Evluma Launches Commercial & Industrial LED Presence, New Agreement with Service Concepts

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) September 20, 2011

LED lighting manufacturer Evluma announces the renewal of its Sales and Marketing Agreement with Service Concepts. As part of the new agreement Service Concepts will work with Evluma to provide exclusive distribution for Evluma?s first Commercial and Industrial LED product, the soon to be released 50W Omnipar. Service Concepts is owned by 30 Midwest utilities and serves as a supplier to hundreds more.

Evluma and Service Concepts have been working together to promote the Clearlight outdoor LED retrofits to the co-op market since July 2009. ?Given the energetic support we have received from Service Concepts in the past, choosing a primary distributor for our first indoor Commercial and Industrial product was easy,? said Keith Miller, President & CEO of Evluma. Whereas the agreement for Clearlight distribution is exclusive to Service Concepts to co-ops in only seven states: LA, MO, AR, MS, IN, OH, and IL, Service Concepts will have exclusive distribution of the Omnipar to the Commercial and Industrial market in 48 states, minus Washington and Oregon. Service Concepts has non-exclusive distribution of the Clearlight line in: KY, KS, NE, OK, and TN.

Like the Clearlight, the new Omnipar is an LED retrofit. ?The benefit of working closely with a manufacturer like Evluma is being able to get a first glimpse at new technologies, then finding the right markets to test them in. By facilitating conversations between the customer and the manufacturer we can source winning products,? said Steve Thrash, CEO of Service Concepts. New products can be ordered through Service Concepts and its affiliate Energy Tech Solutions.

Evluma plans to announce the Omnipar in October 2011. New products will be on display in the Service Concepts booth during Tech Advantage 2012 March 6-9, San Deigo, CA.

About Evluma

Evluma is a division of Express Imaging Systems, LLC (EIS), a company that has been designing award winning, high-power LED applications for the photographic industry since 1995. Formed in 2008, Evluma is committed to developing environmentally low impact lighting solutions that are affordable and long lasting. Evluma is a Lighting Facts LED Product Partner.

About Service Concepts

Service Concepts provides uncommon value to hundreds of utilities throughout the U.S. Service Concepts finds, develops and offers the best manufacturers ? best in quality, best in business practices, best in supporting their customers. At a time when the world, marketplace and industry changes so rapidly, Service Concepts is a gateway to vision, understanding, innovation, amazing new products and services, and access to a national market.

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SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals Launches SmartDesk - A Dedicated Client Resource Center for the Exhibition Community

Hauppauge, New York (PRWEB) October 21, 2011

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals (Hauppauge, NY), one of the nation?s leading providers of computer, audio visual (AV) and trade show technology rentals and services, has launched a new client resource center specifically designed to optimize order management for exhibit houses and show organizers. SmartDesk is a client-centric intake desk which manages each order through its entire lifecycle ? from planning and technical oversight to processing and invoicing. Serving as an extension of SmartSource?s Account Executive team, it is staffed by a dedicated team of SmartSource professionals including project managers, technicians, logistics personnel and administrators based in the company?s Orlando, Florida office.

According to SmartSource President & CEO Mike McClernon; ?SmartDesk was designed to enhance our customers? experience through an improved business process for controlling, expediting and managing their incoming orders, technical requests or project quotes. Customers can contact SmartDesk both telephonically during business hours, or anytime online. They can also request a quote by using our online pricing estimator, or placing their request using a dedicated and personalized email address. Upon receipt of a request through a personalized email address, an alert is simultaneously sent to the SmartDesk as well as the customer?s Account Executive. Once received, the SmartDesk team follows a strategic work flow process to control, expedite and manage the needs for optimum results.?

Operational since September 22, 2011, SmartDesk is receiving a favorable response from the exhibit, meeting and conference planning community. SmartSource Senior Director, Exhibition Sales Jeffrey Byrne noted both end-users and procurement personnel indicated that they have been looking for this level of efficiency, support and cooperation that SmartDesk now provides.

?Based on the feedback, we?re confident that SmartDesk will have an enterprise wide appeal to many organizations,? added Byrne.

About SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals

Founded in 1984 and formerly known as Rent-a-PC, Inc., SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals serves broad-based corporate IT, association, professional AV and trade show technology rental needs. The company is widely recognized for its outstanding customer service, technical expertise, geographic reach, breadth of product, and end-to-end solution. Its extensive line features brand name products from Apple, Dell, HP/Compaq, IBM, NEC, Eiki, Meyer, Stumpfl, and others. Among its products are computers, servers, copiers, professional AV equipment, LCD and plasma monitors, kiosks, digital signage and video walls. SmartSource employs over 250 including over 100 field technicians. Its 23 strategic locations are in: Anaheim, CA; Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; College Station, TX; Dallas, TX; Englewood, NJ; Eugene, OR; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Long Island, NY; Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; St. Louis, MO; and Washington, DC. Kirtland Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Cleveland, Ohio, holds a majority interest in SmartSource Rentals. For more information, visit: http://www.smartsourcerentals.com or call: (800) 888-8686.

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AudienceView Launches Tiki ? The First Fully Integrated Facebook Ticketing Service in the Market

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (PRWEB) October 26, 2011

AudienceView Ticketing, one of the most innovative and influential Primary Ticketing solutions worldwide, today announced the introduction of AudienceView Tiki, a new distribution channel for online ticketing, through Facebook. The AudienceView Tiki service is the first fully integrated Facebook ticketing service in the market that exploits the tremendous potential of social commerce. Facebook users never leave the Facebook network, completing transactions and sharing that information immediately with friends.

"Facebook is a natural medium for socially influenced commerce. It's your address book and platform for rich media communication," indicated Kevin Kimsa, CEO of AudienceView Ticketing. "If we can embrace and leverage this as an industry, we can finally add real value to the consumer buying experience".

The initial launch of AudienceView Tiki also includes the ability to reserve tickets for friends. The 'buy & reserve' feature is a true example of social ticketing, allowing a user to directly offer value to a friend, in this case, by reserving seats directly next to purchased seats.

"Consumers gravitate to value," noted Will Quekett, General Manager of The Ticket Factory. "With the AudienceView Tiki service, we put ourselves in a tremendous position of differentiation in the vanilla world of online ticketing. Not only can we bring the buy button to where the consumer lives (Facebook) but in the process, we significantly increase our knowledge of the customers."

The Tiki service allows AudienceView's clients to make the most of the incredible breadth of information associated with consumer opt-in behaviours that exists inside of Facebook. Knowing that the 'buy & reserve' feature alone can significantly reduce the ratio of number of tickets per transaction, directly translates into the growth of a richer consumer database.

AudienceView Tiki will be initially launched in November with The Ticket Factory in the United Kingdom, with a planned global roll out in January 2012.

About The Ticket Factory

The Ticket Factory is one of the UK's leading national ticket agents and is the official box office of the LG Arena, the NIA and the NEC.

Previously operating as the NEC Group Box Office, The Ticket Factory has more than 25 years experience, evolving into a national ticket agent in October 2007. It offers more flexibility to both clients and customers and a better response to today's increasing demand for tickets for live events.

It now sells around 2.5 million tickets a year for a range of comedy events, concerts, sporting events, exhibitions, theatre performances, visitor attractions and much more across the UK. It is the exclusive national ticket agent for Haymarket exhibitions, it sells tickets for Royal Horticultural Society flower shows and operates Bookings Direct, the national ticket agent for 3A entertainment tours by artists such as Kylie, Eric Clapton, WWE and the X Factor.

Operating as a member of the Society of Ticket Agents & Retailers (STAR), The Ticket Factory provides a customer contact centre operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It handles more than 50,000 phone calls and 430,000 unique website visits each month.

About AudienceView Ticketing

AudienceView Ticketing provides a fully integrated, web-based ticketing, CRM and fundraising solution to more than 160 sports, arts, entertainment and non-traditional ticketing organizations worldwide. Supporting both in-house and hosted ticketing models, AudienceView's white-label solution offers the ability to create unlimited online brands, control your venue and event data, access real-time business data and interact directly with your customers. AudienceView's leading-edge solution opens the door to superior venue management, an enhanced customer experience and ultimately, increased revenue. For more information about AudienceView Ticketing, please visit http://www.AudienceView.com.

For More Information on AudienceView Ticketing:

Nick Begley

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nick.begley(at)audienceview(dot)com

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syracuse.com Launches New iPad App for Local Central New York News, Weather, Sports and More

Syracuse, NY (PRWEB) December 19, 2011

syracuse.com has launched a new iPad app, with real-time local news, sports, entertainment, business, and opinion articles, photos and classifieds?powered by The Post-Standard.

The syracuse.com iPad app features content from Central New York?s leading news and information properties including syracuse.com and The Post-Standard.

The free app is available in the iTunes App Store. It was developed and launched with Advance Digital and Verve Wireless.

"The app provides clean visual navigation," said Stan Linhorst, senior managing editor of The Post-Standard. "It's easy to see the wealth of stories, photographs and video from our newsroom."

The app includes a bold, photo-driven home screen that automatically arranges top stories into an attractive, dynamic layout. Articles automatically adjust to portrait or landscape orientation. Article pages feature a clean look, with adjustable text size, and saving and sharing functions through Facebook, Twitter and iMessage.

"We are very excited to be able to offer this new iPad app for the mobile users of syracuse.com and readers of The Post-Standard," said Trish LaMonte, director of content of syracuse.com. "It truly offers a dynamic and user-friendly solution for people who want to read the latest news on-the-go."

Articles with multiple photos automatically generate photo galleries. Intuitive swiping gestures quickly move the reader from one page to another. A convenient pop-up ?More Articles? tray shows the 20 most recent stories in a section. Articles are downloaded and stored locally in the app for fast access, even when offline.

Content on the app includes news coverage of local communities throughout Central New York, high school sports, local pro and college teams; entertainment coverage of TV, movies, music and the local arts scene; and photo galleries and obituaries. There?s also local advertising and links to classifieds listings of jobs, autos, and homes for sale and rent.

Download the syracuse.com iPad app from the App Store here.

About syracuse.com

syracuse.com, an affiliate of Advance Digital, Inc., is the leading local website for news and information throughout Central New York featuring the latest Central New York news, business, sports, travel, weather, traffic, shopping and entertainment information. In addition, syracuse.com has a comprehensive business listings directory, as well as local classified listings for jobs, homes, apartment rentals and autos. syracuse.com is powered by The Post-Standard.

About The Post-Standard

With newspapers, magazines, and online, The Post-Standard is Central New York's media leader. One ad or article in The Post-Standard reaches more Central New York adults than the entire one-day audience of any radio or TV station. Central New York's most visited website -- syracuse.com -- is powered by news and advertising from The Post-Standard. Magazines such as The Good Life -- Central New York, CNY Business Exchange and Central New York Sports connect and engage unique audiences. In Syracuse and Central New York, nobody beats The Post-Standard.

About Advance Digital

Advance Digital, Inc., based in Jersey City, NJ, provides digital information and connection solutions for local consumers and businesses. The company operates 11 media properties across the U.S. that are the number one local news, information and community hubs in the markets they serve. The sites include al.com, cleveland.com, gulflive.com, NJ.com, NOLA.com, OregonLive.com, SILive.com, syracuse.com, MassLive.com, PennLive.com, and lehighvalleylive.com.

About Verve Wireless

Verve monetizes local mobile media. Our solutions help local media companies monetize their mobile inventory and enable advertisers to reach a valuable, premium audience where they live, work and play. Over 1000 local publishers use the Verve platform to manage their mobile advertising businesses and help make their sales teams more effective. In addition, we bring incremental revenue to our publishers through our relationships with national advertisers, who value the Verve network?s high quality local media companies, including the mobile outlets of recognized local media brands as well as newer digital-only local and hyper-local publishers. It is a brand-safe, editorially-driven, high-quality and transparent environment with market-leading targeting, creative and reporting capabilities. Only Verve has assembled such an extensive national footprint of high quality local media. Verve is located in San Diego, CA and Washington DC. For more information, visit http://www.vervewireless.com.

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