of emotional brand staging. The Group

Wafra Real Estate has Been Awarded with the Prominent Bronze A’ Design Award

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Como, Italy (PRWEB) July 12, 2012

A’ Award and Competitions are proud to inform that the design Wafra Living by Agi Architects has been acknowledged with the famous Bronze A’ Design Award at Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition selected as one of the winners by the international referees of the A’ Design Awards & Competitions among a great number of works.

Concerning Wafra Living

Agi Architects, the creative mind behind the winning design Wafra Living says, The Wafra Living residential complex, located in Jabriya Kuwait is 6468 m2, offering three categories of rented apartments, the difference between them lies from the quality of finishes, type of facilities and their size. This type of exclusivity allows for a greater return on investment while at the same time breaking down the scale of the complex making it more personal to the individual resident. It is in this experience that AGi architects aim to create a quality environment that differs from other residential developments in Kuwait. Learn more at: http://www.adesignaward.com/design.php?ID=24969

Team Members for Wafra Living

Wafra Living was designed by Dr. Nasser B. Abulhasan, Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea, Salvador Cejudo, Gwenola Kergall, Daniel Munoz Medranda, Stefania Rendinelli, Carmen Sagredo, Bruno Martins Gomes, Jose del Campo, Lucia Sanchez Salmon, Moyra Montoya, Nicolas Martin, Sharifa Alshalfan, Hanan Al Kouh, Babu Abraham and Robert Varghese.

The Bronze A’ Design Award

The Bronze A’ Design Award is a prestigious award given to top 10% percentile designs that has attained an exemplary level of excellence in design. The designs are judged by a panel of three different jury which is composed of Academic, Professional and Focus Group Members. The designs are evaluated with score normalization to remove any biases and are voted on aspects such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, fun details, technology, and any other specific points that could be considered, each of these points are further weighted for different jury groups.

About A’ Design Award and Competitions

A’Design Award and Competitions, aims to highlight the excellent qualifications of best designs, design concepts and design oriented products. A’ Design Award and Competitions are organized and awarded annually and internationally in multiple categories to reach a wide, design-oriented audience. To learn more visit: http://www.whatisadesignaward.com







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Corus360 Achieves Premier Certification from Cisco

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 11, 2012

Corus360, a technology consulting and solutions firm in Norcross, GA, announced it has achieved Premier Certification from Cisco. To earn Premier Certification, Corus360 had to meet standards for networking competency, service, support and customer satisfactions set forth by Cisco.

This is a great accomplishment for us as we continue to build a solid Networking Practice. This will allow Corus360 to assist clients with an array of offerings in and outside of the Data Center, said Jay Moore, Director of Sales Operations at Corus360.

We are excited and pleased to have achieved Cisco Premier status. We look forward to partnering with Cisco and our customers to offer a wide array of products and services. Corus360 has assembled an outstanding team of Cisco Certified engineers to design and deliver solutions. We plan to add Cisco Specialty certifications around Data Center Architecture, Security and Express UC, as well as integrate Cisco’s Cloud solution into Corus360′s Cloud offerings, said Scott Rowe, Vice President of Professional Services.

Cisco is committed to providing tools, training and programs to help drive partner growth, differentiation and profitability, said Surinder Brar, Senior Director of Worldwide Channels at Cisco. With specializations in CCDA, CCNA, CXFA, CXFF, CXFS, and CSE, Corus360 has made an investment in delivering the integrated and customized technology solutions todays customers demand.

Concept Searching Webinar – Deep Dive on Governance: Implementing Governance for SharePoint Information Architecture

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McLean, VA, US and Stevenage, UK (PRWEB) July 11, 2012

Concept Searching, a global leader in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management software, and developer of the Smart Content Framework, will be hosting the fifth Webinar in its 2012 Expert Webinar Series on Tuesday, July 31st at 11:30am 12:30pm EDT, along with Project Performance Corporation, and industry experts Lt Col David Sanchez, USAFR, Deputy PM, USAF Pilot Physician Program, and Tom Reamy of KAPS Group. The topic of the Webinar is Deep Dive on Governance: Implementing Governance for SharePoint Information Architecture.

This webinar will explore how to maximize investment in taxonomy and metadata design with SharePoint, by developing a governance plan that can help an organization maintain the information architecture. It will discuss Term Store management strategies and best practices for governing the growth and modification of the SharePoint 2010 information architecture.

Experts will highlight areas that have minimal impact on change and updates, and areas that will require greater scrutiny for the impact the change may have on the information architecture. Concept Searching will explore using tools to apply governance strategy to identify and lock down sensitive information, such as PII, to safeguard it from being published on uncontrolled portals, and the significance of the Smart Content Framework.

Guest speaker Lt Col David Sanchez, USAFR, Deputy PM, USAF Pilot Physician Program, is an Individual Mobilization Augmentee attached to the Pilot Physician Program for the Air Force Medical Service, and will speak on the subject of metadata driven application of policies delivering a secure collaborative knowledge environment.

Focused on the subject of metadata driven application of policies for both Information and Knowledge Operations, Lt Col Sanchez also serves as an Air Force Medical Service representative with the Air Force Enterprise Information Services Working Group and is responsible for exploiting the SharePoint ECAL Suite Enterprise Agreement for the Air Force Medical Service, by driving the ability to leverage automatic metadata tagging capabilities and Managed Metadata Services within SharePoint 2010.

Guest speaker Tom Reamy is Chief Knowledge Architect and founder of KAPS Group, a group of knowledge architecture, text analytics, and taxonomy consultants, and will discuss governance, how it fits into an organization, and semantic structures. Reamy has 20 years of experience in information projects of various kinds. He has published a number of articles in a variety of journals, and is a frequent speaker at knowledge management, taxonomy, and text analytics conferences.

For the last 6 years, Reamys primary focus has been on text analytics, helping clients select the best text analytics software for their needs, as well as doing text analytics development projects that include applications such as call support and customer experience, enterprise search and enterprise content management, voice of the customer, and customer behavior prediction.

Space is limited. Register now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/912896918

For full details of the Expert Webinar Series 2012 click here

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About Concept Searching

Founded in 2002, Concept Searching provides software products that deliver conceptual metadata generation, auto-classification, and powerful taxonomy management from the desktop to the enterprise. Concept Searching, developer of the Smart Content Framework, provides organizations with a method to mitigate risk, automate processes, manage information, protect privacy, and address compliance issues. This information governance framework utilizes a set of technologies that encompasses the entire portfolio of information assets, resulting in increased organizational performance and agility.

Concept Searching is the only platform independent statistical metadata generation and classification software company in the world that uses concept extraction and compound term processing to significantly improve access to unstructured information. The Concept Searching Microsoft suite of technologies runs natively in SharePoint 2010, FAST, Windows Server 2008 R2 FCI, and in Microsoft Office applications.

The building blocks of Concept Searchings Smart Content Framework are being used by organizations from a diverse number of industries including the US Army, the US Air Force, the UK MOD, Baker Hughes, Deloitte, Logica, NASA Safety Center, OppenheimerFunds, Point B, Perkins+Will, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Burns & McDonnell, MarketResearch.com, the US Department of Health & Human Services, Transport for London, the London Fire Brigade, the National Transportation Safety Board, and Xerox.

Headquartered in the US with offices in the UK, South Africa and Canada, Concept Searching solves the problem of finding, organizing, and managing information capital far beyond search and retrieval. The technologies are being used to drive intelligent migration, enable effective records management, identify and lock down sensitive information and enhance governance. For more information about Concept Searchings solutions and technologies please visit http://www.conceptsearching.com

About Project Performance Corporation (PPC)

As the North American arm of AEA, the international energy and environment consultancy, Project Performance Corporation brings to bear a wide range of expertise in business management, technology solutions, and the business drivers that its clients deal with every day. Its staff includes more than 300 dedicated and knowledgeable professionals, united by a tightly-knit team attitude. As a result, PPC excels at creating easy-to-use solutions to the most complicated challenges, allowing clients to keep their focus where it should be: on accomplishing their core missions.

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Spec Modeling Integrates Specifications with Design Models

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Philadelphia, Pa. (PRWEB) July 10, 2012

The Engineering Essentials Company, LLC (TEEC), a Philadelphia-based startup, is developing a specification modeling system that promises to advance information modeling and mobility by tightly integrating specifications with design models (CAD/BIM). Exton, Pa.-based Bentley Systems, Incorporated highlighted TEECs innovative SpecWave

alliantgroup Expands Industry-Leading Strategic Advisory Board with Addition of HOK Executive

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Houston, TX (PRWEB) July 09, 2012

Robert Pratzel of HOK Group, Inc., one of the worlds leading architecture and design firms, has been selected to join a prestigious team of high-profile business leaders and policy makers on the alliantgroup Strategic Advisory Board. As the Official Sponsor of American Innovation and Job Creation, alliantgroups mission is to strengthen American businesses, and the Advisory Board will assist in that mission.

Robert is a CPA and currently Senior Financial Advisor of HOK where he formerly held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for 26 years. During his tenure, HOK has grown five-fold and is widely recognized as one of the best-managed and diversified practices in the country. In 2009, Bob was voted CFO of the Year by the St. Louis Business Journal.

Bob exemplifies the kind of top-notch talent we have joining our Strategic Advisory Board. We are excited to have him join our team of credentialed professionals who care about strengthening American businesses and making a positive impact on the country, said Dhaval Jadav, alliantgroup CEO.

alliantgroup provides Fortune 50-level expert resources to CPAs and businesses for claiming valuable tax incentives. As the go-to professional services firm, alliantgroups Advisory Board has attracted some of the most powerful and influential minds in the fields of management, accounting, tax, law, and public policy. Members of the Advisory Board gain additional access to exclusive VIP programs and networking, as well as opportunities for dialogue with top government officials about issues impacting their practices and industries.

Before his employment with HOK, Robert worked in the audit division of Touche Ross & Co., prior to its merger with Deloitte. Besides his experience on auditing firms from a wide range of industries, he was also a frequent lecturer on the topic of cash management.

I have been impressed with alliantgroup for several years first working with them on tax studies that provided tremendous value for HOK, and now as a member of their Advisory Board. I admire companies who want to be actively involved in making a difference for businesses in this country, commented Bob Pratzel.

alliantgroup, LP is the nation’s leading tax specialty services provider, working with CPA firms and their clients to ensure companies receive the full benefit of federal and state tax incentives aimed at creating jobs and spurring innovation in America. alliantgroup has helped thousands of businesses in the architecture, design, engineering, and construction industries claim millions of dollars in government tax incentives.

For more information, please visit http://www.alliantgroup.com or contact us at 800.564.4540.