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KPN, Verizon Wireless, Nokia Chosen as 2010 Small Business Mobile Advocate Award Recipients - Best Service, Mobile Devices and Applications for Small Business
KPN - “2010 Best Overall Mobile Service Provider Small Business Advocate - USA/Europe” -- Nokia - “2010 Best Small Business Mobile Device Brand – USA/Europe”-- Verizon Wireless - “2010 Best Mobile Data Small Business Service Provider Advocate Award - USA/Europe” - March 04, 2010 - GlassHouse Mobile
Junction Creative Solutions: Strategy Uprising for the Creation of Sustainable Businesses
2009 was riddled with stories of corporate downsizing, bankruptcies, and economic uncertainty. The environment rattled even the most accomplished businesses. Some failed, closing the doors forever. Others narrowly survived and new businesses are emerging, both facing the incredible challenge of adapting to a new business climate. It is what one company calls a strategy uprising. - February 24, 2010 - Junction Creative Solutions
Flexfit to Sponsor Pro Surfing’s Biggest Night – ASP World Champions Awards Banquet on Australia’s Gold Coast
Flexfit headwear will sponsor The Association of Surfing Professionals’ biggest night of the year as ASP honors surfing’s brightest stars. - February 23, 2010 - Flexfit
TRENTON Single Board Computer Delivers 5x Memory Performance and 2x Interface Speed Increases
Trenton's New JXT6966 Single Board Computer Features Dual, Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors C5500 Series with Integrated Memory and I/O Controllers Plus PCI Express® Gen 2.0. - February 12, 2010 - TRENTON Systems, Inc.
CMT's Eco-Titan Poles Testing Scheduled for ENA Fire Standards at Western Fire Center to Meet Australian Fire Requirements
CMTW’s Eco-Titan Utility Distribution Pole is initiating the ENA pole fire test method at the Western Fire Center in Kelso WA. The large scale testing was developed in accordance with Australian Standard (AS) 1530.8.1 to replicate bushfire events where poles are exposed to contact with flame from the fire front as well as flame from adjacent burning vegetation. Fire testing is done following the ASTM D2898 accelerated aging tests. The Eco-Titan is an eco-friendly low carbon footprint pole. - February 05, 2010 - CMT Worldwide, LLC
Biomarker Discovery Grant Deadline Extended
RayBiotech, Inc., today announced that they are extending the deadline for submitting applications for its Biomarker Discovery Pilot Grant program. RayBiotech will now accept applications for the pilot grants through February 22nd, 2010. “The last-minute surge in interest in the grant program has been overwhelming,” said Brett Burkholder, Director of Marketing & Business Development for RayBiotech, Inc. - February 02, 2010 - RayBiotech, Inc
Flexfit Headwear Donates $30,000 to Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Through Caritas.org
Flexfit, one of the most recognized names in headwear, has made a corporate donation of $30,000 to assist in providing emergency relief to areas in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti including the town of Leogane. Leogane was one of the areas hit hardest by the 7.0 earthquake which struck Haiti on... - February 01, 2010 - Flexfit
Sterizon Launches wiEmailList for Electronic, In-Store and In-Person Email List Opt-in with Sterizon wiZit Wireless Handheld Device
Sterizon wiEmailList enables physical store-front businesses to electronically collect in-person customer email list opt-in information at the point of experience while the customer is still at the business location using Sterizon wiZit portable wireless handheld device. - February 01, 2010 - Sterizon LLC
OHL Inks Huge Lease in North Carolina
Global 3PL opens new state of the art distribution operation in Statesville. - January 28, 2010 - ProVenture
Conecture Technologies’ Announces the Upgrade Release of Mediabox-PA for Online Product Approvals and Creative Collaboration
With over forty-five leading customers, including SONY, CAPCOM, MGM, BBC, CBS, King Features, and Paramount, and thousands of their Licensees worldwide, Conecture’s newest B2B Software-as-a-Service application (SaaS), Mediabox-PA, has quickly become the industry standard for managing online product approval workflows and collaboration in the Consumer Products Licensing business. - January 26, 2010 - MyMediabox
Summit Series for Families Offers New Twist on the Traditional Book Club
Organizers of Summit Series for Families 2009 announce plans to expand program in 2010. - January 25, 2010 - Summit Series For Families
New Economy Offers Writers - Seasoned and Aspiring - the Chance to Swap “Starving” for “Well-Fed”
Ongoing corporate downsizing and chronic unemployment has created opportunities for both freelance writers and aspiring writers among the long-time jobless, to capitalize on lucrative "commercial" freelancing projects outsourced by companies large and small, and for hourly rates of $50 to $125 and more. - January 14, 2010 - Fanove Publishing
Magnolia Creek Treatment Center for Eating Disorders Names Marisa Goodwin as Director of Marketing
Magnolia Creek, LLC. is pleased to announce the hiring of Marisa Goodwin as the new Director of Marketing. "Now that Magnolia Creek has expanded its services to offer both inpatient residential and partial hospitalization treatment services, we are eager to share the good news with professionals and clients in nearby communities," says Nicole Siegfried, Executive Director. - January 13, 2010 - Magnolia Creek Treatment Center for Eating Disorders
Allison Dawn PR Launches Public Relations Blog Authored by Publicist and Journalist Allison Kugel
Allison Dawn Public Relations launches an educational public relations blog to inform readers about public relations tactics and strategies for succeeding with traditional public relations and with online social media and marketing. - January 12, 2010 - Full Scale Media Group LLC
Dental Providers Seeing a Drop in Business. The Scheduling Institute Looks to Help the Industry in the New Year.
Discussions about which marketing methods are most effective for dental marketing to use: the internet, direct mail, referral systems, etc. - January 12, 2010 - Scheduling Institute
Edge Solutions Earns National Certification as a Women's Business Enterprise
Edge Solutions, a woman-owned IT solutions provider, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Greater Women’s Business Council, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC’s national... - December 31, 2009 - Edge Solutions, LLC
Online Carrara Marble Supplier Builders Depot Direct Has Launched a New Line 'The Carrara Venato Collection'
Venato Carrara Marble manufacturer and distributor Builders Depot Direct products focus on Carrara marble a classic product whose beauty lies in its simplicity. Venato Carrara in Subway Carrara 3x6", 4x8", 6x12", 12x12" and other larger field sizes along with matching Hexagon Carrara Mosaic, Herringbone Carrara Mosaic, Octagon Carrara Mosaic, Basketweave Carrara Mosaic and matching accessories allowing consumers to create a Carrara bathroom spa retreat. - December 31, 2009 - The Builder Depot
Military Appreciation in Challenge Coin Fashion
U.S. Challenge Coins fashions gift giving to organizations that support the military this holiday season. When they give, people often forget the work that goes into support such a system that is the Armed Forces. Giving away a full order of challenge coins is a big way to give back and you can choose which organization receives the offering by voting on Facebook. - December 25, 2009 - U.S. Challenge Coins
Atlanta Writer Debuts New Book for Young Adults
Hard Lessons is set in Rochester, New York. It is the story of Lainey Robinson, whose young adult life begins to spin out of control when she finds comfort in the arms of her chemistry teacher, a man twice her age. She learns, the hard way that relationships do not always turn out as depicted in romance novels. And the final exam at the end of this course in real life is tougher than any Lainey imagined. - December 25, 2009 - In Between the Lines Press, LLC
Costa Del Sol Spain is a Premier Winter Getaway Where You Can Chase Away the Winter Blues with Vacations-Abroad.com
Vacations-Abroad.com and "Finca Nature Rentals" join forces to market vacation rentals in Costa del Sol. - December 12, 2009 - Vacations-Abroad.com
Atlanta Public Relations Agency Write2Market Releases 2010 Writing Trends
What’s new for business communicators in 2010? Recently released "2010 Writing Trends" paper reveals a dramatically different landscape in social media, content development, copywriting and public relations—and what this means for business writers in all industries in the coming year. - December 07, 2009 - Write2Market
Third Wave Advertising Appoints Johanna Anderson Marketing Assistant
Third Wave Advertising, Central Georgia's most comprehensive advertising agency and internet marketing firm, announces the addition of Johanna Anderson as Marketing Assistant. Anderson, a Macon native, recently joined the Third Wave team after spending five years as a creative writer and project... - December 07, 2009 - Third Wave Digital
ICSARM Announces Development of Church Safety Roundtables
The Institute for Church Safety and Risk Management (ICSARM) has announced that beginning January 1, 2010 they will begin to rollout local Church Safety Roundtables across the United States and Canada. - December 02, 2009 - Institute for Church Safety & Risk Management
Dennis McKinley Directs Travis Porter Video with Cameos from Dem Franchise Boyz, Lil Chuckee, Dj Teknikz, and Spinz Hoodrich
Music video director, Dennis McKinley, makes his Atlanta debut with "Go Shorty Go," a steamy video featuring upbeat club scenes and exotic dancers. - December 02, 2009 - McKinley Presents
Berkshire Settlements Obtains New Life Settlement Provider Licenses
Berkshire Settlements, Inc. is pleased to announce it has obtained life settlement provider licenses from Arkansas, Maine, and Mississippi -- three states the company has identified as being largely underserved by the life settlement industry. “We are very happy to bring the opportunities... - November 24, 2009 - Berkshire Settlements, Inc.
ROAM Data Closes $8.5 Million in Series B Funding from Eminent Strategic and Private Investors
ROAM Data announced that they have received a strategic investment from Ingenico Ventures and private investors to build out their patented mCommerce technology and service offerings to mobile businesses. - November 21, 2009 - ROAM Data, Inc
Top 100 Global Franchises Report - a Blue-Print for Succeeding in Franchise Business Opportunities
Franchise Direct (www.franchisedirect.com) has ranked the world's most successful franchises in 2009 that performed best in international markets into a Top 100 List. - November 19, 2009 - Franchise Direct USA
Darifair Foods Selects Vicinity Manufacturing
Vicinity’s formula manufacturing software selected by America's leading national dairy supplier. - November 12, 2009 - Vicinity Manufacturing
FIFA Selects ACT Global Sports as a Preferred Producer for Football Turf
Governing body of soccer launches global initiative to enhance synthetic turf quality - October 31, 2009 - Act Global
Fusion Embedded Software Expands Network-Centric Operations Capabilities with Secure Streaming Audio and Video Over IPv6 for Unmanned Systems
Unicoi has assembled a solution for empowering the next generation of unmanned systems, which will become part of the system of systems. Fusion SIPS, Fusion IPsec, Fusion IKE, and Fusion SRTP provide encryption at multiple points in packet transfer to ensure secure data transmission to and from unmanned assets. - October 20, 2009 - Unicoi Systems, Inc.
New Novel From Ghetto to Greatness Gives New Hope to Drug Addicted Teens No More Derrion Albert Situations
First time novelist Kevin “Coach” Brown has created a timeless story that gives a formula for inner-city teens to stay in school and away from crime, gangs and drugs. Although set in the 1970’s, the book, which is based on his real life experiences as a 13 year old drug addict, is still relevant to young readers in this millennium. It can help prevent deaths like that of Derrion Albert in Chicago. - October 16, 2009 - Brown Publishing & Seminars
Khush Announces Its Reverse Karaoke iPhone Application LaDiDa Has Been Approved by Apple
Khush Inc. announced today that Apple Inc. (AAPL) has approved its reverse karaoke iPhone application after two months in review. LaDiDa uses artificial intelligence to analyze sung vocal tracks in real-time and automatically compose matching music. Users can sing into the iPhone, and LaDiDa will analyze the pitch and structure of the melody in order to generate a unique accompaniment. The patent-pending reverse karaoke technology was developed by NSF-funded scientist Dr. Parag Chordia. - October 16, 2009 - Khush Inc.
LCH Clinical Research, LLC to Host Wine and Cheese Networking Event
LCH Clinical Research, LLC, an Atlanta-based research company announces its networking event Lynn Harding, CEO of LCH Clinical Research has over 15 years of experience in clinical research. She is a key leader in a movement to make LCH Clinical Research the premiere destination for clinical... - October 16, 2009 - LCH Clinical Research, LLC
Open Casting Call Announcement for "The Ultimate Body," the Next Big Reality Television Competition
Lyons Entertainment announces an open casting call event to find contestants for their new reality competition television series “The Ultimate Body.” - October 13, 2009 - Lyons Entertainment
Designing for a Difference Holiday Gift Idea - Gifts That Give Back and Save Lives
Anna Balkan, a Ukrainian born and US based jewelry designer, is helping raise money for STOP (Stop Trafficking of People). She created a STOP signature jewelry piece, the Circles of Life necklace, inspired by the victims’ struggles, that represents a continuous transformation and interconnection of life. $100 from each necklace, which retails for $150, is given directly to STOP to help them raise funds for the rescue center in Bosnia. The goal is to sell 1,000 necklaces by the end of 2009. - October 10, 2009 - Anna Balkan
Enterprise Performance Solutions Releases EPS Cost Management Suite Version 2.3
Enterprise Performance Solutions (“EPS”), a leading provider of cost management systems to complex and process manufacturing companies, announces the release of EPS Cost Management Suite version 2.3. The new version of the company’s widely deployed EPS Cost Management Suite uses... - October 10, 2009 - Enterprise Performance Solutions, Inc.
Meet Author Lori Lite / Shark Tank Contestant
Lori Lite, author of Angry Octopus: A Children's Relaxation Story. Mompreneur and featured contestant on ABC's Shark Tank accepted partnership with Barbara Corcoran. Lori will be relaxing children at Borders. - October 05, 2009 - Stress Free Kids
Metro Atlanta Author Publishes National-Level Preschool Curriculum
Author & Early Learning Consultant Bisa Batten Lewis makes good on her declaration to produce an affordable preschool curriculum that meets national standards. On July 15th, Lewis released WINGS: The Ideal Curriculum for Children in Preschool, along with four full sets of supporting materials, parent handbooks, and a student edition currently used in early childhood education (ECE) college courses. - October 02, 2009 - WINGS Curriculum
CMT Worldwide Announces Dulhunty Power Ltd. Titan Distribution Pole License Agreement
CMT Worldwide and Dulhunty Power Ltd have entered into a definitive agreement to license the Titan Pole Manufacturing Rights for Australia & New Zealand. The Titan Poles will meet the strong Australian demand for fireproof, environmentally sensitive, low carbon footprint poles. Dulhunty will open their full scale manufacturing plant in Geelong, VIC in early 2010. - September 30, 2009 - CMT Worldwide, LLC
Isakson Living Announces Partnership with Alliance Theatre
Isakson Living, the developer of premiere Atlanta retirement communities, Park Springs and Peachtree Hills Place announces a partnership with the Alliance Theatre for its upcoming performance, Come Fly With Me, a dance musical featuring the sounds of Frank Sinatra. - September 29, 2009 - Peachtree Hills Place
Southland Custom Homes Offering Amazing Discounts on All Custom Homes
Southland Custom Homes announces company wide discounts on all new custom homes in Atlanta. Also offering additional 2% discounts for seniors, military personnel and for cash payments. - September 29, 2009 - Southland Custom Homes
Broadcom Board Chairman John Major Joins Brainlike, Inc. Board of Advisors
John Major, Broadcom chairman, former Novatel Wireless CEO and former QUALCOMM wireless infrastructure president, has joined the Brainlike, Inc. Board of Advisors. - September 28, 2009 - Brainlike, Inc.
Park Springs Couple Celebrates 60th Anniversary
A couple recently celebrated its 60th anniversary at the beginning of September. They said they are happy to be beginning the newest chapter of their life at the Atlanta continuing care retirement community. - September 26, 2009 - Park Springs Communities
Senator Isakson Addressed Healthcare, Current Events at Open Forum
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. spoke to a group of more than 200 seniors on topics such as the economy, Medicare, social security, foreign relations and more. - September 26, 2009 - Park Springs Communities
Isakson Living Sets the Bar for Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Isakson Living, Atlanta's leading developer of senior retirement housing communities, hosted empathy training for their employees. The programs were designed to simulate various handicaps such as tunnel vision, macular degeneration and paralysis from stroke, and help employees to understand firsthand the difficulties of those with handicaps. - September 25, 2009 - Peachtree Hills Place
When the Buddha Met Bubba Released Today
When the Buddha Met Bubba is an enlightened southern comedy about hope, transformation and second chances. Publishers Weekly said of the novel, "[It] establishes a solid sense of character and place, and funny anecdotes woven throughout add charm." - September 23, 2009 - John Lee Books and Seminars
The First
View life thru the eyes of America's First Black Serial Killer. - September 18, 2009 - PatientMan ProDuctions
Park Springs Members and Staff Raise Over $5,000 for Alzheimer’s Association
Park Springs Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) announced that its Members and staff presented a check in the amount of $5,232 to the Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Chapter at 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 6 at its community in Stone Mountain, Ga. “We exceeded our goal of... - September 16, 2009 - Park Springs Communities
Trinity Garage Doors & Openers, Inc. Announces New Hours of Operation
With the increase in call volume, Trinity Garage Doors & Openers announced that they are changing their hours of operation to accommodate the demand. “Our call volume into our office has changed over the last two months and we are having to adjust our hours of availability so our... - September 16, 2009 - Trinity Garage Doors & Openers, Inc.
Lyons Entertainment to Hold Open Casting Call for Competition Reality Television Show “The Ultimate Body”
Television production company Lyons Entertainment announces an open casting call to audition potential contestants for their new reality television show “The Ultimate Body.” - September 15, 2009 - Lyons Entertainment