Simonton Introduces SafePoint Impact-Resistant Glass


Columbus, OH (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Thanks to the new SafePoint impact-resistant laminated glass package from Simonton Windows, constructing a secure, quiet and energy-efficient home just got easier. Engineered to withstand high winds and flying debris, deter intruders and reduce unwanted outside noise in the home, the SafePoint glass package is now available nationwide as an option on Simonton ProFinish

CIOsynergy Announces Nimble Storage as Official Sponsor for its Atlanta Event


Hoffman Estates, IL (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

CIOsynergy, a provider of thought-leading conferences, today announced that Nimble Storage will be a key sponsor of its event on June 29, 2012, at the W Hotel Downtown in Atlanta, Georgia. Nimble Storage will sponsor the upcoming event, where 150 CIOs and IT professionals will focus on the emerging trends in enterprise IT and their impact on greater efficiency and cost effectiveness.

At CIOsynergy Atlanta a panel of leading CIOs moderated by Scott Shuster will share and explore how CIOs can be successful in their role. Shuster has led virtually every Business Week CEO, CFO and CIO conference held since the founding of the magazines events group. These conferences rank among the top 100 of the worlds most prominent gathering of large company leaders and senior executives.

CIOsynergy Atlanta event is an exclusive opportunity for leading local CIO and IT executives to network and brainstorm daily hurdles in an unparalleled learning environment under the umbrella of the founder of Kayak.com and former CIO of American Airlines, Terry Jones. Mr. Jones will share insights from four decades of success including the techniques hes deployed to keep up with todays rapidly changing world.

We are thrilled to have Nimble Storage as a key sponsor of our directIT Atlanta event. As the leading provider of flash-enabled, no-compromise storage solutions, their presence will provide event attendees with an additional layer of industry insights and thought leadership, says Patrick Mason, director of communications and marketing.

Open to Fortune 500s and mid-market enterprise, CIOsynergys events gather senior executives from the office of the CIO, including Directors, VPs, Chief Architects, CTOs and CIOs.

Nimble’s CS-Series storage arrays solve the industry’s most pressing storage issues: reining in storage complexity, reducing costs and implementing affordable backup and recovery. The company’s products are based on its patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) hybrid storage architecture. CASL is designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate high-performance flash memory with low-cost, high-density drives to deliver affordable performance, integrated backup and disaster recovery, and stress-free operations.

For more information about CIOsynergy Atlanta, visit http://nimblestorage.ciosynergy.com

About CIOsynergy

CIOsynergy provides a platform that brings together the thought leaders of IT through events that incorporate face-to-face meeting opportunities, panel discussions, think tanks and keynotes, and C-suite networking programs.

Previous events have attracted C-suite leaders from companies such as Wal-Mart, Salesforce, Home Depot, Bank of America, Forbes Media, Wells Fargo, Shell, Allstate, Farm, Career Education Corp, Pepsi, Sara Lee, Kraft, BP, Loyola University, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, and Walgreens.

The company operations nationwide and has previously partnered with sponsors such as IBM, 3com, VMware, Unisys, Hitachi, Oracle, SunGard, Dell, Google, Amazon, and HTC among 100s more.

About Nimble Storage

Founded and led by storage industry veterans, Nimble Storage is the fastest growing storage vendor in history. Nimble Storage solutions are built on the idea that enterprises should not have to compromise between performance, capacity, ease of management, and price. Nimble’s patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout architecture, designed from the ground up to effectively combine flash with high capacity drives, makes high performance affordable, simplifies and enhances disaster recovery and backup, and delivers pain-free operations. Nimble Storage solutions are available through a global network of world class channel partners. For more information, visit http://www.nimblestorage.com.







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Algonquin Studios’ Management Team Honored on Business First’s List of Who’s Who in Technology 2012


Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Steven Raines, Algonquins Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Kiernan II, Algonquins President were both included in Buffalo Business Firsts Whos Who in Technology 2012 list, published by the paper on Monday, June 18th.

According to Donna Collins, Senior Editor at Business First, the executives included on the list represent the companies that appear on Business First’s annual top lists of companies in the technology sector, including office equipment and telecommunications companies, technology companies, and wireless service providers.

Mr. Raines has been building Internet and Intranet applications, electronic commerce systems, scalable enterprise-wide infrastructures, order entry systems and production analysis software using Microsoft technologies since 1995. Prior to co-founding Algonquin, he was a Senior Programmer/Analyst at SOFTBANK Services Group (now Client Logic) and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English, with Honors, from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Mr. Kiernan has been designing and building solutions for the web, print, and CD-ROM since 1998. He has extensive knowledge of many web-based technologies, including: Active Server Pages (ASP), HTML, CSS, XML, and XSL. Before joining Algonquin Studios, Kiernan worked as a multimedia consultant in Boston, MA, with clients including Bentley Motors, Houghton Mifflin, and Marriott Hotels. He earned his Masters of Business Administration at the State University of New York at Buffalo and holds a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Multimedia from the State University of New York College at Fredonia.

About Algonquin Studios – Algonquin Studios is a professional services firm providing world-class software development, customized IT services, web design and web content management systems, and business and technology consulting since 1998. Algonquin Studios provides expert business solutions for many industries including health care, legal, financial, and not-for-profit. The company is headquartered in the heart of downtown Buffalo, surrounded by squares, shops, restaurants, architectural attractions, and all the other gems of the city, and has a Manhattan office, located on Wall Street, in the center of the city’s bustling financial district.







Drupal Website Design and Development Firm, Project6 Design, Launches New Website For Litigation Graphics and Trial Strategy Firm


Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

San Francisco Bay Area branding and website design & development firm, Project6 Design, proudly announces the launch of a new website for Cogent Legal. The new website features a compelling home page design with an easy-to-use navigation. Additionally, the site boasts a customized portfolio review section that provides sample images and videos of their litigation graphics and trial strategy work, as well as compelling news items and testimonials. The site also includes a client login area for Cogents clients to login and view secure documents related to trials. Project6 built the new website with the Drupal content management system (CMS), which allows Cogent Legal to easily add new content to keep the site both relevant and engaging.

Even though Im an attorney and our clients are other attorneys and law firms, I didnt want Cogent Legals site to look like a law firm site, said Morgan C. Smith, Esq., president and founder of Cogent Legal. I wanted it to look more like an architecture firms site, with clean, modern lines and a visually engaging, easy-to-navigate portfolio of images. Searching for a web design and branding firm that could understand and implement this vision, I went outside the circle of design and marketing firms that have built sites for many law firms to find a design firm whose portfolio conveyed the look and feel I wanted to emulate: Project6 Design in Berkeley. They guided us through a process that dovetailed with my firms strategic planning insofar as it forced me to really think about and better understand the client base and their needs, as well as refine the firms goals.

Our team was just the right size for Cogent. Small enough to have excellent customer service and attention to detail, yet large enough to have the experience and expertise that really fit with their vision, said Esten Sesto, Founder and President of Project6 Design. Its really fulfilling when we can help a business in their efforts to grow and evolve. Cogents new website will serve as a marketing vehicle as well as a communication tool thats customized for their unique needs. Cogent Legal was a great partner in this project and we are really proud of the new website we have created for them.

About Cogent Legal

Cogent Legal designs persuasive, engaging, accurate and legally admissible demonstrative graphics for litigation. Cogent Legal also provides strategic case consulting and trial support. They help attorneys prepare and present their cases for maximum results with minimum stress. Morgan C. Smith, is a longtime litigator who successfully tried complex, high-value cases. His in-depth understanding of litigation, combined with the firm’s talented design team, enable Cogent Legal to offer clients unparalleled and invaluable collaboration. For more information, visit http://www.cogentlegal.com

About Project6 Design, Inc.

Project6 Design, established in 2001, is an award-winning San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley, CA) based graphic design firm that specializes in strategic brand, print, and web design and development services. Project6 Design is unique because of its strong emphasis on design and usability while still having the ability to implement web projects in-house (leveraging several years of expertise in the Drupal CMS). From non-profit to Fortune 500, clients include the University of California – San Francisco, eBay, CA Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Gap, United Way, Serena Software, and Old Navy. For more information, call (510) 540-8005, email info[at]project6[dot]com, or visit http://www.project6.com.

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As Housing Affordability in Australia Remains Low, Containers First Offers Shipping Containers for Sale Designed as Rental Dwellings to Ease Housing Stress


NSW, Australia (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

The National Housing Supply Council released a report this week reflecting a likely decline in homeownership, as mortgage and property rates still demand for an unreasonable part of most peoples annual incomes even after prices continue to undergo substantial declines. With this nationwide housing stress, a term coined by the Council, Containers First, a 25-year leader in shipping container sales and hires, recently announced that quality and especially designed shipping containers can be an urgent and relevant housing solution.

The innovation offered by Containers First can be optimised to meet demands for safer and long-lasting homes that are within reasonable rates. This is in answer to the Councils findings that the market value of residential dwellings is well above the recommended mortgage-income ratio, a statement echoed in the recent study of property research firm Demographia that estimates Australian homes are valued at 6.7 times the annual average income.

This alarming shortage of available and affordable housing is seen in both Australias urban and regional areas. While it is experienced by households of average incomes, the undersupply is felt on a greater degree by people and families with lower-income levels. This phenomenon is even more critical in the case of renters, as the housing report estimates more than 30 per cent of their incomes are allotted for rental payments, with 40 per cent of them forking over half of their total gross earnings a year just to pay the rent.

Given this market climate, Containers Firsts solution of appropriating shipping containers for sale as rental properties can benefit mutual parties: renters looking for cost-efficient housing options, as well as property owners needing additional income to address mortgage payment requirements.

Homeowners can make extra money by putting a shipping container home on their land and renting it as accommodation. In the meantime, people looking for homes to rent can enjoy the stability and comforts of traditional homes without the unreasonable cost, a Containers First representative says. The potential financial activity from both renters and homeowners can be hugely beneficial to drive market movement.

Far from being mere box-type dwellings, new or used shipping containers for sale from a trusted supplier such as Containers First present the great possibilities of this recycled and malleable material. Inspired by the now-trending cargotecture concept, living spaces made from shipping containers are extremely durable, upgraded to last even extreme weather conditions, and designed to offer the comforts of modern living. With a few architectural and creative design touches, cargo unit homes can even prove to be breathtakingly beautiful, as seen in designer shipping container structures around the world.

Portable buildings by Containers First, for instance, are especially designed for living spaces such as homes, offices and commercial venues. The flexibility of the material allows model specifications to be customised to meet the space, safety and convenience requirements of the customer. With the expertise of Containers First engineers and custom builders, units can also be fitted with modifications such as personal door access, fitted shelving, insulation and ventilation components, security lock boxes, and air-conditioning systems.

For more innovative ideas on how to make modern living more sustainable, comfortable and cost-efficient, interested parties can visit containersfirst.com.au and ask for a free online quote today.







Tonight, The Serpentine Gallery Summer Party Event 2012 Sponsored By Leon Max


London, UK (PRWEB UK) 26 June 2012

Nestled in the heart of Kensington, the Serpentine Gallery is the heart of class; one of Londons best loved art galleries displaying collections of modern and contemporary art, and attracting over half a million visitors per year. Unique worldwide, the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is a pioneering annual architecture commission that gives internationally-renowned architects, including Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Oscar Niemeyer and Jean Nouvel, the opportunity to create their first built structures in England. The Pavilion will also host the Gallerys anticipated Park Nights programme of music, theatre, film, discussions and performances. The season will explore the topic of memory and will culminate, on 13 and 14 October, with the Memory Marathon, the seventh in the acclaimed Marathon series.

So it comes as no surprise that the gallerys Summer Party 2012 will be the height of cool, with New York rapper Azealia Banks providing the sound for the proceedings. Alongside the super trendy DJ Dan Lynwood, the summer party is an annual fundraising evening for the gallery, and proceeds are vital to ensure that it continues to present its acclaimed programmes free of charge to the public. The gallery raises 4 million in funds on a yearly basis to ensure that these programmes run correctly, and the summer ball is a large crowd, bringing in millions in sponsorship to preserve this treasure.

The event is sponsored by designer Leon Max, the founder and principal designer behind the US-based multi-platform fashion company that bears his name. The company opened its first UK shop earlier this year in Londons Notting Hill.

A long-term interest in art and architecture led Leon Max to the acquisition of the Nicholas Hawksmoor designed Easton Neston in Northamptonshire. This splendid example of English Baroque now accommodates the EU headquarters of Max Studio.

Max Studio, offers a mix of top quality fabrics and innovative styles to revolutionise shapes and silhouettes, and create an outfit for every situation. Leon Maxs designs are loved by A listers and the opening of a store in the UK this year has cemented the brand as a worldwide powerhouse that champions class and style in an effortless mix.

The teaming of Leon Max with the glamorous Serpentine Gallery is a fantastic one night only merger between a UK institution and an esteemed designer. The Summer Ball promises to attract A list celebrities from the worlds of international art, film, fashion and business, where they will be treated to a private showing of an exhibition of work by Yoko Ono. Proceeds from the party will all go directly to the gallerys internationally acclaimed Exhibitions, Architecture, Design, Education and Public Programmes.

The garments worn by the models are from the Summer 12/ transitional fall 12 collection by Leon Max, and will be available to purchase online at http://www.maxstudio.co.uk or in store at the Westbourne Groves Max Studio boutique.







Riverbend Introducing New Floor Plan Concepts All Summer Long


Meridian, ID (PRWEB) June 26, 2012

Riverbend Timber Framing has dedicated 30 years to providing one-of-a kind designs that inspire our customers timber frame homes. For the next few months, we want to provide fresh designs to spur prospective projects, whether architectural style ranges from Southwestern to Craftsman to Contemporary.

Riverbend will be introducing custom timber frame home designs all summer long. The first two designs of the summer series are the unique French Country inspired concepts: the Lyon and the Greenbrier.

Both the Lyon and the Greenbrier display classic European architecture and design. The old world charm of blending stone and timber framing creates an enchanting French country cottage appeal that forms to any landscape urban or countryside.

These unique French country designs and more brand new concepts will be premiering all summer long. Take a look by checking emails, visiting the website and following Riverbend on Twitter and Facebook.

View the latest Riverbend Design Concepts, the Lyon and the Greenbrier at: http://www.riverbendtf.com/floorplans.html.

PFB America, a wholly owned subsidiary of PFB Corporation, is the parent company of Riverbend Timber Framing, PrecisionCraft Log and Timber Homes, and Point Zero Homes.

Riverbend is a manufacturer of custom traditional timber frame homes. Using traditional timber frame designs and an integrated energy efficient building system, Riverbends homes are built to last. With 30 years of experience, Riverbend creates inspiring homes that match each clients unique lifestyle, architectural preference and budget.







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Excellent Designs Exhibition at MOOD: Museum of Outstanding Design


Como, Italy (PRWEB) June 26, 2012

Worlds’ Best Designs in 2011-2012 Exhibited at MOOD: Museum of Outstanding Design: Worlds top designs in 2011-2012; the 259 carefully selected and filtered entries within 3653 projects were exhibited at the Museum of Outstanding Designs 2012 location: Broletto di Como, Italy.

Highly curated, and organized according the to the different spheres of design such as fashion, jewelry, automobiles, yachts, interior projects, architectural works, art pieces and other industrial design categories, the exhibition features both poster and hardcopy versions of the works submitted throughout the world for the A Design Award & Competition.

Guests are able to obtain contact details and business cards of winners and further information regarding the works from the support desk, and special QR codes are embedded to each of the large posters to get further interactive information such as websites, videos and interviews regarding the exhibited designs.

The exhibition is organized together with the A Design Award & Competition, which awards best designs in 40 distinct design fields ranging from architecture to arts and design. Unlike other design awards, which require winners to pay for exhibition possibilities, winners of the A Design Award & Competition are exhibited free of charge at the exhibition as a courtesy of their winning entry, and to celebrate their award once more, which adds further prestige to the event.

The exhibition helps to cultivate the design culture further in Como, and is an added color to already flamboyant design life in Italy. Invited guests, business people, press and the tourists enjoyed the exhibition which is accessible easily from at the heart of Como at Broletto di Como.

The Broletto di Como, located near the Duomo of Como, is a mediaeval building erected in 1215 to initially house the Municipality of the city of Como. Built with Romanesque-Gothic and Renaissance elements, and renovated throughout the centuries, Broletto is used for exhibitions of best pieces of art, architecture and design; an equally prestigious location that matches the exhibited works.

Museum of Outstanding Design Location 2012 Broletto di Como is at Piazza del Duomo, Como / Italy. Opening hours of the Museum of Outstanding Design: The exhibition is open every day; from 09:00 am to 19.00 pm daily, including weekends and public holidays during the exhibition period: from 15th June 2012 to 1st July 2012. Entrance fees: Admission to the exhibition is free i.e. costs are covered by the A Design Award & Exhibition for all guests.

Those who will not be able to visit the exhibition could check the exhibition photos to see participating works and some of the winners here: http://www.adesignaward.com/gallery-expand.php?t=2&y=2011 furthermore, an online version of the exhibition is available at http://www.designmag.org where design enthusiasts could reach more details about the winning projects.

About A’ Design Award and Competition

The A Design Award & Competition is an annual international design award and competition aiming to highlight design oriented products, services and offerings. A’Design Award and Competitions aims to highlight the excellent qualifications of best designs, design concepts and design oriented products by presenting its winners with publication and advertising opportunities. Further information regarding the award can be accessed from http://www.whatisadesignaward.com







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REMODELING Launches “Home for Life” Virtual Home Tour


Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 25, 2012

REMODELING magazine announces today the launch of Home for Life, a virtual home tour that showcases how to remodel a home to save money and live well throughout the retirement years.

The first of the 76 million baby boomers turned 65 years old last year. A recent survey conducted by AARP revealed that 84 percent of boomers would like to stay in their current home during retirement but only 16 percent have taken any steps to adapt their home for the next couple of decades.

The photo-realistic online virtual tour is now open at The home focuses on the needs of a hypothetical couple who have been married almost 40 years and have decided to continue living in their current home after they retired so they can remain near their friends, family and community services. The tour shows homeowners and remodelers how to:

Recently Launched Zend Framework 2.0 Gets Critical Acclaim: NY Based Tech Firm Brings it Closer to Businesses


New York, NY (PRWEB) June 22, 2012

Released in the year 2005, Zend continues to be a leading player in the open source framework to build custom web applications. Written by Israeli programmers Andy gutmans and Zeev Suraski, who were also involved in the development of PHP during its initial stages, Zend is a simple and easy to use framework that accelerates web application development using PHP.

Advantages of Zend 2.0 framework