Entries from May 2008
Do you have a trusted business advisor that understands strategically leveraging IT to grow your business? Is this person also trying to sell you equipment and software? If yes, are they really looking out for your interests?
One of this things large businesses understand is the need to have good people, preferably gifted and experienced people, looking forward to help the business achieve its strategic long term goals, with the help of Information Technology capabilities and services. The best people merge strategic vision, with IT investment management and governance skills, with the ability to manage staff to “keep the computers running”. That is the short job description of a Chief Information Officer.
Smaller businesses can be at a disadvantage in this realm – there generally is not a “critical mass” of work to require a full time CIO but they still need the strategic experience and tactical management that a CIO would bring to the table. Is this an intractable problem for smaller businesses?
Not with the help of a “Virtual CIO“. Read More at RondoTech Consulting of Northern Virginia…
Categories: Business Services · technology
Tagged: CIO-VA, CTO-VA, Enterprise-Architect-VA, Information-Technology-Management-VA, IT-Director-VA, IT-Engineer-VA, IT-Management-VA, IT-Manager-VA, Solution-Architect-VA, Systems-Architect-VA, Systems-Engineer-VA
New from St. Mary’s County, Maryland – a site devoted to businesses, news and organizations near the Naval Air Station Patuxent River (PAX), in St. Mary’s County, Southern Maryland (SOMD). www.PAXRiverOnline.com will begin showcasing local businesses, organizations and news – for example Cherry Cove, providing everything from PAX River NAS apartments, PAX River hotels, Naval Air Station PAX River homes and construction, Southern Maryland Conference Centers, Office rental and storage facilities, and many other businesses serving the PAX River NAS area in Lexington Park, MD.
Categories: Business Services · home services
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The latest issue of I AM Modern Magazine for Moms is here for the Summer, now printed in Virginia on environmentally-responsible, FSC-Certified paper. It is a wonderful and packed edition filled with very useful information, from Yoga Studio Reviews to the latest fashion finds.
I Am Modern Magazine for Moms is a Northern Virginia Women’s and Mom’s Lifestyle Magazine, part of the I Am Modern Social Media Network of print products, website and forums, social meetups, blogs, and other distributed content. This magazine can be found at many local, family-friendly retailers and busineses around Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, or can be mailed via subscription.
Read more here
Categories: media and publishing
Tagged: fairfax-moms, loudoun-moms, modern-moms, moms, moms-lifestyle, moms-magazine, moms-media, moms-social-media, virginia-moms, womens-lifestyle
Blackstone Technology Group is a privately-held global IT consultancy and staff augmentation firm. Blackstone’s mission is to implement innovative IT and business process solutions that help its clients address industry challenges, cost containment and transformation in their competitive marketplace. Blackstone maintains a long and distinguished track record of superior execution at both commercial and government clients. For more information, please visit www.bstonetech.com.
Services – One of the most valuable relationships for a business, organization or government entity is a strong relationship with an Information Technology (IT) services partner. From day one, Blackstone’s goal continues to be provision of innovative and precise business and technology engineering solutions, architecture, investment management, and related IT services to client partners.
Industries – Blackstone’s team includes strategic business and process architects, management consultants, and information technology experts with many years of hands-on experience within each of the industries they support. This breadth of technical expertise and depth of industry experience provides client partners the right resources to develop the best solutions to meet their unique challenges. Industries supported include Government and Public Service, Healthcare and Pharma, Communications, Energy, and Financial Services. Homeland Security is a particularly strong focus of the Washington, DC and Northern Virginia Technology Consulting practice, offering IT Investment Management, SOA/ESB Integration Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, Program Management, and Information Management (Portal, Content Management, Data Architectures and Search) capabilities to Federal Homeland Security Partners including the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer, US-VISIT, TSA, CBP, FEMA and OPS/HSIN.
Success – Blackstone is very proud of their long history of client success and satisfaction. They’ve established many long-lasting relationships with clients that extend well beyond typical vendor-client relationships, and reflect absolute commitment to professional integrity and competence. These relationships endure past initial successes into strategic opportunities and durable, proven business and mission outcomes.
Categories: Business Services
Tagged: business process, cio, consulting, consulting services, cto, enterprise architecture, ESB, governance process integration, industry expertise, information management, information technology, information technology consulting services, information technology management, information technology services, information technology solutions, Infrastructure, IT, IT Consulting, it investment management, it investments, IT Services, IT staffing, performance management, program management, project management, SOA consulting, systems architecture, systems consulting, systems engineering, technical architecture, technology
At Vinyl-Lite Window Factory, we are specialists in the Northern Virginia window and patio door segment of the home improvement industry. We’ve seen and heard just about every question, concern, thought and idea, from customers and experts alike. We continually incorporate the acquired information into all facets of our custom window operation, from sales and service to manufacturing and installation, making our products and services as complete as any in the marketplace. If it’s for residential real estate home improvement, business, churches, commercial, construction or contractors – we have your new or replacement windows, doors or patio enclosures and a plan for all your needs at the best prices.
Vinyl Lite Northern Virginia Window Factory – 8815 Telegraph Road - Lorton, Virginia 22079
(Phone) 703-550-7766 (Fax) 703-550-5659
Categories: home services
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TriVision Studios is an award-winning, full service agency with a 12,000 square foot studio facility in Chantilly, Virginia, that develops innovative strategies to achieve powerful and creative marketing, entertainment and media campaigns for its clients. They specialize in high-impact and results-oriented brand advertising communications for online, distributed, print and broadcast media. Blending eye-catching design, compelling copy and creative multi-media with sound business strategy, TriVision offers communications solutions that effectively reach their clients’ target audiences. With more than 15 years of experience, they manage cross-platform advertising and integrated communication programs for a diverse group of clients, ranging from start-up companies and government agencies to some of the world’s leading multi-national organizations.
Categories: media and publishing
Tagged: creative-graphics, media, media-communications, multi-media, northern-virginia-media, northern-virginia-web-design, web-design
Categories: home services
Tagged: fairfax-landscaping, fencing, garden-design, gardens, great-falls-landscaping, landscaping, lawn-service, loudoun-landscaping, mclean-landscaping, northern-virginia-landscaping, patios, perennials, virginia-garden-design, virginia-lawn-service, walkways
Loudoun Insurance provided by NOVA Insurance Group out of South Riding, VA provides insurance products and services to residents and businesses in Northern Insurance, specifically in the Dulles South area of Loudoun County and western Fairfax County. Primary communities include South Riding Insurance customers, Brambleton, Stone Ridge, Chantilly and Ashburn. Insurance products offered through Allstate include homeowner’s insurance, auto insurance, life insurance, property insurance and long-term care insurance.
Contact Loudoun Insurance by NOVA Insurance Group Here, or email ku@allstate.com .
Categories: life event services
Tagged: ashburn-insurance, dulles-south-online, insurance, loudoun-county, loudoun-insurance, northern-virginia-insurance, south-riding-insurance
I Am Modern Magazine for Moms and Women provides lifestyle, family and shopping information and social opportunities online, in print and in person. Based in Ashburn, VA, I Am Modern Magazine publishes a Loudoun Moms Magazine and a Fairfax Moms Magazine quarterly, plus offers offline social meetup opportunities for its “social club” of Northern Virginia Moms and Women. I Am Modern offers Northern Virginia Private School Reviews, Spa and Restaurant Reviews, and Summer Camp options, along with health, shopping, weight loss and many other news and blog topics for reading and discussion.
Find out more at I Am Modern Moms of Northern Virginia!
Categories: media and publishing
Tagged: fairfax-moms, loudoun-moms, modern-mom, moms-magazine, moms-media, northern-virginia-magazine, northern-virginia-women, virginia-moms, womens-magazine
KME Internet Marketing is a premier local provider of Northern Virginia Internet marketing, communications and digital content management services, including search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click management (PPC), and Web 2.0 oriented social media marketing services. KME has helped many local businesses and organizations establish a more comprehensive and revenue-generating presence on the Internet, with particular focus on hyperlocal online advertising methods and mediums in the Metropolitan Washington DC area. Founded by Certified Systems Engineers, Solution Architects and Google Adwords Professionals, KME leverages many decades of professional experience in standards-based technical program management, in addition to enterprise digital content management, search engine marketing and copywriting.
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Categories: media and publishing
Tagged: dulles-south, fairfax-seo, loudoun-seo, northern-va-media-marketing, virginia-internet-marketing, virginia-media-communications