IDV Solutions has been named a 2013 Laureate by IDG's Computerworld Honors Program. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change. IDV Solutions was selected in the "Safety and Security" category for its physical security and risk visualization (PSRV) software, Visual Command Center. "We're honored by our selection as a Computerworld Honors Laureate," said Mark Morrison, CEO, IDV Solutions. "With Visual Command Center, it's our mission to provide companies ...

SoleraTec LLC, provider of innovative video lifecycle management and storage products, has begun shipping new version 6 of its Phoenix RSM surveillance video management software. Phoenix RSM delivers a unique solution for affordable long-term retention needs of today's video surveillance systems. By integrating online, near-line, and offline storage devices, Phoenix RSM version 6 makes available the most efficient use of hard disk capacity along with the most economic use of offline storage such as LTO and RDX and COLDSTORE. As organizations are demanding longer and ...

ArcLight Cinemas can rest easy knowing that its 90 Christie digital cinema projectors installed at the chain's seven locations in California, including its newest addition in San Diego, are protected with 24/7 remote monitoring and reporting through Christie's Network Operations Center (NOC) and additional Managed Services offerings such as round-the-clock phone support and quick access to locally-stored spare parts. As one of the first theater chains in the U.S. to convert to digital projection, ArcLight Cinemas (along with sister company Pacific Theatres) recognized ...

Chili Technology LLC (http://chilitechnology.com/), creators of the ChiliPad and leaders in innovative sleep solutions, has announced its partnership with Registered Nurse, Terry Cralle, MS, and Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, who will serve as a sleep consultant to the company. As a certified clinical sleep educator, Cralle will offer her extensive experience in sleep health and quality sleep surface design to advise customers on best practices to maintain a natural sleep pattern and have restful and restorative sleep through the use of Chili Technology's ...

The Chef's Academy (http://www.thechefsacademy.com), the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 110-year-old, nationally accredited institution that offers 40 degree programs in five schools of study, has announced that students from the school's Morrisville campus will compete in a faceoff cooking competition at the US Foods Business Building Expo. The competition will be held on Tuesday, April 30 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Raleigh Convention Center, located at 500 S. Salisbury Street. Six students from The Chef's Academy will go head-to-head in a fierce ...

Panda Cloud Antivirus Adds URL Filtering To Improve Business Productivity and Security - New Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.5 helps companies monitor and control users' browsing habits - Now supports Exchange 2013 and the most popular Linux distributions (SUSE, RedHat, Debian and Ubuntu) - Detects and removes unknown malware that takes advantage of zero-day vulnerabilities thanks to Panda Security's new anti-exploit technologies Bracknell, April 2013: Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced the release of Panda Cloud Office Protection ...

VMZINC -US and Umicore Building Products, USA Inc. (http://www.vmzinc-us.com/), a leading specialist in innovative zinc products manufactured and sold by the Building Products Unit of Umicore, has announced that the company will be participating in the 2013 American Institute of Architecture (AIA) National Convention in Denver on Thursday, June 20 through Saturday, June 22. With more than 300 convention programs, including seminars, tours and events, the AIA National Convention is the industry's most comprehensive professional event as it hosts thousands of the nation's ...

OptiMed Essential Bronze Plus Program Features: • Bronze Major Medical Plan, Voluntary GAP and Limited Medical Plan • Flexible Participation Guidelines for the Bronze Major Medical Plan • For Groups of 50+ • 7% Level Commission The OptiMed Essential Bronze Plus program may provide a cost savings when complying with the rules and requirements governing the Affordable Care Act. The OptiMed Essential Bronze Plus benefit program is designed for the company with a relatively small group of core employees that currently enjoy a comprehensive major medical and a ...

Maryland children's book author Kristin Barnes is now appearing on The Children's Authors Show radio. In her interview she discusses her latest release, 'Haysoos the Honu'. Haysoos the Honu is a Hawaiian sea turtle. He loves the company of other sea creatures, but he feels different from the fish, eels, and manta rays. His bulky shell slows him down, and his lungs mean he has to interrupt playtime to surface for air. Haysoos believes that being different is a bad thing, until he meets a special friend who shows him just how special it is to be different. "I wrote ...

Billie Redmond, CEO of TradeMark Properties (http://www.trademarkproperties.com/), has announced that John Powell, executive vice president of investment services at the firm, has been named to the Kraft YMCA Board of Directors. Kraft Family YMCA serves youth, adults and seniors in the southwest Wake county area, and is dedicated to strengthening communities through youth development, social responsibility and healthy living. While on the board, Powell will serve as a community leader working to resolve and strengthen the community through continued efforts of helping those ...

BKD Forensics & Valuation Services, a division of BKD, LLP, is pleased to announce that Angela Morelock will be presenting at the Missouri MGMA 2013 Spring Conference. Her presentation, "Fraud and Embezzlement," will take place on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Morelock leads BKD's forensic accounting and investigations team, providing fraud investigation and prevention, complex litigation support and forensic accounting services for a variety of business clients. She has been qualified as an expert witness in cases involving criminal and ...

ecoEnvelopes (www.ecoEnvelopes.com), the world's leader in innovative, eco-friendly mailing solutions is proud to announce that they, partnered with Sprint, have been presented with an Honorable Mention as Application of the Year by Xplor International. The Sprint ecoEnvelope was the first high-volume implementation of reusable, two-way envelopes in the industry. "We are pleased to be an honoree and included among the industry leaders that have previously been honored or won including GMC Software, Neps, LLC., HP Exstream, Ricoh, Oce and Crawford Technologies, among ...

The North American hotel market is gaining traction, as it has completed the 3rd straight year of REVPAR growth, according to research presented at the 2013 ASFONA (Association of Starwood Franchisees & Owners - North America) Associate Board Members meeting, which was held at The St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California in March. The gathering was also attended by several members of Starwood's senior corporate management team, together with a number of Starwood-branded hotel owners, franchisees and hotel management company executives, as well as ASFONA associate ...

SILVER CROSS, the leading North American healthcare retail franchise that buys, sells and trades accessibility and mobility equipment, is offering a new Ability Achievement Scholarship for physically challenged college/university students throughout Canada and the United States. The SILVER CROSS Scholarship is offered to full-time students who use a manual wheelchair, power wheelchair or mobility scooter while attending classes. The $3,000 scholarship will be awarded to one student in each country for tuition and books, or any other education-related expense they incur. ...

Robert Weiss, artistic director and CEO of Carolina Ballet (http://www.carolinaballet.com), has announced that the company will present Giselle, a romantic classical masterpiece, at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium (RMA) Thursday, May 16 through Sunday, May 19 and at Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) on Thursday, May 23. Giselle, performed by every major ballet company in the world, debuted in Paris in 1841 and is considered the touchstone of ballet for the Romantic era. The ballet tells the story of a young peasant girl with a strong passion for dancing who falls in love ...

Children spend on average over 7 hours every day wearing school uniforms. Most of them are not sweat absorbent, do not allow the skin to breathe, do not feel pleasant against the skin and are treated with harmful pesticides that can aggravate or, even spark skin conditions. While conventional cotton is often deemed as a natural fabric, the reality is quite different. Cotton plants are very prone to pest attacks and therefore cotton crops so heavily treated with chemicals they use approximately 25% of the world's insecticides and more than 10% of the pesticides. The ...

The court itself is a majestic panelled room complete with the judges bench, the galleries above for the watching spectators and the dreaded dock, right next to the staircase that lead the prisoners to their awaiting hell, where torture and a brutal existence awaited these poor souls. It was said that you could be tried, convicted and hung to death in one day at the galleries of justice. The gaol held all manner of criminals from poor debtors, petty criminals, to murderers, the more heinous the crime the further down the gaol you were held and the more squalid your existence. On ...

Webelinx has released new tower defense game which is perfect for all the users who love shooting games with aliens and lots of action. Completely innovative and amusing gameplay, lots of interesting achievements and superpowers make this game a perfect pastime for users of all ages. "Space Tower Defender" is now available for iPhone and iPad users, after experiencing a huge success among the users of Android devices. Little brave alien is the only survivor on his planet, and his mission is to save it from evil invaders. Users have the task to help him by shooting ...

The multi-disciplinary panel discussion hosted by accounting firm Presti & Naegele at the beginning of this month (10th of April) has addressed a number of issues that are of national concern, including the raising economic uncertainty due to recent changes in the the health care system as seen in the larger context of the steeping federal debt crisis. Presenters Andrew Presti and Mark DeRosa spoke about how the national deficit really impacts small business, on the one hand, and about insurance options now available, on the other. Due to the recent grand redesign ...

Manly Logan, CEO of Scalada Holdings, Ltd., (www.scaladaholdings.net) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Titan Holdings Inc., will be brought in to assist Cherokee Holdings LLC, an engineering firm which is another of Scalada's wholly owned subsidiaries, to prepare a proposal to solve major ecological problems faced by Norway in its harvesting and production of krill oil. Cherokee was approached last week for its successful history of providing ecologically sustainable solutions to environmental problems based on its combined efforts of joint ventures, management ...

BuyaTimeshare.com, the leading online platform for connecting timeshare buyers and renters with timeshare owners, announces double-digit increases in consumers looking to buy and rent timeshare in the first quarter of 2013. The dollar value of buyer offers placed through the company's industry-leading online marketplace increased 68 percent in Q1 2013 compared to the same period in 2012. The dollar value of rental offers was up 44 percent in the first quarter, with the total number of offers placed through the website up 85 percent so far this year. All of these indicators ...

Before the global financial crisis unfolded in 2008, there was a small group of wealthy and affluent investors with a carefully guarded secret to investing. However, when the world markets took a sharp decline following the banking scandal in the United States, this community of privy investors was forced to share their secret with the rest of the investment community and divulge the source of the incredible investment returns; that were profitable enough to save their portfolios and personal wealth from certain ruin. The answer that came as a surprise to many private investors, ...

Showcase Design Marble and Granite announced today that it installs countertops for kitchens and bathrooms all around the greater Raleigh and surrounding areas including Cary, Durham, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay Varina, Garner, Clayton, Sanford, Smithfield, Benson and Sanford. "We can help you get high-quality marble or granite countertops at an affordable price," said Jill Englert, Owner of Showcase Design Marble and Granite. "Call and see how we will go the extra mile to make sure that you get the design you want to match the look you want." Showcase ...

Location, design, price, neighborhood, community--Mark Barron and Amy Hizon found the new home package they were looking for when they came to LivingSmart Homes at Fair Oaks Ranch in Santa Clarita. Yet when asked whether they could identify "the one reason" they bought their new home here, they answered quickly, "Green." "When we walked into the sales offices for the first time we did not understand the green part of the building, and we did not realize the level of achievement Pardee has accomplished with green building," said Mark. "As ...

Traditionally payroll management has been an administrative task. Because of its transactional, back-office nature, it has rarely been viewed as holding any strategic value. As human capital management (HCM) becomes more integrated, payroll may hold the key to delivering a complete view of human capital data. With advances in technology, payroll can be connected into a unified HCM solution, enabling employees, managers and executives to use both the process and the payroll information in ways not previously available to them. Ventana Research is launching new benchmark ...