Cloud computing is revolutionizing the way we do business and there is a lot of buzz surrounding this technology. Business owners are starting to see the benefits of moving their business online and effectively reducing large, fixed overhead costs. Cloud computing products, such as YourOfficeAnywhere by 5050BIZ, give companies the ability to eliminate the need for costly infrastructure. Instead, companies dramatically reduce costs by storing documents online, conducting web meetings and video conferencing instead of travelling, and providing a social business network ...

The Digital Animation and Visual Effects School, the world's leading 3D modeling, animation and visual effects school, is proud to be sponsoring the Orlando Film Festival's entry into the 2011 Chevrolet Fireball Run Adventurally. While the Rally searches for missing children, the Orlando Film Festival team will also be accepting film submissions along the route. One lucky filmmaker will be chosen for a red carpet world premiere at the 2012 Orlando Film Festival. Dan Springen, Executive Director of Orlando Film Festival, is honored to be sponsored by The DAVE School. ...

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) recently improved their website to provide a variety of free materials to educate and inform regarding metal building systems and their use for a variety of building types. "These materials are useful for building owners, developers, architects and engineers, builders, suppliers, contractors, building officials, and all types of professionals who work in the built environment," says Chuck Haslebacher, MBMA Chairman. Items now available for free download include the following: AIA ARCHITECTURAL RECORD ...

This summer, office water coolers everywhere will be set ablaze when Sherri Patterson releases her long-awaited memoir, Mad Lyfe of an NBA Wife. Far from the cookie-cutter reflections of lavish living portrayed by the media, Sherri is geared up to give readers an unapologetic look into her experiences as the spouse of a professional athlete. Known for her vivacious and vibrant personality, one would never expect the turmoil that Sherri Patterson had to endure as the wife of a former Atlanta Hawks player. Riddled with emotional scars and mental trauma, Sherri courageously ...

The Rock Ranch, a 1250-acre ranch owned by Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy, is an honored member of a nationwide program entitled 'Space Farm 7'. This project is a collaborative outreach project with NASA designed to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program through agri-tourism at seven farms across the United States. The goal of the project is to educate a million children. The participating farms will plant and theme corn mazes with designs celebrating NASA's achievements and progress in space exploration. The Rock Ranch plans to theme it's corn maze with the image ...

July 11th marks the start of the OnePinky Summer of Self-Love Tele-class Series which will address the issue of why 80 percent of people who lose weight gain it right back. On the calls, women will learn the permanent solution for weight loss and will connect how releasing emotional issues will allow them to achieve their weight loss goals. The series will be hosted by body image mastery mentor, Laura Fenamore, who will be sharing her own experience of how she overcame the obstacles she had with weight loss. Laura lost over 100 pounds and kept it off for more than twenty ...

Acclaimed trial lawyer Mark S. Werbner of Dallas' Sayles Werbner has been named as the 2011 recipient of the Dallas Bar Association's Trial Lawyer of the Year award. Werbner will receive the award during the DBA's annual Bench Bar Conference in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, in September. The prestigious award is presented annually to a DBA member who best exemplifies the noble principles of the legal profession and who has achieved extraordinary success in the courtroom. Werbner is one of the nation's most respected trial lawyers in complex business litigation, white-collar ...

Electronic messaging specialist, Striata, has concluded an agreement with Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) equity partner, First Republic Technologies (Pty) Ltd (FRT) for the purchase of a 25,1% shareholding in Striata SA (Pty) Ltd. Striata is a global provider of software and services in the electronic messaging space. "Our purpose is to enrich the way organisations communicate with their customers and stakeholders by replacing paper processes with smart, effective digital interaction. We provide electronic messaging services to a substantial portion of the financial ...

Holistic healers have long treated patients for tobacco addiction with beneficial in-office therapies, but there has never been a good product for use between office visits that didn't include nicotine replacement or pharmaceuticals, until now. Quit Tea LLC has partnered with Chiropractic Outfitters and K-Med Services to distribute Quit Tea, their natural stop smoking aid, to the chiropractic and acupuncture markets. Since launching in May 2010, Quit Tea has been popular with chiropractors across the United States and Canada as a supplemental product to their holistic ...

Oak Grove Capital, a leading national provider of multifamily real estate financial services, has been honored as the top affordable housing lender by Fannie Mae at the 2011 DUS Conference. The award is in recognition of Oak Grove Capital's strong performance in the affordable housing market and ability to work with Fannie Mae to identify new markets and opportunities. "Oak Grove Capital is very proud to receive this award because it validates our commitment to the affordable housing industry," said Tim Leonhard, managing director of affordable housing at ...

The TargetGov national teleconference "Ready or Not- the Federal Fiscal Year-End Sales Spree Starts NOW!" is scheduled for Thursday July 14, 2011 at 10:00 am Pacific, 11:00 am Mountain, noon Central and 1:00 Eastern Time. The federal government's fiscal year ends September 30. Over 200 billion dollars in purchases of all services and products will need to be completed from July 15 through September 30. The fiscal year end requires a very different marketing and sales processes. Those who are not positioned correctly could lose millions in business opportunities. The ...

So what is Google+ Similar to the Facebook 'Like' button, Google +1 allows users to recommend a particular website or advert to other contacts using Google products. Rather than an algorithmic change that universally affects the rank or relevancy of search results, Google +1 is designed to allow recommendations of results within a user's peer group. These recommendations may be indexed by Google to determine ranking of both natural and paid search results. A study taken in 2009 by Neilson Research found that 90% of consumers noted that they trust recommendations ...

Superbrands, the independent authority and arbiter of branding, announced that they are hosting their annual tribute event to honour UAE's strongest brands on July 11, 2011 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City. Superbrands will also announce the highly anticipated 'Brand of the Year' award in addition to unveiling the seventh edition of the much coveted coffee-table style Superbrands book, which includes a two-page profile of each of the Superbrands, at the Tribute event. Speaking about the event, Mr. Mike English, Director, Superbrands Middle East, ...

The University of Kansas has started an extensive renovation project to Anschutz Pavilion, Kansas Athletics' indoor practice facility and the competition venue for the Ray Evans Field and Bill Easton Track. The renovations began May 18th and will be completed by early September 2011. The Bill Easton track was originally installed in 1984 when Anschutz Pavilion was constructed; the track was most recently resurfaced in 1999. The current track is a 231-meter oval which will be converted to a 200-meter six-lane track, with eight lanes on the sprint straightaway, the current ...

A new marketing grading service is available that measures company or brand marketing performance on a 4.0 grade point average scale similar to education, and then issues a Marketing Report Card. The free Marketing GPA(TM)/Marketing Report Card(TM) service grades five (5) categories including: brand execution, marketing programs, Internet marketing, social media integration, and marketing results measurement. The service is available to qualified brand owners from FUSION b2b, a Chicago-region marketing agency. A brief, web-based form must be completed and submitted ...

Drug addiction is a part of life in Savannah, GA. The problem with drug addiction in women is higher than men, living in humble Savannah, GA. Renee Brown the author of Mind of a Woman shed light on Savannah many hidden secrets. Mind of a Woman tells the story of a woman living in the streets of New York. The woman runs away from home at an early age due to constant disagreements with her father. She lives a hard life on the streets. While living on the streets she goes through many different changes such as drug addiction, prostitution and many other changes. Mind of ...

The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Than Merrill of A&E's "Flip This House" and Bob Lachance, is announcing a July 2011 weekend seminar for real estate investors. This seminar will take place on Saturday July 16, 2011, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT. Admission for this event varies according to ticket type. Guest speaker Than Merrill started in real estate career in 2003 after attending a CT REIA meeting. His business, CT Homes, has grown quickly with a staff ...

MI Windows and Doors announced that it has deployed Apple iPad 2.0 tablets equipped with a customized iPad application to its sales force. The tablets, along with the application, will allow the team to access sales tools such as videos, brochures, technical specifications, and sell sheets that will help them more effectively sell the new MI EnergyCore energy efficient window system. The iPad application has the content embedded in it so no access to the internet is needed, allowing the team to access the tools even when a Wi-Fi connection is not available. Having the ...

Ravenscraig Regional Sports Centre wanted to develop a communication system to keep customers updated with activities and sports centre facilities. They wanted to be able to promote forthcoming events, and also entertain customers while they are at the facility. Ravenscraig chose ONELAN digital signage and have installed one Century Net top box (NTB) 610 Publisher unit, a Century Net top box (NTB) 510 Subscriber unit, two Omni-servers and a TVG Gateway. The digital signage drives four 60" screens and three 50" screens. These are located across the site, ...

Patriot PAY online payroll software, developed by Patriot Software, Inc., is now available to small business owners in California. Designed exclusively for American small businesses with up to 50 employees, Patriot PAY is currently available in 22 states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. "We're excited to offer our payroll software to one of the largest business markets in the United States," according to Wendy Smith, payroll manager for Patriot Software. Because Patriot PAY is a Software as a Service (SaaS), California business owners ...

How a Montreal-based skin care line came to offer the absolute best and safest products for youthful skin. Two distinctive themes fascinated Faiza Errazi and shaped her mind during childhood: Nature and Science. She grew up surrounded by nature and the magnificent beauty of her Mediterranean surroundings. She also grew up in an environment of science and learning thanks to her father, a highly regarded international scientist. These forces are what led Faiza to develop a strong curiosity for the mysteries of our world. Her deep respect for nature and desire for harmony ...

Itransition Group, a software development innovator providing full-cycle IT services, announced today the launch of CORE Framework - a brand new, open source .NET based framework for accelerated building of web solutions. The Framework inherits best practices and deepest understanding of the processes driving online businesses which the Itransition team has gained over the last 5 years while developing its high-demand CORE Frameworks product family, including CORE CMS, CORE Ecommerce, and CORE Social Network engines, and dozens of custom implementations of these products. The ...

The already rising temperatures this summer are running many air conditioning systems into overdrive and causing older systems to sweat it out. Homeowners with older systems may find that their air conditioners aren't cooling as efficiently or maybe not be cooling at all, and with money tight it's hard to think about spending extra money on anything. A.J. Perri, a local heating and cooling service company, wants homeowners to know that there are still federal tax credits and state utility rebates available for homeowners who want to replace older systems with newer, energy ...

Students from the Fuvis Christian Learning Center in Fort Lauderdale visited the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center located at 2031 Harrison in Hollywood, Florida last month. The visit included a view of the infamous rail car, one of nine in the world of those used in the Holocaust. The students viewed a short movie about the rail car and the horrors people faced while on it. A Survivor, Ruben Offenback, came to speak with the students after which they were allowed to ask him questions. The tour is part of the Holocaust Documentation and Education's outreach ...

Does clutter in your home drive you crazy? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, organization is impossible? Local Professional Organizer Janice Russell breaks down how to achieve organization with lasting results in her new audio, "Home in on Home Organization." "It often seems impossible, but it's not," said Russell, Overseer of Order at Minding Your Matters Organizing. "Organization is a learned skill and anyone can use it to achieve the balance they seek." The three-part audio starts by defining clutter: anything we don't ...