ShoZu Wins Gold in the Future Mobile Awards for their Contribution to Mobile Web 2.0

Hampshire, UK (PRWEB) August 19, 2008

Mobile Web 2.0 innovators, ShoZu, have been selected by Juniper Research as the top award winner in the Future Mobile Awards – mobile web 2.0 category.

The Future Mobile Awards are given to companies that have made a significant contribution to their sector and are poised to make considerable market impact in the future. The gold award recognises ShoZu as being a leading light in the development of the sector.

Ian Chard, panel judge and Analyst at Juniper Research says, “Supporting one-click transfer of digital content between mobile phones and 50+ social web destinations, geo-tagging, mobile-to-web messaging, and behavioural targeted advertising, ShoZu offers mobile network operators an established, all-round Mobile Web 2.0 on/off-deck turnkey platform. The average user is said to generate 20 network ‘events’ (i.e. content uploads/downloads) per month, with heavy users generating in excess of 100 events per month. This success demonstrates what can be achieved if users have the right tools available. ShoZu has partnered with Telecom Italia, Singapore’s StarHub and 3 (Austria and UK) under revenue-share agreements, while shipping as an embedded application on Motorola and Samsung handsets. By providing the mobile web equivalent of a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and catering to the needs of the prosumer, ShoZu is a deserving Gold winner this year.”

The awards were granted by a panel of expert judges based on a number of criteria, including: Innovation; Customer retention and growth; Commercial deployment; Ease of use/user interface; Revenue generation; Pricing (for services/products); and Capability/functionality. Gold and Silver awards were conferred for each category – Gold awarded to ShoZu, and Silver to BuzzCity – within the mobile web 2.0 category.

ShoZu CEO Mark Bol commented, “ShoZu has received some of the top awards in the industry, but being recognized by a respected analyst firm like Juniper Research is particularly gratifying. They clearly understand the problems of the mobile Web, the need to mobilize social media, and our contribution to both areas,” He continued, “Our goal all along has been to help users manage their online social lives from the handset, and this award shows that we have done that better than anyone else in the industry.”

ShoZu is a mobile utility that speeds and simplifies the process of interacting with online social media from the mobile phone by enabling users to connect to over 50 Web 2.0 sites – ranging from Facebook to YouTube, Flickr, Kodak EasyShare Gallery, Photobucket, Twitter, Google Blogger, WordPress and beyond – from a single interface. This eliminates the need to open a mobile browser and navigate to each community. With ShoZu installed on the handset, smartphone, iPhone or BlackBerry, users can mass-publish any photo or video to multiple websites and/or email addresses with a single upload; send Twitters and update Facebook status from the same interface; have friends’ photos, comments and other posts delivered directly to the mobile device without intervention; and more. (http://www.shozu.com)

For further information on the awards please visit http://www.juniperresearch.com/futuremobileawards.htm or contact John Levett at john.levett@juniperresearch.com telephone +44(0)1256 830002.

Juniper Research provides research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector, providing consultancy, analyst reports and industry commentary.

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Search Expert Weighs In on Future of the Industry

Aarhus, Denmark (PRWEB) November 15, 2008

Stephen E. Arnold, an expert in search, content processing, and text analytics, recently delivered a lecture to a standing-room only crowd in Aarhus, Denmark, at the JBoye 08 (http://www.jboye08.dk/) conference Nov. 4 to 6.

Arnold’s analysis of enterprise search in 2009 identified major trends in the enterprise search and context processing industry; reviewed companies that will drive search success going forward; selected hot market sectors; and explained the rising challenges vendors and licensees will face.

Determining deals for bundled or “just there” search will put sales pressure on many small and specialty vendors, and competition from Google will increase that pressure as smaller companies try to avoid being swallowed by the search giant. Ballooning expenses will cause the purchasing companies to squeeze all they can out of budgets, which means fiercer competition amongst the vendors. Understanding and handling that may be beyond many small company salesmen. And SharePoint will continue to grow in scope and usage, a challenge to all search system developers.

“I fear that we will lose some number of search and content processing firms in the next six to 12 months. Innovation will continue to replenish the pool but some relatively well known firms will run aground,” Arnold said.

Arnold invites usage of his information and documents with proper attribution. The full text of the lecture and a pdf are available on the ArnoldIT.com Web site at http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/11/11/search-2009-the-arnold-boye08-lecture/. The speech has been crafted into a more definitive statement of Arnold’s views and will be published.

As the managing partner of Arnold Information Technology (http://www.arnoldit.com), Arnold has more than two decades of experience in computer-based information retrieval, practical work gained through client assignments around the world and a deep understanding of the technology and business of enterprise search.

“Successful Enterprise Search Management” will be available as a download in late November and in hard copy mid-December through Galatea at http://www.galatea.co.uk/.

About Stephen E. Arnold

Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go “beyond search”. Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. For more information about Arnold IT, contact Stuart Schram, chief technology officer, at (502) 228-1966. The company’s Web site is http://arnoldit.com, and the Beyond Search blog is at http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/.

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Harrod’s Creek, KY (PRWEB) September 28, 2009

Search infrastructure software developer SurfRay, http://www.surfray.com/, and its CEO are the subjects of a a Search Wizards Speak interview with Stephen E. Arnold, an expert in search, content processing, and text analytics.

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ITEP Prepares High School Students for Jobs of the Future with SoCal Donations

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 19, 2010

International Trade Education Programs (ITEP) has started off the New Year on the right financial foot receiving donations from four corporations to provide training for jobs of the future.

We would not be here today if we did not receive contributions from companies like the Bettina Weary Trust, Teekay Corporation, Shell Oil Company, the Watson Land Company, and the international trade industry, said Carol Rowen, CEO & Founder of International Trade Education Programs (ITEP). We are so thankful to the business and international community that supports us as we celebrate a decade of providing training programs for jobs of the future.

ITEP received $ 5,000 from Bettina Weary Trust; $ 30,000 from Teekay Corporation; $ 10,000 from the Shell Oil Company and $ 25,000 from the Watson Land Company.

ITEP programs assess the needs of high schools and the surrounding transportation, logistics and industry needs. ITEP works with schools that need to boost graduation rates, decrease the number of dropouts, and enhance standardized test scores. Students who graduate from the struggling schools rarely had opportunities or motivation to pursue further education or employment. Thats where ITEP comes to the rescue by designing programs to fulfill those needs, guiding and mentoring students on a career path of current jobs of the future. They discover a whole new world of career choices they would have never imagined, said Rowen. ITEP trains high students at various academies

The International Trade Academy (ITA) is becoming an entrepreneurial powerhouse, said Rowen. It two businesses under development one is a recycling enterprise, in collaboration with ConocoPhillips, Tesoro and SA Recycling and the other almost ready for launch is a beauty products company led by ITA Advisory Board Chair Lauren Warren. Some of the other academies training high school students and are becoming a model for the rest of state and nation include:

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A Visit to the Branch of the Future Today

Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) August 10, 2010

Extraco Banks, a $ 1.2 billion community bank with 15 branches in central Texas, was not satisfied with incorporating new technologies for the sake of change alone. Extraco has taken a quantum leapincorporating the best of in-branch systems with the latest and best banking technologies to improve the customer lobby experience while creating internal time and cost saving efficiencies.

The following is a Q/A session with Sandra Dixon, EVP of Extraco, who was instrumental in the design, development, and implementation of the enhanced branch banking environment at Extraco.

FMSI/Davis: What was the first step in determining how best to do this?

The first step in redefining our branch model was to analyze and evaluate the branch performance environment. To accomplish this goal, Extraco utilized the Teller Management SystemTM (TMS) provided by Financial Management Solutions, Inc. (FMSI). The monthly TMS reports gave Extraco detailed performance management information for our entire branch network. Over time we utilized the TMS reports to collect and analyze performance trends in critical areas such as transactions per hour. How do you run your business without knowing your numbers? TMS gave us detailed data and performance projections based on our historic branch transaction activity, and was essential to understanding our performance levels, volume fluctuations, and traffic patterns. This critical information helped us redesign staffing, customer service, even our branch hours.

FMSI/Davis: What does this redefined branch look like?

The branch now has Dialogue Banking Towers (towers/pods) located throughout the lobby where any customer activity (e.g., service issue, account opening, loan funding, transactional processing) can be handled, creating one-stop shopping for our customers. Next, we modified the traditional teller line actually cutting through the sacred granite counters to create an openingwhich allows the RBs the flexibility to move freely throughout the lobby to assist customers. Then we redesigned the lobby flow to create open areas that facilitate conversation with and service to our customers, while reserving traditional office space for confidential or more complex transactions.

We coupled the new towers/pods and modified teller lines with Talaris Vertera cash recyclers with dual coin counters interfaced to Jack Henry (JH) Vertex Teller Capture. The cash recyclers accept cash deposits, verifying and authenticating bills before securely storing them, as well as dispense cash so that RBs are free to focus completely on the customers. JH Teller Capture scans and captures checks in real time at the point of presentment and interfaces with the teller platform system to expedite transaction processing.

Last, we added several amenities to make the lobby more customer friendly. RBs use headsets to communicate with each other to ensure lobby traffic is served promptly and efficiently. Educational towers throughout the branch highlight our products and services, while a technology wall lets customers try the latest technological innovations first hand. Specialty coffee, premium snacks, and the latest financial and national news publications are available at our coffee bar and resource wall. And for those self-directed customers who may find themselves in the lobby, we even added video conferencing so they can work direct with our Customer Care Center on their issue.

The best change is the overall atmosphere. While the equipment and design are key elements, its the quality of our well-trained staff that makes it work.

See the full conversation by going to fmsivantagepoint.wordpress.com

About Extraco Banks

Extraco celebrated 100 years and three generations of family management on July 12th, 2002. Founded as a cotton warehousing company, today Extraco is the largest and most comprehensive independent financial institution headquartered in central Texas. It exceeds $ 1 billion in assets, serves 153,000 customers in 15 branch locations, participates in hundreds of volunteer community leadership roles, and, most importantly, employs over 400 central Texans. Over the last decade, Extraco has developed a one-stop financial center vision that offers a superior experience to its customers.

About Financial Management Solutions, Inc. (FMSI)

Located in Atlanta, GA, and established in 1990, FMSI provides easy-to-use, yet sophisticated, systems The Teller Management System (TMS) and The Lobby Tracking SystemTM (LTS) that allow financial institutions the ability to schedule the FI team throughout a branch network to meet traffic demand, and to manage the process through easy to read color graphics and succinct performance management reports.

FMSI provides decision support tools and performance management information exclusively for financial institutions of all sizes throughout the United States. Visit the companys Web site at http://www.fmsi.com or call 877.887.3022.

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Spanky Media Opens the Future in Mobile Website Development

Perth, Western Australia (PRWEB) May 21, 2012

Spanky Media aims to provide businesses and organisations with efficient and attractive websites. The company also develops innovations in WordPress development to deliver quality websites and, at the same time, meeting the different demands of clients especially those who are always on the go.

While accessing the internet from a mobile device is no longer new, there is a renewed interest in mobile website development now that there is an increased availability of devices that are WAP 2.0 ready. Since there is an abundance of XHTML developers, it is no wonder why Spanky Media wants to remain as the leading company in Australia that brings affordable web design using this particular type of platform.

According to the Australian Communications and Media Authority, there were more than 21.26 million mobile phone users since the year 2007 and the rise of people who will own mobile phones in the country were expected to rise at 7.6% yearly. Out of the 21.26 million people who use mobile phones, 4.5 million of them use 3G mobile services and the number will increase to 192% yearly because most phones created these days are now capable of WAP 2.0.

Due to the rise of the number of Australians relying so much on their mobile phones, this has also affected the way people do their online transactions as more and more Australians are comfortable making their purchases using their mobile phones. On the other hand, there are now numerous website owners and administrators who love to work on their websites from their mobile phones.

The convenience to do custom WordPress development from mobile phones has some drawback, each model or brand is uniquely made. This means that a particular website may look and function differently from one mobile phone to the other. For business owners, not being able to tap the power of mobile web design can mean loss of a lot of revenue. Spanky Media, on the other hand, can help create specialised versions of any website that is intended only for the type of mobile phone that exists in the market. This makes online blogging and website updating from mobile phones easy and convenient for the customers.

With this idea, business owners who aim to stay afloat have better leverage over their competitors if they use mobile website development. This innovation will never go away and will be developed further to cater more powerful mobile phone services in the future. In fact, Googles previous CEO Eric Schmidt said to put your best people on mobile simply because mobile today is the fastest industry in the planet thus its development is aggressive to meet the demands of many mobile phone users. This is the reason why most mobile phone services these days are created with powerful apps that are intended in mobile browsing. And as long as there is development in mobile phones, with respect to mobile browsing, expect that Spanky Media will always be there to provide the latest innovation in mobile website development.

Be on top of your league with mobile website development. Talk to us at 1300 729 261 or visit our website at http://spankymedia.com.au/.

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Baby Names @ BabyChatter.Com Rolls out Newly Designed Website Helping Future Parents Find Names for Their Babies

White Plains, Maryland (PRWEB) July 06, 2012

With the BabyChatter.com redesign, there is a large, interesting collection of celebrity baby names. As celebrity babies are born every day, the staff updates this section daily as that news is ever-changing, keeping it very current. User submissions of names, both celebrity and non-celebrity, are always welcome, as are guest writers offering valuable parenting information. More functionality will be added in the future to the celebrity section.

Moving and converting from a heavy HTML website to a new WordPress platform makes BabyChatter.com much faster and easier to manage, while providing the user a better experience when visiting.

BabyChatter.com has been providing new, expectant and experienced parents a fun and interactive experience since 2000, offering baby names to choose from, their meanings and origins. Users also enjoy the updated free baby stuff and baby coupons. Prior to becoming BabyChatter.com, the website was initially collaborated on Geocities.com web space. Once it became too popular at Geocities, using too much bandwidth, the domain name, BabyChatter.com was purchased. The website as we know it today moved to its own server in 2000.

Information found on BabyChatter.com is of a general nature and is designed only for educational and/or entertainment purposes. For any concerns about the health or well-being of your children or your own health, you should always consult with a physician or other healthcare professional. There are no trained medical professionals to give such advice on BabyChatter.com.

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Getting Started With Google Website Optimizer: Future Now, Inc. Supports Launch With Seven Freebies

Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) April 4, 2007

Future Now, Inc. has launched a suite of free and paid products and services to support Google’s customers. Google Website Optimizer customers who want to get started can read Bryan Eisenberg’s non-technical technical guide “The 10 Minute Guide to Testing with Google Website Optimizer” at http://www.grokdotcom.com/googlewebsiteoptimizer.

Jeffrey Eisenberg, CEO of Future Now, Inc. said, “In the past companies spent thousands of dollars a month for the services Google Website Optimizer is offering for free. While the cost savings is exciting to several of our larger customers it is dramatic to small and mid-size companies who couldn’t afford to test effectively before. One mid-size company, MattressLiquidators.ca, we helped during the early beta test would never have been able to afford testing software and our services together. With Google Website Optimizer we were able to help them achieve a 5,100% increase in sales in the first few weeks! And that’s just one of many new case studies.”

Bryan Eisenberg, CPO of Future Now, Inc. said, “Being able to test is only half the story. Knowing what to test is the other half. Sure people will test randomly and get some improvements. Since ‘Call To Action’ hit the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists people thank us for teaching them about what variables improve online conversion rates. They tell us how they went from a 1% to a 3% conversion rate with what they learned. My decade long crusade has been for CEOs to understand that an increase like that is not just two percentage points but rather a 300% increase in sales.”

Future Now, Inc. revamped an entire conversion and landing page optimization service line dedicated to Google Website Optimizer. It has also developed several products including: two Quick Start guides, one for online retailers and one for lead generation; a comprehensive Conversion Experts Workbook; and Save the Sale for shopping cart optimization; they are available at http://shop.futurenowinc.com/shop/.

Seven Free Google Website Optimizer Free Resources http://www.grokdotcom.com/googlewebsiteoptimizer

1) Free: The 10 Minute Guide to Testing with Google Website Optimizer –

Google Website Optimizer customers can read Bryan Eisenberg’s non-technical technical guide “The 10 Minute Guide to Testing with Google Website Optimizer.”

2) Free: 3rd Party WordPress Plug-in For Google Website Optimizer – Future Now, Inc. collaborated with Blog integration specialists ContentRobot (http://www.contentrobot.com) to enable blogs and blog-powered websites to create a WordPress plug-in which integrates Google Website optimizer to their WordPress website. Using the plug-in makes it easy for anyone with a WordPress powered blog or website to test headlines, copy or images. This download will also be available at http://www.grokdotcom.com/googlewebsiteoptimizer .

3) Free: Webinar About Google Website Optimizer – Bryan Eisenberg is presenting a free Webinar, hosted and sponsored by WebEx, the Web conferencing leader, titled: “Which Sells Best?: 7 Landing Page Optimization Tips Improve Your ROI with Google Website Optimizer.”

4) Free: Podcast of Interview of Tom Leung, Business Product Manager of Google Website Optimizer – On GrokDotCom.com Tom Leung discusses the ins and outs of Google’s latest product to help websites and advertisers.

5) Free: 64 Tips for Getting Started with Google Website Optimizer – Need some testing ideas? Anthony Garcia, co-author of Which Sells Best? and Contact Me or Submit? provides you with 64 Tips for Getting Started with Google Website Optimizer.

6) Free: Subscribe to the Conversion Rate Marketing Blog – GrokDotCom – Subscribe by RSS or Email GrokDotCom is a marketing blog that is focused on marketing optimization, improving online conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, persuasive website design, and of course landing page optimization. You have many subscription options; you can get the latest content by email (your choice of daily, weekly or monthly) or by RSS.

7) Free: A/B Testing: Too Little Too Early? Whitepaper – Download the whitepaper on A/B testing by Future Now’s Chief Thinking Officer, John Quarto-vonTivadar.

About Future Now, Inc.

Google, Inc. has selected Future Now, Inc. (http://www.FutureNowInc.com), the online conversion rate specialists, to be an Authorized Consultant for the Google Website Optimizer program. Future Now, Inc. is a New York City based consultancy that assists client increase their conversion rates and optimize landing pages to make more sales, increase leads and subscriptions with a wide range of conversion rate optimization services since 1998.

Press Contacts

Jeffrey Eisenberg or Bryan Eisenberg (877) 643-7244 or email dawnd (at) futurenowinc.com

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From Entry-Level Accountant to Serial Entrepreneur: David Eckoff Gives Advice to Future Business Owners

Roswell, CA (PRWEB) October 03, 2012

David Eckoff began his entrepreneurial journey in 1993 when he was working at IBM as an accountant and he founded InsideCarolina, a print magazine and paid subscription website covering University of North Carolina basketball and football. Today, hes the founder of his third company and works as an advisor to some of the top technology firms in the United States. In a blog post released today by Company.com, the social network for small business, Eckoff discusses his path to entrepreneurial success and provides tips for those interested in starting their own business.

Co-founder of Pickoff Sports, Eckoff specializes in developing and launching game-changing online consumer media businesses.

Eckoff and his co-founder Peter Gruman and experts in online sports. They built Rivals.com (later acquired by Yahoo); Gruman was on the executive team at Scout.com (acquired by FOX Sports); together, they pioneered webcasting with the leagues and 300+ college teams at Real; and Eckoff went on to be VP of New Products at Turner Broadcasting, where he innovated in the business of… online sports.

Today, theyre developing a new kind of platform to better meet the needs of sports fans. In the article posted on the Company Insight blog, Eckoff covers topics such as social media, entrepreneurship and his new company, Pickoff Sports.

Eckoff advises entrepreneurs to remember that, Problems will happen. Youre going to run into roadblocks. Youve got to find a way to get over the roadblock, around it, crash through it, go under itwhatever it takes. If you do that, youre going to find that youre able to get through a lot more than what you think can.

The article can be found on the Company Insight blog, a resource for business owners and entrepreneurs at: http://companyinsight.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/entrepreneur-spotlight-on-david-eckoff-part-2/

For more information about how Company.com can help your business grow, visit Company.com or call 855-812-6290. Stay connected with Company.com on Facebook and Twitter, @companydotcom.

About Company.com

Company.com is a unique business social network focused on the needs and opportunities of new and growing businesses. It allows businesses to connect, communicate, and collaborate with clients, partners, vendors and suppliers, create new partnerships, and engage with customers in new and more effective ways. The company has recently announced a major upgrade to their network that will be available later in Q3 12. Visit Company.com for more detail.

About Pickoff Sports

Pickoff Sports is developing a new kind of platform to better meet the needs of sports fans. You can see the beginning of what theyre working on, Pickoff, in BETA on Facebook (http://pickoffsports.com/play). “All the fun of fantasy sports without the hard work.”

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