Huntington Beach, CA (ContentDesk) November 10, 2003 ?- Two Southern California Companies combine forces to take on the competition. In one of the boldest moves seen by the Orange County Tech Sector in many months, Coastline Micro, Inc. of Irvine California and Alvaka Networks of Huntington Beach today announced the November 20th, 2003 release of Coastline Micro's Advanced Network Management Service that will be offered by Coastline Micro and powered by Alvaka Network's award winning service - "AlvakaNet" sm.Founded in 1989, Coastline Micro is a leading provider of end-to-end, high-quality, cost-effective computing and networking solutions. Coastline selected Alvaka Networks to be the backbone of Coastline's New Advanced Network Management Services. The new partnership will bring patch management, 24 x 7 monitoring and support, IT help desk, VPN and Internet connectivity support and a variety of security services to Coastline Micro's customers.
"Our customers have always been able to count on us for great products and excellent support.
Now, this new service gives our customers the option to choose an extension and enhancement to full ongoing managed service of the high-quality products we are already delivering.
The service will also create an additional recurring revenue stream for Coastline Micro's future investment so we can continue to better serve our valued clients" said, Nick Vertucci, founder and CEO of Coastline Micro.The partnership is a powerful addition to Coastline's arsenal and will be a significant differentiator in the market and will allow both companies to focus on what they do best, increase their market leverage, and at the same time expand the completeness of their respective product offerings.
"Coastline is an influential and well respected player in their category, and the only thing missing from their business plan was the Network Eyes In The Sky (sm) that we have perfected," said Kevin McDonald, Alvaka Network's V.P. Business Development and chief architect of the plan.
"This deal will greatly increase our market exposure and push our growth to new levels." Mr. McDonald continued.Success has come to Alvaka Networks under the leadership of its Founder and CEO, Oli Thordarson. They have continued to grow by using a combined set of tools and procedures that Alvaka has refined through twenty-one years of experience in providing high quality IT services to its clients. The new channel strategy also includes a growing relationship with BMC Software, a leading provider of enterprise management solutions that span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Alvaka Networks has become a recognized leader in the Managed Service Provider (MSP) space.
In 21 years of business, Alvaka Networks has optimized and subsequently managed hundreds of networked computing systems.
Their managed services offerings insure that clients systems are properly secured, correctly resourced and maintained, perform optimally and are managed under consistent IT governance policies. When asked about the announced plan, Mark Binford, regional account manager-xSP Partner Sales for BMC Software said, "We believe this is a very good way for us to satisfy customers' needs for management solutions in the SMB market.
We are pleased that the two companies have chosen BMCs' technology as one of the key components for delivering these services. BMC is a strong player in both the SMB market as well as in larger enterprises and we look forward to the growth prospects for Coastline's Advanced Network Management Service and the capabilities Alvaka and Coastline will deliver together."Background:Alvaka Networks, founded in 1982 and headquartered in Huntington Beach, California, is a leading provider of network management, monitoring, security and integration services.
Alvaka's core company purpose is to constantly improve the way networks are managed and serviced. AlvakaNet and NetSecure, Alvaka's flagship service products, are a bundled set of network management, monitoring, security and Internet access services that provide Alvaka Networks' clients with guaranteed 24x7 uptime and lower Total Cost of Ownership.
For more information about Alvaka Networks visit: www.alvaka.netCONTACT INFORMATION: Kevin McDonald V.P. Business DevelopmentAlvaka Networks5932 Bolsa Ave.Huntington Beach, CA 92649(714) 891-2001 Samuel SanchezDirector of Marketing Coastline Micro, Inc.60 Technology Drive - Irvine, California 92618(800) 729-6809Direct: (949) 450-9966Email: e-mail protected from spam bots????.
San Diego Beach Hikes ? Cardiff to Carlsbad
San Diego offers a bevy of interesting hikes. With the average home price being around $500,000, they better be interesting! To unwind, I typically stop on my way home from work to hike from Cardiff to Carlsbad on the beach. For picturesque sunsets and "tasty waves", the beach between Cardiff to Carlsbad can't be beat. Cardiff - StartingI typically start this hike by parking just south of restaurant row in Cardiff. Restaurant row is located to the north of the lagoon between Cardiff and Solana Beach on Highway 101.
Parking is located on the side of the road, which is right up against the beach. Give me convenience or give me death!As you head north, you first pass Charlie's and other restaurants. Past the restaurants, you will come to the beginning of the bluffs that will line the beach to the end of the hike. San Elijo campground is on top of the initial bluffs and extends for roughly a mile north. The campground is very popular and the temporary home of locals and tourist. ...
San Diego Beach Hikes ? Cardiff to Carlsbad
JobsByFax Penetrates the 'Hiring Wall' With Great Success
Virginia Beach, VA (ContentDesk) March 14, 2006 Struggling job hunters like Ellen Neave apply to companies month after month through email and Internet sites and rarely get a response.
Ellen calls this the hiring wall.After 8 months of frustrating results in her job search, Ellen used the service JobsByFax.com (www.JobsByFax.com) to break down this hiring wall and got real results. After 8 months of grueling job hunting, the only thing that worked was JobsByFax.com.
I picked approximately 1300 companies, and within the first week and a half, I received about 25 calls& says Ellen.The Hiring Wall that job hunters run into is real.
Emailing resumes or applying online is the standard nowadays and employers are overwhelmed with the sheer number of emailed resumes, making it tough for a job seeker to stand out in the pile of resumes.
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JobsByFax Penetrates the 'Hiring Wall' With Great Success
Marina Management Services, Inc. Acquires New Management Contract
(ContentDesk) October 19, 2005 -- Boca Raton based management and consulting firm Marina Management Services. Inc. (MMS), has recently acquired a third party management contract for Caribbean Jacks Marina in Daytona Beach, Florida.
MMS will oversee the operations of the wet slips, dry storage, fuel dock, and the recreational amenities.
The owners of the property, which is also home to Daytona Beachs premier waterfront restaurant, Caribbean Jacks Restaurant, have decided to bring in a professional management team to improve operations at the marina.
The principal owners of the property spent four years successfully planning and building the business from an older, outdated facility to an upscale destination marina. An owners representative said It was time to bring in a professional team that better understands the marina and boat storage business.MMS has relocated Chris Pignataro to Daytona Beach to become the new on-site marina manager.
For the...
How To Reward Yourself With A "No Guilt Day" Over The Holidays.
Long Beach, CA
October 6, 2004 -? Fitness Professional Emile Jarreau, owner of M2 Fitness.com in Long Beach, knows the holidays can be a challenging time of year regarding food choices. To avoid putting on extra weight this season, he advocates starting a fitness plan before the festivities begin.In his book, "M2 Turbo Fat Loss", Emile helps people realize getting more physical activity and eating a nutritious diet of small, frequent and nutritious meals six days a week is critical to keeping weight off. However, to keep ones sanity, especially around the holidays, it's a good idea for people to give themselves one "cheat" or "guilt-free" day per week.Fitness Pro Emile explains, "The 'guilt-free' day should be one day out of the week when you allow yourself to eat anything you really, really want. During the holidays it is a good idea to have your guilt-free day on either Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day, for example. At the same time it's important to understand the splurging...
Low Carb vs. High
Low carb diets can be classified as food plans that require keeping carbohydrates as low as 3% and never more than about 25 to 30%.
This is much lower than the 50 to 60% recommended by most good scientists and valid research. Low carb diets include programs like Atkins, Protein Power, The Zone, Sugar Busters and the South Beach diet.As you can see by the chart below, the Ornish and Pritikin diets at 70% and 80% carbs, are definitely high carb. One means used to distract people's attention away from the fact that the Atkins diet is basically an unhealthy food plan is to compare a "low carb" diet to a "high carb" diet. However, neither one is the best solution.
Although the in-depth research of Dr. Dean Ornish, using his high carb/low fat diet, has uncovered some amazing findings and produced phenomenal results in reversing heart disease, as a weight loss program and regular eating plan, it has some drawbacks. The Ornish diet, as with Pritikin, is proving to be too low...
Low Carb vs. High
On a Diet and Dining Out? Stay on Course With The South Beach Diet(TM) OnHand
Marlborough, Mass. (ContentDesk) March 6, 2006 -- Its one thing to resolve to lose weight and adopt a healthier diet.
The real challenge is staying the course when dining out.Now you can start and stick to a healthy eating and weight loss plan where ever you might be dining with help from The South Beach Diet(TM) OnHand (www.skyscapeonhand.com), a simple-to-use mobile solution that provides instant, anywhere access to restaurant menu suggestions, recipes, meal plans, and lifestyle tips on Palm and Windows Pocket PC-powered PDA handheld computers and smartphones.
Its based on the best-selling South Beach Diet" book by prominent preventive cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D.With The South Beach Diet(TM) OnHand on a PDA or smartphone, dieters are finding that staying on plan is smart, easy, and discrete by simply tapping a stylus to access a variety of suggested restaurant menu items and information for...
JobsByFax Penetrates the 'Hiring Wall' With Great Success
Virginia Beach, VA (ContentDesk) March 14, 2006 Struggling job hunters like Ellen Neave apply to companies month after month through email and Internet sites and rarely get a response.
Ellen calls this the hiring wall.After 8 months of frustrating results in her job search, Ellen used the service JobsByFax.com (www.JobsByFax.com) to break down this hiring wall and got real results. After 8 months of grueling job hunting, the only thing that worked was JobsByFax.com.
I picked approximately 1300 companies, and within the first week and a half, I received about 25 calls& says Ellen.The Hiring Wall that job hunters run into is real.
Emailing resumes or applying online is the standard nowadays and employers are overwhelmed with the sheer number of emailed resumes, making it tough for a job seeker to stand out in the pile of resumes.
JobsByFax.com faxes your resume straight to employers you...
JobsByFax Penetrates the 'Hiring Wall' With Great Success
Murder at the Ocean Forest, a Mystery Novel by Robert “Digger” Cartwright, is Now Available in Hardback, Paperback
Washington, D.C., Myrtle Beach, SC & Orlando, FL (ContentDesk) June 26, 2006 -- Robert "Digger" Cartwright formally announced today the release of his latest mystery novel, Murder at the Ocean Forest.
The novel is set at the famed Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 1941.
The intricate plot stretches from the stormy coast of Myrtle Beach to the battlefields of World War II and introduces Feltus Boone La Mont, the quintessential Southern hotel detective.
Terence and Faye Underwood meet an eclectic array of guests in a trains club car while traveling to the luxurious Ocean Forest Hotel during World War II.
Lord George Ashburn, a distinguished member of the British aristocracy, is convalescing after an accident on the battlefield.
Lady Jane Ashburn is suspicious of their new acquaintances, especially the flamboyant Terence.
Preacher Cooper, a devout man of the cloth, condemns the war and any talk of heroics with respect...