CraniumSoft Announces Free Sign-Up for Its New International Platform Concept for Businesses and Organizations

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) August 23, 2011

United by blood, driven by purpose, Marcus Barnes and Johnny Lynch believe they may have the answer to a simple question: What can we do to implement significant change?

The question may have been easy to come by, but the answer was not. Years of thought and sweat have, however, coalesced to form CraniumSoft, an Internet destination (http://www.CraniumSoft.com) that could serve to change the nature of community funding as we now know it.

Via a platform called Synapse, accessed through http://www.CraniumSoft.com, non-profit groups, booster clubs, agencies, any organization with a need, can partner with businesses to create a unique offer to bring awareness to its cause and drive dollars to the business.

The Synapse platform matches consumers and their organized causes to businesses that want to reach them based on location and compatibility. This platform uses these organizations as the conduit of communication to its members and each member then has an extended network of contacts outside of their group for explosive reach through social media and mobile communication.

To put it simply, Barnes and Lynch created a platform which causes businesses to become addicted to helping causes because doing so with the system not only improves consumer awareness but actually enhances revenue directly within their communities with real, verifiable sales.

A plan this groundbreaking needs just the right amount of chutzpah to pull it off, and in that regard first cousins Barnes and Lynch are the perfect men for the job. For Barnes, the father of two and an Internet technology whiz who started his own company in 1997, now is that moment to give something back.

I figure its time to use my experience to make the world a better place, says Barnes.

Lynch is a registered nurse working in an intensive care unit and father of three whose mantra is Its easier to love than to hate so why hate? If change can be willed, Lynch is the man to do it.

We cannot wait, says Lynch. People need this right now.

To change the world is no easy task. Why then, living comfortable lives, would Barnes and Lynch risk it all in a project with no guarantees?

I want to see a cure for cancer. I want to see that happen, says Lynch. Im tired of teachers getting fired. How can you get rid of teachers when you have more new students coming through the doors every year?

Some of this passion stems from seeing their own suffer. A treasured uncle is stricken with ALS (often referred to as Lou Gehrigs Disease) and Barnes and Lynch have seen how this has taken a toll on him and those around him. Its not cheap to be sick in American and as the bills have mounted so has the stress on everyone involved.

The cousins decided to put their minds where their hearts are and do something to affect a change for the better for all those families who are suffering from illness or economic collapse. And it all starts in the communities.

Bringing community organizations and companies together in a mutually beneficial relationship was the end goal. After years of research it came down to one simple matter: change can happen when you tap into that which people care about.

CraniumSoft is a vehicle to help the next person, says Lynch. We should give the community a chance to be a part of this.

Instead of an organization worrying about how to get the word out for a fund raiser or the business owner wondering if their advertising dollars are having any effect, both parties will see a direct result of the partnership via CraniumSofts proprietary platform.

This is an innovative program with nothing truly like it in our community. Using technology and the social media including Facebook and YouTube to empower organizations and businesses to be able to do good in their community, Barnes and Lynch have changed how the game is played.

The duo is starting in Texas but soon all across America consumers will work virtually hand-in-hand with companies that are doing good to improve their own communities.

Like any grassroots campaign, however, the plan needs funding. Barnes and Lynch have opened this process to the public and are using the new-era method of crowd funding to fuel the enterprise. Donations of $ 10 or more or being sought and perks are offered to those who contribute. For more information, and to view the perks visit http://www.indiegogo.com/CraniumSoft.

For interview opportunities and available video please contact Johnny Lynch with CraniumSoft at Johnny(at)craniumsoft(dot)com or Lynch460(at)gmail(dot)com

###

Ambistar Ventures Announces the Launch of GLOBATEXT.COM, a Web-based Mobile Messaging and Communications Platform for SMB'S

Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 11, 2011

Ambistar Ventures, the Austin-based Technology Incubator, today announced the official launch of the pioneering messaging website Globatext.com. For the past 6 months the website had operated in a private invitation-only beta version. Now, the website is fully operational and available to all businesses and organizations who wish to access the site.

Globatext has opened up the vast, uncharted territory of SMB Mobile Marketing by providing Small-to-Medium sized businesses with a platform to manage their own mobile messaging campaigns, said Timothy Ngo, founder of Ambistar Ventures. Thanks to Globatexts easy-to-use web-based platform, SMBs can now set-up and launch their own mobile messaging program within minutes.

Globatext is a web-based service that enables businesses and organizations to create and self-manage their own messaging campaigns with ease. Competitive monthly plans start at $ 25, making Globatext the lowest cost messaging service in the industry today. Globatext supports the transmission of 5 different message types, which can all be sent from one simple web interface. Using the message control panel, business owners and managers can chose a variety of ways to get their message out to customers or prospects, including SMS text messaging, MMS picture messaging, Instant Messaging, Email and even Social Networking Posts.

Globatext has robust features that will appeal across a wide range of businesses and industries. Globatext representatives said that their primary target clients would be businesses such as restaurants, retail stores, real estate offices, nightclubs/bars and service oriented companies. Globatext will also be focusing on such organizations as universities, government agencies, as well as political, social and religious groups.

Besides its state-of-the-art multi-mode platform, the differentiator that really sets Globatext apart from other Mobile Marketing Technology companies is its commitment to client support. Sean Wade, co-founder of Ambistar Ventures, said: "Many business owners who have not taken part in mobile marketing campaigns in the past haven't done so because they lack experience with this emerging medium. Many non-tech savvy business owners simply don't know how to take the first steps towards designing their own campaign. Globatext solves this problem through technology and consultancy.

Globatext clients will each be assigned a dedicated, local Account Representative who will not only help small business owners navigate the Globatext platform, but will also play a role in helping businesses build their customer lists and create effective ongoing mobile marketing campaigns. Ngo said, "We believe we are the first company in the world to provide this level of technology combined with this one-on-one business mentoring."

According to new estimates from ABI Research, taken together, mobile marketing and advertising will grow at an impressive rate of 40% CAGR over the next five years. ABI concluded that, "Compared to campaigns in more traditional media, mobile marketing can be relatively inexpensive. Moreover, ads can be highly targeted and naturally paired with the rich mobile content that a growing number of consumers are accessing through mobile devices."

Businesses need to take a hard look at the way they are interacting with current customers and prospects, said Ngo. If they dont currently have a mobile relationship with their customers, they run the risk of losing them to competitors.

One of the stand-out features of Globatext is its mobile couponing feature. For many consumers, the habit of virtually clipping and carrying a coupon on their phone is rapidly becoming instinctive. That explains why almost 70 million mobile coupons worth $ 2.4 billion are expected to be redeemed in 2013, up from a mere 200,000 coupons in 2009. Whether its a coupon or an ad, getting value from local businesses through the mobile phone has become much more accepted than it was only a couple of years ago. Sixty three percent of consumers say they are either comfortable or very comfortable with receiving value offers through their mobile device.

Other features of the Globatext Platform include the ability to create and send QR codes, mobile voting, appointment reminders, Mcards, and voice broadcasts.

At the official launch, Ngo went on to say, With increasing trends in mobile marketing, the demand for a low cost, easy-to-use mass messaging solution for SMBs is clearly on the rise. With the launch of Globatext, we have directly responded to this tremendous market demand.

About Ambistar Ventures

Ambistar Ventures is a Technolgy Incubator based in Austin,TX. Ambistar Ventures makes early stage investments in technology companies with mass market audiences. Ambistars investment priorities include web and mobile advertising, mobile computing, cloud computing, web analytics, social networks, e-learning, wireless experiences and consumer shopping.

About Globatext

Globatext is a web-based messaging platform that allows business owners and managers to create and launch their own messaging campaigns for marketing or communication. Globatext provides next generation tools that allow companies to conveniently send SMS, MMS, IM, Email and Social Networking Posts. Business owners and managers interested in Globatext can visit http://www.globatext.com or call 512-777-4480 to speak to a Sales Representative.

###

eLeaP Learning Management System Releases Latest Version of Popular eLeaP LMS Platform Making Online Training Even Easier

Louisville, KY (PRWEB) March 3, 2011

Telania | eLeaP, a Louisville KY based Learning Management Systems provider has released the latest version of the hugely popular eLeaP LMS Platform.

While the competition is stuck with antiquated technologies and unwieldy software, eLeaP has just made online training a lot easier with advanced course management tools, smart menus for users and responsive reporting. What this means for you is easy course creation support for multiple content formats, streaming technology to deliver rich media content and interactive tools to encourage formal and informal learning a sure way to generate excitement for your e-learning and training program.

Innovation is in our DNA. Every time we release a new version of eLeaP LMS, it is the result of intensive analysis, client interviews, and usability experts reviews incorporating the latest in e-learning, web-based training technology and web software architecture.

With our release of eLeaP4, we have provided our customers with cutting edge technology, extremely easy usability and unparalleled security and speed. eLeaP4 has clear information alerts and color coded notices to guide users and provide additional helpful information. With UNICODE UTF-8 support enabled for International language courses customers can now easily add course content in various International languages. We have also upgraded the eLeaP Content Editor to enable faster uploads, easier content formatting (tables, cells) and additional content features.

eLeaP4 brings to life a Smart Course Menu For example if Glossary, FAQ, Resources features are not being used, they dont appear in trainees Course Menu. You can easily turn these and also Feedback & White Board features On or Off. eLeaP4 has also added [Launch Course] and [Relaunch Course] buttons for all SCORM courses. This way, users will easily know how to start their assigned SCORM courses. eLeaP4 also features a simplified [Advanced Settings] system which enables customers to simply add the minimum number of minutes or seconds for each lesson. eLeaP4 knows to activate advanced setting monitoring so you can meet your compliance training requirements.

Automatic email notifications are now being sent to all Users or User Groups assigned Career Paths when those Career Paths have been changed (courses added or removed). This means you can continue to make updates to your Career Paths and let eLeaP remind your trainees of these updates. We have taken the pain and hustle out of annual training and other compliance training needs. eLeaP4 also comes with a 'Quiz Graded' email alert sent to users when final quiz grades are assigned. When you have to manually review quiz questions, eLeaP will alert users of their final quiz grades. You dont have to do anything on your end!

eLeaP4 features a robust and more compact and efficient User Groups Activity (UGA) report. With the ability to search for specific users within User Groups, customers can now easily update User Group memberships. This is a huge time saver. Want to delete all users belonging to a specific User Group? eLeaP4 makes it easy to select the specific User Group in the Users tab and click filter to display only those users belonging to that User Group. Customers can now highlight every user belonging to this User Group for deletion etc.

Automated User management mass add/delete users from a single bulk upload file. We are also working on APIs for Advanced User Management and reports access. Uploading New Users has also been simplified. Simply upload and [Confirm import] and your list will be imported. Customers can also search for specific users in specific access levels such as all instructors or all trainees or all Admins, within a User Group. These features will save you significant time and money. Do you have to collect offline homework files? We have added an option for the System Administrator to view homework files via the 'My Stuff' files uploaded by trainees. This is a great and easy way to collect homework assignments. For updating trainee records with external certifications and training programs customers can now create Notes in Trainees records or profile. Admin can add comments and additional information pertaining to employees and trainees.

With the latest eLeaP4 release, we have drastically upgraded the eLeaP Media Player System to enable easier video streaming on all major browsers. You can easily and securely use external document and file hosting and management services like Google Docs as well as other embedded content in your course. Our clients like Merit Medical really like this feature as it keeps their content secure while enable easy distribution via eLeaP.

eLeaP has permitted our small technical staff to focus on other projects that are more unique and critical to our line of business, while knowing that the learning management system is fully functional and meeting our internal customer needs.

--Lincoln Cannon, Director of Web Systems, Merit Medical Systems

eLeaP4 Mobile Edition

eLeaP4 is optimized for mobile devices. You can now access your eLeaP account via your smart phone and tablet PC devices like: iPhone, iPad, Motorola Xoom, Andriod smart phones and devices. Take advantage of learning on the go. eLeaP4 Mobile edition is free. Simply fire up your smart phone or mobile device, log into your account and access great training and e-learning content.

We invite you to test drive eLeaP4 today. Simply go to http://www.eleapsoftware.com to create your special free account now.

About eLeaP e-Learning Solutions

eLeaP e-Learning Solutions provides SCORM certified training and e-learning management systems that enable organizations of any size, maximize employee performance and minimize liability and risks from lack of compliance and industrial training. The eLeaP Learning Management System is designed to fit any organization size. With it you, will have the sophistication favored by big companies. Yet, you can enjoy the flexibility, simplicity and customization of a learning management system that will not overwhelm or financially drain smaller organizations.

Contact information:

Telania | eLeaP

173 Sears Avenue

Suite 282

Louisville, KY 40207

Phone: (502) 291-4650

Fax: (502) 585-2345

eLeaP Learning Management System

http://www.eleapsoftware.com

###

Find More Easy Web Creation Press Releases

SOASTA Awarded Patent for Visual User Interface of its CloudTest Platform

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) March 8, 2011

SOASTA, the leader in cloud-based performance testing, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent No. 7,844,036 entitled, "Visual Test Automation Tool for Message-Based Applications, Web Applications and SOA Systems." The patent covers a visual or graphical user interface (GUI) design that expresses a complete programming language for Web and mobile application performance test creation. Analogous to creating a song or video using digital multi-media editing products, this visual interface enables testers and performance engineers to quickly build and maintain complex performance tests using SOASTA CloudTest's task-specific editors.

"SOASTA's unique, patented design delivers a familiar and easy-to-use 'GarageBand-style' visual test creation process that enables users to build complex performance tests in a fraction of the time it takes using older, script-based methodologies," said Ken Gardner, founder and executive chairman at SOASTA. "SOASTA has broken new ground in performance test creation, automation, and scalability. These visual interface editors are a key innovation that can help organizations create and perform quick changes in critical performance tests in a world of rapidly changing Web and mobile applications."

SOASTA CloudTest's visual testing environment is based on a visual mixing board metaphor found in today's popular digital media creation tools. It uses building blocks that allow a user to compose test scenarios by dragging and dropping recorded messages in the form of icons onto different test tracks. Test tracks can represent alternate user scenarios or geographic locations within a larger test composition. The process of editing or assembling test scenarios to generate complex, parallel message streams targeted at websites or mobile applications may be considered analogous to assembling a song, movie, or multi-media presentation in digital media presentation tools. A user may also access the underlying message contents to adjust consumer wait times, eliminate testing third-party components such as CDNs, or meet other specific testing requirements.

Comprehensive performance testing has traditionally required the user to have extensive programming knowledge. In traditional testing software, users must write complex procedural C, or C-like code, or build a long series of messages - typically using Extensible Mark-Up Language (XML) - to simulate real-world traffic. These XML messages are often assembled by hand or using a programming language such as Perl or JAVA. This testing process is prone to errors because even the smallest mistake can invalidate the entire test. Maintaining the scripts and updating them to reflect system changes is also a difficult process.

"The extended time and specific expertise necessary to conduct performance tests using traditional software has prevented many organizations from testing at all, putting their business-critical websites at significant risk. SOASTA CloudTest eliminates these obstacles, empowering organizations to easily and quickly develop tests and run them at scale, using our market-proven visual interface and robust platform that delivers the full power of cloud computing," continued Gardner.

SOASTA CloudTest Platform

Last month, SOASTA launched the latest addition to its CloudTest product line, CloudTest Pro. CloudTest Pro is a new appliance that delivers the world's largest platform for testing the performance of Web and mobile applications. With CloudTest Pro, testing teams have full control to build, execute and analyze performance tests, with the flexibility to launch tests on a single platform that integrates data center infrastructure and private clouds with external resources including public clouds. CloudTest Pro represents the first commercial software solution that seamlessly integrates heterogeneous clouds and other resources to create a truly global test platform.

SOASTA will be demonstrating the CloudTest platform and its patented visual interface on March 8 and 9 at the Cloud Connect show, booth #515. To see a demo online, please go to http://bit.ly/faFEsD.

For more information about SOASTA CloudTest products, visit the SOASTA website at http://www.soasta.com, contact SOASTA at info(at)soasta(dot)com or call 866-344-8766.

About SOASTA

SOASTA is the leader in cloud testing. The company's CloudTest products and services leverage the power of cloud computing to quickly and affordably test consumer-facing Web and mobile applications at scale, providing customers with the confidence that their business-critical Web applications will be reliable and scalable, even under extreme loads. SOASTA's customers include many of today's most successful brands, including American Girl, Chegg, Gilt Groupe, Hallmark, Intuit, Microsoft and Netflix. SOASTA is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information about SOASTA, please visit http://www.soasta.com.

http://www.hiidea.com book trading platform is released .all are free to use for both sellers and buyers

(PRWEB) September 9, 2004

http://www.hiidea.com, the Internet site of Hiidea Book & Music Store, has announced the release of its first "do it yourself" book trading platform that allows both buyers and sellers to list books wanted or for sale. The site is free to use for both sellers and buyers.

The site, Buy or Sell Books : Do it yourself (http://www.hiidea.com/posts.php), is the first to allow buyers and sellers to find or list a book in their local community, sorted by universities or cities. The site has attracted a large number of college students who are now able to find and buy used textbooks from their neighbours at the same campus.

Allen Goldstein, a computer science student at New York University, said, "Instead of going to eBay and spending hours and dollars without much success in selling my last year's textbooks, I can now go straight to Buy or Sell Books : Do it yourself http://www.hiidea.com/posts.php on

http://www.hiidea.com, and sell them to my buddies right here. I sold three books in a week, and get extra cash to buy new books for this sememster. Best of all, I paid no fee and the service is free at http://www.hiidea.com." Gil Diller, a doctorate student at MIT, was able to pick up a hard to find reference book that is used only in few universities, is excited: "I have been searching for this book for 3 months and nobody has it. I found it in Buy or Sell Books : Do it yourself (http://www.hiidea.com/posts.php). I can't believe the guy living in my apartment building got a copy, and it is in excellent condition. I was able to pay cash and pick it up right away. No shipping needed."

Mr. Peter Jin, the CEO of Hiidea Book & Music Store, was impressed by the warm remarks. He believes the site will have a large following once more and more people know about it. "It is free. It is the first site that allows college students nationwide to trade locally on campus. Once you know about it, you will keep coming back. This site will travel by mouth."

About http://www.hiidea.com


Hiidea Book & Music Store is a leading book store that sells over 1.4 million titles on discount books, music, and movies. It has the largest collection on sports & entertainment books. It is specialised in extbooks and carry some of the hardest to find titles.

For more information visit http://www.hiidea.com or http://www.hiidea.com/posts.php, or email PR Director Allen Xu at jxu@hiidea.com