SPARKcon (http://www.sparkcon.com), an annual showcase of creativity and talent to celebrate the creative momentum of the Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced it will host its 7th annual event Thursday, Sept. 13 through Sunday, Sept. 16 on Fayetteville Street and 17 other local venues in downtown Raleigh. The four-day series showcases local cultural richness through an open-source collaboration in creative themes such as art, music, film, fashion, geek, circus and more in activities that are free and open to the public. This year's event will feature more ...

Inc. magazine ranked Solar Innovations, Inc. NO. 3422 on its sixth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America's independent entrepreneurs. Unified Payments topped this year's list. Solar Innovations, Inc. joined Yelp, yogurt maker Chobani, Giftcards.com, KIND, and famed hatmaker Tilly's, among other prominent brands featured on this year's list. "Solar Innovations, Inc. is honored to be a part of this prestigious ...

Nine former Detroit Tigers will join playwright Mitch Albom and Bill Harwell in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, Sept. 12 for the "Opening Day" of "Ernie," Albom's play on the life of Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell. The 12-performance run of "Ernie," which will benefit Hospice of Michigan, marks the first time that the smash hit play will travel from Detroit to reach fans in West Michigan on their home field. As part of Opening Day excitement, the Tiger alumni will meet fans and sign autographs at the Amway Grand Plaza from 1-1:45 p.m. Media are ...

GoldKey Security Corporation today announced the creation of a GoldKey Special Problems Team. The team was organized to assist enterprise customers with special security challenges. Many security problems facing today's enterprise are mission-critical and complex. Often, the one-size-fits-all solutions provided by the market do not satisfy the specific requirements of an organization. In an effort to assist organizations in their special security needs, GoldKey Security Corporation has created the Special Problems Security Team. Their mission is to provide enterprise-level ...

bd's Mongolian Grill, the popular create your own stir fry restaurant chain where guests "rule the experience," announced today it has selected Chicago-based Michael Walters Advertising as its Agency of Record (AOR). "We're excited to bring on Michael Walters Advertising as a key strategic partner as we continue to grow and develop the bd's Mongolian Grill brand," said Brad Russell, Director of Marketing for bd's Mongolian Grill. "We were impressed by the agency's passion and fresh approach to delivering creative and captivating branding programs, ...

Matt Feshbach, CEO of Okyanos Heart Institute (http://www.okyanos.com/), which brings a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) using cardiac cell therapy, has announced that Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., MBA, FACC, FACAI, FSCAI, presented at the Vanderbilt University Transition To Practice meeting on Aug. 14. His remarks were specifically directed to the fellows in the Division of Cardiology. A former Vanderbilt University medical resident and intern himself, Dr. Walpole shared his expert opinion ...

Initially unveiled at Pro Light & Sound 2012, Frankfurt, the latest additions to Celestion's CF series are targeted at a range of applications and price points. These four 18" cast aluminium frame, ferrite magnet, low frequency drivers are well-suited to use in high-end, professional audio. The new products join the CF18VJD subwoofer which was launched in 2011 and has since gathered much acclaim. CF1830E and CF1840H are multi-purpose, entry-level loudspeakers offering superior performance whether used in a reflex, scoop bass or horn-loaded subwoofer and are ...

Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (http://www.rockytophospitality.com), has announced that Maite Vigil, director of operations, has been named by Triangle Business Journal as a recipient of the 2012 Women in Business Award in the "Behind the Scenes" category. Honoring women across the Triangle community who have proven to be dynamic and outstanding leaders, this year's award recipients have established track records of significant accomplishments in both business and community services. Women in Business winners were honored at an Aug. 23 event at the ...

In a major enhancement of marketing solutions available to hotels globally, Digital Alchemy has partnered with Evision Worldwide to combine Digital Alchemy's leading cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) and e-marketing solutions with Evision's web design and development, search marketing, content development, online distribution strategy, and industry-leading analytics reporting. As a result of this partnership, each company's respective clients will have direct access to the expert services of the other. Digital Alchemy's e-marketing and hospitality specific ...

Amidst the excitement over the upcoming release of Amazon's three new tablets--the Kindle Fire HD, the Kindle Paperwhite, and the revamped Kindle--penny auction website Beezid has announced that it will be offering all three Kindles to its members via auction prior to the release date. Beezid is known for making cutting edge technology available to the public at deep discounts, sometimes as much as 99% off the retail value, and offering its members the opportunity to bid on and win popular items prior to the official release. Most recently, the New iPad was up for auction ...

Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) has expanded its scope of accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 with The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The laboratory has been awarded A2LA accreditation for Fracture Toughness Testing under the umbrella of approvals in the field of Mechanical Testing. In addition, the Boeing Company has audited and approved Laboratory Testing lnc. as a Source for Fracture Toughness Testing to ASTM E399, and has added the test to their list of LTI approved processes. Likewise, GE Transportation - Aviation has added Fracture Toughness ...

Patrick Stewart, known to millions of fans as "Captain Jean-Luc Picard" on the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and "Professor Charles Xavier" in the X-Men film series, and "Star Trek" franchise standout John de Lancie ("Q") will attend Wizard World Ohio Comic Con, Wizard World, Inc. announced today. They will be joined by headliners Stan Lee, Eliza Dushku, WWE Superstar CM Punk , Dean Cain and other special guests at the event, held Sept. 28-30 at Greater Columbus Convention Center. Stewart will appear ...

New Harmony Soap Company, the Indiana-based producer of natural, nutrient-rich soaps and skin health products has acquired a three-level, 4,350 sq. ft. building located at 512 North Main Street in New Harmony. "We are thrilled to expand our young business in New Harmony and we are eager to provide new soaps and skin health products along with an enjoyable shopping experience for New Harmony tourists, the residents of Greater Evansville metro area, and Southeast Illinois", stated New Harmony Soap Company co-owner Jim Spann. The new building provides 1,450 ...

In response to customers' requests for more controls on payroll taxes and deductions, Payroll tax software developer, Halfpricesoft.com released the new version of ezPaycheck payroll software for small business. Users can now withhold extra federal or state taxes easily. They can add new custom fields to handle local taxes and deductions easily too. ¡°Meeting the specific needs of our customers is an important part of our business model,¡± said Halfpricesoft.com founder Dr. Ge. ¡°We believe small business should focus their time and energy on running their businesses, ...

Gerard Burke, a former contestant on the UK version of The Biggest Loser, has recently enrolled on the Personal Fitness Trainer Level 3 course with Open Study College. After a major success of losing nearly 6 stone (38 kilos) in just 24 weeks on the ITV primetime television show, Gerard is now pursuing his career in the fitness and weight loss industry with a new qualification. Gerard has now already gained a Level 2 Fitness Instructor certification and additional diplomas in Circuit Training and Thump Boxing, and now looks forward to advancing his skills further ...

LVS Ltd, a UK based specialist of sports betting solutions, and Lotsys SAS a French specialist of lottery and retail solutions announce today they won the international tender issued by the Israel Sports Betting Board (ISBB) in April 2011. The contract, signed July 26th 2012, covers the supply of an Internet betting system with an option for an extension to replace ISBB's overall betting system, for both retail and digital channels. Zach Fishbein, Chairman of ISBB said: 'We have made the choice of the modernity and flexibility with LVS and Lotsys. We have chosen partners ...

StarWind Software Inc., an innovative provider of storage virtualization software and VM backup technology, announced today the release of the new StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS V6 and VMware Backup Plug-in Release Candidate. The new version of StarWind storage software is improved by a three-node High Availability (HA) architecture that completely eliminates single point of failure and ensures business continuity with 99.9999% uptime and 50% higher performance*. Now, a high availability device can use different types of StarWind devices for storing data such as deduplicated ...

Before bidder, a royalty free stock photo buyer needed to purchase photo credits, limited by expiration dates, simply to have the opportunity to purchase microstock images. The stock photography seller, not the buyer, had total control through the "noose" that is credits. With bidder, a stock photo buyer simply selects an image, bids and buys at a newly agreed price. At Pocketstock all prices are negotiable, bidder ends fixed pricing and eliminates photo credits in one move. bidder puts the stock photo buyer in control. As a result, bidder disrupts the pricing ...

Infinet Financial Systems (IFS), a leader in the development and application of IP for Trading Room voice, today announced the full market availability of the Adaptive Trading Platform or ATP, its fully-IP based voice solution for the Trading Room. "I really see this as new way of thinking about voice on the Trading Floor," said Stephen Phillips, CEO of IFS, "The ATP will do all that is expected of a Voice Trading System today and do it well, but the potential to make the business of voice much more powerful is clear." "We have used IP to ...

Infinet Financial Systems (IFS), a leader in the development and application of IP for Trading Room voice, today announced the full market availability of the Adaptive Trading Platform or ATP, its fully-IP based voice solution for the Trading Room. "I am very glad to say that we have hit our launch date exactly as we said we would," said Stephen Phillips, CEO of IFS, "Furthermore, there is even more capability in the solution than I thought possible, when we set out on the development. "When we implemented the 'global deployment' of the ATP for ...

Best-selling author and media personality Jennifer S. Wilkov has accepted an invitation to be the headliner at "Get the Edge" - THE EXTRAVAGANZA in Hollywood, CA, a gathering of the nation's leading coaches, entrepreneurs, speakers and writers. During the three-day event, more than 30 best-selling authors and world-renowned business experts will share their knowledge and insights with those seeking exposure, with the end result being the acquisition of priceless information, invaluable connections, and new levels of business they never imagined. "I ...

HIA-LI, the recognized voice for business on Long Island, recognized five organizations as winners of for its prestigious HIA-LI 18th Annual Business Achievement Awards competition. The winners represent a diverse group of outstanding organizations from five different business categories: large businesses, small businesses, rookie of the year, non-profits and innovation. Representatives from each of the winning organizations will receive a plaque bearing the HIA-LI logo during a gala luncheon event held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, NY, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM, ...

Danielle Benji has written a beautiful story, Emily Meets the Cobbler, which introduces young readers to the shoe repair profession. At 35 pages, the title is a quick read and includes wonderful full-color illustrations viewable on color-capable ereading devices. Ms. Benji's mother - a successful entrepreneur and shoe repair shop owner - inspired her to write Emily Meets the Cobbler. "I wanted to write about it and teach the newer generation that shoe cobblers exist and they can take care of their shoes," said Benji. Emily Meets the Cobbler opens as a young ...

Joan Johnson, an expert masseuse, has released through MindStir Media a revised 2012 edition of her acclaimed book, The Healing Art of Sports Massage. The author is well-known for providing sports massage services to sports superstars. The Healing Art of Sports Massage is endorsed by Frank Shorter, gold medalist in the 1972 Olympic marathon. Mr. Shorter praised the book by saying it's "destined to become a classic. Joan's book shows athletes of every kind how to perform at their peak and avoid injury." Bob Anderson, bestselling author of Stretching, also approved ...

HW St. John & Company, a leading customs broker, have announced new and proprietary strategies to make International trade and commerce easier by digitally connecting and filing all necessary paperwork with US customs and through their updated information technology systems and experience. One of the oldest, and most successful freight forwarding companies around is H.W. St.John & Co. These freight forwarders provide invaluable help to companies involved in international trade. H.W. St.John & Co. has been around for over 100 years. There experience in the ...