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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) March 07, 2012

White Alligator Design, LLC, the contemporary art and home accessories company for kids, will partner with Fab.com to offer a selection of White Alligator Designs wall art and decorative throw pillows at a deep discount for a limited time only. The sale begins on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 on the Fab.com website, and will run through March 14, 2012. These discounts are exclusively available through Fab.com.

The Fab community members are creative and resourceful shoppers. I believe White Alligators contemporary, colorful designs are a perfect fit for their lifestyles and with discounts that are hard to resist, said Leslie Thorpe, founder of White Alligator Design. It is a great opportunity for parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles to stock up on gifts for kids that they might actually want for themselves.

The Fab.com sale will offer wall art and coordinating pillows in two design families: Dahlias & Daisies and Rainforest Frogs. The wall art is printed on blond maple providing a striking backdrop for the bright, nature-inspired artwork. The pillows are individually screen printed on 100 percent cotton twill using water-based Eco dyes that are PVC-free and phthalate-free. All products are produced locally in San Francisco, California.

For more information, contact Leslie Thorpe at leslie(at)whitealligatordesign(dot)com or 415-794-8437. Follow White Alligator Designs on Twitter! @White_Alligator

ABOUT WHITE ALLIGATOR DESIGN

White Alligator Design offers contemporary wall art and home accessories for kids. The company was founded by two San Francisco moms with a common belief that a childs room can be a source of inspiration and imagination. The products are bright and energetic, appealing to both kids and adults. In 2011, the White Alligator Design team launched their inaugural line on http://www.whitealligatordesign.com.

(PRWEB) March 08, 2012

Stylish Organics’ products are representative of an environmentally friendly lifestyle and have been carefully selected from manufacturers who maintain green practices. Most products offered are made in the USA. Others are from organizations or manufacturers that globally support women.

Furniture and home decor products range from chic home accessories to groovy furnishings constructed from organic or sustainable materials. Clothing includes fashions for men, women and children made from organic cotton, bamboo and hemp. Offered are personal care products without chemicals and preservatives, unique accessories, Toys and Gifts all made from organic, natural or recycled materials.

For additional information visit http://www.stylishorganics.com. Questions and comments welcomed at contactus(at)stylishorganics(dot)com or 800-581-6417.

Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

Buffalo-based professional services firm Algonquin Studios has been called upon to develop mobile-friendly web sites for three of its longstanding clients in the legal, higher education, and health care fields. With internet access from mobile devices steadily chipping away at desktop browsing, mobile web design and development are becoming increasingly important to many Algonquin clients and the companys web developers have found themselves working on more and more mobile projects.

For one of its largest legal clients, Algonquin is currently working on creating a site that closely mimics their original, with the exclusion of a stylized Flash banner that lives on the firms home page. Because the banner is purely decorative, there was no need to find an alternate way of presenting the banner on the mobile version of the site.

The development of a mobile site for one of the largest health care systems in Western New York is a different story. The original site also features a Flash banner but, because it contains important information the system needs to provide to all users, even those accessing the site from a mobile device, Algonquin had to find a new way to present the information. Developers replaced the Flash banner with one coded in Java Script, ensuring that visitors can see the content regardless of the browser or device theyre using to access the site.

At Algonquin Studios, improving the usability and accessibility of our clients web sites has always been incredibly important to us, says Mike Spencer, Algonquins Web Development Manager. We see mobile development as an extension of our efforts to make content easier to access in more environments.

Because CSS3 makes creating a mobile-friendly version of a clients current web site a feasible option for cost-conscious organizations, Algonquin expects to see an increase in clients asking for mobile sites in the near future.

Algonquin has also built mobile sites for the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, as well as a mobile version of the companys own marketing site for its content management system, QuantumCMS.

About Algonquin Studios – Algonquin Studios is a professional services firm providing software development, web content management, web design and business consulting since 1998. Our business and technology solutions solve problems for companies from many industries including legal, health care, financial services, and not-for-profit. Algonquin Studios has offices in Buffalo, NY and New York City.

Palo Alto, CA. (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

Fiorano Software (http://www.fiorano.com), a leader in distributed integration solutions, announced today that the Fiorano SOA platform has been deployed by Nilkamal, a leading manufacturer and retailer of furniture and a broad range of home decor outlets, to streamline business operations by linking a number of disparate internal systems.

Experiencing double-digit growth in a fast growing economy, Nilkamal was faced with the requirement of providing the latest inventory data to hundreds of salespeople across the country. In addition, manufacturing and production planning systems needed to be continuously updated with field-sales data, while also being summarized for a number of management reports and updates to other sales teams.

Nilkamals core requirement was for real-time, bi-directional information-flows between its SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and its Salesforce.com customer relationship management (CRM) system. Nilkamal evaluated many technology options including traditional stack vendors like Oracle and IBM before finally settling on the Fiorano SOA platform.

We did a tremendous amount of research before settling on the concept of a REST-based SOA and selected the Fiorano SOA platform to deliver this solution, said Nilesh Modi, Head of Information Technology at Nilkamal Ltd. We now have first-hand implementation and deployment experience so we can say we are happy we made the right architectural decisions for our middleware infrastructure. Implementing a cloud application like salesforce.com to seamlessly integrate and streamline our SAP has already given us tremendous productivity gains. We now intend to rapidly extend the Fiorano ESB across other applications in order to establish a robust, scalable and flexible enterprise nervous system for the organization.

Explaining the usage of the SOA system within Nilkamal, Mr. Karan Doshi, CRM Project Lead elaborated: By providing the ability to accommodate live changes to business processes on the fly, the Fiorano platform dramatically reduces development and debugging time. Business analysts draw pictures of new processes and they are deployed instantly across the network in real-time. A zero-coding, drag/drop approach to building integration flows ensures minimal product training and human-resource requirements, especially in comparison with legacy integration technologies.

For Nilkamal, integration with SAP ERP to provide front end Sales persons Order and Invoice related data via Salesforce.com was a critical business need, says Dushyant Jamwal, Practice Head – Salesforce.com at Compro Technologies, the Salesforce.com partner and consulting firm who helped implement the solution at Nilkamal. With Fiorano ESB as the middleware, and availability of Fioranos rich set of pre-built adapters (for SAP & Salesforce.com), the complexities involved in integrating SAP and Salesforce.com were eliminated. This enabled the integration team to focus on achieving the business logic around getting the right data to the right place, he added.

About Nilkamal (http://www.nilkamal.com)

Founded in 1950, Nilkamal is a manufacturer of molded furniture, crates, containers and bins and operates the mega-retail home store chain, @home with an annual turnover of over US$ 330 million. Occupying a total constructed area of 1 million square feet, all of Nilkamals manufacturing plants are ISO Certified and practice six- sigma quality processes. This extensive manufacturing infrastructure is supported by an extensive sales network, operating through 49 regional offices and 33 warehouses.

About Fiorano Software (http://www.fiorano.com)

Founded in 1995, Silicon Valley based Fiorano is a California Corporation with proven leadership in enterprise middleware and peer-to-peer distributed systems. Fiorano’s innovative event-driven dataflow SOA platform integrates applications and complex technologies into an enterprise nervous system, increases business process performance, yields higher message throughput and enhances availability through agent-based visual composition. FIoranos SOA platform bridges the capability gap between business models and their implementation the model is the application, ready to run.

Global leaders including AT&T, Boeing, British Petroleum, Credit Agricole, Department of Homeland Security, Fraikin, McKesson, NASA, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Schlumberger, Toyota, US Coast Guard, United Spirits, Takata, POSCO Steel, Vodafone and Korea Telecom have deployed Fiorano to drive innovation through open, standards-based, dataflow SOA applications built in just days, yielding unprecedented productivity.

Fiorano Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and FioranoMQ (Message Queue) deliver the industry fastest, lowest latency, highest throughput real-time messaging (asynchronous and synchronous) to power high performance, highly available, and collaborative workflow applications whose application services are distributed throughout the IT landscape. Fiorano Cloud Platform, built on the Fiorano Cloud ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), a hybrid ESB Platform integrates applications across SaaS, PaaS and on-premise worlds.

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Aspen, CO (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

Gondola Resorts, one of the fastest growing vacation rental and lodging companies in Colorado, announced today their expansion into the luxury residence club business in Aspen, Colorado. The offerings include Aspen’s leading luxury condominium clubs including The Grand Hyatt Aspen, The Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis Club.

Each condo is individually owned and transfers all the exclusive club ammenities to renters. Condos range in size from 1 to 4 bedrooms while each complex provides its own unique location, ammenities and services.

Following our expansion last year to Aspen, we have ambitious growth plans for these luxury residence club condominiums at The Ritz, St. Regis and Grand Hyatt. No doubt, these are the premier accommodations in Aspen and properties that are rising in popularity with travelers, said Gondola Resorts General Manager, Gino Malara. Aspen is unique in all facets in addition to being a social and cultural mecca. Were thrilled to offer these options to our new and returning guests.

The Hyatt Grand Aspen Residence Club combines elegant mountain-inspired interior themes that include finely crafted furniture, wood, granite and luxurious decor throughout each room. Some of the Hyatt Grand Aspen club condos, offered by Gondola Resorts, also include outdoor hot tubs. The club offers 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom condominiums, with various unique floor plans.

The Aspen Ritz-Carlton Residence Club, located at the base of Aspen Highlands ski resort, offers breathtaking views and ski/in ski/out access. Separate from the Ritz hotel, the residence club condos are equipped with gourmet kitchens and expansive living rooms. This Ritz-Village offers ski runs for every type of skier while the village combines a special mix of authentic Western appeal.

The Aspen St. Regis Residence Club Condos offer 2-3 bedroom luxury condos in addition to platinum rated service and personal attention. The selection of residence club condos varies throughout the year with amenities that include HD flat screen televisions, twice daily housekeeping service, concierge service, airport transportation, heated outdoor pool, all new Remede Spa and a 19,000 square foot banquet hall. Conveniently located at the bottom of Aspen Mountain, The St. Regis Aspen Residence Club is situated in-between the mountains two primary base ski lifts and within walking distance to all of Aspens shops, restaurants and entertainment.

Celebrated for its draw of billionaires and millionaires from across the world, Aspen offers a listing of outdoor activities including skiing, snowboarding and acclaimed shopping. The four Ski Mountains include Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Snowmass, and Aspen Highlands.

Included with every vacation rental reservation, Gondola Resorts provides free stretch limousine transfers from Aspens Regional Airport, and membership to the Aspen Club and Spa. Each Aspen vacation rental reservation also includes:

Lake Oswego, OR (PRWEB) March 09, 2012

What does the Oregon Dream look like?

The folks at Stone Bridge Homes NW have wrestled with that question for years, continually refining and evolving the homes they build to best reflect the values of their customers.

“The thing about Oregonians is we’re not showy people,” said Kelly Ritz, president of Stone Bridge Homes NW. “We’re sensible, thoughtful, pragmatic.”

Now the builders at Stone Bridge Homes NW are ready to display their best ideas on a grand scale when they make their first foray into the Portland area’s top luxury home show, the 2012 NW Natural Street of Dreams.

The show to be held July 28 through Aug. 26 at The Vineyard in West Linn will feature seven new luxury homes designed and built to show the latest innovations and best ideas in homebuilding.

Stone Bridge Homes NW’s entry, dubbed “The Oregon Dream,” also identified as House #5 in the show will be light and livable, Ritz said. It will feature high ceilings, large windows and outdoor living spaces designed to connect residents with the home’s natural surroundings.

“We have teamed up with Troy Fowler and Skyline Homes on a design I would call Northwest Contemporary,” Ritz said. “We wanted to start fresh clean lines, more open spaces and more light.”

The exterior of the home will feature a mix of stone elements with cedar siding that will be stained instead of painted for a natural look. Stone, wood and tile on the interior will add to the organic feel of the home.

Ritz describes the look as a “less complicated architecture. But it’s not going to be sterile. It will have a warm, light, livable feel,” she said.

Being a showcase for the type of high quality construction Stone Bridge Homes NW is well known for, The Oregon Dream also will show off the builder’s dedication to energy efficiency and customizability.

Every home by Stone Bridge Homes NW is built to Earth Advantage standards, a certification given to less than 20 percent of the new homes built in Oregon.

The company’s new homes are also semi-customizable. Stone Bridge Homes NW works with buyers to make sure their new home fits their lifestyle needs as best as possible.

Ritz said her team’s ability to listen to what its customers want helped keep Stone Bridge Homes NW buzzing during recently tough economic times.

“You can’t do the same old same old,” she said. “You have to evolve.”

This year’s NW Natural Street of Dreams presents an opportunity for Stone Bridge Homes NW to let show goers see just how far the company has come since its founding in 2006.

“The Street of Dreams is more than just seven homes for seven people to buy,” Ritz said. “It’s a place to get building ideas, a place to get energy-efficiency ideas, a place to get decorating ideas.

“We want them to know about The Oregon Dream House #5 and get them thinking about Stone Bridge Homes, our neighborhoods and the quality of the houses we build.”

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(PRWEB) March 09, 2012

After months of preparation, the anticipated website for Charlotte Catherine has officially been launched, at http://www.charlottecatherine.com. Known for its Kokedama masterpieces, Charlotte Catherine began shipping orchids, bromeliads, string gardens and other kokedama home and garden designs to customers starting in January of this year.

Charlotte Catherine is the premier destination for unique and stunning Kokedama garden arrangements and was founded by garden design specialist and artist, Charlotte Catherine. Known for her distinct and creative arrangements in her personal landscapes, friends and family began inquiring of Ms. Catherine to incorporate her personal touch into their personal landscape architecture and designs, and thus the story of Charlotte Catherine began.

Ms. Catherine, Principal of Charlotte Catherine, LLC further describes the new website and launch of http://www.CharlotteCatherine.com, stating, After so many years of doing unique arrangements of varying kinds, Im incredibly excited to bring Kokedama gardens beyond the confines of the interior designer and out to the public eye. Although we will offer many different styles of arrangements on http://www.CharlotteCatherine.com, we will, initially, specialize in modern and luxurious Kokedama arrangements. Many interior designers consider our work one of the hottest trends in modern home garden decor and hope that our customers will find our selections as exquisite and beautiful as our designers do. We love making each garden arrangement our own and fully expect that a customer of ours will have a rewarding experience at Charlotte Catherine.

Charlotte Catherine not only works with interior designers in creating masterful Kokedama arrangements, the site is aimed at the higher end consumer who is looking for exotic arrangements, such as orchids and bromeliads within the modern garden arrangement. Most of the arrangements offered on the site are limited edition, or in other words, are limited in supply. Charlotte Catherine boasts a team of creative designers, botanical, and soil specialists, a team that is redefining the typical definitive structure of indoor gardens.

(PRWEB UK) 10 March 2012

The WoodworkTools website has been gathering great reviews since it was released in 2011, with a lot of traffic and new customers to the website each month; the forecast for 2012 is looking rather strong.

Woodwork tools are always required by both professionals and home users/enthusiasts, therefore the website has latched on to quite a strong market of consumers. However, directing them to the website may prove to be a difficult task; this is where the marketing team and their unique ways of getting visitors come in to play.

At present, the team operate almost 50 other websites and are currently playing with live streaming webcams; this has seen some seriously good reviews on the other sites that this is being trialled on. So much so that they have decided to implement the feature on this site, enabling customers to buy woodworking tools and have something to stare at in the meantime.

Scott Morris comments on the addition of the webcam feature to the site: After testing this feature on various other websites and receiving positive feedback from a copious amount of visitors, were enthusiastic to port webcam feeds to various other websites. Were confident this feature will be able to keep visitors on the site longer, create a larger interest for the site in general and increase search engine rankings via this unique content being broadcast through a range of webcam-based sites. For such a simple implementation, the rewards are vast.

The webcam is located on Clun Hill, based in Aston-on-Clun. The view from the webcam is truly grand, overlooking hundreds of fields and a backdrop featuring stunning hill views, and various goings on in the mid-range. It will definitely keep customers entertained when theyre shopping for a wood lathe and various other products on the site.

James Cook, Web Admin at WoodworkTools was eager to mention a few other things: Due to some marketing strategies, the webcam has also been implemented on Google Maps. As long as you have the webcam option ticked, all the webcams in the area youre viewing will be displayed and luckily for you and us, our webcam is on there! Most of all were just happy with the feedback from visitors, we usually get quite a bit regarding our service and prices which is nice, but having even more about the site is a real bonus for us. Its also nice to know our website is unique in offering this, I doubt many online retailers have a streaming live webcam as we do.

WoodworkTools.co.uk is a sub-site of the Toolbox brand which happens to be the sister site of bathroom king, Plumbworld. Both sites operate on the Plumbworld Network which boasts an astonishing 50+ websites selling everything from shower pumps and bathroom suites to Flymo mowers and decorating tools. Plumbworld was an early pioneer of online trading, started by James and Anita Hickman in 1999 and sold to the Grafton Group PLC in December 2006. The business now employs more than 50 people in its purpose built warehouse and offices and has a total turnover in excess of

Camarillo, California (PRWEB) March 12, 2012

PetPaint brought home the Best New Product award from BlogPaws 2012 Global Pet Expo Best of Awards. Their dog-safe furspray was also featured on the front page of the Today Show website as one of the best and wackiest new products of the year.

Abraham Geary, President and Founder of PetPaint, and terrier-mix, Monkey, attracted interest from top pet media. Their innovative dog-safe product and creative designs showed trade and consumer press alike how PetPaint can be used to turn your best furry friend into a superstar football player, a wild Zebra and more. This attention that PetPaint received at the Expo led to videos and photos of Geary and Monkey being posted on top social media sites such as Pinterest and Tout.

At their booth, Geary and Monkey demonstrated how owners can use PetPaint, their safe and rigorously clinically tested colored furspray. Available in a wide range of colors, PetPaint is made with the highest quality color pigment, so that it can even show up on dogs with dark coats.

Geary was honored to see PetPaint recognized as the Best New Product by BlogPaws, which is an online community site for pet bloggers, pet enthusiasts, and pet people and the go-to resource for pet people and brands.

London, UK (PRWEB) March 12, 2012

Whether someone is a first time buyer or an existing buyer looking to move, Quintessentially Estates can help someone find the perfect place to set up home, including consideration of other important issues such as; schools and work.

Lower Mill Estates, Somerford Keynes, Gloucestershire

Nestled on a private nature reserve, Lower Mill has created a community where buyers can enjoy sustainable luxury, awe-inspiring scenery and outstanding leisure spa facilities. Each property has extensive views over the nature reserve and incorporates plenty of outdoor living space so anyone can enjoy the natural surroundings. The village also has its own harbour and spa with heated outdoor pool and landscaped waterside parkland gardens. This is a great property for new couples, especially if they love to entertain.

Pavillion House, Water Gardens Square, London

Beautifully presented in the heart of Water Gardens Square lies a bright 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom (1 en-suite) apartment available on the 7th floor of this modern development. The property is furnished to a high standard and has a large private balcony and porter. This is definitely a great investment if someone is a first time buyer wanting to get onto the property ladder.

2 Bedroom Flat, Holland Park Avenue, Holland Park, London

This is an immaculately and beautifully presented two double bedroom apartment with a spacious open plan reception, two en-suites and a south facing balcony. The property is located on the second floor of this purpose built building and comes with a secure allocated underground parking space. This a great flat for everyone from couples investing in their first home to families looking for a decent neighbourhood to bring their children up in.

Block of Flats, Harrow Road, London

Overlooking the Grand Union Canal lies an attractive block of modern-day flats. All tenants have use of the gardens, which is perfect for children to run around in all day, as well as access via a footbridge to the remainder of the Portobello Dock development for restaurants and cafes. Inside the flats there is a spacious amount of living space and everything is newly decorated with up to date fixtures and fittings.

Block of Flats, Kensal Road, London

Another new development, overlooking the Grand Union Canal lies down Kensal Road, close to Kensal Green and Kensal Rise tube station. The property comprises of 12 apartments laid out over 5 floors, plus 10 parking spaces set behind electric gates. All the 2 and 3 bedroom apartments are ensuite and the majority of them also have outside space. The penthouse suite benefits from a triple aspect wrap around terrace.

For all press enquiries regarding Quintessentially Estates, please contact: Simon Garcia T: +44 (0) 207 201 0700 / E: simon.garcia@quintessentiallyestates.com

About the Company:

Quintessentially Estates is a sister business of Quintessentially, the leading international luxury lifestyle company. Launched in 2000 as a small London based concierge service, Quintessentially (http://www.quintessentially.com) has experienced a complete transformation in a decade, and currently have offices in over 64 cities around the world. The service provided to their discerning and HNW members is proactive and personalised, catering to every members need, from last minute restaurant bookings, travel arrangements, and access to private parties, as well as fulfilling every unusual request and successfully connecting businesses all over the world. Quintessentially can offer access to the inaccessible and can make the seemingly impossible, possible. In a bid to ensure only the very best service is delivered across the luxury market, Quintessentially has also launched 32 luxury sister businesses comprised of experts in every luxury division. This includes real estate, travel, luxury retail, wine, art, flowers, private aviation and more (http://www.quintessentiallygroup.com).