Wakefly Wins W3 Outstanding Web Site Award
The International Academy of the Visual Arts Recognizes Wakefly’s Design Work On Agion’s Website
Westborough, MA, October 25, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Wakefly, an innovative, award-winning web development and marketing firm specializing in integrated marketing communications, today announced that the firm has received the 2007 W3 Outstanding Web Site Award from The International Academy of the Visual Arts in recognition of Wakefly’s web site design work on the new Agion web site.
“Wakefly did an amazing job with our site,” said Ginger Merritt, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Agion. “They listened to our needs, devised a great design and information architecture, and launched a site that establishes our new brand and educates our market and partners about Agion’s products. We are delighted with the result.”
The W3 Award honors creative excellence on the Web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the Internet. In determining winners, entries were judged based on a standard of excellence as determined by The International Academy of the Visual Arts, according to the category entered. Wakefly’s design for Agion’s web site, completed in Ektron’s CMS400.net web content management system for ease-of-use and update management, won the silver award in the science category.
“We were incredibly impressed by the quality and creativity of this year’s entries. W3 winners continue to raise the bar in web development and design, push the limits of web advertising creative and pioneer the use of web video. We are thrilled to have reviewed such a diverse and respected pool of work,” said Linda Day, the director of The International Academy of the Visual Arts. “On behalf of the entire Academy, we applaud our winners as they continue to advance Internet creativity and greatly contribute to the burgeoning online world.”
About Agion
Agion Technologies, located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, is a leader in providing customized antimicrobial solutions based on naturally-occurring silver that continuously inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold and fungus. Agion’s antimicrobial technology is used in the consumer products, construction, food and water, textiles, and healthcare industries and has been incorporated into a variety of products including cell phones, shoes, keyboards, pens, water filters, air conditioning and heating units, medical catheters, ice machines and faucet handles. The company also offers a disinfectant and virucide, SilverClene24™, which has been proven effective against a variety of bacteria and viruses including HIV-1, Rhinovirus, Influenza, and Poliovirus. Agion's customers include many leading brands such as Motorola, Carrier, DuPont, Honeywell, Adidas, Paper Mate, Remington, and Oster. Since the company’s founding in 1997, Agion Technologies has led the market for naturally safe antimicrobial protection with support from private equity funds and strategic partners including BASF Venture Capital, H.B. Fuller Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures, Motorola Ventures and Paladin Capital Group. For more information about Agion, visit www.agion-tech.com.
About Ektron
Ektron’s Web content management and authoring solutions are affordable for any organization and simple enough for anyone to use, yet offer webmasters, designers and developers all the tools they need to create, deploy and manage interactive Web, intranet and extranet sites on one platform. With Ektron CMS400.NET, companies can do what they want on the Web, including developing rich sites for personal, two-way communication with visitors, building community through memberships, blogs and forums, and attracting more repeat visits using RSS feeds and Web alerts to increase business opportunities. An open API allows for easy customization and extension. Ektron is headquartered in Nashua, N.H., and has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including Unilever, Intel and Pfizer. For more information, visit http://www.ektron.com.
About Wakefly
Wakefly delivers innovative marketing solutions through design and technology, providing successful web sites, collateral, branding and integrated campaigns for a client base that crosses numerous industries and market segments. Based in Westborough, Massachusetts, Wakefly combines senior design, copy, and marketing services with in-house technical specialists to help clients leverage technology and the Internet to create integrated campaigns that work. For more information, please visit http://www.wakefly.com or call +1 508-616-2042.
Contact:
Jon Baer
Wakefly
T: 508-616-2042
jbaer@wakefly.com
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“Wakefly did an amazing job with our site,” said Ginger Merritt, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Agion. “They listened to our needs, devised a great design and information architecture, and launched a site that establishes our new brand and educates our market and partners about Agion’s products. We are delighted with the result.”
The W3 Award honors creative excellence on the Web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the Internet. In determining winners, entries were judged based on a standard of excellence as determined by The International Academy of the Visual Arts, according to the category entered. Wakefly’s design for Agion’s web site, completed in Ektron’s CMS400.net web content management system for ease-of-use and update management, won the silver award in the science category.
“We were incredibly impressed by the quality and creativity of this year’s entries. W3 winners continue to raise the bar in web development and design, push the limits of web advertising creative and pioneer the use of web video. We are thrilled to have reviewed such a diverse and respected pool of work,” said Linda Day, the director of The International Academy of the Visual Arts. “On behalf of the entire Academy, we applaud our winners as they continue to advance Internet creativity and greatly contribute to the burgeoning online world.”
About Agion
Agion Technologies, located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, is a leader in providing customized antimicrobial solutions based on naturally-occurring silver that continuously inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold and fungus. Agion’s antimicrobial technology is used in the consumer products, construction, food and water, textiles, and healthcare industries and has been incorporated into a variety of products including cell phones, shoes, keyboards, pens, water filters, air conditioning and heating units, medical catheters, ice machines and faucet handles. The company also offers a disinfectant and virucide, SilverClene24™, which has been proven effective against a variety of bacteria and viruses including HIV-1, Rhinovirus, Influenza, and Poliovirus. Agion's customers include many leading brands such as Motorola, Carrier, DuPont, Honeywell, Adidas, Paper Mate, Remington, and Oster. Since the company’s founding in 1997, Agion Technologies has led the market for naturally safe antimicrobial protection with support from private equity funds and strategic partners including BASF Venture Capital, H.B. Fuller Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures, Motorola Ventures and Paladin Capital Group. For more information about Agion, visit www.agion-tech.com.
About Ektron
Ektron’s Web content management and authoring solutions are affordable for any organization and simple enough for anyone to use, yet offer webmasters, designers and developers all the tools they need to create, deploy and manage interactive Web, intranet and extranet sites on one platform. With Ektron CMS400.NET, companies can do what they want on the Web, including developing rich sites for personal, two-way communication with visitors, building community through memberships, blogs and forums, and attracting more repeat visits using RSS feeds and Web alerts to increase business opportunities. An open API allows for easy customization and extension. Ektron is headquartered in Nashua, N.H., and has more than 20,000 customer implementations worldwide, including Unilever, Intel and Pfizer. For more information, visit http://www.ektron.com.
About Wakefly
Wakefly delivers innovative marketing solutions through design and technology, providing successful web sites, collateral, branding and integrated campaigns for a client base that crosses numerous industries and market segments. Based in Westborough, Massachusetts, Wakefly combines senior design, copy, and marketing services with in-house technical specialists to help clients leverage technology and the Internet to create integrated campaigns that work. For more information, please visit http://www.wakefly.com or call +1 508-616-2042.
Contact:
Jon Baer
Wakefly
T: 508-616-2042
jbaer@wakefly.com
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