Search Engine Optimization - Search Engine Optimization Firm SEO Arbiter Secures Its 1000th Client

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We are very proud of this achievement," said Justin Gunther , President of SEO Arbiter. "This milestone validates the value of SEO, and our approach of offering an innovative integrated SEO solution to enhance the online presence of small businesses in this competitive digital age. "

SEO Arbiter recently launched its Local Business Package, which is an end-to-end Search Engine Marketing program for small businesses that service a local area.  The service provides local businesses with a complete solution that includes Pay-Per-Click management, Search Engine Optimization, Google Places for Business, and Reputation Protection.

About SEO Arbiter

SEO Arbiter is a leader in Internet Marketing, focused on providing Search Engine Marketing services that help small businesses enhance their digital footprint. Founded in 2007 as a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) firm, the company today offers Search Engine Optimization Services, Pay-Per-Click Management and Reputation Management to its global clientele that spans several industries. SEO Arbiter continues to develop innovative and integrative solutions to capitalize on the constantly evolving digital world. 

Content Management Websites - CatDV Media Asset Management Tool Helps Systemize Production Process for the University of Alabama's Winning Athletic Department

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University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide Productions Elevates Championship Brand with High Level Productions Like The Nick Saban ShowAt the hub of one of the busiest and most illustrious college athletic departments in the country is the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide Productions (CTP). Home to BCS championship Crimson Tide football team, CTP is responsible for producing the live video production and highlight videos for 15 different athletic programs including football, basketball, gymnastic, tennis, golf, volleyball, soccer, swimming, diving and more.

CTP plays a crucial role in preserving and promoting the Crimson Tide brand. In addition to video content, CTP is tasked with creation of the athletic department’s graphical elements, web content for its website, RollTide.com and live streaming for their subscription web service, TideTV.

When CTP was looking to simplify their archiving system to manage an ever-growing high volume of footage, CatDV media asset management tool delivered the solution they needed.

CatDV was built into CTP’s production infrastructure with the “The Nick Saban Show” in mind. The 30-minute highlight show with championship Alabama football coach Nick Saban, is ready to air live on TideTV the day after each game. The game footage is cut that night, closed captions are done in the morning and its off to air. The short turnaround time and need for a quick process on ingest required a custom asset management application able to handle the high demands of this highly popular show.

“We went down the path of a folder structure, and had a rigid system,” explained CTP Broadcast Engineer, Brennen Carlson. “But we’ve simply outgrown that structure. It was fine with certain productions but with a live broadcast event such as the National Signing Day, The Nick Saban Show, or many other shows, we may need to bring specific footage of a player during the season or broadcast up right away. We needed a solution that would integrate easily into our existing system and allow us to tag everyone in our database. CatDV was the best choice for us.”

CTP’s production studio is an all digital workflow, no tape. They made the transition from tape to digital approximately two years ago. 25 workstations are connected to a SAN server hosting over 100 TB of storage. Bringing CatDV into their pipeline was essential. CatDV provides for a searchable archive of previously used clips; converting CTP’s vast library of existing assets into an efficient database ready to handle the demands of Alabama’s hectic athletic department schedule.

CTP’s production team is made up of eight full-time staff members and 30-50 student interns throughout the year assisting in post-production as well as live shoots. Currently, CTP’s studio uses only two workstations for ingest. As more and more files are added to the systems, maintaining consistent workflow practices among multiple team members is a challenge. CatDV allows files to be retrieved quickly, creating a gateway for everyone to access the footage. Additionally, CatDV provides a quick and easy archiving method freeing up storage for their new projects.

“CatDV integrates seamlessly with our existing applications” stated Carlson. “It’s made the transition so much easier. We’re able to catalogue old footage (we’ve catalogued approx. 10TB of footage so far), yet not disrupt our existing system. It’s a great solution.”

Another significant benefit of CatDV for CTP has been the ability to set permissions. This enables CTP to control access to sensitive footage using CatDV to customize to their specific security requirements.

An integral part of the transition process was the customization and installation support, implemented by JB&A, CatDV master distributor for North America. JB&A’s team evaluated CTP’s current and future workflow needs, then designed a training program to help the CTP team learn how to customize CatDV, not only for the initial install, but for future needs as the production workflow and volume of content continues to grow.

Crimson Tide Productions is an example of the high standard of excellence the University of Alabama athletic department has displayed throughout its long, prestigious history. Choosing the right solutions to enhance the production workflow for an already successful brand is not taken lightly. “CTP bet on CatDV as the asset management application to help us improve our efficiency,” remarked Carlson. “It’s proving to be a winning choice.”

Business Cards Artwork - Become a Graphics Pro for Free During Photoshop Week

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Beginning Monday, CreativeLIVE will host a week full of 40 free online classes taught by professionals at the top of their fields. Taking down two of the largest barriers to accessing education — geography and cost — founder Chase Jarvis hopes Photoshop Week will inspire creative individuals to pursue their passion for photo editing.

Classes are geared toward all levels, from noobs to pros, but each course focuses on how photo editing can be used to further your career.

CreativeLIVE has already educated a few million people through online workshops and tutorials through the website.

"When you get these people next to each other, you get to survey and sample a broad range of styles and types of education — and you get to experience it all at the same time," Jarvis said. "What's broken is the education system. Our hope is to transcend that system."

Online audiences can interact with the instructors through social media on Twitter and Facebook. Designated students who participate in the live audience will act as ambassadors, bringing the online students' questions to instructors. This not only allows students from all over the world to take part in the course but allows them to shape its direction. 

We are inherently social. Online classes where you can download the syllabus — that is not social," Jarvis said.

Gurus are given the ultimate access to anything they might need to aid them during instruction. All workshop sessions are shot with the full CreativeLIVE treatment, using multiple cameras and equipment that keeps the audience engaged. "The best teachers you ever had were entertaining and engaging. We want to continue in that vein," Jarvis said. "They’ve gotten better and have more at their disposal."

Lesa Snider, a long-time CreativeLIVE instructor and the author of the Photoshop and iPhoto series of Missing Manuals, says being able to communicate with an engaged audience that wants to participate is a huge incentive for her as an instructor. "That is a huge difference. I can feel the whole of the Internet there with me, and it is the most rewarding and fulfilling thing that I have been able to do," she said.

Enrollment in Photoshop Week is free by signing up on the website. From looking at advanced numbers, Jarvis is hopeful this will be the biggest Photoshop course of its kind in the world.

Business In China | The Do’s & Don’ts of Business in China

By: Sonja Cheung
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Banking on China’s economic growth and increasing consumer appetite, many overseas entrepreneurs are looking to establish businesses in the mainland, but fund managers and startup executives agree that the market is becoming harder to crack.

The Beijing skyline.
The ability to achieve a higher company valuation in Asia–in some cases 30% more than in a developed market after an initial public offering, according to Ernst & Young–is one of the key attractions for foreign startups setting up in the region, especially China. But, protecting intellectual property, establishing Chinese partnerships and adopting the right business strategy are some of the few obstacles that stand in the way.

“Companies need to avoid bringing Western business ideas straight into China. It’s not always transferable,” said Savio Kwan, who was previously the chief operating officer of one of China’s largest e-commerce companies, Alibaba Group, and is now a co-founder of A&K Consulting.

Overseas businesses need to tailor their products specifically to the Chinese user, and in particular consider the average GDP per person and adapt product pricing, said Amadeus Capital Partners co-founder Hermann Hauser, citing Chinese users’ preference to use cheaper smart phones such as those made by Qiming Venture Partners-backed Xiaomi rather than pricier handsets from the likes of Apple.

For cross-border funds, such as Infinity Group, expanding an Israeli portfolio company into China may include licensing or distributing Israeli technology to mainland companies, “but there’s the issue of intellectual-property protection, especially in an environment where there’s lots of copying,” Amir Gal-Or, founder and managing partner told Venture Capital Dispatch in a telephone interview.

Even though IP protection has improved over the last decade, there is still the question of whether a national patent is as secure as an international one, and if China’s legal system will enforce patent rights, which can be a “complex and torturous” process, “so you need the right relationships,” DLA Piper Partner Adam Cooke said at a Silicon Dragon conference in London, which also featured Kwan and Hauser.

That said, opportunities for overseas companies in China can be found in health care, food, education, entertainment and services that cater to the aging population, according to fund managers speaking in London.

Existing companies that operate in China include Cork, Ireland-based manufacturing company PCH International, which is backed by venture firms such as Cross Creek Capital, Focus Venture Partners, Fung Capital and Norwest Venture Partners, and operates in Shenzhen, and has been a supplier to Apple. As well as, U.K. fashion brand Jack Wills, backed by London private equity firm Inflexion, which has shops in Hong Kong.

Moving the other way round, from China to Europe, IDG Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Bosideng, a Chinese retailer, last year opened a shop in London, while China’s Dagong Global Credit Rating, in which cross-border European/Chinese fund Mandarin Capital Partners has a 40% stake, is becoming more active as overseas companies seek a mainland rating to help when tapping the capital markets.

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Magento Website - Profit By Outsourcing Announces 15% Discount on Magento Development Services

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Profit By Outsourcing introduces its expert team of professionals, who with the help of innovative technology and hard work, can solve all the requirements based Magento development in India. Their team of experienced web developers in PHP Programming in India ensures a user-friendly and dynamic website that will reflect the best available technology and effectively convey message to target audience. The company is now offering a flat 15% discount on all its Magento Development Services.

“At Profit By Outsourcing, We believe that every business is unique in its operation and style of functioning. Keeping this in view, our professional designers will work with you to develop a theme that fits your business perfectly,” said Abhinav Girdhar, CBO at Profit by Outsourcing. Magento provides three PHP Development platforms to choose from, depending upon specific requirements. These are:

a) Magento Community: This platform can be selected by expert developers and technical enthusiasts in non-mission critical environments. The user should have ample time and resources to solve the customization issues independently. This version is an open source platform with a robust development model.

b) Magento Professional: This version is best suited for small businesses, who would be working with Magento Solution partner for customizing the platform. You will be getting a warranted product with several revenue generating features not available in the Magento Community platform. It consists of Open Source Development model with commercial license and PCI Data Security Standard Compliance. The price of this version starts at $2,995 per year.

c) Magento Enterprise: This is the best platform for developing commercially viable and full feature-loaded eCommerce model, and is suitable for all kind of businesses. It is scalable and flexible as per the specific business requirements. There is no upfront license fee for this version of Magento. Besides having Open Standard Development Model with PCI Data Security Standard Compliance, Magento Enterprise platform is equipped with complete end to end product support with world class Service Level Agreements (SLA). The pricing of this version starts at $12,995 per year.

About Web Development India, Profit By Outsourcing

Profit By Outsourcing is an Offshore Web Design & Web Development Company, specializing in PHP Programming, ASP.Net Programming, AJAX Programming, RoR Programming, Custom programmed Content Management & E-Commerce Solutions/ Open source Customized Content Management & E-Commerce Solutions, Web 2.0 Designing ( 100% table less or div based designs) developed in xhtml / css as per the w3c guidelines and Rich Internet Applications (RIA's) are applications built using Adobe Flash Flex AIR Action Script, Adobe Flex, Adobe Flex(AIR), Microsoft Silverlight, Sun JAVAFX & AJAX and Web 2.0 Application Development.

Online Marketing Services - Global Visible Light Communication Market 2013 Report

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Research and Markets announces the addition of "Visible Light Communication (VLC)/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics (FSO) Market (2013-2018) – By Component (LED, Image Sensor, Opto-couplers), Application (Indoor Networking, Underwater Communication, Location Based Service, ITS) & Geography" to its catalogue.

Research and Markets announces the addition of "Visible Light Communication (VLC)/Li-Fi Technology & Free Space Optics (FSO) Market (2013-2018) – By Component (LED, Image Sensor, Opto-couplers), Application (Indoor Networking, Underwater Communication, Location Based Service, ITS) & Geography" to its catalogue. 

VLC technology, one of the advanced optical wireless communication technologies, in which light in the visible region (375nm-780nm) is used as a medium for data transmission is more secure and achieves high data rates as compared to conventional wireless technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Wimax etc., which use radio waves for communication. Till late 1990s infrared spectrum is used for the communication. But in the early 2000s, researches started using visible light from LEDs as the medium for communication. Initially they were able to achieve network speed about 100Kbps. With continuous developments, VLC systems can now achieve about 800Mbps data rate for short range communications. Many companies and research institutes are conducting research to develop and commercialize Gigabit networks for long range communications. 

FSO is based on the same principle as VLC but it uses light in the IR spectrum for communication. Invention RONJA device in 2001, which can achieve 10Mbps network speed over 0.87 miles boosted the research activities in the FSO technology. FSO was initially used for outdoor communication applications. But in the recent times, indoor applications like enterprise connectivity, hospitals are increasing. 

Reliability and network coverage are the major issues to be considered by the companies while providing VLC services. Interferences from external light sources like sun light, normal bulbs; and opaque materials in the path of transmission will cause interruption in the communication. High installation cost of the VLC systems can be complemented by large-scale implementation of VLC. Adopting VLC technology will reduce further operating costs like electricity charges, maintenance charges etc. 

Visible light communication technology is still in the introductory phase. Indoor networking and location based services are the only applications that are quite penetrated in the market. Products for other applications (intelligent traffic management system, in-flight entertainment, and underwater communication) are expected to hit the market by the end of 2013. VLC may be implemented as a complementary technology to the existing wireless networks. VLC is expected to penetrate M2M communication, smart cities, power over Ethernet (PoE), wireless sensor networks, ubiquitous networks, augmented reality etc. after five years. 

Unlike VLC technology, FSO technology is commercialized in the market for quite some time. FSO technology is majorly used in military & aerospace applications due its secure and high speed data transmission rates. FSO is expected to be deployed in MAN (Metropolitan Area Network), service accelerating, last mile connectivity etc. applications in the near future. 

This report categorizes the VLC/Li-Fi market based on components, applications and geography. Components include LEDs, infrared emitters, Opto-couplers, and image sensors. Major applications of VLC/Li-Fi covered in this report are Intelligent Traffic Management Systems (ITMS), Indoor Networking, In-flight Entertainment, Underwater Communication, and Location Based Service (LBS). The global market is fragmented in North America, Europe, APAC and ROW. The report also describes FSO market by applications: enterprise applications, mobile carrier backhaul, and military & aerospace; and geography. 

Leading and emerging players featured in this report include Aoptix Technologies, Inc., Avago Technologies, Bytelight, Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Fraunhofergesellschaft, Fsona Networks Corp., Lifi Consortium, Lightpointe Communications, Inc., Lsa, Inc., Lvx System, Mostcom, Nakagawa Laboratories, Inc., Northern Hitec Ltd, Oledcomm France Lifi, Omega Project Consortium, Outstanding Technology Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Penguin Automated Systems Inc., Plaintree Systems Inc, Purevlc Ltd, Society For Optical Communications Systems Ltd., Tamura Corporation, Ubiquiti Networks, Inc., and Wireless Excellence Limited.