Actress Barbara Niven, stars in a Lifetime original movie, "The Perfect Neighbor" Monday, April 11th.
Barbara plays Donna Germaine, a friendly but not so perfect neighbor who lives next door to William and Jeannie Costigan, played by Perry King and Susan Blakely. A couple who are trying to sort through marital issues when an attractive neighbor arrives on the block to cause some desperate moments for all involved.
Everyone is invited to a kick-off online chat celebrating the premiere of Barbara's movie "The Perfect Neighbor". The online chat will take place Sunday, April 10th at 5pm PST. Visit http://www.barbaraniven.com for more information and for other info about Barbara's upcoming appearances and more.... (Continue reading)
When it comes to accessing account information for their online services, small business owners need to be able to get to the information they need, when they need it. Easy account navigation and clearly marked categories are all necessities when researching account information. In response to requests from their customers for a more user-friendly interface, Network Solutions® announced today a complete redesign of Account Manager.
"Our customers spoke and we listened," said Shelley Rawlings, SVP of Sales and Service with Network Solutions. "Our customers wanted an easier experience when it came to managing their accounts, and we are giving it to them. The new Account Manager redesign includes features that allow customers to easily access information when they need it. The best part is, we're not done. There are more Account Manager changes to come."... (Continue reading)
On Thursday, February 10, 2005 at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, the Financial Leaders Group (FLG) will call for urgent progress on the Doha Round financial services negotiations. To date, there has been scant progress in financial market liberalization, without which the Doha Round will not be successful. An open, competitive, efficient, and transparent financial sector is a prerequisite for economic growth, and the Doha Round represents the first opportunity in many years to achieve meaningful liberalization in this crucial sector.... (Continue reading)
InXpo, the leader in the production of online shows, recently announced new dates for the International Carwash Association online tradeshow Car Care World e-Xpo 2005, November 9-13; the need to reschedule the event was a direct result of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. A car care industry-related organization that was to host a physical trade show scheduled for late October in New Orleans needed to reschedule their show due to the affects of Katrina. Though a new location was found the only dates available coincided with the previously schedu 5b4 led Car Care World e-Xpo 2005; since both shows serviced the same companies the date conflict needed to be addressed. The solution was simple – InXpo worked with the International Carwash Association to modify the dates of their online show and notified all participants via electronic communication.... (Continue reading)
By integrating Mexican distributors, resellers with accounts with U.S. distributors and can offer a combined catalog of available products to their customers. Mexican resellers utilizing Klatu's e-commerce solutions vastly increase the number of products displayed.
E-commerce is steadily becoming more critical for resellers and wholesalers, especially those competing for sales to the corporate, government and educational markets. Klatu provides advanced e-commerce solutions meeting these requirements.... (Continue reading)
ECCMA, DLIS and representatives of NATO AC/135 have been working with ISO Technical Committee 184, Subcommittee 4 (ISO TC 184/SC 4) on ISO 22745, a standard for the maintenance and application of open technical dictionaries as metadata registries. Coded metadata represents the building blocks needed to create unambiguous language independent descriptions and is the key to the cataloging system. The group has also been working on ISO 8000, a new standard for data quality that address the issues of registered metadata and data provenance, critical aspects to long term data retention.... (Continue reading)
The editors of TechTarget, Inc.'s Information Security® magazine and SearchSecurity.com™ today announced the winners of the newly restructured "Readers' Choice Awards" as rated by 1,595 information security executives and managers who evaluated 340 products, in 15 product categories, that are deployed within their organizations. Nine months in the making, the Awards reflect extensive, in-depth discussions and interviews between TechTarget editors, security technology experts, and the Information Security Editorial Advisory board to define the appropriate categories and highly granular or specific criteria to encompass the most critical security technologies and functionality.... (Continue reading)
Word Sell, Inc. (www.wordsellinc.com) has been awarded a two-year extension on its marketing services agreement with Salazar Packaging, Inc. (www.salazarpackaging.com/) "We are so pleased with the Web, brochure and branding results provided to us by Brad Shorr and his team at Word Sell that we are eager to have them guiding the way for us through 2009 and the next stage of our company's growth and development," says Salazar Packaging president, Dennis Salazar.
The Message Does Not Tell Itself
Like many industrial firms, Salazar Packaging offers high quality products and service, but lacks the internal resources and expertise to communicate its capabilities to an extremely busy marketplace.... (Continue reading)
Continuing education classes for acupuncture are now being offered online by Healthcare Medicine Institute’s online continuing education division, HealthCMI. HealthCMI brings the classroom online using open source solutions for the web. “Open source solutions allow our learning management systems to operate on any type of server and offers unprecedented educational opportunities for medical professionals,” Executive Director of the Healthcare Medicine Institute, Adam White, said. Licensed acupuncturists can download courses at www.healthcmi.com and receive instant state approved certificates upon completion of course materials.... (Continue reading)
An innovative market development tool created by a real estate company owner positions brokerage owners to leverage transaction commission in a whole new light. Today, a 50-State National Relocation Network comprised of more than 25,800 websites, blanketing a population in excess of 235,000,000 consumers is available for use.
Donald Teel, Founder and CEO, sold his Northern Arizona real estate brokerage in April 2005 to devote resources to the continued development and national roll out of the e-Partner National Relocation and Brokerage Services Network. “It has been the commitment of e-Partner since its beginning to deliver a national network to company owners who have the vision to see beyond today’s business models to the next generation, and as a former owner, I saw a lot of services being delivered to agents but very little being developed and delivered to the owners, the people who provide the market stability and who have a real financial and long-term commitment to the markets,” said Teel.... (Continue reading)
The inner-city Bangkok condominium market still looks promising and seems unaffected by negative sentiment, according to James Pitchon, the executive director of the property firm CB Richard Ellis.
He points to healthy demand in both the mid-market and high-end Bangkok Condo segments as underscored by two recent launches.
On the mid-market Bangkok condo side, Noble Remix on Sukhumvit Soi 36 last month drew a very good response with more than 200 units booked in the one-day pre-launch sale. At the luxury Bangkok condo end, CB Richard Ellis has sold around 200 units at Emporio Place on Sukhumvit 24, which is being developed by TCC Capital Land.... (Continue reading)
Halogen Software, the Employee Performance Management (EPM) vendor of choice for hundreds of companies has started the year on a high note, announcing 100% year-over-year revenue growth in Q1.
Another strong quarter resulted from license and services revenue from new customers such as City of Atlanta, ICON Clinical Research, Niagara College, Amcor, South Bend Medical Foundation, Jelly Belly Candy Co. and TALX Corporation. In addition, several existing customers added to their initial investments in eAppraisal, eAppraisal Healthcare, e360 and the new Multi-rater module.... (Continue reading)
A leader in innovative service, Met Home Warranty has further enhanced its capabilities to ensure that customers receive the highest level of service possible (www.methomewarranty.com).
With offices throughout North America, as well as a dedicated network of certified service providers Met Home Warranty’s commitment to customer satisfaction has again raised the bar in the home warranty industry.
"I’m proud of our dedication to satisfying customers," says Richard Janzen, CEO of Met Warranty Corporation, "and I’m thrilled to see us develop a new way to keep them happy. After all, they’re the reason we’re in business." Janzen is speaking of Met Home Warranty’s latest developments: a new name, new website, and a flexible design-a-plan.... (Continue reading)
International Biometric Group (IBG) will host a teleconference on 12 October on its Biometric Performance Certification program.
IBG recently certified the performance of biometric products from Hitachi, Fujitsu, and IrisGuard. Certification was based on results from Round 6 of IBG's Comparative Biometric Testing.
Biometric Performance Certification is the only program that certifies the performance of end-to-end biometric systems, including capture hardware and matching software.
IBG Director of Special Projects Michael Thieme will discuss the following aspects of IBG's certification program:... (Continue reading)
Mark Mortimore is appointed as Executive Director to the world’s first GCC-oriented Sukuk fund, Sanad Sukuk Fund, announced Encore Fund Management Co. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Encore Management S.A., Geneva.
He will be responsible for managing the Islamic bond fund in accordance with its investment and Sharia compliance criteria. Mr. Mortimore has a professional track record that encompasses senior management positions with Barclays Bank, Manufacturers Hanover Bank, GE Capital, Riyad Bank, United Bank of Kuwait and Arab Banking Corporation. He is an expert in structuring asset-backed finance transactions and has worked for 25 years in the banking markets of North America, Europe and the GCC region. His Middle East banking experience began in 1993 when he was based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he worked as a senior corporate banking officer. Mr. Mortimore now has specialised in Islamic Finance for ten years and has extensive experience in Islamic fund management and structuring Ijarah, Sukuk and Murabaha transactions.... (Continue reading)
EPAM Systems, Inc., the leading global offshore software engineering outsourcing provider with development centers in Central and Eastern Europe, for the second year running has made the list of the annual "2007 Top 50 Best Managed Global Outsourcing Vendors" compiled by Brown-Wilson Group, a not-for-profit outsourcing management consulting firm, author of "The Black Book of Outsourcing.". Singled out from the pool of 1480 qualified global outsourcing vendors, the current year rankings identify the top 50 vendors incorporating the results of The Black Book's electronic survey conducted with the purpose to draw out the outsourcing service purchasers' experience with regard to service providers globally.... (Continue reading)
Consumer Reports ShopSmart Magazine selects Beautysak.com as 'Best Beauty Site for Great Gifts'.
With over 70 carefully selected product lines, Beautysak.com retails the best beauty gifts that are favored and raved about in the top beauty magazines.
"We scoured the Web for sites with great products at good prices," stated ShopSmart Magazine (August/September 2007 Issue). "All these sites were then screened by our experts to make sure they comply with our guidelines for customer service and disclosure of key information."... (Continue reading)
MXI Security®, the leader in providing superior managed portable security solutions, today announced the appointment of Envoy Data Corporation as a key US distributor.
Envoy Data provides a proactive approach to their customer's needs, by not only providing distribution services to customers, but also through premier customer service, implementation services, and level 1 support. This partnership will accelerate widespread adoption of MXI Security's portable solutions for secure storage and identity access management services within the healthcare, financial, government, education, commercial, and industrial industries, providing a single answer to the pressing issues of portable data security, secure remote access, and compliance.... (Continue reading)
Get your motor running as you take a walk on the wild side, for a good cause of course! Auction Cause, the leading cause marketing agency, is proud to partner with Illusion Motorsports for a very special ride.
Illusion Motorsports and Auction Cause create a unique chance to own a Jesse James Hellrazor chopper. Custom built WCC motorcycle is up for auction on eBay with 100% of proceeds to benefit City of Hope.
Up for grabs is a brand new 2009 Hellrazor - a WCC (West Coast Choppers) signature series bike, hand-assembled using select Jesse James chassis components, manufactured in the Illusion facility in Westminster, California. The Illusion Hellrazor is a serious hot rod motorcycle hitting the road with state of the art components and WCC American-made components.... (Continue reading)
Green & Seifter Attorneys, PLLC, announces today the formation of an Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group. The new practice group recognizes the firm's expertise in Arbitration and Mediation, bringing together a group of highly qualified lawyers with decades of experience as mediators and arbitrators in a wide array of areas including securities arbitration, construction arbitration, and health care arbitration.
"The federal courts have expressed a preference for and encouraged both mediation and arbitration for some time and the New York State courts are expanding their use of both of these areas to resolve disputes outside of the courtroom. Green & Seifter is well positioned to work carefully with each client to determine the overall best method for conflict resolution," said Laurence G. Bousquet, Member of the Board of Managers.... (Continue reading)