A Far Site Better (www.afarsitebetter.com), a Southern California-based boutique web design firm, announced on October 27 that it has been nominated to receive an AD:TECH Award (www.ad-tech.com) in the Best Interactive Technology category for their product realZOOM (www.realzoom.com), the fastest and easiest way for online shoppers to get super close-up views on a product without any extra software or browser plug-ins to download. The 8th Annual AD:TECH Awards will be held on November 8 in New York City. A Far Site Better was nominated along with two major players, Walt Disney Internet Group and AvantGo.
Boston Web Design (www.bostonwebdesign.com), a Web design, development and marketing firm focused on delivering effective Web based solutions that deliver a positive impact for businesses, announced on October 26 that the Hearth Rhythm Foundation website has been selected as a finalist in the Not-for-Profit category for the 9th Annual MITX Awards. The MITX Awards (www.mitxawards.org) are held annually by the Boston-based Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (www.mitx.org), which recognizes excellence in the creation of interactive technologies designed, produced or developed in New England.
Argus Corporation (www.arguscorporation.com), one of metro Detroit’s leading automotive prototyping and fabrication companies, announced on October 26 the launch of their newly designed website featuring an on-line material handling equipment catalog at www.arguscorporation.com. Utica, Michigan-based InetSolution, Inc. (www.inetsolution.com), one of metro Detroit’s leading web development firms best known for developing user-friendly, secure website solutions, provided website design, programming and photography services.
Golden Nugget (www.goldennugget.com) announced on October 25 the launch of the new website www.goldennugget.com. With new owners, the Golden Nugget Las Vegas needed a complete renovation of its website and navigation structure to align it with the marketing goals for the property, particularly in the area of web strategy. Golden Nugget chose Interactive Sites (www.interactivesites.com), which have been providing web design and development, content management, web-based products and services for the last ten years to more than 12 000 hotels, resorts and casinos, for the assignment and the new website.
The International Web Page Awards (www.webpageawards.com), the largest international forum of Web designers on the Internet, has awarded SiteLab International Inc. (www.sitelab.com), a full-service interactive agency offering integrated marketing and engineering services and a founding board member of SEMPO, the “Best of Community/Culture Category” Award for its redesigned Ethnic Print Media website (www.ethnicprintmedia.com).
Content Management AG, a software developer based in Germany, announced on October 21, 2004 that InfoQuest Technologies (www.infoquest.com), a provider of web hosting services started offering the CM4all WebsiteCreator (www.cm4all.com) in the United States. According to Content Management, it has modified the user interface of CM4all WebsiteCreator to match InfoQuest’s corporate design and installed the software in InfoQuest’s data center.
New York City-based Avatar New York (www.avatarnewyork.com), an independent Interactive and Web Design agency, along with European partner, Vide Infra Grupa (www.videinfra.com), announced on October 20 the launch of Avatar Vantage, a revolutionary Content Management Solution (CMS). Vantage’s current 3.0 release has many leading features such as Page Templates and Layouts, Access Rights and Workflow, Custom Web Applications, and a Powerful Engine. In this latest version, new enhancements include an industry leading page template engine, extended application server functionality and an improved user interface.
Dexigner (www.dexigner.com) announced on October 22 that the UK-based saucy lingerie label Agent Provocateur is marketing its 10th anniversary with a relaunched website that gives users an experience of voyeurism. The site www.agentprovocateur.com has been redesigned by Large Design (www.largedesign.com), a London-based web design company, and builds on the famous Agent Provocateur window displays.
realEZsites (www.realezsites.com), a developer of website building software, announced on October 20, 2004 that it has launched its Site Manager, intended to enable beginners with little design or HTML experience to create professional-looking websites. The tool guides users through site building process with step-by-step instructions and a growing number of templates.
PixelMEDIA (www.pixelmedia.com), a full service company offering integrated strategy, design and implementation services for Web, multimedia and IT initiatives, custom Web and Application design and development, Flash and multimedia tools, announced on October 19 that, as a result of its Web design and development work with both ECCO USA's website www.ecco.com and e-commerce application and The One Hundred Club's website, it has been selected as a finalist for the 9th Annual MITX Awards, in the Apparel and Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality categories.
