Five Months Ahead of Schedule, Sagitec Delivers Pension Solution to the Denver Employees Retirement Plan


St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) June 14, 2012

Sagitec Solutions, LLC, the Minnesota-based IT firm specializing in tailor-made pension administration systems, successfully delivered an integrated line-of-business solution for the Denver Employees Retirement Plan (DERP) of Denver, CO five months ahead of schedule. Despite a flood of early retirements that forced DERP staff to take a three-month hiatus from the project, dedicated teams from both parties collaborated on an innovative solution to the potentially serious setback and drove the project to successful completion. The new system, called CRIS, is live and currently supporting all of DERPs core business functions.

Sagitec demonstrated a true commitment to the success of the CRIS project. We felt confident trusting them to continue with system development during our hiatus, said Steve Hutt, DERPs Executive Director. This enabled us to focus our efforts on the surge of early retirements and continue to deliver outstanding service to our members without sacrificing our timeline for completion of the project. Together, we achieved our goal of a new pension administration solution and actually did so ahead of schedule.

DERPs sudden surge in workload came after the City of Denver unexpectedly offered eligible city employees an incentive for early retirement. To avoid a project delay, Sagitec proposed to accelerate the project schedule instead. Sagitec would continue with system development while DERP focused on the new retirements. The two organizations agreed on a revised schedule and an amended contract. As a result, CRIS was delivered successfully within budget and five months ahead of schedule.

The successful implementation of CRIS is a perfect example of what can be accomplished when business partners share mutual trust, honesty, and commitment, noted Rod Sheppard, Senior Partner for Sagitec. Sagitec strives to achieve the same level of confidence with all of our business partners, because we know what an important part it plays in driving a successful outcome.

CRIS is a browser-based pension administration system based on Sagitecs Neospin pension administration software framework solution. In addition to serving DERPs core business functions, it provides business users and DERP members with enhanced customer service capabilities, including self-service web portals. The system is hosted by Sagitec from the companys data center, also located in Denver, CO.

About Denver Employees Retirement Plan

Established in 1963, the Denver Employees Retirement Plan is a defined benefit plan. Its purpose is to provide retirement benefits to qualified members of the City and County of Denver and Denver Health and Hospital Authority. DERPs mission is to provide promised retirement benefits and exceptional service to their members, through prudent investment and administration. DERPs vision is to be fully funded, to exceed evolving customer service expectations, and to be recognized as best in class among public retirement systems. More information can be found at http://www.derp.org.

About Sagitec Solutions, LLC

Sagitec Solutions, LLC is an innovative IT firm that designs and delivers tailor-made pension administration systems for public and private retirement funds. With broad industry experience, Sagitec empowers retirement systems to realize their strategic service visions and drives those visions into action. Sagitec is headquartered in the Twin Cities, MN. They have additional domestic offices in Denver, Co and Topeka, KS, and international offices in Pune and Chennai, India. Sagitec has been implementing IT solutions successfully across the United States since 2004. Further information can be found at http://www.sagitec.com or by contacting Rick Deshler at (651) 335-3406 or at service(at)sagitec(dot)com.







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Easels in Frederick Announces Artists for June Acceptance Juror Chooses 30 Participants and Five Alternates


Frederick, Maryland (PRWEB) June 02, 2012

Easels in Frederick, a plein air painting festival and competition, announces the artists competing this year from June 20-24, 2012. This second annual event occurs in historic downtown Frederick, MD, featuring the beautiful architecture and landscapes as the city comes alive for summer.

Artists from as far away as Washington State, Tennessee and New York City submitted paintings for Easels in Frederick.

We were delighted with the number of submissions, said Carolyn Greiner, co-chair of Easels in Frederick. This event is gaining huge momentum both for art aficionados and among plein air artists.

Acceptance juror John Budicin, from San Bernardino, CA, juried each submission. Budicin himself has won several major awards in the last few years, including six gold medals and numerous first place awards. He travels extensively to paint and teach throughout the U.S., Europe, and the Far East.

The jury process requires a lot of expertise and objectivity, and we knew John would be an excellent juror since he possesses outstanding credentials in the plein air painting field, said Greiner.

Thirty established artists have been juried in to set up their easels Wednesday through Friday in downtown Frederick for the four-day event. The artists will be competing for more than $ 12,500 in awards plus the chance to sell their work at private and public exhibits over the weekend. New to Easels in Frederick this year are Thursdays special painting contest in a surprise venue and Saturday’s Quick Draw contest that has juried and non-juried artists alike painting against the clock for awardsand selling their work right off their easels.

Easels in Fredericks 2012 juried artists are: Stephanie Amato, Basking Ridge, NJ; Bruno Baran, Nottingham, MD; Raymond Burns, Gaithersburg, MD; John Caggiano, Rockport, MA; Marietje Chamberlain, Washington, DC; Hiu Lai Chong, Rockville, MD; Rita Curtis, Baltimore, MD; Daisy de Puthod, Hopewell Junction, NY; David Diaz, Annapolis, MD; Beverly Ford Evans, Franklin, TN; Ellen Gavin, Millville, NJ; Luc Herbots, Port Republic, MD; Mark Hiles, Eldersburg, MD; Hai-Ou Hou, Stevensville, MD; Russell Jewell, Easley, SC; Shelby Keefe, Milwaukee, WI; Patricia Walach Keough, Carlisle, PA; Barb Kiwak, Baltimore, MD; Michael Kotarba, Baltimore, MD; Kirk Larsen, Hicksville, NY; Crystal Moll, Baltimore, MD; Richard Niewerth, Severna Park, MD; Barbara Nuss, Woodbine, MD; Anne Gibson Snyder, Braddock Heights, MD; Roberta Staat, Brookville, MD; Jason Tako, Dover, PA; Stewart White, Baltimore, MD; Mick Williams, New Market, MD; Will Williams, Towson, MD; Dennis Young, New Castle, DE.

Waiting in the wings are seven alternates: Deborah Maklowski, Ellicott City, MD; Dianna May, Nashville, TN; Lauren Andrech, Fair Haven, NJ; Jan Crooker, Kutztown, PA; Mick McAndrews, Downingtown, PA; Jacalyn Beam, Greenville, DE; and Stephen Hill, Lopez Island, WA.

Artists, residents, tourists, community members and aspiring plein air painters are invited to attend the festival and have the privileged experience to view what the artist sees and how he or she transforms each canvas.

Easels in Frederick is an all-volunteer committee working with The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center to organize and manage the 2012 juried plein air painting competition. The Delaplaine is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization and all charitable contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The Delaplaine remains the only arts organization to have been certified under the Standards for Excellence in Nonprofit Management by the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations. The Delaplaine provides the Frederick region with educational opportunities and experiences in the visual arts through classes, exhibits, and programs.

For more information about Easels in Frederick and how to purchase your tickets for the Collectors Preview Reception and Award Judges Talk, visit the events website at http://www.easelsinfrederick.org or call The Delaplaine at 301-689-0656.

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PureCostumes.com Nearly Doubles 2012 Halloween Costumes Catalog by Working with Five New Manufacturers


Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 14, 2012

Pure Costumes, an online Halloween costumes and accessories store with exponential growth for the past couple of years, is continuing to grow its 2012 Halloween costumes catalog. By adding five new manufacturers onto the online retailers list of partners, PureCostumes.com now offers nearly double the number of products it offered last year. With well over 3,000 costumes, wigs and accessories, PureCostumes.com is ready to take on the upcoming Halloween season.

The newly added manufacturers include Elope, Escante, Paper Magic Group, Rasta Imposta, and RG Costumes. Covering everything from family-friendly children’s costumes to adult humor and sexy costumes, Pure Costumes not only increased its number of products, but also widened its catalog to offer more variety. The products from these manufacturers also vary widely in pricing, allowing PureCostumes.com to expand its target market. Through careful deliberation and strategic planning, Pure Costumes is confident that these new additions are the perfect complement to its existing product catalog from 2011.

In addition to adding products from five new manufacturers, PureCostumes.com has also added new products from many of its existing partners, such as California Costume Collections, Disguise, Fun World, Leg Avenue and Rubies. By striving to bring more selection and variety to its customers each year, PureCostumes.com has been successful in keeping up with changing trends. As many industry leaders would agree, Halloween costume trends can vary greatly from year to year depending on influences from pop culture and current events. By having fresh items every year, PureCostumes.com is able to attract returning customers as well as new customers.

About Pure Costumes

Pure Costumes is one of the Halloween industry’s most popular online retailers. Available year-round, the website carries a large selection of Halloween costumes for adults, plus size adults, toddlers, children, teens and pre-teens/tweens. Along with costumes, the online retailer also offers an impressive catalog of costume accessories, wigs, masks, and shoes. Pure Costumes prides itself on its excellent customer service and extensive experience in the industry. Its goal is to bring to its customers the best online Halloween costumes shopping experience possible. As a site with one of the highest return customers year after year, Pure Costumes takes pride in being an industry leader. More information can be found at http://www.purecostumes.com.







New Digital Marketer RAW Training Available Online Now and Shows How to Create an App in Five Minutes


Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 22, 2012

The latest RAW Training from Digital Marketer has been produced and is being made available for members of DMs subscription programs on the companys website.

Appify Your Blog: How to Create an iTunes-Ready App in Five Minutes is the title of the most recent live webinar training, and its recorded version has been published on DigitalMarketer.com to help businesses get their content in front of Apples millions of mobile users in the iTunes App Store.

In this training, Digital Marketers founder/CEO, Ryan Deiss, and the Lead Designer of the DM Build Team, Kevin Clanton, are going to show marketers how to turn their blog into an app ready for submission to the App Store in literally five minutes.

The RAW Training covers the tools that allow marketers to create apps with little to no computer programming knowledge. The powers of the Internet never cease to amaze, and businesses can create an addictive app that users access on a daily basis, maybe even more.

Appify Your Blog will also show how to submit an app to iTunes and get their product within one click of Apples 300 million credit card-wielding customers. Even beyond that, the Raw Training will share super effective tactics for using the app to generate valuable sales leads with very little HTML know-how.

A recent blog post on Digital Marketers own daily-updated site reiterated the importance of this feature, saying that if you dont have an app in the iTunes store, its high time you got one.

Digital Marketer encourages topic or trend investigation ideas from viewers and followers, so comments and feedback is welcomed across all of DMs channels and outlets, including YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

Digital Marketer releases informational and educational materials to help businesses and entrepreneurs gain insight and information on the trends, data, and strategies that can take them to the top of their industry. Through their RAW Training courses, strategic plans, blogs, newsletters, site reviews, and Special Reports, Digital Marketer supercharges every single marketing campaign it touches. For more information, visit DigitalMarketer.com.







DRS and Associates proud to announce Five Top Clients’ Building-Product Brands Win Prestigious GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2012: Museum of Architecture and Design


Sherman Oaks, CA (PRWEB) June 25, 2012

The Chicago Athenaeums Museum of Architecture and Design today announced the winners of their 2011-2012 GREEN GOOD Design Award, which recognizes the worlds leading sustainable design in products, technology and research. DRS and Associates is proud to be the agency of record for five winners: Caroma, Creative Systems Lighting (CSL), LAUFEN, Watermark Designs and Zephyr, and we are sending out this joint release on their behalf.

Presented by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the GREEN GOOD DESIGN Awards are an extension of the GOOD DESIGN Awards. GOOD DESIGN is the worlds oldest and most coveted international design award, bestowed only to the most important and influential industrial and graphic designers. Current and previous winners of GREEN GOOD DESIGN are world-class brands such as BMW, Electrolux, Bosch, Hansgrohe, Herman Miller, Cuisinart and Mercedes Benz. To stand with such recognizable brands is an honor that these manufacturers do not take for granted. “Having multiple clients once again be recipients of a world recognized award such as the Green GOOD DESIGN is quite an honor for my DRS team and me. It reinforces that our clients innovations tied together with our strategic brand building efforts are yielding wonderful returns,” stated David Schlocker, president of DRS and Associates. Each of these five brands stands on their own merits for their contribution to green design and we encourage you to take a look at them individually and as a whole.

Here are the winning brands and their respective products:

Caroma

C.A.R Good Neighbor Awards Give RE/MAX Agent Hasani Steele Five Reasons to Celebrate Success


Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Hasani Steele, a top-producing Chicago real estate agent with RE/MAX Premier Properties, 1205 N. Dearborn Pkwy., in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood, had to have been happy with the recently announced results of the Chicago Association of Realtors

New Article Details How Avoiding Five Simple E-commerce Mistakes can Help Companies Retain Customers and Make More Money


Nashville, TN (PRWEB) June 17, 2012

Customers are always looking for easier ways to shop – avoid the crowded roadways and strip malls – find time to do the more important things in life. So businesses can make sure they are giving their customer what they want, HortonGroup.com has listed five common errors that are sure to drive customers away from their e-commerce website.

A bad shopping experiences at an online location can be just as horrific as one that takes place at physical storefront. For most businesses investing in an e-commerce website is a matter of common sense; however, a poorly designed and managed e-commerce tool will do more harm than good. As the number of people using the web almost exclusively to do the majority of their shopping grows, companies need to reevaluate what they are doing to make that online shopping experience more convenient.

There are a number of factors that come into play when managing an e-commerce website. Horton Group asks businesses to focus on five essential elements of their e-commerce website and ask themselves if they are doing them right. Things to consider when designing an e-commerce website range from overall website performance to e-commerce product management. A slow website, unclear menu navigation and high shipping costs are all factors that can turn customers away and send them to the competition. For more in-depth information on the five e-commerce mistakes that will tank an online store, read the full article at the Horton Group blog.

About Horton Group

Horton Group is focused on helping businesses maximize profits and retain customers through their professional marketing and advertising services. Since 1996 Horton Group has been assisting companies all around Middle Tennessee and across the country with ecommerce website design. The also offer a wide variety of print and online services such as, graphic design, social media management, media buying and strategic business planning.

For more information on Horton Group and their services contact them at, 615-292-8642.







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