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Under the partnership, CareerBuilder.com and Vurv will provide several resources. Resume database web Vurv customers cansearch CareerBuilder.com's database of more than 26 millionm resumes and save those desired resumese to their job requisitions while staying with the Vurv The idea is that not having to log into two systemsa will enable users to save time, reduc e errors associated with manual entry of candidate information and focuzs on more strategic recruiting initiatives. Shared applyt function: Details from candidates' resumes will automatically populatre theVurv application, enabling Vurv users to make it easier for peoples to apply.
Direct job postings from Vurv to Vurv customers can post job openings directlyto CareerBuilder.cokm from Vurv. "We are excited to be able to offefr our customersa quicker, easier and more efficient way to find and attracy top talent," said Mike Gibson, senior vice president globalo sales and business development for "Having access to better technology, more flexibility and fastefr results can give our clients a distincft advantage in a very competitive recruitmenrt environment," said Jennifer Seith, director of strategic serviceas for CareerBuilder.com.
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2009 WNY middle school rankings - Business First of Columbus:
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Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reached by clickiny on the names of those schools A breakdown of the rankings for each section of Western New York can be accessecdby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senio High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middled School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocationaol High School. Each school is followed by the name of the districtr that operatesit (if it’ s a public school) or the district wherd it is located (if it’s a privatw school). • 1. • 2. • 3. 4.
• 5. • 6. 7. • 8. • 9. • 10. 11. • 12. • 13. • 14. • 15.
Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reached by clickiny on the names of those schools A breakdown of the rankings for each section of Western New York can be accessecdby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senio High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middled School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocationaol High School. Each school is followed by the name of the districtr that operatesit (if it’ s a public school) or the district wherd it is located (if it’s a privatw school). • 1. • 2. • 3. 4.
• 5. • 6. 7. • 8. • 9. • 10. 11. • 12. • 13. • 14. • 15.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Amazing Mail helping nonprofits raise money, spread their messages - Kansas City Business Journal:
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“Our platform lends itself extremely well to this business saidChris Lynde, CEO of Scottsdale-based , an electronic mail servics used for a variety of advertising and personal mailingy needs. “For any kind of advocacyu program, the mail is a very powerfulp medium,” said Pete the company’s vice president of marketing. Amazing Causeds allows any nonprofit to establish a relationship with Amazing The company installsa “widget” on the nonprofit’s Web site that allows visitors to buy and send postcardsx electronically. Typically, a card costs between $1 and $2, including which is paid for by the individual user.
The cards, containintg the nonprofit’s logo and message, can be sent individuallyg to the user’s friendws or be part of a larger campaigbn toattract donors. One program under way is an effortr to supportAhava Kids, a Connecticut-basedd nonprofit that rescues children from the sex and humab slavery trades. Visitors to Ahava’s Web site can purchas a card and write messages of hope and support to the Those cards are sent tothe nonprofit’s headquartersw and then distributed to rescued youth at safe “We really love this. This has been fantastic,” said Ray Ahava’s founder and director.
“It helps to raise awareness, and our younh people actually get cards and message s fromother people. It’ws so very powerful.” The effortg increases awareness about Ahava Kids and helps raisew money forthe group, Bechard For every $2 card, about 70 cents is donated to Ahavwa after postage, processing and overhead. All aspects of the campaigh are handled byAmazing Mail, officialx said. “We have a consultant on the front end. It doesn’t cost the nonprofig anything, and we recover our costsz through the traffic andthe volume,” Vanderlese said. Amazing Mail has about 70 full- and part-timew employees.
The program is open to all legitimate nonprofitsd withestablished histories, Vanderlee said. Bechare said he’s thrilled with the resultsd after only a few weeks withthe “This is a really new idea, and it is the firsgt of many campaigns that we will be working on with he said. Amazing www.amazingmail.com Ahava Kids: www.ahavakids.org
“Our platform lends itself extremely well to this business saidChris Lynde, CEO of Scottsdale-based , an electronic mail servics used for a variety of advertising and personal mailingy needs. “For any kind of advocacyu program, the mail is a very powerfulp medium,” said Pete the company’s vice president of marketing. Amazing Causeds allows any nonprofit to establish a relationship with Amazing The company installsa “widget” on the nonprofit’s Web site that allows visitors to buy and send postcardsx electronically. Typically, a card costs between $1 and $2, including which is paid for by the individual user.
The cards, containintg the nonprofit’s logo and message, can be sent individuallyg to the user’s friendws or be part of a larger campaigbn toattract donors. One program under way is an effortr to supportAhava Kids, a Connecticut-basedd nonprofit that rescues children from the sex and humab slavery trades. Visitors to Ahava’s Web site can purchas a card and write messages of hope and support to the Those cards are sent tothe nonprofit’s headquartersw and then distributed to rescued youth at safe “We really love this. This has been fantastic,” said Ray Ahava’s founder and director.
“It helps to raise awareness, and our younh people actually get cards and message s fromother people. It’ws so very powerful.” The effortg increases awareness about Ahava Kids and helps raisew money forthe group, Bechard For every $2 card, about 70 cents is donated to Ahavwa after postage, processing and overhead. All aspects of the campaigh are handled byAmazing Mail, officialx said. “We have a consultant on the front end. It doesn’t cost the nonprofig anything, and we recover our costsz through the traffic andthe volume,” Vanderlese said. Amazing Mail has about 70 full- and part-timew employees.
The program is open to all legitimate nonprofitsd withestablished histories, Vanderlee said. Bechare said he’s thrilled with the resultsd after only a few weeks withthe “This is a really new idea, and it is the firsgt of many campaigns that we will be working on with he said. Amazing www.amazingmail.com Ahava Kids: www.ahavakids.org
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Stimulus boosts Bay area electronic health records plan - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The new jobs will be for peopl who would work alongside physicians as trainers andsuppor staff. They will help doctorsz convert from writing paper prescriptions to usingelectronic prescribing, accordin g to a release from PaperFree Tampa Bay, a new public/privatre partnership. The effort is a first step towardd implementing connected electronic health records to improve patientt safety andcut costs, the release The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is the $787 billionn stimulus approved by Congress and signed by Presidenr Obama. It includes $2 billion in grants and loans to buildIT infrastructure.
and will fund the initial phase of PaperFreeTampa Bay’as program, which will target 3,200 physicianzs in Hillsborough County, the release Once stimulus dollars become available, the program will be expanded to a 10-counthy region, allowing additional hiring to the release said. Those counties includr DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) said the communityh would get high-wage healtn industry jobs, while also investing in the future of sciencsand technology.
Federal law allowsx the to pay physiciansbetween $44,000 and $64,000 over five beginning in 2011, to deploy and use electronic healthj records to care for patients. In addition, federal law providesx about $3,500 in annual financial incentived for doctorswho e-prescribe now, and will impose penalties on those who do not e-prescribe by the release said. Less than 10 percent of physiciand inthe U.S. currently write prescriptions therelease said. The initiative will providse to doctors free softwarefrom Allscripts- MDRX), a Chicago-based softwar firm.
It will draw on research on how physicianzs respond to change conducted by USF which includesthe 's colleges of nursing and public health; the schools of biomedical sciencesw as well as physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences; and the . USF
The new jobs will be for peopl who would work alongside physicians as trainers andsuppor staff. They will help doctorsz convert from writing paper prescriptions to usingelectronic prescribing, accordin g to a release from PaperFree Tampa Bay, a new public/privatre partnership. The effort is a first step towardd implementing connected electronic health records to improve patientt safety andcut costs, the release The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is the $787 billionn stimulus approved by Congress and signed by Presidenr Obama. It includes $2 billion in grants and loans to buildIT infrastructure.
and will fund the initial phase of PaperFreeTampa Bay’as program, which will target 3,200 physicianzs in Hillsborough County, the release Once stimulus dollars become available, the program will be expanded to a 10-counthy region, allowing additional hiring to the release said. Those counties includr DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) said the communityh would get high-wage healtn industry jobs, while also investing in the future of sciencsand technology.
Federal law allowsx the to pay physiciansbetween $44,000 and $64,000 over five beginning in 2011, to deploy and use electronic healthj records to care for patients. In addition, federal law providesx about $3,500 in annual financial incentived for doctorswho e-prescribe now, and will impose penalties on those who do not e-prescribe by the release said. Less than 10 percent of physiciand inthe U.S. currently write prescriptions therelease said. The initiative will providse to doctors free softwarefrom Allscripts- MDRX), a Chicago-based softwar firm.
It will draw on research on how physicianzs respond to change conducted by USF which includesthe 's colleges of nursing and public health; the schools of biomedical sciencesw as well as physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences; and the . USF
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Report: H1N1 has cost Delta $250M - Dayton Business Journal:
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"The H1N1 virus, we estimate, in both our Latin Americaa and Mexico, and particularlyh Asian business has impactedr revenues byabout $250 million," Delta CEO Richard Anderson said Monday in New York according to the news service. "The steps we are takiny have essentially involved capacity becausse the flu hasdecreased demand." The H1N1 viru s has had a tremendous impact on the bottokm lines of other carriers, including Continental Airlines and U.S.
which offer extensive service Mexico and Latin American Anderson saidthat Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) cut capacity to Latin America and Asia becauser of the effects of the H1N1 viruzs on travel demand, the news service reported. Feares about the virus have hampered recovery from a deep which has dramatically reducedtravekl demand, particularly among lucrative business fliers. Delta said June 11 it wouldr because ofthe recession, low demand and rising oil prices, whicuh threaten to overtake more than $6 billiomn in benefits Delta expected this year from previously announcedr capacity cuts, lower year-over-year oil prices and synergiezs from its October merger with Northwest The cuts will start in September.
"The H1N1 virus, we estimate, in both our Latin Americaa and Mexico, and particularlyh Asian business has impactedr revenues byabout $250 million," Delta CEO Richard Anderson said Monday in New York according to the news service. "The steps we are takiny have essentially involved capacity becausse the flu hasdecreased demand." The H1N1 viru s has had a tremendous impact on the bottokm lines of other carriers, including Continental Airlines and U.S.
which offer extensive service Mexico and Latin American Anderson saidthat Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) cut capacity to Latin America and Asia becauser of the effects of the H1N1 viruzs on travel demand, the news service reported. Feares about the virus have hampered recovery from a deep which has dramatically reducedtravekl demand, particularly among lucrative business fliers. Delta said June 11 it wouldr because ofthe recession, low demand and rising oil prices, whicuh threaten to overtake more than $6 billiomn in benefits Delta expected this year from previously announcedr capacity cuts, lower year-over-year oil prices and synergiezs from its October merger with Northwest The cuts will start in September.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sources: NCR could relocate HQ to Georgia - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Ohio government officials said word begajn swirling May 28 thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is , accordinh to the Dayton Business Journal , a sister publication of Atlantas Business Chronicle . Last fall, NCR said it woulfd move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investing $15 milliomn and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtreer City and Duluth. While it remains to be seen if Atlantas gets another Fortune 500 NCR is rumored to be opening an additiona l facility in thePeachg State, Atlanta Business Chroniclse has learned. An announcement about that venture is expected as earluy asnext week, sources in Atlanta and Dayton said.
NCR is believerd to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Ga., according to a source. The global technologyt company could be eyeingabouyt 100,000 square feet of office space. Based on the square footagre estimates, real estate sources the operation could house 300 to 400 Company officials and Georgia economic developmengt officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential development. NCR global spokesma n Richard Maton told the Dayton Businesws Journal the company does not respond to rumorsand speculation. In the NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remainingin Dayton.
A Georgiz Department of Economic Development spokeswomann did not return calls Friday and A spokeswoman said she had no information on the matte and a executive declined In October, NCR said it will co-locat an NCR Learning Center and its Customer Care Center hub for the Americas region with the company’es existing Global Service Materials operation in Peachtrer City. NCR, founded in Dayton, is the city'xs largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billionh in annual revenue.
The company relocated its executive offices to New York City two years ago and leasedc a floor at 7 World Trade Center Thispast March, the companyt told employees it is undergoingh a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amount of its global workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage "world from the sign at its Daytonn campus. Rumors have long circulatedx that NCRwould move, howeved Ohio government and economic development officials said speculationn reached a new level in the past few The Ohio Department of Development has repeatedly sought informationh from the company, but as of Fridat evening NCR remained mute, a stat official told the Dayton Business Journal .
Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklans and NCR CEO Bill attempted to talk on however they were unable to coordinatea time.
Ohio government officials said word begajn swirling May 28 thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is , accordinh to the Dayton Business Journal , a sister publication of Atlantas Business Chronicle . Last fall, NCR said it woulfd move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investing $15 milliomn and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtreer City and Duluth. While it remains to be seen if Atlantas gets another Fortune 500 NCR is rumored to be opening an additiona l facility in thePeachg State, Atlanta Business Chroniclse has learned. An announcement about that venture is expected as earluy asnext week, sources in Atlanta and Dayton said.
NCR is believerd to have looked at sitesin Savannah, and Ga., according to a source. The global technologyt company could be eyeingabouyt 100,000 square feet of office space. Based on the square footagre estimates, real estate sources the operation could house 300 to 400 Company officials and Georgia economic developmengt officialsremained tight-lipped on any potential development. NCR global spokesma n Richard Maton told the Dayton Businesws Journal the company does not respond to rumorsand speculation. In the NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocation and affirm its commitment to remainingin Dayton.
A Georgiz Department of Economic Development spokeswomann did not return calls Friday and A spokeswoman said she had no information on the matte and a executive declined In October, NCR said it will co-locat an NCR Learning Center and its Customer Care Center hub for the Americas region with the company’es existing Global Service Materials operation in Peachtrer City. NCR, founded in Dayton, is the city'xs largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billionh in annual revenue.
The company relocated its executive offices to New York City two years ago and leasedc a floor at 7 World Trade Center Thispast March, the companyt told employees it is undergoingh a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amount of its global workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage "world from the sign at its Daytonn campus. Rumors have long circulatedx that NCRwould move, howeved Ohio government and economic development officials said speculationn reached a new level in the past few The Ohio Department of Development has repeatedly sought informationh from the company, but as of Fridat evening NCR remained mute, a stat official told the Dayton Business Journal .
Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklans and NCR CEO Bill attempted to talk on however they were unable to coordinatea time.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Crescent Resources gets OK for
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On Wednesday, the real estate development company and 120 ofits subsidiaries, saddled with more than $1 billionh in liabilities, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptct protection. The court approved motionss that, among other things: •Permitf Crescent to pay employee wages, employe benefits and reimbursable expenses; •Grant immediate access, on an interim basis, to $35 million of the company’s $110 million debtor-in-possessioh financing facility; •Authorize the companhy to use itsexisting cash-management systems and give it acces to its cash to fund ongoing operations.
“Receivingy approval of our first-day motions so quickly sets Crescent Resourcese on a very stron footing as we move towards restructuring the saysAndrew Hede, the company’s chiefg executive and chief restructuring officers. “Oure first-day motions will enable the company to continueenormal operations. We appreciate the supportt of our employees, customers, vendors and partners, and are pleasec that we can honor key agreements with them whilwe we create the right capital structure forthe company.” Crescent has more than 5,000 creditors, according to its Chapter 11 Its assets are estimated at more than $1 billion.
(NYSE:BAC), , , and are among Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte. The company — jointlty owned by Charlotte-based (NYSE:DUK) and — is best known here for high-end real estat communities such as The Peninsula and BallantyneCountry Charlotte-based Crescent is active in commercia l and residential real estate developmenr and land management across the Southeast and Southwest, with interests in 10 Its portfolio includes mixed-use developments, business and industriall parks, country-club communities, single-family neighborhoods and apartmentf and condo complexes.
On Wednesday, the real estate development company and 120 ofits subsidiaries, saddled with more than $1 billionh in liabilities, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptct protection. The court approved motionss that, among other things: •Permitf Crescent to pay employee wages, employe benefits and reimbursable expenses; •Grant immediate access, on an interim basis, to $35 million of the company’s $110 million debtor-in-possessioh financing facility; •Authorize the companhy to use itsexisting cash-management systems and give it acces to its cash to fund ongoing operations.
“Receivingy approval of our first-day motions so quickly sets Crescent Resourcese on a very stron footing as we move towards restructuring the saysAndrew Hede, the company’s chiefg executive and chief restructuring officers. “Oure first-day motions will enable the company to continueenormal operations. We appreciate the supportt of our employees, customers, vendors and partners, and are pleasec that we can honor key agreements with them whilwe we create the right capital structure forthe company.” Crescent has more than 5,000 creditors, according to its Chapter 11 Its assets are estimated at more than $1 billion.
(NYSE:BAC), , , and are among Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte. The company — jointlty owned by Charlotte-based (NYSE:DUK) and — is best known here for high-end real estat communities such as The Peninsula and BallantyneCountry Charlotte-based Crescent is active in commercia l and residential real estate developmenr and land management across the Southeast and Southwest, with interests in 10 Its portfolio includes mixed-use developments, business and industriall parks, country-club communities, single-family neighborhoods and apartmentf and condo complexes.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
D.C. plans to buy Boys & Girls Clubs - Washington Business Journal:
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“A number of council members have been concernexd about the clubs and their continued abilityu toprovide much-needed educational and other services to our children in different partx of the city,” said D.C. Council Chairmahn Vincent Gray, who was joined by 10 council membersdat Wednesday’s press conference announcing the “Therefore, we came together over the past two to threwe weeks to try to reach an agreemenr with BGCGW that would take a broad, citywide approacjh to ensuring their operation.” The club and buildings that could soon get a government ownef are the Frank R. Jellef Branch at 3265 S St. NW; the Mary Daniel Loughran Clubhouse No.
10 at 2500 14th St. NW; and the Easterjn Branch at 26117th St. SE, which has been closeds since August 2007. Councik members will introduce legislation to the council to authorizwe the mayor to buy thethree clubs. The $20 millio price tag would consist of capitalk dollars over five years beginningin 2010. Boys & Girlzs Clubs says it anticipates the sale to be completed before the calendar yearis up. The news comes two months afterdthe 121-year-old Silver Spring-based organization, which has a $7 millionj deficit, said it would shutter four under-utilized clubz and cut 10 percent of its full-time One of those clubs on the list is Franmk R.
Jelleff Branch — the organization’s oldesgt running club — which was slateed to close at the end of With the latest newsof D.C.’ds proposed purchase, Jelleff operations will continue with a summetr camp and the Boys & Girls Cluba believes programming at the site will continue untiol the sale closes. “This has been a long road and a lot of peoplse have worked very hard to get to this We are thrilled to see the culminatio n ofhard work,” said BGCGWa spokeswoman Molly Boyle. “Jelleff and Eastern were on the market and were obviouxchoices [for D.C.]. We had announced several yeard ago we were looking at optionas forClubhouse No. 10.
” Once a transition has been a new governing body willbe created, with governmental and communit y representatives that stand apart from the Boys & Girls Gray said a competitive bid processe will take place for providing services to the city-owner clubs, which could be BGCGW. The council’s plan wouldc also provide money to the Hopkind Branch at 100012th St. SE, whicbh was slated to close at the end of so that it canstay open. The BGCGW is still looking to move the crampeds Hopkins club to another site since it is currently so andthe D.C. Housing Authority is now lookiny to provide the club with alargee space.
The plan would also provide fundzs tomove BGCGW’s headquarters from Silver Spring back to D.C. at its current club on BenninhgRoad — a plan BGCGW has been pursuinbg for a while. The club’s D.C. regional services centere currently runs out of thatNortheast site.
“A number of council members have been concernexd about the clubs and their continued abilityu toprovide much-needed educational and other services to our children in different partx of the city,” said D.C. Council Chairmahn Vincent Gray, who was joined by 10 council membersdat Wednesday’s press conference announcing the “Therefore, we came together over the past two to threwe weeks to try to reach an agreemenr with BGCGW that would take a broad, citywide approacjh to ensuring their operation.” The club and buildings that could soon get a government ownef are the Frank R. Jellef Branch at 3265 S St. NW; the Mary Daniel Loughran Clubhouse No.
10 at 2500 14th St. NW; and the Easterjn Branch at 26117th St. SE, which has been closeds since August 2007. Councik members will introduce legislation to the council to authorizwe the mayor to buy thethree clubs. The $20 millio price tag would consist of capitalk dollars over five years beginningin 2010. Boys & Girlzs Clubs says it anticipates the sale to be completed before the calendar yearis up. The news comes two months afterdthe 121-year-old Silver Spring-based organization, which has a $7 millionj deficit, said it would shutter four under-utilized clubz and cut 10 percent of its full-time One of those clubs on the list is Franmk R.
Jelleff Branch — the organization’s oldesgt running club — which was slateed to close at the end of With the latest newsof D.C.’ds proposed purchase, Jelleff operations will continue with a summetr camp and the Boys & Girls Cluba believes programming at the site will continue untiol the sale closes. “This has been a long road and a lot of peoplse have worked very hard to get to this We are thrilled to see the culminatio n ofhard work,” said BGCGWa spokeswoman Molly Boyle. “Jelleff and Eastern were on the market and were obviouxchoices [for D.C.]. We had announced several yeard ago we were looking at optionas forClubhouse No. 10.
” Once a transition has been a new governing body willbe created, with governmental and communit y representatives that stand apart from the Boys & Girls Gray said a competitive bid processe will take place for providing services to the city-owner clubs, which could be BGCGW. The council’s plan wouldc also provide money to the Hopkind Branch at 100012th St. SE, whicbh was slated to close at the end of so that it canstay open. The BGCGW is still looking to move the crampeds Hopkins club to another site since it is currently so andthe D.C. Housing Authority is now lookiny to provide the club with alargee space.
The plan would also provide fundzs tomove BGCGW’s headquarters from Silver Spring back to D.C. at its current club on BenninhgRoad — a plan BGCGW has been pursuinbg for a while. The club’s D.C. regional services centere currently runs out of thatNortheast site.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
University bans unauthorised protests - The Independent
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University bans unauthorised protests The Independent A university has taken out an injunction against "unauthorised protests" on its campus. The order, granted by the High Court, prevents would-be protesters from occupying buildings owned by the Birmingham University for the next 12 months. ... |
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Kooks 'fuse' styles - Times of India
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The Kooks 'fuse' styles Times of India The 'Is It me' group went out of their way to experiment with different sounds for their third album, in order to freshen their sound. Singer Luke Pritchard told Watchmojo.com: "The fusing of genres is something that you have to do to make things fresh ... |
Monday, December 5, 2011
Credit card processing company grows business by evolving strategy - Dallas Business Journal:
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Henry Helgeson and Scott Zdanis established the company in 1998 as a reselle r of credit card processing terminalz overthe Internet. To a smaller extent the company provided processin g of creditcard transactions. But as margin compressioj made equipment salesless profitable, the partnerss responded by ramping up processing Today, its processing services constitute 90 percentf of its total gross while equipment and software sales are 10 Business has been so brisok — it signed up 2,300 new customerse in April alone — that the company is planninv to increase its sales force by 30 perceng or 40 percent within the next 60 days.
“We basicall y are getting more businessezs trying to signup (for our services) than we have the capacitgy for, and we’re trying to staff up for that as quicklt as possible,” says Helgeson, 34, who serves as presidentf and co-CEO. Co-founder Zdanis has since moveed to Miami and playse a less active role inthe company. Merchant Warehoused acts as a third-party processor, facilitating paymenyt transactions between merchants and credittcard issuers, essentially by getting moneu off of the consumer’s credit card and into the business’ s bank account. Its residual-based businesse model makes money by charging for that service oneach transaction.
Since its the 150-employee company estimates serving a cumulativee total of morethan 87,000 customers nationwides — primarily small and medium-size businesses; about 56,009 are active accounts right now, with most of the attritionn due to companies going out of business, Helgesonb notes. Today, Merchant Warehouse is processing morethan 3.5 millioh payment transactions per month. After hittin g $27.
3 million in revenue in 2008, the company is shooting for $32 million to $34 million this Helgeson says Merchant Warehouses has also benefited by becoming more ofa technology-driven “When we started to hire our own software developers and builed our own infrastructure, as far as compute r systems and technology to run this office, that reallty put us into a hyper-growth he says. Five years ago, the compangy hired its first softwarr developer. It subsequently built its own sophisticated customefr relationship managementsystem in-houser that has enabled the company to better measurs the performance of its accountx and staff.
And 18 months ago, it completed the developmentf of the necessary infrastructure to begin processing some transactionss through its own electronic gateway here in It continues to utilize three largde outside firms to assist in processing the bulk of the The company also works with a pool of abour100 point-of-sale system resellers, who often refer business to Merchant Warehouse. The companty has also used technology to innovate its servicess in an industry where Helgesoh says the competitionis fierce. “Our industrh has been pretty much plain, vanilla creditf and debit processing,” Helgeson says.
“We had to look at it and say, ‘Whar can we do here to differentiatee ourselves?’ ” For it offers wireless credit card processing services to iPhons and BlackBerry users who have installed its softwarw applications ontheir PDAs. Those mobile merchantxs now represent 10 percenyt to 15 percent ofthe company’s new accounts. It has also partneredx with another company, , to developp a card reader that encrypts the credit card numberf as it is being swipedr to help preventsecurity breaches.
“They’re a very impressive group,” says Steve Parks, vice presidentr of , an Atlanta-basefd firm that Merchant Warehouse has engager for some of its processinhg services formany years. He attributes the firm’ s growth to “some very shrewd investments in technologhy and being ahead of the curvde in terms of technology and how to use it to drivsetraffic (to their business), and training their sales reps to capitaliz on that traffic.
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Henry Helgeson and Scott Zdanis established the company in 1998 as a reselle r of credit card processing terminalz overthe Internet. To a smaller extent the company provided processin g of creditcard transactions. But as margin compressioj made equipment salesless profitable, the partnerss responded by ramping up processing Today, its processing services constitute 90 percentf of its total gross while equipment and software sales are 10 Business has been so brisok — it signed up 2,300 new customerse in April alone — that the company is planninv to increase its sales force by 30 perceng or 40 percent within the next 60 days.
“We basicall y are getting more businessezs trying to signup (for our services) than we have the capacitgy for, and we’re trying to staff up for that as quicklt as possible,” says Helgeson, 34, who serves as presidentf and co-CEO. Co-founder Zdanis has since moveed to Miami and playse a less active role inthe company. Merchant Warehoused acts as a third-party processor, facilitating paymenyt transactions between merchants and credittcard issuers, essentially by getting moneu off of the consumer’s credit card and into the business’ s bank account. Its residual-based businesse model makes money by charging for that service oneach transaction.
Since its the 150-employee company estimates serving a cumulativee total of morethan 87,000 customers nationwides — primarily small and medium-size businesses; about 56,009 are active accounts right now, with most of the attritionn due to companies going out of business, Helgesonb notes. Today, Merchant Warehouse is processing morethan 3.5 millioh payment transactions per month. After hittin g $27.
3 million in revenue in 2008, the company is shooting for $32 million to $34 million this Helgeson says Merchant Warehouses has also benefited by becoming more ofa technology-driven “When we started to hire our own software developers and builed our own infrastructure, as far as compute r systems and technology to run this office, that reallty put us into a hyper-growth he says. Five years ago, the compangy hired its first softwarr developer. It subsequently built its own sophisticated customefr relationship managementsystem in-houser that has enabled the company to better measurs the performance of its accountx and staff.
And 18 months ago, it completed the developmentf of the necessary infrastructure to begin processing some transactionss through its own electronic gateway here in It continues to utilize three largde outside firms to assist in processing the bulk of the The company also works with a pool of abour100 point-of-sale system resellers, who often refer business to Merchant Warehouse. The companty has also used technology to innovate its servicess in an industry where Helgesoh says the competitionis fierce. “Our industrh has been pretty much plain, vanilla creditf and debit processing,” Helgeson says.
“We had to look at it and say, ‘Whar can we do here to differentiatee ourselves?’ ” For it offers wireless credit card processing services to iPhons and BlackBerry users who have installed its softwarw applications ontheir PDAs. Those mobile merchantxs now represent 10 percenyt to 15 percent ofthe company’s new accounts. It has also partneredx with another company, , to developp a card reader that encrypts the credit card numberf as it is being swipedr to help preventsecurity breaches.
“They’re a very impressive group,” says Steve Parks, vice presidentr of , an Atlanta-basefd firm that Merchant Warehouse has engager for some of its processinhg services formany years. He attributes the firm’ s growth to “some very shrewd investments in technologhy and being ahead of the curvde in terms of technology and how to use it to drivsetraffic (to their business), and training their sales reps to capitaliz on that traffic.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
J9 Technologies, Inc. Announces Migration Solution for OpenView Internet Services Users
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As of December 31, current OVIS customers must migrate from OVISto HP's BAC and SiteScopew solutions in order to receive licenses, customer support, and updates from HP. As a result of the Mercuryu acquisition, HP announced that it is dropping support for the OVIS solutionh in favor of the Business AvailabilituCenter (BAC) and SiteScopew solutions. HP is offering, free-of-charge, a license exchange from OVIS to BAC and J9 offers expert services to streamlinrthe customer's license acquisition pre-migration planning, end-to-end migration from OVIS to BAC, and identifyintg best practices for ongoing utilizationn of the new BAC solution.
With J9, the migratio n process is not just one of but evolution. J9's solution reducezs a customer's time to value risk during themigratio process. J9 works with each customer individually to determiner theircurrent state, identify gaps and provide a plan for Throughout the process, J9's experts partner with the customer to ensurs the migration not only replaces their currenf state, with no but allows the customer to be positioned to expans their capabilities utilizing the enhancex BAC platform.
expand beyond to offed a complete range of basic and advancex BAC implementation services and training program s designed to enable the customefr to take full advantage of the power of the BAC Business Availability Center brings a robusgt platform to address a broad range ofapplication environments. BAC's rich feature-set offers customers an enhances platform addressing their Business Service Management needdand initiatives, including application service level management, business transaction management, and superiotr dashboarding capabilities.
The BAC platform is capablw of supporting a wide range of applicatiobn environments beyondstandard web-basedd applications, resulting in enterprise-wide coveragd for the customer's most business critical systems, such as ERP/CRM, E-Mail, SOA, Web 2.0, and client-basecd systems. About J9 Technologies is a certified Hewletyt PackardGold Partner, specializing in Business Service Managementr and Application Performance Lifecycle management. Offering strategid consulting, training, installation and ongoinv support for HP software products such as SOA Service Test, Business Availability Center, LoadRunner / Performance Center, Real User Monitoring TransactionVision.
With a focus on application diagnostics, composite application and businesstransaction management, J9 Technologies strive to ensure that customerw can quickly identify the root-cause of issues and minimizw mean time to resolution. For more information: J9 Inc. 24 Roy St., Box 211 Seattle, WA 98109 Tel: 221-8109 Fax: (206) 374-2901 www.j9tech.comk SOURCE J9 Technologies, Inc.
As of December 31, current OVIS customers must migrate from OVISto HP's BAC and SiteScopew solutions in order to receive licenses, customer support, and updates from HP. As a result of the Mercuryu acquisition, HP announced that it is dropping support for the OVIS solutionh in favor of the Business AvailabilituCenter (BAC) and SiteScopew solutions. HP is offering, free-of-charge, a license exchange from OVIS to BAC and J9 offers expert services to streamlinrthe customer's license acquisition pre-migration planning, end-to-end migration from OVIS to BAC, and identifyintg best practices for ongoing utilizationn of the new BAC solution.
With J9, the migratio n process is not just one of but evolution. J9's solution reducezs a customer's time to value risk during themigratio process. J9 works with each customer individually to determiner theircurrent state, identify gaps and provide a plan for Throughout the process, J9's experts partner with the customer to ensurs the migration not only replaces their currenf state, with no but allows the customer to be positioned to expans their capabilities utilizing the enhancex BAC platform.
expand beyond to offed a complete range of basic and advancex BAC implementation services and training program s designed to enable the customefr to take full advantage of the power of the BAC Business Availability Center brings a robusgt platform to address a broad range ofapplication environments. BAC's rich feature-set offers customers an enhances platform addressing their Business Service Management needdand initiatives, including application service level management, business transaction management, and superiotr dashboarding capabilities.
The BAC platform is capablw of supporting a wide range of applicatiobn environments beyondstandard web-basedd applications, resulting in enterprise-wide coveragd for the customer's most business critical systems, such as ERP/CRM, E-Mail, SOA, Web 2.0, and client-basecd systems. About J9 Technologies is a certified Hewletyt PackardGold Partner, specializing in Business Service Managementr and Application Performance Lifecycle management. Offering strategid consulting, training, installation and ongoinv support for HP software products such as SOA Service Test, Business Availability Center, LoadRunner / Performance Center, Real User Monitoring TransactionVision.
With a focus on application diagnostics, composite application and businesstransaction management, J9 Technologies strive to ensure that customerw can quickly identify the root-cause of issues and minimizw mean time to resolution. For more information: J9 Inc. 24 Roy St., Box 211 Seattle, WA 98109 Tel: 221-8109 Fax: (206) 374-2901 www.j9tech.comk SOURCE J9 Technologies, Inc.
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