A slow economy, limited resources and tight budgets yield cost efficient methods of doing business. For enterprise software this means greater popularity in web conferencing. Even if signs point to the economy leaving its slump, the budget-friendliness of video conference makes it desirable and less of a "last resort" meeting medium. And, this kind of a communication tool is a strong nod to the energy-saving movements that are ubiquitous (and will only become more pervasive). The rise in web conferencing is inevitable. PresentAll's new web conferencing solution is proof ...

Dr. Brenda Marshall is founder and principal of the Solacium Group - a management consultancy that supports bereaved executives and their teams as they return to work after loss. Brenda's interest in this field came after the sudden death of her younger brother Brent, in September 2006. Previously untouched by grief, his death sparked a journey of growth and learning that continues today. Open to Hope Radio broadcasts every Thursday. To listen to this show, go to http://opentohope.com . About Dr. Heidi Horsley Dr. Heidi Horsley, PsyD, LMSW, MS, is a bereaved sibling ...

Receiving the distinction "Asia's Leading Business Hotel Brand" at the World Travel Awards was the crowning moment for Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts following a flurry of awards over the last few weeks. The international hotel chain of Swiss origin has been honoured around the globe with a raft of prestigious awards, including no less than seven World Travel Awards. Consistent, unparalleled quality of service year after year, attractive, modern design and generous Swiss hospitality are the ingredients that combine to make Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts a success in 16 countries ...

Eaglewood Technologies will handle sales of the Pulse range of label printing inks and coatings and provide full technical support whilst Graymills will handle our Digitech range. "This appointment strengthens our position in what we see as a very important market," said Gary Seward, Pulse Managing Director. "Eaglewood Technologies supply cleaning equipment for anilox rolls and the company's experience and knowledge of the USA label industry will be invaluable for growing sales in the region". This is our second distributor appointment for the USA and follows that of ...

Sally Helgesen, an internationally acclaimed author, speaker and consultant, will be featured on Head over Heels Women's Business Radio, an internet radio talk show on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel,(http://www.voiceamericabusiness.com), at 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific Time on Tuesday, October 26th. Sally's newest book is The Female Vision: Women's Real Power at Work. In her book, she explores how women's perceptual insights can transform organizations. Organizations that value and harness this visionary power have a huge competitive advantage. Host Bonnie Marcus ...

On screen Tina plays ward sister and single mum Chrissie Williams who soon finds herself flirting with Greg. But when it came to filming scenes with Chrissie's baby, Tina suggested using her baby son Orson after initially using a different child. 'I said to the producer, "This feels a bit weird, why don't I just use my own baby?" So we've decided that we're going to do that,' reveals mum-of-three Tina. Also in this week's TV Choice, Francesca Annis and Lucy Griffiths star in a tense thriller about a tortured young mum in The Little House, while Celebrity MasterChef ...

Dynamo Games, the multiple award-winning game developer, has added another glittering prize to their dangerously bulging trophy cabinet, with the 2010 Games award, at last night's Herald Scotland Digital Business Awards. Soccer Tycoon is the company's first game for Facebook, arguably the world's largest gaming platform, with over 500,000,000 users worldwide. The game challenges users to own, manage, train and build their own football team, looking after every aspect of the club from building and managing the stadium, to coaching and controlling the way the team plays. Dynamo ...

TOPEX offered a high quality solution for signaling and conversion, TOPEX multiSwitch, a carrier-grade Softswitch CLASS 4 & CLASS 5 solution that provides call-control, multiple services and multiple types of signaling. With this solution, Combridge, a member of one of the largest European telecommunication company, the Deutsche Telekom Group completed successfully the integration with BillBery VoIP billing software. BillBery is a JeraSoft carrier-grade VoIP billing solution and it represents the best of compatibility, usability, features and range of services the modern ...

The Open to Hope Foundation proposal was accepted on behalf of the National Funeral Directors Conference which was held October 10th - 13th, 2010 at New Orleans Louisiana Convention Center. Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi presented on Finding Hope Again After Loss on Tuesday, October 12th 2010. The National Funeral Directors Association is the worldwide source of expertise and professional resources for all facets of funeral service. Through education, information and advocacy, NFDA is dedicated to supporting members in their mission to provide families with meaningful end-of-life ...

International IT services provider, FDM Group, today announces it has triumphed as 'Best Technical Graduate Recruiter' at the National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2010. This prestigious award recognises FDM's commitment to excellence in graduate training and to the entire graduate recruitment industry through its award-winning Academy programme. FDM is currently the UK's largest IT graduate employer, recruiting 2.5 times more than IBM and 25 times more than Microsoft in the UK. FDM excelled in many areas of evaluation to secure 'Best Technical Graduate Recruiter', ...

Here one of our happy customers, Keith Wright, tells us all about his recent five-day break to the wonderful Seabank Hotel in Porthcawl, South Wales. "After an easy transit journey to Burtonwood, myself and 25 fellow holidaymakers met up with Christine Martin, our Alfa Travel tour driver. A short journey along the M5 brought us to the Seabank Hotel at around 3:30pm, where we were warmly welcomed by the hotel manager. There was just enough time to settle in and have a quick look around town before dinner and the evening's entertainment. "The following day we were taken ...

Paladin Radiators certainly did steal the show at the recent Real Homes Show at Earls Court London with a fantastic display of (http://www.paladinradiators.com/)cast iron radiators with fabulous new finishes as well as launching a brand new thermostatic valve. The Canterbury valve caused quite a stir in the market as it is available in a choice of 2 beautiful finishes which compliment with a variety of cast iron radiator finishes. The Canterbury is also highly competitive in price making it a good choice all round. The other show stopper at Earls Court for Paladin was ...

Twin Trinity Media, part of the Accentuate FAMILY of Author Services, announces the winners of the Accentuate Writers Short Story Contest with the theme "Jealousy". Writers competed to obtain a coveted place in the Expressions of Passion anthology, including a royalty contract, cash and merchandise prizes. Jenny Corvette won first place in the contest with her entry, Decay. Other short story winners included Bridge Night over the Bridge, by Barbara Bouck, and Shoe Envy, by L.A. Porter. Five poems also earned places in the Expressions of Passion anthology. These were ...

Acacia Africa's latest brochure will stir any travellers passion for the continent. The new edition features several twists on the traditional overland expedition, a mammoth 61-day jaunt from South Africa to Uganda, and a selection of tailor-made voluntours. There are also 87 clearly tagged solo-friendly trips, and a fresh look five point scale appears on every itinerary, allowing individuals to determine their own, personal level of adventure. Heath Ashcroft, Marketing Director at Acacia Africa, comments, "There's a nomad in everyone, but we're all at different stages ...

Unipak invites wine growers, exporters and producers of alcoholic beverages to visit Booth 'Batroon 4', at the exhibition in Beirut Hippodrome (Hippodrome du Parc de Beyrouth) on Abdallah Al-Yafi Avenue. Furthermore, Unipak with the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) will co-sponsor the Guinness World Record for the largest glass of wine. The glass is 2.10 meters tall with a diameter of 1.60 m and capacity to hold 1500 L of wine. The Minister of Education, Selim Wardy, and ALI President and INDEVCO President & CEO,Neemat Frem, will unveil the glass. Following ...

EntropySoft, a specialist of Enterprise connectivity, released today an IBM Lotus Connections connector. By making this connector available, EntropySoft is increasing again its capacity to provide full access to information. The Lotus Connections connector has read/write capacities and supports all item types: files, collections, activities, blogs, communities, wikis, collections and bookmarks. When using the connector, any third-party product or line-of-business application can retrieve, create, delete, and update all above items. Full-text search in the repository ...

With no time for the trophy for 'Best Development Turkey - Highly Commended' in the International Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television to gather any dust, Horizon Sky was back in the limelight with a Gold Award for 'Best Developer Turkey' in the Overseas Property Professional (OPP) Awards for Excellence 2010. Daren Wallbank for developer Signature International, collected the accolade in front of an ExCeL audience and commented, "Against the background of a tough economic climate we're thrilled with the Best Developer Turkey win and truthfully think ...

Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA), a global strategic market intelligence and advisory group, has announced the official launch of its anticipated Social Media Monitoring service. The service is designed to meet the specific needs of business decision makers in international companies. Application areas for the service include monitoring needs in strategic planning, innovation management and new product development, supply chain management as well as corporate relations and responsibility. Monitoring can range from GIA analysts tracking a shortlisted set of high ...

StayClassy, the leader in social fundraising for Nonprofits, announced Nourishing NYC and Gina Keatley as the top CLASSY Awards Finalists of New York City. Beating out such programs as Donors Choose, Food Bank for New York City, and New York Cares. Locally referred to as the Academy Awards of Philanthropy, the 2nd Annual CLASSY Awards recognizes the top philanthropic achievements in eight (8) cities across the country: Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. "We're honored to be the Charity of the Year ...

Bendigo, Australia October 27, 2010 - A Bendigo-based web specialist says that an attractive and well-designed website can go a long way towards marketing success. CMather.com operations manager, Chris Mather, said the days when success came from simply having a website were long gone. Now every step from the creation to the marketing of a website needs to be carefully considered. "A professional, well-designed, and user-friendly website can go a long way in creating a good impression about you and your company," Mr Mather said. "There are many features to be ...

Movie buffs are set to flock to the last minute accommodation Sydney has available in order to enjoy next month's Japanese Film Festival. The event is set to run between November 22nd and 28th 2010 at Event Cinemas George Street, with the organisers having put together a varied bill showcasing some of the best new productions from the far eastern country. This year's edition will kick off with a screening of Yoji Yamada's About Her Brother, a bittersweet comedy focusing on the relationship between brother and sister Tetsuro - a failed comic - and Ginko. When Ginko ...

One of the festive period's most prestigious events, the Christmas Polo, will be taking place near Melbourne towards the end of next month. Described by its organisers as the number one destination for Christmas parties, the occasion will celebrate its fifth anniversary at Werribee Park Polo Grounds on November 27th 2010. People staying in the accommodation Melbourne CBD has to offer at the time of the spectacle will be able to choose from a vast array of packages. These have been designed to offer something for everyone, with options covering everything from a ...

The Gold Coast Philharmonic Orchestra are set to perform their latest production, Kaleidoscope, at Robina Community Centre next month. Culture vultures staying in Gold Coast hotels on November 27th and 28th 2010 will have the opportunity to witness this unique concert, which is a fusion of orchestral music, opera, fashion and classic cars. The organisers explained that kaleidoscope means "looking at beautiful forms" in its native Greek and said they have attempted to replicate this definition in the show. Mark Turpin has been lined up to conduct the orchestra, ...

In keeping with their corporate philosophy of providing energy efficient and cost efficient products to the commercial and residential markets, www.Goodmart.com offers hundreds of dimmers, motion detectors and motion sensors by leading manufacturers. Dimmers, motion detectors and sensors not only conserve electricity and save money, but they also provide convenience both to businesses and consumers. "At Goodmart.com, we have dimmers, motion detectors and motion sensors for almost every application. And, all of our products are made with energy efficiency and reliability ...

Artist Takashi Murakami is inviting Paris hotel guests to enjoy what he has created in an exhibition entitled Murakami Versailles. He is widely known around the world for his colourful and intriguing artwork, but here the canvas he had to work with was Chateau de Versailles in Paris. Commenting on the display, which is available to view until December 12th 2010, Murakami described himself as being like the Cheshire Cat, with the castle representing wonderland. He said: "For a Japanese like me, the Chateau de Versailles is one of the greatest symbols of Western ...