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Denver, CO (OPENPRESS) October 12, 2011 -- PeakColo, a Denver based industry leader providing an array of technology related services that include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), public and private cloud computing, managed services and Disaster Recovery, announced the addition of Mr. Robert Darrow as VP of Operation.

As Vice-President of Operations, Mr. Darrow will oversee all operational and engineering activity as well as the design and development of the company's operational support systems.

Prior to joining PeakColo, Mr. Darrow was responsible for SunGard Availability Services' Technical Operations Center, which delivered 24x7 incident management support for over 20,000 managed assets. While at SunGard Availability Services, he built a service delivery team to support the highest levels of service for enterprise customers and spent one year in Pune, India developing and executing a "Follow the Sun" support model. Prior to SunGard, Robert held management and engineering roles at Inflow, Inc., a national managed services provider headquartered in Denver, CO.

Robert holds a M.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado, Denver and B.S. in Business Administration from Regis University. ?PeakColo has been growing at a 300% year-over-year rate?, says Luke Norris, CEO and Founder. ?As a Type II SSAE 16 service provider, Robert will continue to enhance our core business, operations controls and efficiencies and implement even greater accountability, audit-ability and process controls?.

PeakColo Adds To Its Management Staff To Enhance Its Operational Excellence - The Open Press (press release)

At the end of the inaugural CLT20 match at Bengaluru a few days back, when the home crowd realised their team (RCB) was losing, they started using the stadium graphics as drums and produced unbelievable sound by using flag posts as drum sticks. That was not funny as we kept thinking the graphics would come off in pieces, shares Ashwini Deshpande of Elephant, the Pune based independent strategic design consultancy that has created the entire 'look' for the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) tournament this year.

The look in this case means the various elements related to the game like theme-building, overall brand guidelines, visual language at the stadiums for the leagues and teams, merchandising and other collateral elements. It also includes guidelines for use of identity in kits, uniforms, bat, balls, stumps etc, city specific branding elements and event collaterals, guidelines and storyboards for broadcast graphics. In the visual parlance, the above is known as the 'livery' in Europe while rest of the world calls it the 'look' of the game.

In the case of the CLT 2011, explains Deshpande, "the look has been designed around the theme of Battle Arena where Champions become the modern gladiators who clash for ultimate honour." She adds that golden hues have been used as anchors to bring out the team colours and create sparkling excitement in the visual language. This kind of 360 degree branding for a sporting event is a very nascent category in India â?? though globally it is being done in good measure â?? the UK based Iris and Wolff Olins have worked on the London Olymics 2012 while FutureWorks Australia is the look-agency for the World Cup 2015 .

The logistics of an elaborate sporting-event can be quite a nightmare. Agrees Deshpande, "The event is huge. To generate graphics for hundreds of feet all around the stadium requires experience in visualising large spaces and also very high-end graphic data handling capabilities." To that, add the complexities in designing a unified look that needs to get expressed on diverse media (print, web, 3D, uniforms, medals etc). Their past experience of having handled National Games and Commonwealth Youth Games did come in handy, in ensuring a smooth delivery. Having the right look is a necessity in today's world â?? be it soap, cola or even a sport brand. Cricket rules the roost in the sporting arena and can't be far behind in creating the branding environment.

Major sporting extravaganzas like Champions League Twenty20 need a little help ... - Economic Times

The theme of World Heart Day this year is a wake-up call for everyone because kidney problems represent one of the leading causes of cardiac disorders and deaths due to cardiac ailments.

An active participant at the MCHI Exhibition starting 06 October, 2011, it plans to roll out a holiday offer for two in Malaysia or Singapore on booking a flat on the spot at the exhibition.

Sunil Mantri Group, Indias prominent developer of residential and commercial spaces aims for increase in sales this October for its projects in Pune, Mumbai, Solapur, Bengaluru and Gwalior.

An active participant at the MCHI Exhibition starting 06 October, 2011, it plans to roll out a holiday offer for two in Malaysia or Singapore on booking a flat on the spot at the exhibition.

Sunil Mantri Group aims to boost sales this October - India Infoline.com

Redmond, WA, October 07, 2011 --( PR.com )-- Raptivity®, the leading eLearning authoring tool is among the top tools identified in an ongoing user survey and through research data gathered by the eLearning Guild. The eLearning Guild is a leading community of practice for eLearning designers, developers, and managers. For a series of questions asked by The Guild, Raptivity figures in the top six or seven tools used by various eLearning practitioners around the world. In the "ease of use" category of questions, Raptivity leads the pack with over half the respondents claiming that the tool is "very easy" to use.

The majority of data collected by The Guild represents 5,350 respondents from March 2010 to March 2011. In addition to the data, charts and their interpretations, the report brings out insights and goes on to explore in detail, seven rapid authoring tools, including Raptivity. The report highlights Raptivity’s ease of use and the significant reduction in development time per course hour for a course designer who uses Raptivity. “Building an interaction in Raptivity is relatively quick, sometimes taking just a matter of minutes,” claims the report, which is written by Joseph Ganci, President of Dazzle Technologies Corp, a custom training and learning company.

The report, which has been collecting data over some years, explores interesting areas, such as user behavior in terms of using multiple tools for rapid interactivity building and fitting of eLearning course design into the tools.

With Raptivity, users can create interactivity rapidly and add it conveniently to their eLearning content. With interactive content, learning experiences become memorable and drop-out levels go down.

eLearning Guild Survey Finds Raptivity to be One of the Top Rapid eLearning ... - PR.com (press release)

MAR +2.13% - launches a visually stimulating, global advertising campaign, featuring six custom illustrations by world-renowned artist Kareem Iliya. The campaign - "Experience more at Marriott" - celebrates the diverse experiences the brand offers its guests worldwide.

In a nod to the Gen X and Gen Y travelers who blend work with leisure, the new campaign incorporates the brand's full array of travel experiences. The six visually arresting watercolor illustrations appear as silhouettes within Marriott Hotels & Resorts in London, Beijing, Aruba and Pune, India. Whether set in the background of a reinvented lobby lounge, well-appointed guest room, beach-front pool or luxurious spa treatment room, the new advertising punctuates the breadth of the 506 Marriott Hotels & Resorts worldwide for business and leisure travel.

The multi-million dollar advertising campaign will continue through the end of the year in key source markets: Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Bahrain, Bangalore, Beijing, Bogota, Caracas, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sidney, Tokyo and Washington, DC. The "Experience more at Marriott" advertising campaign, which was created by mcgarrybowen, will be strategically placed primarily in 26 gateway airports to ensure global travelers take notice. For example, the advertising will blanket 168 digital panels in Heathrow Airport located in main walkways, elevators and escalators as travelers traverse to and from the Heathrow Express and the arrival and departure terminals.

The Marriott Hotels & Resort brand offers the widest array of accommodations within the Marriott International portfolio of brands. Of its 506 hotels worldwide, more than 60 are resorts located in premier destinations from sandy beaches in the Caribbean, Latin America, Hawaii and Florida to golf resorts in Spain, United Kingdom and United States to tropical settings in China and Thailand. Nearly 40 resorts offer golf on the property or nearby. More than 50 resorts offer world-class, full-service spas on the property.

Provocative Art Meets Stylish Design in Marriott Hotels & Resorts New Global ... - MarketWatch (press release)