Folio helps photographers, artists make move to the Web
Foliopic.com introduced foliopic, a template-based website builder for photographers and artists. Foliopic offers a solution for photographers and artists who are looking to venture onto the Web with their own personal or business website. Foliopic’s template-based system offers a range of options and designs for beginners or advanced users to personalize their Web presence.
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WD enters traditional enterprise HDD market with first SAS product
Western Digital (WD), Lake Forest, Calif., announced its entry into the traditional enterprise market segment with volume production shipments of its first 10,000 RPM, 2.5-inch, small form factor, SAS interface hard drives. The WD S25 provides up to 300 GB of high-performance storage suitable for both mission-critical enterprise server and enterprise storage applications, such as [...]
Metro Group announces robust earnings
Germany-based retailing giant Metro Group announced sales of Euro 46.1 billion (US$ 68.1 billion) for the first nine months of 2009, a decline of 3.7 percent compared with the same period last year, but am increase of 0.3 percent in local currencies. Despite the economic crisis, the operating result (EBIT) reached Euro 748 million (US$ [...]
Tackle succession planning issues with the AIE Imaging Executive podcast
Succession planning is one of those duties that often gets put off until it’s too late – leading to poor decisions made out of desperation. Developing a good succession plan doesn’t have to be tough. On today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Dr. Linda Henman, president of Henman Performance Group and author of the book, The [...]
Fujifilm to close two photofinishing labs in Germany
Fujifilm Imaging Germany announced plans to close two of its four photofinishing facilities in Germany, resulting from the sharply declining demand in the photofinishing market. The company‘s lab in Munich, Bavaria, will shift its production volume to other sites in December, while the Fujifilm facility in Willich, North Rhine-Westphalia, is to be shut down end [...]
The Badger State Makes 20
With Governor Jim Doyle’s approval, Wisconsin has become the 20th state to enact legislation addressing the proper disposal of used consumer electronics, thus concluding an effort more than eight years in the making.
Modeled after the current Minnesota escrap take-back program, Senate Bill (SB) 107 establishes a producer-responsibility collection program for electronics, such as computers, computer [...]
Pentax Europe taps Digital River to manage online sales, announces cashback offer
E-commerce solution provider Digital River Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., signed an agreement with Pentax Europe Imaging Systems. Under the agreement, Digital River launch an online store and provide a full range of e-commerce services to support online consumer sales of PENTAX cameras in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland and Hungary. The PENTAX Europe store is [...]
Pictage and New Orleans Catholic Charities join forces to support hurricane families
Pictage Inc., Torrance, Calif., announced it is collaborating with more than 100 world-renowned professional photographers, and representatives from the Archdiocese of New Orleans, to offer free photo shoots tomorrow, Nov. 5, to more than 200 families adversely impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The half-day event, to take place at the Oscar J. Dunn Masonic Lodge in [...]
