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Another Start Up to Stand Out for NextGen…

Kodak Announces Intent to Acquire Workflow Solutions Provider Design2Launch more...

Automated Route Planning on a Budget

Relying on your drivers to execute the best plan for the day’s deliveries could be steering your ledger in the wrong direction... more...

CBS CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE SIGNSTOREY, A LEADING NATIONWIDE PROVIDER OF IN-STORE PROGRAMMING AND ADVERTISING CONTENT

COMPANY TO BE RENAMED “CBS OUTERNET” more...

Fairfield Firm Captures Captive Audience

FAIRFIELD - A provider of digital media networks to the grocery industry has added hundreds of stores to its client roster by purchasing a New Jersey rival. more...

New Propane Control Room Technology is a Major Money-Saver

CHS propane customers will soon gain online access to the industry’s leading route planning, scheduling and optimization software through the Propane Control Room. more...

SignStorey, Inc. Acquires Captive Audience, LLC

Leading grocery digital media network now reaches 75 million shoppers nationwide more...

Kodak and Design2Launch Help Global Marketing and Creative Teams

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United Rentals to Adopt SmartEquip’s Procurement System

SmartEquip last week announced that United Rentals has selected its e-Procurement Enterprise System to manage the company's purchasing transactions. more...

Digital Signage Forum Announces Digital Signage Woman and Man of 2006

Virginia Cargill, CEO of SignStorey and David Laird, CEO of Strategy Institute recognized for industry development contributions more...

Optimizing Uptime

The October issue of RER (Rental Equipment Register, serving the rental profession) focuses on the use of software to improve efficiency more...

Vertrax’ SmartDrops Designed to Drive Profit

Smarter routes mean fewer miles driven, fewer driving hours, and highly efficient delivery selection. more...

SignStorey Closes Round of Funding from Golden Gate Capital and New Fortune 1000 Investor

In-Store Media Network Provider Focuses on Grocery Expansion and
Growing Advertiser Demand from Nielsen Media Research Results more...

Digital Ad Boom Shifting From Online To Out-Of-Home

by Joe Mandese, Editor of MediaPost. more...

SignStorey In-Store Media Engages and Influences consumers According to Nielsen Media Research Study

Nearly 22 Million People Actively Look, Watch and Listen to SignStorey Screens; Effectiveness of Dynamic Point-of-Purchase Advertising Medium Confirmed more...

Progressive Grocer Article - Marketing: Consumer connections

By: Jenny McTaggart

Marketing strategies are simultaneously becoming more high-tech and customer-focused, which might be the perfect formula to reach 21st century shoppers. more...

OEM Off-Highway

Supplying The Right Parts Keep End-Users On The Job. more...

CBS & SignStorey

CBS & SignStorey Inc. Announce First Time Premiere Partnership For In-Store Media Network In Grocery Chains more...

Global Cosmetic Industry (GCI)

Fast and First To Market - Digital workflow software provides the tools to reduce cycle time for artwork and packaging development. more...

Women's Magazines Partner On Content With Retail Network

By Kevin Massy, aka.tv

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal - November 1, 2005 – Meredith Corporation, one of the largest publishers of women’s magazines in the United States, has entered the digital-signage sector through a content partnership with SignStorey more...

Meredith Announces Video Content Deals with Comcast, SignStorey

Meredith Corporation Press Release

DES MOINES, Iowa - October 18, 2005 - Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP), the largest publisher of magazines aimed at women in the United States, today announced two agreements that leverage its editorial and video expertise across multiple platforms. more...

Shopping for customers: Packaged goods makers using new ad stream to reach target audience

Fairfield Business Journal
By Bob Rozycki

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - August 1, 2005 - John Stevenson is making a point. "If all roads lead to Rome and you own Rome, you don't care what road they took." more...

Qualcomm Announces Strategic Alliance with SmartEquip

Qualcomm Press Release

SAN DIEGO, Cal — June 28, 2005 — QUALCOMM, a leader in providing wireless data solutions, today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with SmartEquip more...

Sullivan Chooses SmartEquip’s e-CommercePro and e-FleetPro

Joint Press Release

NORWALK, Conn and CLAREMONT, NH — May 31, 2005 — Sullivan-Palatek, a leading manufacturer of direct drive rotary screw air compressors, selects SmartEquip more...

Golden Gate Capital and CIC Partners Announce Investment in SignStorey, Inc.

BUSINESS WIRE

FAIRFIELD, Conn., May 2, 2005 - Golden Gate Capital and CIC Partners announced today that they have made a joint investment in SignStorey, Inc., a leading in-store television network for the grocery industry more...

Albertsons Launches In-Store Media Network

from Retail Merchandiser

April 27, 2005 — Albertson's is installing a new media system in key shopping areas in its stores to enhance the shopping experience for customers more...

Albertsons launches in-store media network

Albertsons, Inc. Press Release

BOISE, Idaho, April 26, 2005 - TV Screens at the Checkout and In-store Will Provide Useful Information and Programming for Customers more...

Albertson's Partners With PRN And SignStorey For U.S.-Wide Store Network

By Kevin Massy, aka.tv

April 26, 2005 - Albertson's is one of the world's largest retailers to roll out a digital-signage network more...

SmartEquip Announces European Operations

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE

NORWALK, CT, April 22, 2005 — SmartEquip announces the launch of its European operations and names Michel Petitjean as Managing Director more...

Another Supermarket Network Win For SignStorey

from aka.tv

March 30, 2005 - Price Chopper Supermarkets is implementing an in-store digital screen network in all 107 of its outlets more...

Price Chopper to Launch In-Store Digital Advertising

SCHENECTADY, NY, March 1, 2005 - Price Chopper Supermarket will implement an in-store digital advertising program in all 107 stores with SignStorey more...

RER® Magazine: "Maximizing Uptime"

Rental Equipment Register Magazine - Volume 48, Number 2

February 2005 - Alex Schuessler became interested in rental equipment as a young child ... more...

SmartEquip CEO recognized among Top Ten Industry Innovators

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE

NORWALK, CT — February 15, 2005 — SmartEquip’s CEO recognized as one of the top ten innovators shaping the future of the equipment rental industry more...

Volvo Rents Chooses SmartEquip e-FleetPro Enterprise

NORWALK, CT and ASHEVILLE, NC — February 11, 2005 — Volvo CE Rents contracts SmartEquip to deploy e-FleetPro Enterprise® electronic parts and service support system to all Volvo Rents equipment centers more...

MicroLogic and SmartEquip Integrate Fleet management and Product Support Systems

JOINT PRESS RELEASE

WESTBOROUGH, MA and NORWALK, CT — February 8, 2005 — MicroLogic and SmartEquip are integrating their iSite® and e-FleetPro® industry solutions more...

Equipro Service Centers, SmartEquip Form Alliance

RER Reports, Feb. 7, 2005 - Equipro has chosen SmartEquip’s e-FleetPro Service electronic parts and service support system for its Equipro service centers more...

SignStorey to Use DirecWay for Digital Content Distribution

Hughes Network Systems, Inc. Press Release

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, January 25, 2005 - Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world’s leading provider of satellite broadband solutions, announced today that it has signed a six-year contract, valued at $1.6 million, to provide DIRECWAY® Multimedia Services to SignStorey, a provider of customized digital media networks to grocery retailers. more...

SmartEquip e-CommercePro Enterprise system expands product support offering globally for JLG

McCONNELLSBURG, PA and NORWALK, CT, January 10, 2005 — JLG Industries expands its global parts and service support capabilities through the launch of SmartEquip’s e-CommercePro Enterprise™ system more...

Northside Tool Rental Launches SmartEquip's e-FleetPro Enterprise

NORALK, CT and ATLANTA, GA, December 18, 2004 — Northside Tool Rental has launched SmartEquip’s e-FleetPro Enterprise™ Parts and Service Manager applications more...

SignStorey Rolls Out Instore Network at 131 Pathmark Supermarkets in the Northeastern USA

by Bill Collins, aka.tv

December 13, 2004 - Pathmark Stores is rolling out a digital media network which will be visible in the interior of all of its stores more...

Pathmark Stores, Inc. to Install Customized Digital Advertising Program from SignStorey, Inc.

JOINT PRESS RELEASE

CARTERET, NJ and FAIRFIELD, Conn., November 12, 2004 - Pathmark and SignStorey announced today that Pathmark is rolling out an in-store digital advertising program 142 stores more...

Design2Launch Executive Addresses the 2004 DigiPak Convention

STAMFORD, Conn., November 2004 - Optimizing Time-to-Market and Adopting Digital Workflows more...

Magnum Products Launches SmartEquip's Product Support System

NORWALK, CT & BERLIN, WI, November 1, 2004 - Magnum Products launches e-CommercePro™, SmartEquip's advanced electronic parts ordering and product support system more...

Multiquip Launches SmartEquip Enterprise System

Norwalk, CT and Carson, CA, October 26, 2004 - Multiquip expands its parts and service support capabilities through the launch of SmartEquip's e-CommercePro Enterprise system more...

Sakai chooses SmartEquip's e-CommercePro for on-line parts and service support and electronic ordering

NORWALK, CT, August 9, 2004 - Sakai America, Inc., the North American arm of the largest producer of ride-on compaction equipment in the world, has contracted with SmartEquip to deploy e-CommercePro, SmartEquip's on-line parts ordering and product support system more...

Vertrax Software to be presented at Pinnacle Conference

TAMPA, Florida, June 15, 2004 — Senior VP of Operations for Energy USA, a leading propane marketer in the U.S., is a feature speaker at the 18th annual Pinnacle Conference, presenting the reasons for his company’s decision to purchase SmartDrops and SmartTrax from Vertrax more...

Pernod Ricard USA® Installs Innovative Digital Management System

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE

May 12 , 2004 - Design2Launch to Install and Manage Packaging Toolset more...

Behind the Smarts

Rental Equipment Register Magazine

May 1, 2004 - An Interview with Alex Schuessler, CEO and Founder of Smart Equip more...

New Smarttrax™ Gps Enabled Live Vehicle Location System System.Increases productivity while providing securityand accountibility

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 28, 2004 - A new GPS technology product, SmartTrax™ from Vertrax , is helping delivery and service fleets increase their productivity and reduce delivery and service costs while providing security and peace of mind. more...

Vertrax presents product line at the Atlantic Region Energy Expo

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, April 18, 2004 - Vertrax showcases SmartDrops 2.5 and introduces SmartTrax more...

Magnum Poducts enhances parts and service and ordering with SmartEquip's e-CommercePro

NORWALK, CT & BERLIN, WI, April 14, 2004 - Magnum Products contracts with SmartEquip to deploy e-CommercePro, SmartEquip's online parts ordering and product support system more...

Estée Lauder: A Master in Package Development

Cosmetic Packing & Design

March/April, 2004 - 'We have more than 1600 ideas in a library and a searchable computer program called Design2Launch System, where the various brand packagers can go to find the information on the ideas' more...

JLG Integrates SkyTrak and Lull Parts Ordering with SmartEquip Technology

McCONNELLSBURG, PA, March 24, 2004 - JLG Industries expands its Online Express parts ordering system to include SkyTrak and Lull telehandlers more...

Vertrax Announces Latest Marketing Partnership With Air Trak

NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 7, 2004 - Air Trak partnership will provide Vertrax with a Dual Mode Live Vehicle Location GPS Communication more...

Texada Software, Inc. announces integration with SmartEquip’s e-FleetPro™

ONTARIO, Canada, February 13, 2004 - Texada Software (TSX Venture: TXS), a premier provider of Rental Management systems to the equipment rental/dealership industries announced today the integration of its TSI Enterprise software with SmartEquip’s e-FleetPro™ technology more...

Wacker to participate in SmartEquip e-FleetPro Network to deliver added efficiency to rental cusomers

GERMANTOWN, WI, January 5, 2004 - Wacker Corporation announces that it is participating in SmartEquip's e-FleetPro network more...

NationsRent announces rollout of SmartEquip's e-FleetPro parts and service support system

NORWALK, CT & FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, November 25, 2003 - NationsRent Companies, Inc. announced today that it has begun the rollout of e-FleetPro™, SmartEquip’s integrated electronic parts ordering and product support system to certain of its larger stores more...

Radia Technologies Launches IIIdm(tm) Security Monitoring Platform

Company Press Release

NEW ORLEANS, LA, September 15, 2003, ASIS International Seminar - Radia IIIdm integrates responders while monitoring and recording the lifecycle of emergency events. more...

Esko-Graphics and Design2Launch Partner to Develop Advanced S/W for CPG Industry

Company Press Release

LUDLOW, Mass. and STAMFORD, Conn., September 9, 2003 – Integrated Solution to Shrink Product Development Cycle, Cut Costs and Accelerate Time-to-Market more...

Design2Launch Adds RealTimeProof Online Proofing

Electronic Publishing Magazine

NASHUA, New Hampshire, August 12, 2003 - D2L¹s unique software solution enables early-stage product design concepts to be viewed as final, virtual products more...

High-tech security boosts Stamford car business

By Peter Gelich, Fairfield County Business Journal

STAMFORD, Conn., June 2, 2003 - Performance Outfitters installs RadiaLink from Radia Technologies, the New Haven-based maker of an advanced "three-dimensional" security monitoring service. more...

Facing the test: Young company seeks growth capital at Crossroads Venture Fair

By Glenn J. Kalinoski, Fairfield County Business Journal

STAMFORD, Conn., May 5, 2003 - Scott Corzine, president and chief executive officer of Stamford-based Design2Launch, was about 24 hours away from three of the most important minutes of his life last Monday. more...

D2L Software Streamlines Design Process, Wins Award

By Jennifer Kwok, "Business Beat" columnist
Cosmetic & Personal Care Packaging Magazine, May/June 2003 Issue

STAMFORD, Conn., May 1, 2003 - New software called Design2Launch (D2L) won the 2003 Connecticut Catalyst Award at TecExpo 2003, the technology trade show held April 10 and produced by the Connecticut Technology Council. more...

New Haven Software Company’s Workers Live in Ghana

By Maria Garriga, New Haven Register Staff

NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 13, 2003 - A leather rug woven from many pieces hangs on the wall of a software-development company in New Haven. It’s one of the few signs that the company’s executives come from Ghana. more...

Vertrax Announces Key Agreement with QUALCOMM

Company Press Release

NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 24, 2003 - QUALCOMM Provides Satellite Mobile Communications for Vertrax’ Product Suite, SmartDrops™ - Fleet Management Solutions for the Retail Oil & Propane Industry more...

Design2Launch Aims to Shorten Brand Graphics to Package Cycle Time

By Kevin O'Marah and Roddy Martin
from AMR Research Alert

BOSTON, Mass., February 26, 2003 - Packaging accounts for 60% to 70% of total product cost for Consumer Packaged Goods. CPG companies may be able to take a lesson from the Electronics industry that long ago discovered the value of electronic Engineering Change Orders. more...

A Plan of Action for Rental Centers and Manufacturers: Re-engineering the Parts and Repair Process

By John Caskey Jr.
From Rental Equipment Register Magazine

February 1, 2003 - The rental industry, like other industries approaching maturity, is forced to continually focus on developing increasingly more efficient methods, or processes, of doing business. Over the past 10 years, advancements in technology have helped redefine almost every process involved with rental management. more...

Radia Technologies Unveils Next-Generation Communications Solution for Alarm Verification & Emergency Response coordination

Company Press Release

PHILADELPHIA, Penn., September 10, 2002 - New Collaboration Tool Enhances Effectiveness of Security and Life Safety Systems; Automatically Connects On-site and Remote Personnel via Interactive Video, Voice and Data Network more...

White Fuel Installs Leading Edge Technology to Makr Oil Delivery More Efficient & Oil Delivery Trucks More Secure

Company Press Release

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 18, 2002 - SmartDrops™ Integrated Tracking & Route Mapping Technology Latest Example of Local Company's Successful Strategy of
Keeping Ahead of The Curve. more...

Kudos for AQSolutions

By Walter Kita, New Haven Register Staff

NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 21, 2002 - AQSolutions, a city-based information technology company that over the last year has raised more then $1 million from investors, was among the big winners at last week’s Crossroads Venture Fair. more...

UB students take second in business competition

By Dana Ambrosini, Connecticut Post

NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 7, 2002 - Three students at the University of Bridgeport were among the top winners of a $50,000 statewide business plan competition, preventing a Yale University sweep of the top five in the collegiate category. more...

Contest Aims To Encourage Entrepreneurship In State

By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant

HARTFORD, Conn., April 5, 2002 - This contest's prize is not money, but opportunity - the opportunity to land investment, add jobs and, most of all, build a successful business. more...

Vertrax Raises $2.45M

Company Press Release

NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 18, 2002 - Vertrax System, a developer of computerized shipping systems, has raised $2.45 million in new investment capital from a group of investors including the Connecticut Development Authority, Sachem Ventures, and Next Generation ventures. more...

Community Achievement Awards For Technology

STAMFORD, Conn., March 18, 2002 - SiliconSound and the Connecticut Technology Council announce the debut of Connecticut's Community Achievement Awards for Technology. more...

Players: Todd H. Becker

Excerpted from CT Business Magazine

ROCKY HILL, Conn., March 2002 - Next Generation Ventures appoints Todd H. Becker as Managing Director, Investments more...

Becker appointed to post at Next Generation Ventures

ROCKY HILL, Conn., January 25, 2002 - Next Generation Ventures appoints Todd H. Becker to the position of managing director, investments. more...

From Founder to Funder

By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant

ROCKY HILL, Conn., August 8, 2001 - Andrew Zaback worked for three companies in three years, experiencing the fun, the satisfaction and the agony of life at the crest of the dot-come wave. more...

Contracts and Patents: SignStorey Launched

Reprinted from "New Businesses" in the Hartford Business Journal.

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn., February 26, 2001 - Gerber Scientific and Next Generation Ventures launch a technology company called SignStorey. more...

Delphi Announces Diabetes Management SoftwareDeveloped in Collaboration withthe American Diabetes Association

WINDSOR, CONN., February 22, 2001 — Program created to advance the quality of diabetes care delivered to patients more...

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