Archive for January, 2011

Leisure Fitness Opens 19th Fitness Super Store in Cockeysville, MD: Bringing Home Fitness Equipment and Health & Wellness to the Maryland Fitness Community

Saturday, January 29th, 2011


Cockeysville, MD (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

On November 14th, 2011 Leisure Fitness opened its 19th store. The new Leisure Fitness – Cockeysville, MD store is located at 9709 York Road. This is Leisure Fitness’ fifth location in Maryland, with more locations coming very soon.

Leisure Fitness offers high-quality fitness equipment to meet your home, office, and corporate needs. Equipment includes ellipticals, treadmills, recumbent and upright bikes, home gyms, rowing machines, free weights, and accessories.

The store will have a full selection of top brands including; Precor, Life Fitness, Landice, Inspire, Diamondback, LifeSpan Fitness, Spirit Fitness, ElliptiGO, Bodyguard, AbCoaster, Body-Solid and more.

Leisure Fitness operates under the philosophy that to reach a wellness destination people must have education and motivation. Therefore, Leisure Fitness provides a professional, educated staff of fitness experts who are knowledgeable about all of the equipment’s capability and performance specifications as well as what equipment is right for any of the countless individual needs that their customers can and will have.

To promote wellness in the community, Leisure Fitness is offering free Corporate Wellness Seminars to major employers in Cockeysville and surrounding communities. Other organizations that have taken advantage of these seminars include Princeton University, Siemens, Wawa, FBI, Johns Hopkins Hospital Systems, and Astra Zeneca.

Gerad Ryder, Manager for the Cockeysville Store, said, Leisure Fitness is excited to serve the Cockeysville communitys fitness needs and to provide health and fitness guidance to meet there fitness goals. Gerad has over 24 years of experience in the fitness industry, managing markets from New York City down to Virginia.

Leisure Fitness is passionately committed to providing the tools that will help its customers get fit and stay fit. All the products displayed and sold at Leisure Fitness are carefully reviewed to insure that every item is of the highest quality and engineered to deliver results. Once becoming a member of the Leisure Fitness customer family, Leisure Fitness makes every effort to continue to motivate and educate their customers with a variety of services designed to keep people moving towards their fitness goals and beyond.

If youd like more information about Leisure Fitness please visit LeisureFitness.com, or contact store manager, Gerad Ryder, at .

If you are interested in Corporate Wellness Seminars, please call Anne Stephenson, at .

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Next-generation Multimedia Devices Get a Boost from Paragon Software Group

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Freiburg, GERMANY (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

Paragon Software Group (PSG), the technology leader in innovative mobile device and embedded system solutions, announces that the Paragon Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology is now available to OEMs of consumer multimedia devices seeking cross-platform file system support. With Paragons UFSD support for all popular file systems built into modern digital devices, consumers can enjoy issue-free compatibility between file systems used on their media centers, digital televisions and set-top boxes, and those used to format storage media, such as portable HDDs, in order to freely play back recorded video and audio regardless of file system type.

Critical for reliable HD audio/video recording and playback, Paragons UFSD technology guarantees high-performance, cross-platform read/write access and speedy file transfer in digital multimedia devices. Paragon UFSD technology can be fully integrated into the VFS (Virtual File System) stack of the operating system, including ThreadX devices, enabling OEMs to ensure end-user access to files stored on externally attached NTFS, HFS+ and exFAT file system-formatted media.

With its deep focus on cross-platform technologies for all existing embedded operating systems, Paragon is recognized as the first software developer to provide full read/write access between incompatible file systems. According to Konstantin Komarov, CEO, Paragon Software Group, File system incompatibility can be a real issue for a wide range of consumer products, often delaying or even halting consumer product development. We offer chipmakers an elegant, cost-effective way of solving the issue and meeting increased customer demand for high-performance access to large data files, such as HD video.

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Leisure Fitness Opens 20th Fitness Super Store in Richmond, VA: Bringing Home Fitness Equipment and Health & Wellness to the Virginia Fitness Community

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011


Richmond, VA (PRWEB) November 18, 2011

On November 18, 2011 Leisure Fitness opened its 20th store. The new Leisure Fitness – Richmond, VA store is located at 9462 West Broad Street. This is Leisure Fitness’ fourth location in Virginia, with more locations coming very soon.

Leisure Fitness offers high-quality fitness equipment to meet your home, office, and corporate needs. Equipment includes ellipticals, treadmills, recumbent and upright bikes, home gyms, rowing machines, free weights, and accessories.

The store will have a full selection of top brands including; Precor, Life Fitness, Landice, Inspire, Diamondback, LifeSpan Fitness, Spirit Fitness, ElliptiGO, Bodyguard, AbCoaster, Body-Solid and more.

Leisure Fitness operates under the philosophy that to reach a wellness destination people must have education and motivation. Therefore, Leisure Fitness provides a professional, educated staff of fitness experts who are knowledgeable about all of the equipment’s capability and performance specifications as well as what equipment is right for any of the countless individual needs that their customers can and will have.

To promote wellness in the community, Leisure Fitness is offering free Corporate Wellness Seminars to major employers in Cockeysville and surrounding communities. Other organizations that have taken advantage of these seminars include Princeton University, Siemens, Wawa, FBI, Johns Hopkins Hospital Systems, and Astra Zeneca.

Bruce Hailey, Manager for the Richmond Store, said, Leisure Fitness is excited to serve the Richmond communitys fitness needs and to provide health and fitness guidance to meet there fitness goals. Bruce has over 15 years of industry experience in the Virginia market.

Leisure Fitness is passionately committed to providing the tools that will help its customers get fit and stay fit. All the products displayed and sold at Leisure Fitness are carefully reviewed to insure that every item is of the highest quality and engineered to deliver results. Once becoming a member of the Leisure Fitness customer family, Leisure Fitness makes every effort to continue to motivate and educate their customers with a variety of services designed to keep people moving towards their fitness goals and beyond.

If youd like more information about Leisure Fitness please visit LeisureFitness.com, or contact store manager, Bruce Hailey, at .

If you are interested in Corporate Wellness Seminars, please call Anne Stephenson, at .

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Sunday, January 23rd, 2011


London, England (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

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Chicago Digital Agency, MA Interactive Group, Develops Mobile Website Design for Wildfire Restaurant

Friday, January 21st, 2011


Northfield, IL (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

MA Interactive Group, located in Chicago, launches new mobile website design for popular Chicago steakhouse, Wildfire. As more and more people make the switch from feature phone to smartphone, the mobile Internet is growing rapidly and in todays society, people use their smart phones for bascially everything. Having a mobile site is becoming necessary for a business to stay competitive. With previous experience developing mobile websites for a variety of companies in other spaces such as LP Legal and Andco Management, MA is very familiar with mobile web, and through the launch of Wildfires new mobile website design, MA Interactive has helped to keep Wildfire up to speed.

Mobile and stationary websites are profoundly different and mobile sites need to adapt to the specific needs of the mobile customer. When it comes to dining and using smartphones, most people have very specific goals in mind . These include, but are not limited to, finding a restaurant, getting general restaurant information such as a phone number or restaurant hours, and accessing menu information.”At MA, we recognize and understand the needs of the mobile customer. Our knowledge has allowed us to design and develop Wildfire’s mobile website specifically to meet those needs” says Mike Templeton, Principle at MA Interactive Group. The website showcases each Wildfire location with an address, phone number, and their business hours. The site then offers a food menu and directions to each location and is formatted for easy navigation with touch friendly links specifically designed for the small mobile screen.

The digital agency’s next project for Wildfire Restaurants will continue to expand on the mobile marketing platform and will focus on leveraging QR codes program for the restaurant.

MA Interactive Group, is located in Northbrook, IL. Its partners, Mike Templeton and Allan Yalowitz have been serving the Internet Marketing needs of Chicago and the nation since 1995. Mike Templeton as Vice-President and Area President for several Real Estate companies and Allan Yalowitz as a Director of Interactive Media and Design for several agencies and now collective as MA Interactive Group. MA provides internet marketing services including branding and strategy, web design and development, mobile marketing, social networking, and search engine marketing.

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Global Gamma/Scintillation Cameras Market to Reach US$842.6 Million by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

San Jose, California (PRWEB) November 18, 2011

Follow us on LinkedIn Nuclear imaging procedures are generally employed to detect cancerous growths, for the prognosis of susceptibility to brain disorders, and for the clinical assessment of cardiac risk. Rising incidences of cardiac arrests and brain disorders, increasing propensity to acquire cancerous growths and ageing population are resulting in heightening health concerns and popularizing preventive medicine among the medical fraternity and patient groups. Consequently, the penetration of gamma scintillation cameras is increasing due to increasing number of periodic diagnostic tests performed. The Gamma/Scintillation Cameras market has been actively contributing to the development of nuclear medicine field and as a result, has accomplished high levels of penetration and sophistication. However, the high penetration levels limit market opportunities to sophisticated upgrades and aftermarket parts, which comprise more than half the equipment market. Additionally, the rising popularity of PET procedures is seemingly threatening the future of the Gamma/Scintillation Cameras in the traditional imaging arena. Innovative applications and advancements in technology are the only routes to drive sales of the new equipment.

As stated by the new market research report on Gamma/Scintillation Cameras, the US is the worlds largest market. Europe, driven by innovation, integration, sophistication and digitalization of equipment is the second largest regional market. Asia-Pacific emerges as the fastest growing region for Gamma/Scintillation Cameras displaying a CAGR of 2.2% over the analysis period. Economic resurgence, improving healthcare scenario, and rising personal disposable incomes are presenting opportunities for the medical technology companies to capitalize in these under-penetrated markets. Product wise, Gamma Cameras represents the largest product segment. Displaying a CAGR of 3.5% over the analysis period, Nuclear medicine patient tables is the fastest growing product segment. Nuclear cardiac procedures and alarming propensities to malignant cancerous growths are driving the market.

Major players profiled in the report include Acrorad Co., Ltd., Digirad Corporation, Dilon Technologies, LLC, Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc., GE Healthcare UK Ltd., Mediso Medical Imaging Systems, Nuclear Cardiology Systems, Inc., Positron Corporation, Philips Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, among others.

The research report titled Gamma/Scintillation Cameras: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of trends, issues, strategic industry activities, and profiles of major companies worldwide. The study analyzes market data and analytics in terms of value sales in US$ Million for the global market by the following regions – US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Latin America, and Rest of World. Key product segments analyzed include Gamma Cameras, Collimators, Gantry, Nuclear Medicine Patient Tables, Computerized Video Display Consoles, and Computer Workstations.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit http://www.strategyr.com/Gamma_Scintillation_Cameras_Market_Report.asp

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3Seventy Develops Mobile Website for Luxury Travelers With Andrew Harper

Monday, January 17th, 2011


Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

3Seventy, a leading provider of mobile Customer Relationship Management solutions, announced the launch of a new mobile website for Andrew Harper, a leading private travel community. 3Seventy and Andrew Harper have developed a superior mobile web experience in order to find hotels, search special offers, request rates and read reviews all at their fingertips.

We are excited to launch this luxury travel mobile website to a demographic that is always on their phone and on the go, said Carrie Chitsey, Founder and CEO of 3Seventy, Not only will the mobile website provide Andrew Harpers community with additional means of communication and access to travel information, a true mobile website will give Andrew Harper a unique competitive advantage and a more enhanced customer experience.

The launch of Andrew Harpers mobile website will solidify their position as an industry leader providing innovative and accessible solutions to a travel community that expects high quality luxury travel advice and information. We are excited to roll out our new mobile site just in time for the holiday season, said Lorelei Calvert, COO. We understand that the members of our community are often on the go, and now we can provide superior customer service by giving them a true mobile website that allows easily accessed reviews, pricing, and booking options.

Andrew Harpers mobile site is now available through all iPhone, Android, Windows, Blackberries, and over 200 device types at http://www.andrewharper.com.

About Andrew Harper

Free of advertising since its inception in June 1979, Hideaway Report is a private monthly publication for sophisticated travelers. The selection of hotels, resorts and restaurants for inclusion in this publication is made on a completely independent basis, with Andrew Harper, LLC paying full rate for all meals, lodging and related travel expenses. Andrew Harper and his editors travel incognito to write opinionated and unbiased travel reviews for a membership service, which provides personalized travel-planning assistance, bespoke tours and valuable travel privileges to its members.

About 3Seventy

3Seventy is a leading provider of mobile customer relationship management (MCRM) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. 3Seventy’s award-winning solutions allow clients to interact with their consumers by mobile channel of choice all within one easy-to-use platform. With an advanced portal, mobile campaigns can be quickly designed, customized and changed, while effectiveness can be instantly measured with detailed real-time reporting. The company’s highly scalable, cloud-based technology enables companies to:

Video Calling to Surpass 380 Million Active Users by 2015, Says NPD In-Stat

Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

Video calling is a communication service that has become fairly common in the PC market but has recently expanded to other screens, including mobile devices and TVs. While many of the players cross over between screen-types, the dynamics in each market are quite unique. Still, all are expected to experience significant growth. New NPD In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com) research forecasts the total number of active video calling users will surpass 380 million in 2015, a monumental increase from 63 million in 2010.

While the mobile arena is relatively nascent, it has fueled much of the growth in usage over the course of 2011, according to Amy Cravens, Senior Analyst. The entry of players with significant market presence has been critical in pushing mass adoption in mobile video calling. Currently, the living room market is still quite small; however, In-Stat expects to see significant developments in this market in the coming years.

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Choosing a Good Car Accessories in the Website

Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Internet has become a marketing medium for several companies. Through a website they market their product quality. They can read the opportunity that many internet users who go by in cyberspace every day. They take advantage of this opportunity by using SEO or other means for the web they are always in the top ranks. One company that uses the internet as a marketing medium is the leading provider of car accessories.

This website is Carid.com which is the largest provider of car accessories. Many car accessories from many leading brands sold in this website such as the gmc yukon accessories. Types of accessories that are sold is to start from the tires, steering wheels, up to floor Mats. Authenticity and good quality is the cornerstone of preferred by this website. This is because a good accessory can make the car more durable and better performance.

Of course you want your car still has a good performance for your event runs smoothly. Possibly, this car has become a primary need in your life because the job requires you to always go out of town. Therefore you must consider how to maintain the car properly. Yes, one of which is the use of car accessories and original quality. In Carid.com web you can get a nice car accessory at affordable prices.

MaaS360 Provides Webinar on Mobile Expense Management

Thursday, January 13th, 2011


Blue Bell, Pa. (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

Fiberlink, the pioneer in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure mobile device and application management, today announced a free live webinar titled Controlling Mobile Data Expenses on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

The growing use of smartphones and tablets in the enterprise is driving need for companies to have greater visibility and control over their mobile spend. With integrated mobile device and expense management capabilities, organizations can now implement a holistic operational approach to managing smart device usage.

Join Fiberlinks Chuck Brown, Product Manager, and learn how mobile expense management can help you set corporate-wide policies and proactively tack mobile data and application usage. See how you can enable your end users to take pre-emptive steps and enforce a strong automated cost containment strategy resulting in a real value.

In this session well cover:

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