5-hour ENERGY® Super Moms

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI (PRWEB) April 20, 2012

In honor of Mother’s Day, 5-hour ENERGY® is unveiling a new contest on April 20 to honor mothers everywhere, called the “5-hour ENERGY® Super Moms” contest. Ten lucky moms will be named Super Moms and will receive a free 12-pack of 5-hour ENERGY®.

5-hour ENERGY® fans are encouraged to nominate a mom, step mother, godmother, grandmother or any other mother figure to be a “5-hour ENERGY® Super Mom.” In order to enter, participants must fill out a form online or on Facebook stating in 400 words or less why their favorite “mom” is worthy of a 5-hour ENERGY® boost along with a photo.

When nominating Super Moms, applicants must follow these specific “5-hour ENERGY® Super Mom” guidelines:

    Submissions must be received on or before May 13, 2012
    All entries must provide contact information and completed release forms
    Applicants must be 18 years of age or older to participate
    Applicants agree to contest rules by submitting contest entry forms

About 5-hour ENERGY®

5-hour ENERGY® is a liquid energy shot that provides hours of energy and alertness. It contains a blend of B-vitamins and amino acids, zero sugar and four calories. It is available at retail outlets in the United States and Canada as well as throughout the U.K., Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain.

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Farmington Hills, MI (PRWEB) April 24, 2012

Today, Logicalis, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, unveiled a list of the top five tools CIOs should demand from any prospective cloud or managed services partner. When CIOs make the decision to move select IT functions to the cloud or to a managed services environment, monitoring the physical infrastructure (servers, storage, network, etc.) becomes the responsibility of the service provider. However, dedicated IT pros are not satisfied with an “out of sight, out of mind” philosophy. To help these IT pros navigate the widening cloud landscape, Logicalis has created a checklist of tools to help them evaluate prospective cloud partners.

“CIOs in charge of an enterprise-class infrastructure may easily relinquish the day-to-day management and maintenance tasks that become the responsibility of the cloud or managed services provider, but that doesn’t mean they want to be in the dark,” says Michael Strysik, solution architect for Logicalis. “In fact, when they are selecting their cloud or managed services partners, it’s critical that IT professionals conduct site visits, view the provider’s operations center, and find out what toolsets a prospective provider offers that will give them full visibility into the functionality of their cloud.”

Tools CIOs Should Demand from their Cloud Providers

1.    ITSM Toolset: An ITSM toolset is essentially an ERP system for IT – a central repository of information that gives both the provider and the customer a finger on the pulse of the customer’s cloud environment. It’s the customer’s portal to reports for capacity planning, historical trending analysis, and tracking information for every end-point or device in that database. The ITSM toolset is a single pane of glass view from which both the provider and customer can see how every device in the environment is functioning.

2.    Enterprise Monitoring Probes: Systems are running 24/7 these days, making it necessary to have enterprise-class tools or probes that can monitor IT infrastructure around the clock. The right probes have software agents that can gather SNMP data for device polling and are integrated with the ITSM toolset as well. It is the provider’s way of monitoring the client’s environment around the clock and, if something goes bump in the night, being alerted quickly, identifying the problem and remediating within the time specified by the customer’s SLA.

3.    User Activity Monitoring: It’s crucial to know who has changed what and when. As a result, CIOs should insist that their providers employ a screen capturing tool that tracks and logs any type of activity or change made to their systems. If there is an incident, an outage or a security concern, every step can be retraced, giving the customer peace of mind and the provider a starting point when looking for answers.

4.    Synthetic Transaction Monitoring: How long does it take to submit, complete and return an application request to a user? End-user response measurement, or synthetic transaction monitoring, can provide the most precise gauge of user experiences. Surprisingly, although synthetic transaction monitoring can offer the best way to pinpoint problems and test the performance of applications in the cloud, it is often the most overlooked tool in a cloud provider’s toolbox.

5.    WAN Acceleration: Certain applications, no matter where they are located, can take significant amounts of time to open and run. An ERP package, for example, could take as long as four to five minutes to open, but using a WAN acceleration tool combined with some up-front configuration work, that time-to-open can be reduced to less than 30 seconds. This kind of tool isn’t right in every circumstance, but when performance improvements are needed, it is definitely a must-have in a cloud provider’s arsenal.

What sets Logicalis apart from other cloud providers?

Learn more in Logicalis’ four minute managed services tools and processes video.

About Logicalis

Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data center and cloud services; and managed services.

Logicalis Group employs over 2,500 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM and Microsoft.

The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of over $ 1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications solution integrators, specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of approximately $ 5 billion.

For more information, visit http://www.us.logicalis.com.

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Warren, MI (PRWEB) May 16, 2012

Thin brick customers have recently confirmed what American Brick Company (Ambrico) has known for years about installing thin brick: the Ambrico EZ Wall® Engineered Thin Brick System is so easy to install that a child can do it. The company recently reported that today’s high quality thin brick products are so durable and easy to work with that they can be installed quickly and easily with just a few simple steps. Brian Burns, Ambrico’s spokesman said, “We recently had a customer tells us that the thin brick installation process was so easy that he was able to put his 5 year old son to work helping him install thin brick in his home. “ Burns joked, “While of course we don’t condone child labor, this latest feedback is just more proof that thin brick really is easy and fast to install.”

Thin brick, commonly referred to as brick veneer, has become an increasingly popular option for homeowners and builders who want something that is affordable and that will stand up to the environment. Burns said, “Our customers don’t want something that they will just have to replace 5 or 10 years down the road. With thin brick, you won’t see any cracking or fading over time and there is practically no maintenance required. It’s an affordable solution for renovating an existing structure or for completing the facade of a new building.”

In addition to selling the EZ Wall® System for homeowners and builders who want to take advantage of the classic look of thin brick, Ambrico performs thin brick installations on new buildings and on building renovations, with projects recently completed for hotels, sports arenas, restaurants and office buildings. The company sells the most popular designs from bestselling thin brick brands such as Clover Creek Brick, Glen-Gery Brick, Metro brick and others, at the company’s showroom in Warren, Michigan.

Headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Ambrico includes a showroom, brickyard and manufacturing facility. The company offers free estimates and information for builders and contractors interested in learning more about brick veneer installation, and also maintains a large selection of brick veneer samples to view in the state-of-the -art Ambrico showroom. For more information, please visit ambrico.com.

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Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) March 19, 2012

Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC is pleased to announce that Megan Farnsworth, Senior Account Manager of the Firm’s Employee Benefits Division is celebrating her fifth anniversary in the financial services industry. Cedar Brook, one of the region’s largest independent wealth management firms, offers the wide range of customized financial advising services individuals and business owners need to manage their wealth through retirement.

Ms. Farnsworth provides customized, premier service to the Division’s clients and their employees. She’s responsible for developing strategies and presentations to simplify what is often considered to be a complicated part of a company’s business.“The Employee Benefits Division has experienced year over year, double digit growth since the Firm began. Megan’s devotion to understanding and addressing our clients’ needs with thoughtful, cost-effective employee benefit plans has clearly contributed to our impressive growth,” explained Ben Katz, Partner and Director of Employee Benefits Division.

About Cedar Brook Financial Partners

Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, with offices in West Bloomfield, MI, and Naples, FL, Cedar Brook Financial Partners is one of the largest independent wealth management firms in Northeast, OH, according to Crain’s Cleveland Business 2011. Cedar Brook’s now sixty-plus professionals deliver customized, personal services including comprehensive wealth strategies, investment and insurance advice, retirement plan consulting, and group benefit programs to physicians, corporate executives, privately held business owners, and families. Cedar Brook has been recognized as a Top Workplace in Northeast Ohio by WorkplaceDynamics according to the Plain Dealer’s 2011 study. The firm offers securities through Securities America Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services are offered through Securities America Advisors Inc., a SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC and the Securities America companies are not affiliated.

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I am looking for my racket to get restrung and I was wondering where I could go to get it restrung at a price that is not completely outrageous.

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Answer by Sandy ♥ – semi retired
Try these shops in your area. Good luck

Perfect Racquet – www.perfectracquet.com – (860) 674-1984
Racquet Koop – racquetkoopwh.net – (860) 232-9271

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