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Liferay Platinum Service Partner Now Available to Government Sector
XTIVIA, a Platinum Service Partner with Liferay, is now available to the government sector through the GSA Schedule. Liferay makes digital experience platform (DXP) software that helps companies create digital experiences on web, mobile and connected devices. The GSA Schedule streamlines the... - March 15, 2019 - XTIVIA, Inc.
Valerie Lyons Recognized as a Woman of the Month for March 2019 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)
Valerie Lyons of North Easton, Massachusetts has been recognized as a Woman of the Month for March 2019 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of real estate. Each month we feature women to... - March 15, 2019 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Akorbi Ranks in the Top 10 Language Service Providers in the US
Slator, an independent language services industry analyst firm ranked Texas based Akorbi, the 9th largest langage service provider (LSP) in the nation, and 27th largest organization worldwide in their recent Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The Slator LSPI is the language service... - March 15, 2019 - Akorbi
Maryland Fill Dirt Contractor Explains Using Fill Dirt to Level Backyards
A Maryland fill dirt contractor at Dirt Connections released a blog educating readers on the benefits of using fill dirt to level backyard surfaces. - March 15, 2019 - Dirt Connections
Spire and YCG Hold Seminar on Business Opportunities in Philippines
Will the Philippines young labor force attract foreign investment? - March 15, 2019 - Spire Research and Consulting
Internet Local Search Requires the Patented Active Search Results Page Ranking Technology
Internet Local Search Requires the Use of Active Search Results' Patented Page Ranking Technology. - March 14, 2019 - Active Search Results
PPC Flexible Packaging Announces Completion & Grand Opening of New Plant in Colombia for Its Horticulture Business
The new state-of-the-art structure will streamline all processes and increase its capacities. Visit www.gotemkin.com for more information. - March 14, 2019 - PPC Flexible Packaging
Custom Truck One Source Forms Strategic Partnership with EZ Trac
Custom Truck One Source (Custom Truck) has entered into a strategic partnership with EZ Trac. The partnership positions Custom Truck as an exclusive authorized dealer and installer in the United States. “Our partnership with EZ Trac allows us to offer our customers the very best options for... - March 14, 2019 - Custom Truck One Source
Best Technology Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition
23rd Annual International WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining program that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including technology, computer hardware, computer software, electronics, info services, applications services providers, interactive services and internet service provider websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for technology web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2019. - March 14, 2019 - Web Marketing Association
Darcy L. Knapp-Fricks Celebrated as a Top Executive for Three Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Darcy L. Knapp-Fricks of Mansfield, Texas is being celebrated as a Top Executive for three consecutive years, 2017, 2018 and 2019, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding achievements and success for over 20 years in the fields of agriculture, real estate, investments... - March 14, 2019 - Strathmore Worldwide
Kelley R. Gardner Honored as the Mentor of the Quarter by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)
Kelley R. Gardner of South Lake Tahoe, California has been honored as the Mentor of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2019 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. This professional... - March 14, 2019 - P.O.W.E.R. Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized
Owners of Rocksolid Surfaces in Cleveland Ohio Recognized for Their Philanthropic Contributions
Rocksolid Surfaces, www.Rocksolid-Surfaces.com, fabricator of granite, quartz, solid surfaces and wood congratulate J.B., John and Patrick Walsh for their fundraising and generosity. Over $140,000 Raised in Support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). For the past five years, J.B. Walsh,... - March 14, 2019 - Rocksolid Surfaces
Marlborough Economic Development Corporation Unveils New Logo
MEDC rebrands for the first time in nearly a decade to take on a more modern look. - March 14, 2019 - Marlborough Economic Development Corporation
Credio Inc. Launches Women in Privacy Movement
Credio Inc., a data privacy and cybersecurity advisory firm, announced today the launch of Women in Privacy Peer-to-Peer Training Program (CWIP), created to empower, advance and train women to become privacy advocates and gain careers in this exciting field. According to recent reports, there is a... - March 13, 2019 - Credio Inc.
Quantum Workplace Introduces Employee Vitals for Strategic Talent Reviews
Quantum Workplace releases Vitals, a new talent pipeline software that helps HR leaders and executives make strategic talent decisions based on collaborative, real-time data. - March 13, 2019 - Quantum Workplace
SkySparc Strengthens Executive Team with CFO Appointment
SkySparc, an independent solutions provider, has appointed Rebecca Ericsson Birck as the firm’s first full-time chief financial officer. - March 13, 2019 - SkySparc
VOS Digital Media Group and Obsev Studios Partner to Deliver Millennial-Focused Food, Sports, Lifestyle and Entertainment Content
VOS Digital Media Group has entered into a content distribution agreement with Obsev Studios. Obsev is a prolific digital media creator crafting premium content across verticals such as entertainment, sports, food, and more. As a video partner for hundreds of digital properties, VOS distributes... - March 13, 2019 - Icaro Media Group
Carlos Solari, Former CIO at the White House and Senior FBI Executive Director, Joins PlatinumDEX ICO as the Chief Information Officer
Carlos Solari has joined London headquartered Fintech PlatinumDEX as Chief Information Office. Carlos is an internationally known IT security expert, formally CIO of The White House, responsible for the IT systems for the Executive Office of two President’s. PlatinumDEX is a start-up licensed (pending) e-bank incorporating a global network of "hyper-secure" blockchain enabled crypto exchanges, at the early stages towards of an ICO. - March 13, 2019 - Platinumdex Limited
Brand Tango Wins 13 Awards at Greater Fort Lauderdale & Palm Beaches Area American Advertising Award Competition
Brand Tango, a Deerfield Beach, Florida-based branding, design and digital strategy agency, received three Judges’ awards, four Gold awards and six Silver Awards in the Greater Fort Lauderdale & The Palm Beaches competition of the American Advertising Awards on March 10. Now, all 10 of... - March 13, 2019 - Brand Tango
Fountainhead Small Business Finance Names Michael Bland COO
Fountainhead Small Business Finance LLC today announced that Michael Bland has joined the company as chief operating officer. The company offers U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) Program loans to small business owners for working capital, business acquisitions, partner buyouts,... - March 13, 2019 - Fountainhead Commercial Capital
Best Financial Services Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition
The 23rd annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org is now accepting entries. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including banking, credit union, insurance, investment, mutual funds and financial services websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Financial-related web sites to enter is May 31, 2019. - March 13, 2019 - Web Marketing Association
Easy Grammar Systems™ Wins The Parent Teacher Choice™ Award
Easy Grammar Systems™ receives prestigious, international award for their grammar texts. - March 13, 2019 - Easy Grammar Systems
InTech Solutions, Inc. Proves Security Starts with Great Culture
InTech Solutions, Inc. has been featured in the March 2019 Westmoreland Chamber Newsletter for creating a strong workplace culture. - March 13, 2019 - InTech Solutions Inc.
LeadSmart Technologies Launches Innovative CRM/Marketing Automation/Channel Collaboration Suite
LeadSmart introduces game-changing SaaS Suite that brings CRM, Marketing Automation and Channel Collaboration into a single suite priced like comparable standalone CRM products. Built on the Force.com/Lightning Development Platform from Salesforce.com LeadSmart combines critical tools into a single platform to drive business outcomes quickly and easily. - March 13, 2019 - LeadSmart Technologies
Shannon Retzke Smith, Partner with Withersworldwide, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s The New and Updated Voluntary Disclosure Program: Significant Considerations
Shannon Retzke Smith, Partner with Withersworldwide, to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s The New and Updated Voluntary Disclosure Program: Significant Considerations for Taxpayers. - March 13, 2019 - The Knowledge Group
Coolsculpting Las Vegas Clinic Secret Body Does It Again, Attaining #1 Diamond Coolsculpting Practice and Awarded Today Allergan’s Club 5,000 Award
With more than 5,000 Coolsculpting treatments completed in Las Vegas, Secret Body is among only a handful of CoolSculpting practices in the nation to achieve this Diamond Crystal status Award. - March 12, 2019 - Secret Body Las Vegas Coolsculpting Clinic
Two Women Helping Others Get Back to Sleep in a Sleepless Society
After over 12 years of not sleeping, these two women set out on a mission to find a way that actually works out of their own desperation. They found that secret and are now determined to help others get their sleep back as well. - March 12, 2019 - Treeline Organics
Oxford Closes $200,000 Private Placement
Oxford Investments Holdings Inc. (“Oxford” or the “Company”) (OTCMKTS: OXIHF) is pleased to announce that it has closed a $200,000 non-brokered private placement Unit offering. Each Unit consists of one common share of Oxford at $0.01 USD and one warrant exercisable at $0.02... - March 12, 2019 - Oxford Investments Holdings Inc
Pro Home Improvement Gives Back with a $5,000 Make-A-Wish Pledge
Pro Home Improvement is celebrating Make-A-Wish March 2019. $100-$200 from every project in March will go towards their $5,000 donation goal. - March 12, 2019 - Pro Home Improvement
HCA/HealthONE’s Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Now Offers Nitrous Oxide for Anxiety Relief During Labor
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center (P/SL) is pleased to now offer Nitrous Oxide (also known as “laughing gas”) as an option to delivering mothers to provide anxiety relief during childbirth. - March 12, 2019 - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center
DonorDrive® Hosts Livestream Fundraising Bootcamp with Experts from Twitch, Extra Life and COHORT3
DonorDrive®, the technology behind top peer-to-peer fundraising platforms for nonprofits, is joining industry leaders to host an immersive livestream fundraising bootcamp on Thursday, March 14, in Portland, Oregon for nonprofit professionals. “We launched Live Fundraising™... - March 12, 2019 - DonorDrive
Xcalar Selected by PRGX to Power Source-to-Pay Analytics for the World’s Leading Brands
With Xcalar, PRGX builds automation and brings repeatability to the auditing process. - March 12, 2019 - Xcalar, Inc.
US Sanctions on Iran, a Direct Hit on the Persian Rug Industry, Says Damoka LA
On August 6th, 2018, the United States said it would be reimposing economic sanctions against Iran; sanctions that were lifted under a 2015 nuclear accord. The 2015 resolution opened the Iranian market to free trade, creating an international boom in Iranian commodities, most notably its hand-woven... - March 12, 2019 - Damoka
Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved V14 Recognized in Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Asigra Inc., a leading cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider since 1986 today announced that the company’s flagship data protection platform has been named in the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Asigra was acknowledged for its zero-day exploit protection of backup data with... - March 12, 2019 - Asigra
Best Health Care Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 23rd Annual WebAward Competition
The 23rd annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org is now accepting entries. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including healthcare, healthcare provider, medical, medical equipment, biotechnology and pharmaceutical websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Healthcare websites to enter to is May 31, 2019. - March 12, 2019 - Web Marketing Association
David M. Slaugenhoup Promoted to Assistant Vice President at RT New Day
David M. Slaugenhoup has been promoted to Assistant Vice President within RT Specialty’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice. Since joining the New Day team in 2013, he has worked diligently to help their retail broker clients representing the construction,... - March 12, 2019 - R-T Specialty, LLC's Environmental & Construction Professional Practice
Buddy Durbin Recognized as a VIP Member for 2018 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Buddy Durbin of Forest City, North Carolina has been recognized as a VIP Member for 2018 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of entertainment. About Buddy Durbin Buddy Durbin has over 40 years experience as a singer,... - March 12, 2019 - Strathmore Worldwide
NetForce Global Announces New Executive Hire
NetForce Global®, a trusted leader in wholesale international background screening, announced today they have hired Kerstin Bagus—a 30 year industry veteran—as their new Chief Knowledge Officer. Fred Giles, company CEO, commented, “Ms. Bagus is a recognized expert in the field... - March 11, 2019 - NetForce Global
PLANTZ Delivers Nationwide
PLANTZ, a Tampa-based plant sales and leasing company, has successfully delivered quality indoor foliage plants to customers in each of the lower 48 states, Alaska, and Washington, DC. With a recent shipment to a customer in Wyoming, PLANTZ hit this important milestone in its quest to become the... - March 11, 2019 - Plantz
BioTork and Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits Enter Joint Development Collaboration
BioTork, LLC and Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits (LBDS) a business unit of Lallemand Inc. are pleased to jointly announce the formalization of a collaboration for the development of improved yeast strains for the ethanol industry. “BioTork has been working with Lallemand, a world... - March 11, 2019 - BioTork
Ultimatum Inc. and Yoobe Partner with Nonprofit Point of Pride to Empower the Trans Community
Millions of transgender people around the world struggle with gender dysphoria, but nonprofit Point of Pride is here to help. Since being founded in 2016, Point of Pride has awarded over $100,000 in aid to transgender people in 50+ countries worldwide. Now, they are launching a special fundraising campaign called Holding Hope to increase their positive impact on the transgender community. - March 11, 2019 - Ultimatum Inc.
Best Websites of 2019 to be Recognized by Web Marketing Association
The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the call for entries for The 23rd Annual International WebAward competition. It recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals in 96 industries all over the world who create and maintain outstanding Web sites. The deadline for entry for the 2019 WebAwards is May 31, 2019. - March 11, 2019 - Web Marketing Association
Business Owners Are Overly Optimistic, According to Study by Robbins Research International
Robbins Research International, the research and marketing arm of Tony Robbins’ personal development brand, announced the release of its white paper, “How Optimism Is Holding Back Your Business.” In a survey done in partnership with Survata, Robbins Research International asked... - March 11, 2019 - Tony Robbins
Allen Maintenance Corporation Offers Metro Detroit Businesses Spring Cleaning Savings
Metro Detroit commercial cleaning services offered by Allen Maintenance Corporation helps prepare you for Spring cleaning. The weather is getting warm and more consumers will be making effort to get out into the community. Thus, this is the best time to begin implementing effective cleaning... - March 11, 2019 - Allen Maintenance Coporation
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Launches New Book with Maricopa Community Colleges
Co-Authors Sign New Book with Chancellor, Community College Presidents from Maricopa College System; Two Presidents Sign Entrepreneurship Pledge - March 10, 2019 - National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Shape the World Summit 2019 "Designing a More Equitable Economic System" to Take Place in Singapore This June
A 2-day creative summit in Singapore from 20-21 June to gather leaders who care about a better world to imagine new ideas from economy to leadership, business, urban development, healthcare, education to shape a more equitable economy. - March 10, 2019 - Consulus Pte Ltd
Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. Attends the Crystal Vision Award Breakfast in Las Vegas
Joseph McElmeel, Chairman & CEO of Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. attended the 19th annual Crystal Vision Award Breakfast on February 20th, 2019 along with staff members Richard Miller, Rick Mohrman and Michael Roach. - March 10, 2019 - Brooke Chase Associates, Inc.
Restaurateur Husband and Fashion Stylist Wife Give Up Life in California for Bed & Breakfast in the Finger Lakes
Steven and Jeanette purchased Moonshadow on Keuka Lake in July of 2018, relocating from San Diego, CA. with their two pups, Maya and Chloe. They are often asked “why here, (you know it snows right…)?” Well, one look at the view and you’ll understand! “We absolutely love it here, it is incredibly beautiful, everyone is so friendly, the wine is fantastic and there is so much to do! What more could we ask for?” - March 09, 2019 - Moonshadow
FemAle Brew Fest to Feature the Special Collaboration Brew Created by the Pink Boots Society Florida Chapter Members in Celebration of International Women’s Day
FemAle Brew Fest continuous its highlight of women in brewing at this incredible annual beer festival featuring female beer experts and brewsters. - March 09, 2019 - FemAle Brew Fest
OGV to Host Top Speakers at OTC
OGV announce top speakers at the inaugural OTC Business Breakfast including senior level industry professionals from the UK, Norway and the USA. - March 09, 2019 - Oil and Gas Vision