Medical device package, product and environmental testing laboratory, DDL Inc, responds to increased business with a new Technical Director at DDL West and a new Project Manager at its corporate headquarters
Minneapolis, MN, August 31, 2006 — http://www.testedandproven.com/ - DDL, a leading medical device package, product and environmental testing laboratory is expanding both of its facilities with two new hires, Karen Greene and Kelley Newman.
Karen Greene joins California-based DDL West from Seltzer Nutritional Technologies, where she was Director of Package Engineering. In her role as Technical Director, she will focus on increasing DDL West’s package testing business.
Originally from the Spalding Corporation, Kelley Newman is a Package Engineer who will aid the DDL corporate offices in a project management role. Newman specializes in Quality Assurance.
“We are delighted to welcome Karen Greene and Kelley Newman to DDL,” said Patrick Nolan, COO of DDL Inc. “We are confident that Karen will be instrumental in growing our DDL West facility, and Kelley’s expertise in Quality Assurance will help us both maintain and exceed our high standards in medical device package testing.”
Evolving Solutions successfully deploys an IT infrastructure solution to the Minnesota Wild to help IT staff save time and increase productivity
Minneapolis/Saint Paul, MN, August 24, 2006 – http://www.evolvingsol.com – Evolving Solutions, a data on demand and server consolidation expert, has become the Preferred Technology Partner of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Minnesota Wild.
Evolving Solutions’ Preferred Technology Partner status comes as a result of its successful design, implementation and optimization of an IT infrastructure solution to help the Minnesota Wild streamline its IT operations.
“The fast-paced and demanding world of professional sports makes it difficult for an IT department to keep up with server/storage operational and maintenance demands,” said Jaime Gmach, President, Evolving Solutions. “Evolving Solutions was able to help the Minnesota Wild’s IT staff eliminate some of those time and productivity constraints.”
Evolving Solutions has designed and deployed a solution to consolidate disparate standalone servers into a highly available, high performance IBM BladeCenter, which runs VMWare to an IBM DS4300 disk storage subsystem via a Storage Area Network (SAN). The Minnesota Wild is using two blades for Ticketmaster transactions and another blade as an Exchange server.
New Whitepaper from Magnum Technologies Details Financial Rewards of Implementing its ADVANTAGE BSM Software Solution
MINNEAPOLIS – August 18, 2006 – http://www.magnum-tech.com/landing/bsm/ - Magnum Technologies, the leading business service management firm, today announced its ability to definitively calculate the ROI generated by its BSM software, ADVANTAGE.
Magnum Technologies’ Fortune 500 client, with an IT Staff of over 450, reported an estimated annual savings of more than $1 million with significant cost-reductions including:
• Reduction of opened manual service tickets – Saved $110,000
• Avoided investment in additional IT headcount – Saved $300,000
• Improved Mean Time to Repair by 30% - Saved $340,000
Company executives craved the ability to prioritize and resolve IT problems based on business impact. Company executives also demanded the ability to retrieve on-demand and updated information to check on the health of IT/application services which support specific lines of business.
“Delivering on the client’s need to prioritize IT problems, based on business impact while increasing ROI, reinforces the value of Magnum Technologies’ ADVANTAGE BSM software,” said Mike Ducatelli, senior vice president, Magnum Technologies. “This success story is a concrete example of the improvements ADVANTAGE BSM software can bring to an IT organization.”
Real Estate Services Firm Educates on Ways to Reduce Risks when Investing in Commercial Real Estate Ventures
Beaverton, OR, August 16, 2006 – http://www.pacificsecuritycapital.com – Pacific Security Capital, a vertically integrated real estate services company providing investment and advisory services, commercial real estate loans, investment sales and development services, is educating potential investors on ways to minimize commercial real estate risk.
Investors need not let the possible risks of real estate ventures stop them from embarking on a potentially rewarding journey. By relying on an integrated real estate services company that understands market and industry trends, performs objective project and market analysis and can match the best funding combination of commercial real estate loans and investment capital investors can significantly reduce the risks associated with their venture while still enjoying superior returns.
“There’s a lot of excitement and adrenaline in commercial real estate, and that is what draws most of us to the industry,” said Will Moore, Pacific Security Capital’s Managing Director of the Capital Markets group. “While that emotion is powerful in conceiving and energizing a project or purchase, it cannot be allowed to influence the analysis, implementation or execution of the project.”
ADR Law & Policy Update provides legal community with a weekly round-up of alternative dispute resolution case law, legislative and regulatory actions.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (PRWEB) August 15, 2006 — Today, the National Arbitration Forum officially launched a new educational e-newsletter called the ADR Law & Policy Update. Legal professionals, judges and others interested can access the latest in federal and state cases and legislative and regulatory happenings pertaining to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) all in one newsletter. This newsletter is a first-of-its-kind and provides legal professionals an easy way to stay up-to-date on legal developments concerning ADR.
“As the trend toward ADR continues to grow, there is an abundance of ADR case law, legislation and regulation,” said Curtis Brown, vice president of the National Arbitration Forum. “In fact, there is so much that it becomes difficult to track and categorize. So, we plan to bring it all together for people in a format that is easy to digest. We are proud to offer this information to the legal community and all others who are interested and hope they find it useful.”
“netZentry’s security appliances are able to precisely and non-intrusively [detect and mitigate] incoming threats, allowing them to offer their clients unparalleled protection,” said Ron Dunlop, managing editor of Web Hosting Magazine. “For their powerful DDoS protection solution, netZentry receives an Editor’s Choice Award for Security Hardware for August 2006.”
netZentry’s CleanTraffic(TM) DDoS protection appliance differentiates itself from other DDoS protection solutions by providing:
• Granular, domain-level DDoS detection, tracking and mitigation
• High scalability for up to 50,000 domains
• Low total cost of ownership
“netZentry is pleased to accept the Editor’s Choice award for our CleanTraffic DDoS protection appliance,” said netZentry CEO Rangaswamy “Vasu” Vasuvedan. “We are dedicated to providing our customers with the best possible network security, and this award reflects that dedication.”
In a new report, ‘Magnum Technologies Automates Business Service and Service Level Management’ THINKstrategies praises Magnum Technologies ability, via its BSM Software ADVANTAGE, to help organizations set the stage for smooth and efficient ITIL adoption.
MINNEAPOLIS – August 9, 2006 – Magnum Technologies’ (http://www.magnum-tech.com/landing/think-strategies/) – flagship business service management software, ADVANTAGE is praised - in a new report by THINKstrategies - for its unique ability to overcome technical and organizational obstacles often present in the path to ITIL adoption.
According to THINKstrategies, IT enterprises that have had their credibility undercut by ongoing performance and reliability issues are turning to solutions, such as Magnum Technologies ADVANTAGE BSM software to restore credibility. ADVANTAGE restores IT credibility by producing real-time reports that correlate IT and application performance to specific lines of business (LOBs).
“SLM has been around for more than a decade, with few enterprises satisfied with the results,” said Mike Ducatelli, senior vice president, Magnum Technologies. “We’re proud of the positive statements made in the report about our flagship ADVANTAGE BSM software.”
Minco has joined the Supply-Chain Council to offer an additional educational resource to its customers and prospects
Minneapolis, MN, August 9, 2006 – http://www.minco.com – Minco, a designer and manufacturer of critical components for critical applications, today announced its affiliation with the Supply-Chain Council, a global, non-profit trade organization dedicated to sponsoring and supporting educational programs.
Minco, a company that is focused on bringing educational value to design engineers and manufacturers, views its involvement in the Supply-Chain Council as an additional educational resource to better serve its customers.
“Minco is in a very fortunate position to be on the cutting edge of technological development,” said Tony Peet, Minco Vice President. “Minco wants to leverage this position as much as possible to get breakthrough applications to the market and really respond to emerging industry needs.”
In October 2005, Minco, along with Anoka-Ramsey Community College, was awarded a $399,998 Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) grant to fund professional development training programs for Minco employees and the surrounding community.
Minco also launched “Let’s Talk E2E”, an online discussion forum dedicated to answering engineers’ most pressing design questions.
Smartkit: Student Guidebook details learning strategies to give students an extra edge by improving memory via study tips
Minneapolis, MN – Aug 3, 2006 – http://www.smart-kit.com – SmartKit, a leading website dedicated to bringing readers expert, up-to-date information on how to improve your brain, is releasing a new book to help students improve studying techniques, producing bigger benefits in less time.
The ebook, Smartkit: Student Guidebook, provides students with practical learning strategies to help achieve academic success via intelligent use of their brain. Tips include information on how to:
• Boost focus and concentration by naturally increasing brain catecholamines
• Use powerful study techniques that can, in some cases, cut study time by 50%. Rejuvenate mental performance and alertness when your fatigued
• Increase the number of brain cells and synapses without prescription drugs
• Properly use various food combinations to markedly increase productivity and learning efficiency
The ebook, written by Dr. R.L Kaplan, a Board Certified neurologist, is based on more than 200 references from the neuroscientific literature. The ebook provides well-founded learning strategies to help students increase study effectiveness while decreasing the actual amount of time spent studying.
