Over 200 senior IT decision makers are already registered to attend the Cloud Computing World Forum Middle East & Africa - http://www.cloudcomputinglive.com/mea - taking place on the 9th March 2011 at the Grand Millennium Hotel, Dubai. The one day conference has seen a huge amount of interest from IT professionals and business decision makers in the region looking to learn about the much hyped technology. The agenda will include a number of high-profile case studies presenting how the cloud has worked for them, how it has been integrated and the strengths and weaknesses ...

The NC State Jenkins MBA program (http://mgt.ncsu.edu/mba/) in the Poole College of Management and the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering (http://www.ise.ncsu.edu/) have announced the launch of a new Master of Industrial Engineering/Master of Business Administration (MIE/MBA) degree, allowing students to obtain both a master's degree in industrial engineering and an MBA in two years. The MIE/MBA degree will begin in fall 2011, and will offer course and concentration options from both graduate programs. Students ...

QA Graphics, an industry leader in the design of BAS graphics, is proud to announce the release of version 3.1 of their 3D symbol library for building automation system (BAS) software. A core part of QA Graphics' business is graphic outsourcing, taking mechanical control drawings and creating system graphics for the end user. With this experience, they developed the BAS Symbol Library to offer more appealing and realistic graphics than typically provided with BAS software. Version 3.1 is an updated release of the original graphics library. It allows users to maintain ...

Building on a successful "Where Art Thou Bully?" event in January, Dr. Tekemia Dorsey of The Creative GRP, LLC is at it again, presenting a free bullying conference to parents, students and community groups in Montgomery County with support from Empowerment Ministries, LLC and the Montgomery County Recreation Department. The purpose of this bullying conference is to present strategies and knowledge to youth, parents, the community, and its leaders regarding ways to deal with those that bully others. "Bullying is not just a concern in educational settings, but in all ...

Cleanicity announced it has selected Orlando, Florida, based on the metropolitan region's demographics, as the test market for its innovative new pet product, the Kitty Litter Gripper Mat. "Preliminary sales show that consumers in Florida, New Jersey, New York, and California are responding especially well to the Kitty Litter Gripper Mat," said Carol O'Brien, CEO of Cleanicity, which makes the mat. "As a small company, we chose Orlando to do further tests because its demographics are similar to those of other major metropolitan areas and the market offers attractive ...

StepStone Solutions, a global provider of talent management solutions, has provided Knauf Insulation with a complete e-recruitment platform to handle its recruitment processes. StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition was selected by Knauf Insulation to help it improve its recruitment process with more efficient candidate communications and lower administrative effort. Knauf is a fast growing company and needs to be ahead of its competitors when it comes to recruiting the most talented staff in its industry. StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition is delivered as Software-as-a-Service ...

Research carried out by Futuresource Consulting indicates that consumer expenditure on online entertainment grew by around 23%, while expenditure on mobile media grew by more than 15%, far outstripping gains made by packaged media, theatrical, cable, satellite and IPTV, albeit from a lower base. Moving forward, the rise of digital content delivery through mobile and online will continue to drive revenues, with 2009-2014 CAGR forecast at 16% and 24% respectively. In recent years, much of the success in mobile has been driven by the growth in smartphones, with the ...

Timothy M. Anderson has joined Legacy Trust as its new chief investment officer. Anderson brings more than two decades of investment experience and relationship management to the Grand Rapids wealth management firm. In his new role at Legacy, Anderson will be responsible for the design, implementation and monitoring of all investment-related functions. He will serve as the lead advisor in managing critical client relationships. Anderson's responsibilities will also include communicating investment conditions and strategies to clients, as well as providing leadership ...

A web magazine that connects people with disabilities, Enabled Online, has featured Bert Burns in an article about overcoming a spinal cord injury. Burns is the founder of UroMed, a leading catheter supply company, and oversees a non-profit motivational program called Life After Spinal Cord Injury. View the full article at http://www.enabledonline.com/real/R_TheBlessing.php Bert Burns became a quadriplegic as a result of an automobile accident during his youth. His desire to make a positive difference in the lives of people with disabilities led him to create UroMed ...

Countrywide has started supplying its valuation service to First Direct, one of the industry's top financial brands. Countrywide now provides Homebuyer Reports and Buildings Surveys to First Direct's customers through its network of 350 Chartered Surveyors as part of an agreement which commenced this month. Under the terms of the new agreement, Countrywide has developed tailored processes and systems to meet First Direct's specific requirements. Countrywide Surveying Services is part of Countrywide, the UK's largest property services Group, providing surveying ...

Pacific Business Centers (PCB) is now offering "cloud virtual office" services to both large and small businesses. With office space costs rising, it is hard for any business to justify the cost of having a high priced office when many of the employees can be just as productive from home. Virtual offices allow them to have a presence throughout the country and still keep operating costs at a minimum. http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=130848 Shared office space is quite common among small businesses, but the corporate world is now realizing the benefits of ...

Individuals on shopping for inkjet cartridges in a favorable way, a website have been launched- http://www.inkjetinkcartridgesshop.com To ease people on sparing their money this website provides deals and offers Aside convenient. This website was launched by a leading provider of premium printer ink cartridges to repose clients to avail their products in discounted rates. Original printer ink cartridges are well-known for being extremely expensive on the majestic street, which is why there is an option on the market that does not break the bank. This website bids a lot ...

Morodo's highly popular mobile and computer application MO-Call is giving its customers the opportunity to call China and Hong Kong for free in the week of Chinese New Year, starting on Wednesday 2nd February and closing on Tuesday 8th February. Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the all traditional Chinese holidays. This holiday time celebrates happiness, wealth and longevity. Using the MO-Call application people who are not able to be at home and celebrate this special time of the year can easily and without ...

There are many home care service that offer good service to the elderly who want to stay comfortably in their home. Home instead senior care provides home care Sacramento and Auburn CA, and in all surrounding areas. A home care agency is totally cost effective when compared to a traditional nursing home. A good home care agency will actually be taking care of the family and not just the senior in need. Home instead senior care has employees who are professionally trained and they provide service 24/7 for their valuable clients. "With our extensive experience in elder ...

According to the already established tradition StampNews.com is resuming the philatelic outcome of the year. As usual, first of all the site has prepared a new rating of extraordinary stamps according to the results of 2010. As notice the experts of StampNews.com, post offices have been increasingly producing original stamps, not only having an unusual design or smell but even special effects. The ingenuity of stamp designers sometimes really amazes. New technologies neither have passed over the philately. More frequently the philately acts jointly with the multimedia, ...

What do you do when a parent, a grandparent, your brother, cousins, and an uncle are doing drugs? You are also expected to do drugs, right? Fifteen-year-old Savanna Peterson went beyond the expectations of others and took a stand against drugs, even when her older brother had parties while her mom was at work, the police were watching her house, and her dad spent most of her life in prison for drug-related crimes. 'Drugs Make You Un-Smarter' is written by a high school student and her grandmother. The book is a compilation of stories and includes reports of people who ...

CouponMeUp.com today launched its new coupon website CouponMeUp.com.au, aimed specifically at the Australian coupon market and if your quick, just in time for some discounted post Christmas sales! The new Australian coupon website will make sure that you never miss a deal again. Hot on the heels of a range of successful iPhone Apps, toolbars and of course their hit site CouponMeUp.com, they have just launched an A coupon website, CouponMeUp.com.au "Our development team is totally smashing it at the moment" said the Product manager, "Our iPhone App is just out, ...

The Pet Care Trust's Pets in the Classroom program was selected by the Crazy Pet Children's Foundation to receive a grant of $5,000. The Crazy Pet foundation offers grants twice yearly to other non-profit organizations that operate pet-child programs. Pet Care Trust Executive Director Steven King expressed appreciation for the funding from the Crazy Pet foundation, "We are honored to have our program recognized as a deserving non-profit by the Crazy Pet Children's Foundation. We hope to build on the incredible growth our program experienced in 2010, and reach even more ...

The Hotel @ Tharabar Gate , Old Bagan is located in the most unique Archeological Site of South East Asia, the Ancient capital of the Burmese Empire, Old Bagan and has joined the luxury Boutique Hotel Group "Epoque Hotels". Surrounded by more than 4000 ancient temples and Pagodas, every guest will be enchanted by the breathtaking views. The Hotel offers 84 luxury rooms including 4 Suites. Every room is decorated with teak floors and typical Burmese furniture to reflect the ancient Burmese empire and its style. The Hotel offers 2 dining choices, one in the French ...

PODD Media has launched the beta version of its online adventure game Balloon Journey for Facebook, the world's most popular social networking website. Balloon Journey, a flash-based game that allows players to circumnavigate the world in three minutes, is now available to Facebook's millions of users. As a casual game, Balloon Journey for Facebook has an uncomplicated gameplay that requires minimum skill. It is perfect for casual players who want to engage only in games that will not take much of their time. In just a few minutes, one can travel to exotic places, pick ...

Fashion chain Peacocks clothes today sees great online coverage for its designer inspired footwear in the Daily Mail's online pages and a growing buzz around the Daisy Lowe swimwear collaboration, along with coverage for Peacocks Valentine's Day and hero SS11 product in the first of the March monthlies. The Daily Mail online carries Liz Jones' latest Fashion Therapy article, which features Peacocks' designer inspired flat footwear, which Jones reports is a best seller on the high street. Good Housekeeping's fashion and style pages this month show readers how to get ...

Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces that its flagship product, Bitrix Site Manager, was rated the best commercial CMS for the second consecutive year by the readers of the Russian edition of the internationally renowned IT publication PC World (Mir PK). Since 1992, the magazine has performed annual reader polls to shortlist the most popular hardware and software both for personal and business use. This year's poll included free online voting in 53 categories, which confirmed Bitrix Site Manager to be the most popular ...

Tetra Pak and WWF-UK have today announced the winner of the national 'Your Renewable Idea' competition which called for ideas to get people to think and choose renewable. The competition was set up to help address the challenge of how to educate people on the importance of using renewable resources. The winner is Nick Williams, a part-time teacher and artist from Wolverhampton, with his suggestion of a national schools-based competition to design an image that can be used to identify renewable products or simply promote the renewable message further. Nick wins GBP1,000 ...

METTLER TOLEDO today announced the availability of the on demand version of a highly succesful webinar in collaboration with Dionex Corporation which describes a unique automated approach to linearity testing. The webinar will be of interest to anyone who has to manually prepare samples and standards, anyone who works in pharmaceutical method development and QA/QC, and anyone who wants to learn how UHPLC can improve productivity in their lab. The webinar is hosted by Pharmaceutical Technology. Co-presenters are Dr Joanne Ratcliff, Marketing Project Manager from Mettler ...

Gap Adventures (www.gapadventures.com) has such confidence in its Expedition Team's ability to locate polar bears that the company now guarantees at least one of our planet's largest land predators will be spotted during its Arctic adventures. The world's adventure travel leader announced today details of the industry's first polar bear guarantee, or 100% Bear-antee. "We're committed to innovation and leading with service," says Gap Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip. "People travel to the Arctic to see polar bears in the wild, and with the best arctic team in the industry ...