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Horizontal Integration Named a Top Small Business by Twin Cities Business Magazine
POSTED ON Jan 03, 2012
Horizontal Integration has earned recognition as one of the “Top Ten Small Business Success Stories” by Twin Cities Business Magazine. The publication’s January 2012 issue features a full-page write-up about the firm’s unique, full-service offerings and humble beginnings.
Twin Cities Business Magazine has put a spotlight on smaller local enterprises since 2002. This year’s Top Small Businesses were chosen from a group of successful small companies nominated by readers of Twin Cities Business. All of the stories were inspiring, but the editors believe this year's top ten is particularly worthy of special consideration—and celebration.
Horizontal Integration will be honored at a formal award ceremony Thursday evening, January 12th at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Minneapolis. Read Horizontal Integration's story in Twin Cities Business Magazine's January 2012 issue.
About Twin Cities Business Magazine:
Twin Cities Business Magazine is an ally of Minnesota business, providing editorial that supports the development of successful entrepreneurial and corporate enterprises in Minnesota. Each month in the pages of Twin Cities Business, you’ll find profiles of outstanding area businesses and business people, in-depth reporting on trends that affect local businesses, and insights on strategies you need to help your company thrive.
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Horizontal Integration Supports the United Way
POSTED ON Dec 10, 2011
Horizontal Integration is proud to support our community. In December, we ran a weeklong United Way campaign in our workplace. Together, we raised $1,000 for local families who are living in or on the edge of poverty. Donating to the United Way was a great way for our organization to do its part in helping the Twin Cities area stay a great place to live.
When Horizontal Integration joined the movement to Live United, we joined thousands of other people in our community who count and are making tangible progress on creating a healthy community for all of us. Everyone counts – whether you give, advocate or volunteer:
• Give. United Way can invest $2.2 million to increase the number of children reading at grade level by the end of third grade, which will help over 7,200 children in the nine-county region.
• Advocate. In Minnesota, children represent nearly 40% of food shelf recipients. Just $1 per week can provide 5 nutritious meals for a family of four.
• Volunteer. United Way Caring Connection connected nearly 40,000 individuals and groups to projects last year, saving our agency partners hundreds of thousands of dollars.
About United Way:
The Greater Twin Cities United Way creates a better life for us all by focusing on three key areas: Basic Needs, Education and Health. The organization attacks poverty on multiple, interconnected fronts to achieve lasting change. United Way serves people living in or near poverty in nine counties: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott and western Washington. Making a gift to United Way is an effective way to help the whole community.
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Horizontal Integration Lends a Helping Hand at Feed My Starving Children
POSTED ON Dec 02, 2011
A team of Horizontal Integration employees spent an inspirational day volunteering at Feed My Starving Children in Chanhassen, MN. The team helped hand-package 2,700 bags of food for malnourished children in Venezuela. The volunteer opportunity offered a wonderful team building experience for HI employees, all of which felt motivated by the selfless benefit of feeding the world’s starving children.
About Feed My Starving Children
Feed My Starving Children strives to eliminate starvation in children throughout the world by helping to instill compassion in people to hear and respond to the cries of those in need. The organization’s approach is simple: children and adults volunteer to hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children. The meals are then shipped to nearly 70 countries around the world.
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Horizontal Integration Named 4th Fastest Growing Company
POSTED ON Oct 06, 2011
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal unveiled its 2011 rankings of the 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Minnesota on Thursday, October 6th.
Horizontal Integration led the list as the 4th fastest growing private company with a growth rate of 181.3 percent between 2008 and 2010. This is the 3rd year in a row that Horizontal Integration has been named in the top 5 on the Fast 50 list. In 2010, the firm was named the 5th fastest growing company in the Minnesota. In 2009, Horizontal Integration once again made the number 4 spot on the coveted list.
The average growth rate of all 50 companies on this year's list is 88.25%, while the average growth rate of the top 10 fastest-growing private companies is 190.03%. All companies that made the list are headquartered in the 13-county metro area and had to provide financial data for their three most recent fiscal years. All list-makers needed to have a revenue of at least $1 Million in the first of those three years and show consecutive growth in the following two years.
Read Horizontal Integration's story in the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal's 2011 Fast 50.
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Horizontal Integration is Once Again Honored as a “Best Place” to Work
POSTED ON Aug 18, 2011
Horizontal Integration was honored for a fourth consectutive year as a “2011 Best Places to Work” by the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal. This award Honors 30 small companies in the Twin Cities that go above and beyond the everyday when it comes to taking care of their employees and creating engaging workplaces that offer excellent benefits and build a positive culture that generates rave reviews from their staff.
To qualify, participants had to have an office in the Twin Cities 11-county metro area with 10 employees or more. Minnesota-based companies with offices outside the metro, but with more than 1,000 employees in the state, also were eligible.
The Business Journal selected the highest scoring companies as Best Places to Work honorees. Horizontal Integration was ranked as the #6 best Place To Work in the Twin Cities
This is Horizontal Integration’s fourth consecutive year achieving the Best Places to Work accolade from The Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal..
View the article in the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal's 2011 Best Places to Work section.
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Horizontal Integration is Re-named to the INC. 5000 List
POSTED ON Aug 08, 2011
Horizontal Integration, a technology solutions company specializing in interactive marketing, business management applications, and IT staff augmentation, today announced it has been named to the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual listing of the nation’s fastest growing private companies for a third year in a row. Horizontal Integration’s rapid, yet controlled revenue growth over the last three years places Horizontal Integration in the top 2 fastest growing IT Services companies in Minnesota, and in the top 58 fastest growing IT Services organizations nationwide.
“It’s a tremendous honor for Horizontal Integration to be recognized for our continued financial performance,” said Sabin Ephrem, CEO of Horizontal Integration. “The fact that Horizontal Integration has been named to the Inc. 5000 for a third year reflects our mission to provide our clients with exceptional technology solutions services and staff that are second to none. Horizontal Integration is well positioned for continued growth and success.”
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Sun Country Launches Redesigned Website
POSTED ON Aug 04, 2011
Sun Country Airlines launched their redesigned travel booking and destination web presence.
Always a Minnesota favorite, Sun Country has been recognized for the top notch service provided to passengers by being ranked in the Top Ten Domestic Airlines lists by both Travel+Leisure for five years in a row and Condé Nast Travelers three years in a row.
The newly launched redesigned website was rearchitected to better meet the needs of their ever expanding customer base and reflect the top notch service already provided by their company. New features such as the addition of booking panels, interactive destination maps, packages, hotels and cruise line booking, direct from the homepage, has greatly improved their online customer experience.
Horizontal Integration is proud to have supported Sun Country with the launch of their new web destination with improved Information Architecture and a Creative Design that has enabled our Minnesota favorite, Sun Country Airline, to now deliver their top notch service to passengers online.
Visit the Sun Counrty Airlines web site today to get started on booking your next adventure.
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U.S. Bank Launches Ascent Private Capital Management
POSTED ON Aug 04, 2011
Today U.S. Bank launched its wealth management group’s Ascent Private Capital Management web site as the go-to-market brand web destination for its new ultra high net worth business unit.
This new web destination provides a unique brand identity to reinforce a differentiated service- delivery model being created for U.S. Bank’s ultra high net worth clients. The launch of their web presence supports their new focus and expanded capabilities for ultra high net worth clients.
Richard Davis, chairman, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Bancorp, said of the new brand launch: “U.S. Bank has made a significant investment in its wealth management businesses since 2008. With the launch of Ascent Private Capital Management, U.S. Bank is enhancing our ability to serve the needs of an important client segment while capitalizing on a terrific market opportunity.”
Horizontal Integration is proud to have supported U.S. Bank and the Ascent Private Capital Management teams by designing and developing a web destination that brings their new Brand to life online.
Ascent’s Focus on Managing the Impact of Wealth
Ascent Private Capital Management will differentiate itself in the marketplace by helping ultra-wealthy clients focus on the impact of their wealth rather than simply on accumulating that wealth. Using highly differentiated services, Ascent Private Capital Management will work closely with clients to address a range of issues that will help them achieve their wealth-transfer goals and establish their legacies for this and future generations.
Visit the Ascent Private Capital Management web site to learn more about their differentiated service and delivery model being created for U.S. Bank’s ultra high net worth clients.
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Horizontal Integration Launches Ingenix.com
POSTED ON Jul 14, 2011
As one of the largest global health information technology and consulting companies in the world, Ingenix is a leading supplier of information-based solutions to the health care market. Ingenix worked with Horizontal Integration as their integration partner to launch their new web presence on a Sitecore CMS solution that will support their next generation web site(s) for years to come.
About Ingenix
Ingenix was founded in 1996 to develop, acquire, and integrate the world’s best-in-class health care information technology capabilities. Ingenix invests significantly in research and development, and has acquired more than 50 companies over the past 10 years. Ingenix is a global health care information and technology leader with offices in more than 40 countries and serves more than 250,000 clients worldwide.
Visit the Ingenix web site.
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Horizontal Integration Launches Promega.com
POSTED ON Apr 29, 2011
Promega Corporation and Horizontal Integration, as their integration partner, launched a redesigned web presence on a sitecore CMS solution to support their web communication needs.
Horizontal Integration is proud to have supported the Promega team by assiting them with a Information Architecture, site design, development and CMS platform implementation services that brings their new web property to life online.
Promega is a manufacturer of enzymes and other products for biotechnology and molecular biology. Promega is a leader in providing innovative solutions and technical support to the life sciences industry. Promega Corporation’s 2,000 life science products enable scientists worldwide to advance their knowledge in life science research, particularly in genomics, proteomics, cellular analysis, and genetic identity and forensics.
Visit the Promega web site.
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Webby Awards Selects UHG Careers Website as an Official Honoree
POSTED ON Apr 12, 2011
Congratulations to the UnitedHealth Group Employment Marketing and the Horizontal Integration teams as being selected as an "Official Honoree" in the 2011 Webby Awards under the Employment Category for their work on the UnitedHealth Group Careers Website.
To learn more about the selected official honorees – visit the Webby Awards' Official Honoree listing page..
To see why There's Something Greater at Work at UnitedHealth Group visit their award winning Careers website designed and developed by Horizontal Integration in collaboration with the UnitedHealth Group Employment Marketing Team.
About The Webby Awards
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes an Executive 750-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals.
The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes members such as musicians Beck and David Bowie, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, political columnist Arianna Huffington, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, R/GA Founder and Chairman Robert Greenberg, Virgin Atlantic Chairman and Founder Richard Branson, and The Weinstein Company Co-Founder Harvey Weinstein. Members also include writers and editors from publications such as The New York Times, Wired, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe, and WallPaper. The 14th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states and generated over 750 million media impressions worldwide.
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UHG Launches an Enhanced Mobile Careers Website
POSTED ON Apr 01, 2011
Horizontal Integration worked with UnitedHealth Group to develop a more comprehensive mobile strategy and executed it online by developing a customized mobile destination that rapidly delivers information about the company and provides access to all of the open jobs and details that was accessible to candidates globally via their diverse set of smart phones while on the go.
Horizontal Integration’s execution of this mobile careers experience in partnership with UnitedHealth Group has allowed them to greatly expand their reach and communication platform for candidates.
Your future in your hands.
Discover career areas. Search, save and revisit your job searches on the move. Email job searches to your desktop. Save and send a text message to any mobile phone. With our mobile website, you’ll also find career opportunities beyond the borders of the U.S. and Canada, including Europe and Asia.
GeoSearch locations.
The most stunning addition to the mobile experience is GeoSearch. Using mobile GPS capabilities, UnitedHealth Group mobile site knows where you’re standing in the world, at the moment. We can pre-populate career information and events based on your locale and your career interests. No need to enter an address or ZIP code. With GeoSearch, you can find a local career event, read about the details, and immediately get directions to the venue.
Expand your social network.
If you’d like to attend a career event, but can’t be at the event, you can receive real-time Twitter feeds from UnitedHealth Group professionals during career fairs and recruiting events.
Horizontal Integration worked with UnitedHealth Group to improve upon their initial mobile strategy and re-executed it online by developing a more feature rich mobile destination that rapidly delivers geotargeted information about the company and provides access to all of the open jobs and details that was accessible to candidates globally via their diverse set of smart phones while on the go.
Horizontal Integration’s execution and improvement oon the original mobile careers experience in partnership with UnitedHealth Group has allowed them to greatly expand their reach and communication platform for candidates.
Learn more about their industry leading mobile careers site experience.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making health care work better. With headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through six operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare Community & State, OptumHealth, Ingenix and Prescription Solutions. Through its family of businesses, UnitedHealth Group serves more than 75 million people worldwide. Visit www.unitedhealthgroup.com for more information.
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UnitedHealth Group Careers Website Wins eHealthcare Leadership Award
POSTED ON Apr 01, 2011
Congratulations to the UnitedHealth Group Employment Marketing and the Horizontal Integration teams on being honored as a winner in the 11th annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards which recognized the very best websites of healthcare organizations in 2010. UnitedHealth Group received the Gold award in the category of “Best Employee Recruitment Website”.
With over 1,300 nominations, the program drew a record number of entries this year.
An independent panel of individuals familiar with healthcare and the Internet evaluated each entry. Web sites were rated based on a standard of Internet excellence and how they compare with others in their group classification. This year 123 experts familiar with Healthcare and the internet evaluated all entries.
Winners were recognized during a special presentation at the Fourteenth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference held in Las Vegas.
Learn more about the event or the award itself.
To see why There's Something Greater at Work at UnitedHealth Group visit their award winning Careers website designed and developed by Horizontal Integration in collaboration with the UnitedHealth Group Employment Marketing Team.
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Sitecore Recognizes Horizontal Integration’s Director of Web Solutions as an MVP
POSTED ON Feb 24, 2011
Sitecore today announced Jeff Stoll, Horizontal Integration’s Director of Web Solutions, as a 2010 Sitecore Most Valuable Professional (MVP). The program recognizes exceptional technical community leaders with Web CMS Expertise and Advocacy. The Sitecore MVP Award celebrates the most active Sitecore community members from around the world who provide invaluable contributions. MVPs are recognized for their outstanding Web CMS Expertise and Advocacy.
“The prestigious list of MVPs share the same passion for technology and a demonstrated willingness to help others innovate and advance the use of Web strategies.” Said Lars Fløe Nielsen, senior vice president, Sitecore.
Worldwide, only twenty outstanding individuals were selected to be members of the program and honored with a Sitecore Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award .
Learn more about Sitecore's Award Winning CMS Solution or the Horizontal Integration Sitecore Implementation team.
About Sitecore
Sitecore’s Web Content Management System (CMS), portal and marketing automation software solutions enable companies to deliver compelling Web experiences. Sitecore’s award-winning CMS software makes it easy for businesses to create and update dynamic, full-featured websites of all types. Sitecore’s industry leading flexibility and scalability allow companies to better leverage their content, improve customer experience and drive business growth.
Thousands of public and private organizations, including national governments and Fortune 500 companies, utilize Sitecore solutions for their websites. These organizations have created and now manage more than 24,000 dynamic websites with Sitecore including ATP World Tour, Computer Associates, ISS, Lloyd’s of London, Microsoft, Omni Hotels, Siemens, Thomas Cook and The Knot.
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Ingenix Selects Horizontal Integration as its Development Partner
POSTED ON Feb 01, 2011
As one of the largest global health information technology and consulting companies in the world, Ingenix is a leading supplier of information-based solutions to the health care market.Ingenix has selected Horizontal Integration as their integration partner to implement a Sitecore CMS solution that will support their next generation web site(s).
About Ingenix
Ingenix was founded in 1996 to develop, acquire, and integrate the world’s best-in-class health care information technology capabilities. Ingenix invests significantly in research and development, and has acquired more than 50 companies over the past 10 years. Ingenix is a global health care information and technology leader with offices in more than 40 countries and serves more than 250,000 clients worldwide.
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Rockwell Collins Launches New Web Presence
POSTED ON Jan 24, 2011
With annual revenues of 4.7 Billion, Rockwell Collins is recognized as a leader in the design, production, and support of communication and aviation electronics for customers worldwide.
Rockwell Collins engaged Horizontal Integration to do a comprehensive overhaul of its public facing web site and align it closer to its overall digital strategy through a best in class web site in its industry. Horizontal Integration,Inc to worked with its external design agency on the information architecture and the creative look and feel and subsequently led the CMS selection and technical development and implementation of the new web site.
The new web site has a beefed up look and feel and a tone and voice that supports the overall brand and leadership position in their industry. The new site is supported by the implementation of a Sitecore Web Content Management solution and a framework that now allows Rockwell Collins to manage a large amount of diverse content around its products, update and syndicate it to the web site near real time while seamlessly securing it with tight integration into its backend access management systems and portals.
Now Rockwell Collins’ worldwide clients can rely on a web site that communicates and functions as well as the products, services and simulators that have made Rockwell Collins a leader in the industry. Visit the Rockwell Collins web site.
About Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins is a pioneer in the development and deployment of innovative communication and aviation electronic solutions for both commercial and government applications. Our expertise in flight deck avionics, cabin electronics, mission communications, information management, and simulation and training is delivered by nearly 20,000 employees, and a global service and support network that crosses 27 countries.
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Stratasys Launches New Web Marketing Platform
POSTED ON Jan 13, 2011
3D Printing technology is one of the Top 100 technologies to watch in 2011. Stratasys manufactures FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) technology and is a leader in the development of 3D printing technology. Stratasys uses its FDM technology in both its Dimension 3D Printers, as well as its Fortus 3D Production Systems, developed for direct digital manufacturing and precision rapid prototyping.
As a leader in a fast growing market of 3D Printing technology, Stratasys needed a comprehensive web strategy that consolidated all of its diverse business units under one common web platform and provide a personalized user experience to its customers to meet their specific needs.
Horizontal Integration worked closely with Stratasys to develop a comprehensive web strategy and help develop and deploy its new platform on the Sitecore Web Content Management solution framework. The new web site helped Stratasys create an overarching corporate web property that consolidated its family of brands under one global brand and helped educate its customers on their FDM technolog, the comprehensive set of solutions they offer and drive customers to specific products and services based on their unique needs.
The new Stratasys web destination fulfills on their customer’s needs by delivering access to a large volume of resources such as Webinars, event information and registration, whitepaper, videos along with online help tutorials and online customer support and educates customers on Stratasys and its family of brands and its diverse portfolio of products and services.
Stratasys now has a web platform and an online destination that is as innovative as their own technology. Visit the Stratasys web site.
About Stratasys
Stratasys, Inc., Minneapolis, is a maker of additive manufacturing machines for prototyping and producing plastic parts. The company markets under the brands Dimension 3D Printers and Fortus 3D Production Systems. The company also operates RedEye On Demand, a digital manufacturing service for prototypes and production parts. According to Wohlers Report 2010, Stratasys supplied more additive manufacturing systems in 2009 than any other manufacturer, making it the unit market leader for the eighth consecutive year. Stratasys patented and owns the process known as FDM.(R) The process creates functional prototypes and manufactured goods directly from any 3D CAD program, using high-performance industrial thermoplastics. The company holds more than 285 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents globally. Stratasys products are used in the aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, business and industrial equipment, education, architecture, and consumer-product industries.
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UHG Launches Mobile Careers Website
POSTED ON Jan 05, 2011
UnitedHealth Group is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives. UnitedHealth Group serves approximately 70 million individuals worldwide, and operates in all 50 states and internationally. They have over 80,000 employees in 33 countries.
Over the last two years UnitedHealth Group has invested in revitalizing their employer brand and their public recruiting website based on the voice of their employees and their work experiences at the company. Soon after with the explosion of mobile devices and the rapid maturing of mobile interfaces, UHG embarked quickly on developing a mobile strategy that would help further strengthen their brand across all channels and improve their recruitment efforts online.
Horizontal Integration worked with UnitedHealth Group to develop a comprehensive mobile strategy and executed it online by developing a customized mobile destination that rapidly delivers information about the company and provides access to all of the open jobs and details that was accessible to candidates globally via their diverse set of smart phones while on the go.
Horizontal Integration’s execution of this mobile careers experience in partnership with UnitedHealth Group has allowed them to greatly expand their reach and communication platform for candidates.
UnitedHealth Group was one of two finalist for “Best Employer Brand” in the ERE awards for 2010.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making health care work better. With headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through six operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare Community & State, OptumHealth, Ingenix and Prescription Solutions. Through its family of businesses, UnitedHealth Group serves more than 75 million people worldwide. Visit www.unitedhealthgroup.com for more information.
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Horizontal Integration Sponsors CornerHouse's Lets Dance Gala
POSTED ON Nov 15, 2010
Horizontal Integration joined in CornerHouse’s vision to see children grow up free from abuse and ensure that the voices of children are heard and understood in cases of alleged abuse by supporting Corner House as a VIP Sponsor at their annual Let’s Dance fundraising event. Corner house is a non-profit interagency child abuse evaluation and training center.
This year's gala event featured live auctions, a raffel, and a dance focused event that paired professional dance instructors with local celebrities. Attendees were able to themselves dance to the music of Jerry O’Hagan Orchestra. With over 200 guests in attendance, this event raised much needed resources to support CornerHouse’s Child First Doctrine.
To learn more about the event itself or to encourage your company to become a sponsor next year – click here to see more details..
ABOUT CORNERHOUSE
The vicious cycle of child abuse is interrupted only when people listen and take action.
Children come to CornerHouse after the most violating acts imaginable are committed against them. They come here to begin the process of sorting through what happened toward the ultimate goal of healing. CornerHouse provides a safe place, where children come first and they are always listened to. To learn more visit www.cornerhousemn.org
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Horizontal Integration named 5th Fastest Growing Company
POSTED ON Oct 22, 2010
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal on Thursday night unveiled its 2010 ranking of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in Minnesota.
Horizontal Integration was leading the list as the 5th fastest growing company with a growth rate of 221 percent between 2007 and 2009. This is the second year in a row that Horizontal Integration has been named to the Fast 50 list. In 2009 they were named the 4th fastest growing company in the Minnesota..
To read the full story in the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal click here
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Sun Country launches business travel services
POSTED ON Oct 11, 2010
Sun Country Airlines has launched a travel agency service targeted to businesses. The carrier’s new service, called Sun Country Business Concierge, will help companies and their employees book flights on any airline. However, it will offer “exclusive perks” to travelers who chose to fly Sun Country Airlines. The service also will book hotels, make restaurant reservations and handle other tasks for their business traveler clientele.
Business Concierge will charge customers a fee of $30 per trip booked.
Horizontal Integration is proud to have supported Sun Country with the launch of their new venture with creative direction and the execution of an online destination that will further support their new business venture and lift the Sun Country brand into flight for business customers.
To read more about this new service in Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal click here.
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Horizontal Integration named “Best Place” to Work
POSTED ON Aug 26, 2010
Horizontal Integration was honored as a “2010 Best Places to Work” by the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal. This award Honors 55 companies in the Twin Cities that go above and beyond the everyday when it comes to offering benefits and building a positive culture for workers.
To qualify, participants had to have an office in the Twin Cities 11-county metro area with 10 employees or more. Minnesota-based companies with offices outside the metro, but with more than 1,000 employees in the state, also were eligible.
This is Horizontal Integration’s third consecutive year achieving the Best Places to Work accolade from The Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal..
To see the article in the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal in the 2010 Best Places to Work section featuring Horizontal Integration click here.
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Horizontal Integration is Re-named to the INC. 5000 List
POSTED ON Aug 25, 2010
Minnetonka, MN – Horizontal Integration, a technology solutions company specializing in interactive marketing, business management applications, and IT staff augmentation, today announced it has been named to the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual listing of the nation’s fastest growing private companies for a second year in a row. Horizontal Integration’s rapid, yet controlled revenue growth over the last three years places Horizontal Integration in the top 2 fastest growing IT Services companies in Minnesota, and in the top 60 fastest growing IT Services organizations nationwide.
“It’s a tremendous honor for Horizontal Integration to be recognized for our continued financial performance,” said Sabin Ephrem, CEO of Horizontal Integration. “The fact that Horizontal Integration has been named to the Inc. 5000 for a second year reflects our mission to provide our clients with exceptional technology solutions services and staff that are second to none. Horizontal Integration is well positioned for continued growth and success.”
To see our spot on the list click here
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Horizontal Integration's CEO Named as 2010 Minority Business Award Honoree
POSTED ON Jun 24, 2010
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal announced its 2010 Minority Business Awards honorees Thursday June 24th and among them was Horizontal Integration’s CEO Sabin Ephrem. They named him as a mover and shaker in the Twin Cities’ ethnic-minority business community.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s annual Minority Business Awards features lawyers, entrepreneurs, engineers, IT professionals and more. This year's honorees come from Somalia, Laos, Nigeria, India, Hong Kong, Mexico — as well as Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The awards were given to ethnic-minorities that are passionate about their work, but also about giving back to the community. They serve on civic and corporate boards, volunteer for nonprofits, host fundraising events for charities and mentor other entrepreneurs and future business leaders.
Mr.Ephrem was among an impressive group of people who are profiled in a special section of the Minneapolis-St.Paul Business Journal in the June 25th, 2010 edition.
Congratulations to all of the honorees, especially to our client-first driven leader and to the other award honorees (10 business owners, 10 corporate executives and one business advocate) for their contributions to our community.
To learn more about the the Minneapolis-St.Paul Business Journal's Minority Business Awards click here.
To learn more about Sabin Ephrem's recognition as a Minority Business Honoree in the Minneapolis-St.Paul Business Journal click here.
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Integrating a new identity at Horizontal Integration
POSTED ON May 17, 2010
Integration means a combination of parts or objects that work well together. Horizontal Integration, the interactive marketing and staffing agency headquartered in Minnetonka Minnesota, knows it better than anyone. To mark the 7th anniversary of their firm, Horizontal Integration recently completed a roll-out of their new identity redesign – completed by their in-house team of information architects, creative designers, copywriters, developers and project managers.
“It was time we defined what’s in our name” said CEO Sabin Ephrem. “Many agencies do great work for their clients but forget the importance of clearly communicating what it is they do for potential new clients. To stay fresh and to pay tribute to the philosophy of our agency services, our identity needed to change.”
Following a review of Horizontal Integration’s own end user needs, a new identity was formed. Both the identity and the new website is a visual representation of how the firm works and what they mean by integration. It’s more than a marketing strategy, a website design or a single technology solution. Integration means stepping back and look at a client’s business in totality to connect all the dots. This connection allows Horizontal Integration to discover intelligent, intuitive, and need we say, integrated business results.
Hats off to everyone at Horizontal Integration who made the identity redesign such a meaningful milestone in this firm’s history.
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Sun Country Airlines Flies into Charter Travel
POSTED ON May 11, 2010
Every year, charter travel generates more and more revenue for Sun Country Airlines. This includes sports teams, corporations, political campaigns and large groups who want the flexibility of a chartered flight. For three years running, Sun Country has repeatedly ranked the #1 airline for customer satisfaction. No small task in a highly competitive travel market.
Sun Country Airlines is well-known by business and vacation travelers. Perhaps too well known. Their charter business had become lost on the site, with just one page of information and little functionality. They asked Horizontal Integration for a micro site that would brand Sun Country Charters and give their customers more contact with their representatives.
Horizontal Integration information architects created a site experience unique to Sun Country Charter Travel. We developed a design that gave the charter business a voice, tone and design they could call their own--from planning to fasten your seatbelts in just under four weeks.
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Horizontal Integration Supports the Walk for Animals
POSTED ON May 03, 2010
Horizontal Integration created a team to help support the animals that the Humane Society cares for every day. Animals suffer the effects of tough times and this is exactly the time when our commitment must be at its strongest.
The Walk for Animals is about gathering and celebrating, but mostly, it’s about helping animals less fortunate than our own. This is the Animal Humane Society’s major, stand-up-on-your-hind-legs-and-bark fundraising event.
More than 10,000 animal lovers and nearly 5,000 pets participated in this special event, raising over a million dollars to help care for animals in need.
Thank you to all of you who donated to the Horizontal Integration team and for your support of the 2010 Walk for Animals!
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Horizontal Integration Sponsors Habitat for Humanity’s Annual Black Tie Event
POSTED ON May 02, 2010
Horizontal Integration joined in the mission to make the dream of homeownership for hard-working, low-income families a reality by supporting the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity as a Carpenter Sponsor of their annual Hard Hat and Black Tie event.
This year's gala event featured live and silent auctions, casino games, a jazz lounge and dancing to the music of local band Belfast Cowboys. With over 700 guests in attendance, this event raised much needed resources to help hard-working families realize their dream of homeownership
To learn more about the event itself or to encourage your company to become a sponsor next year – click here to see more details..
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Uponor Launches their Loyalty Program for their Professional Trade Market
POSTED ON Apr 14, 2010
Uponor is a leading manufacturer and supplier of plumbing and heating systems for the residential and commercial building markets across North America and Europe.
The Uponor PROadvantage Loyalty Program is a free reward-based program for Uponor radiant, HVAC, plumbing and fire safety installation professions. It's designed to better enhance marketing, business and system installation skills as well as provide rewards to those installers who actively participate in training opportunities.
Horizontal Integration developed an extranet that supported the Loyalty Program through an online registration as well providing registered members with Technical tips from Uponor professionals, upcoming training times and locations, the newest Uponor products and tools, information and tips to help grow the installer’s businesses, and the latest news in plumbing, heating, fire safety. This extranet also provides installer professionals with the ability to order sales support materials to be used in show rooms or to be provided to the end customer. See it live..
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UnitedHealth Group Improves The Job Search Experience Online
POSTED ON Mar 10, 2010
While most companies leverage the “out of the box” third party Applicant Tracking Tool interfaces to manage the search process of open positions on their career sites, UnitedHealth Group took it one step further.
Horizontal Integration worked with UnitedHealth Group to research the needs of actual job candidates as it relates to searching, filtering, sorting and storing potential open positions and searches of position types that are relevant to their job hunt.
Based on end user research Horizontal Integration and UnitedHealth Group developed a completely customized user experience for the UnitedHealth Group careers site that better met the needs of the candidates’ expectations for searching and identifying potential positions available at the company. Ultimately this customized experience has greatly improved potential candidates ability to more quickly and accurately find the right opportunities that matches their skill set. The enhanced custom user experience has further reinforced the UnitedHealth Group employment brand that continues to differentiate them from their competitor’s in the recruitment space.
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UnitedHealth Group Launches a Recruiting Social Media Program
POSTED ON Feb 17, 2010
UnitedHealth Group is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives. UnitedHealth Group serves approximately 70 million individuals worldwide, and operates in all 50 states and internationally. They have over 80,000 employees in 33 countries.
UnitedHealth Group has spent the last two years investing in and launching their employer brand based on the voice of their employees and their work experience at the company. In order to improve their recruitment effort of talented employees they embarked on developing a social media strategy that would extend their employment brand and recruiting initiatives into social spaces online where these potential candidates are congregating.
Horizontal Integration worked with UnitedHealth Group to develop a comprehensive social media strategy and executed it online through the development of customized destinations on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube that further reinforced what it is like to work at UHG. Horizontal Integration’s execution of this social media strategy in partnership with UnitedHealth Group has allowed them to greatly expand their network and have real two way conversations with candidates that pay off vs simply pushing out jobs. Their social media presence has ultimately allowed them to further manage the perception of UnitedHealth Group in the minds of the candidates as they look to make their next career move, as well as improving the employment search experience in the social media space.
UnitedHealth Group is one of two finalist for “Best Employer Brand” in the ERE awards for 2010.
You can watch Heather Polivka, the Director of Employment Branding at UnitedHealth Group talk about their employment brand and the launch of their social media program here on YouTube.
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Promega Selects Horizontal Integration as its eCommerce Development Partner
POSTED ON Jan 18, 2010
Through an extensive RFP process Promega Corporation has selected Horizontal Integration as their integration partner to implement a Sitecore CMS solution that will support their next generation ecommerce web destination.
Promega is a manufacturer of enzymes and other products for biotechnology and molecular biology. Promega is a leader in providing innovative solutions and technical support to the life sciences industry. Promega Corporation’s 2,000 life science products enable scientists worldwide to advance their knowledge in life science research, particularly in genomics, proteomics, cellular analysis, and genetic identity and forensics.
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Chamilia Launches its Global Resource for its Retailers
POSTED ON Nov 10, 2009
Horizontal Integration is proud to announce the launch of Chamilia’s global retailer extranet. Chamilia is a company that sells high end jewelry throughout the globe that can be customized for any occasion.
Chamilia knew that success in their jewelry category meant partnering closely with retailers and boutique owners and they addressed this need with an extranet site that made selling this personalized jewelry easier than ever for their independent retailers worldwide by providing invaluable sales tools on a Retailer Resources Center.
Horizontal Integration in partnership with Chamilia developed a technology strategy that addressed the most immediate retailer needs through the implementation of a Sitecore CMS solution. This allows for integrated disparate localized multilingual retailer resource sites and provides each retailer a single, unique log-in solution for purchasing and re-ordering of product as well. The CMS implementation allows for multi-lingual management of content so Chamilia can create, update and upload retailer support materials easily, quickly and without the cost of on-site developers. Most importantly they are now able to keep the retailers selling the products supported with up to date and brand consistent merchandising support materials
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Business Journal Names Fast 50 Winners
POSTED ON Oct 23, 2009
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal on Thursday night unveiled its 2009 ranking of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in Minnesota.
Horizontal Integration was leading the list as the 4th fastest growing company with a growth rate of 299 percent since 2006 and 2008.
The average growth rate of all 50 companies is 116 percent, down from 122.7 percent in 2008. The average growth rate of the top 10 companies is 266 percent, up from 227.6 percent last year.
To read the full story in the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal click here
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Horizontal Integration is Named to the INC. 5000 List
POSTED ON Sep 02, 2009
Minnetonka, MN – Horizontal Integration, a technology solutions company specializing in interactive marketing, business management applications, and IT staff augmentation, today announced it has been named to the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual listing of the nation’s fastest growing private companies. Horizontal Integration’s rapid, yet controlled revenue growth over the last three years places Horizontal Integration in the top 2 fastest growing IT Services companies in Minnesota, and in the top 150 fastest growing IT Services organizations nationwide.
“It’s a tremendous honor for Horizontal Integration to be recognized for our continued financial performance,” said Sabin Ephrem, CEO of Horizontal Integration. “The fact that Horizontal Integration has been named to the Inc. 5000 list reflects our mission to provide our clients with exceptional technology solutions services and staff that are second to none. Horizontal Integration is well positioned for continued growth and success.”
To see our spot on the list click here
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Molly Maid and Mr.Handyman Re-launch Websites to Better Support Franchisee Needs on a New Platform
POSTED ON Sep 01, 2009
Service Brands International is a privately held, multi-concept franchise system with worldwide headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their portfolio of home-services brands includes category leaders Mr. Handyman, Molly Maids, 1-800-DryClean and ProTect Painters. With more than 800 franchisee content contributors to their portfolio of sites, Service Brands International had outgrown their current web platform. They were looking for a renovation.
Horizontal Integration partnered with Service Brands to launch a new platform that could be rolled out for all web properties that could handle massive content management needs from multiple points of entry. The project included an updated site design, improved site usability, as well as better search engine optimization.
The Service Brands International web destinations for Molly Maid and Mr.Handyman launched to rave reviews. The franchise sites have become the central location for customers to request service online, as a result online requests are up more than 500% since launch. As a result of search engine optimization efforts Mr. Handyman is now in the top 5 listings and Molly Maid is #1 within targeted organic search results.
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Horizontal Integration is named as a "2009 Best Places to Work" by the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal.
POSTED ON Aug 17, 2009
Horizontal Integration was honored as a “2009 Best Places to Work” by the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal a second year in a row. This award Honors 45 companies in the Twin Cities that go above and beyond the everyday when it comes to offering benefits and building a positive culture for workers.
To qualify, participants had to have an office in the Twin Cities 11-county metro area with 10 employees or more. Minnesota-based companies with offices outside the metro, but with more than 1,000 employees in the state, also were eligible.
Horizontal Integration was ranked the second best place to work in the Twin Cities in the small business category (10-100 full-time employees).
The complete list, along with profiles, employee quotes and interviews with executives, is available in the Aug. 28 issue of the Business Journal, or you can find them online by clicking here
To see the article in the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal in the 2009 Best Places to Work section featuring Horizontal Integration click here.
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Horizontal Integration authors article for American Marketing Association
POSTED ON Aug 13, 2009
Check out the success story shared by Jeremy Langevin and Ted Johnson at Horizontal Integration on "How to Navigate Career Success in a Hostile Economy".
Read the story here.
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Service Brands International selects Horizontal Integration to implement an Enterprise Content Management System
POSTED ON Jun 15, 2009
Service Brands International has chosen Horizontal Integration to deliver an end-to-end Content Management System that will allow Service Brands International employees and franchisees with a single tool to mange all web content.
Horizontal Integration was also selected to assist Service Brands International with the technical development of their redesigned Molly Maid and Mr.Handyman brand websites.
"Horizontal Integration’s premium partnership with Sitecore, a best-of-breed WCM solution, coupled with their history of successful web redesign projects, led Service Brand International’s choice of a strategic Web solutions partner” says Eric N., Director of Information Technology at Service Brands International.
About Horizontal Integration: Horizontal Integration is a web solutions firm focused on delivering exceptional online experiences for their clients. With a portfolio of services that address the entire web development lifecycle from usability review and recommendations, user experience & creative design, web development to content management and ecommerce system implementation they offer enduring strategic solutions that anticipate rather than merely react.
About Service Brands International: Service Brands International is a privately held, multi-concept franchise system with worldwide headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their portfolio of home-services brands includes category leaders Molly Maid, Mr. Handyman,1-800-DryClean, and ProTect Painters.
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General Mills Selects Horizontal Integration as a Preferred IT Staffing Vendor
POSTED ON May 29, 2009
Horizontal Integration has been selected as a preferred vendor for General Mills IS Staff Augmentation for the period beginning June 1, 2009 and ending May 31, 2012.
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UnitedHealth Group launches new careers & recruiting web site
POSTED ON Apr 01, 2009
Horizontal Integration announces the launch of UnitedHealth Group’s next generation careers and recruiting web site. Based on extensive research into best practices on recruiting online and current technology trends the new revamped recruiting site delivers a compelling web experience powered by best in class technologies. The new site is created to help UnitedHealth Group attract and retain the best talent in the market place and continue to position UnitedHealth Group as a preferred employer. Horizontal Integration successfully managed the experience design, development, CMS selection and launch of the new careers and recruiting web site and a diversity web site on time and budget.
The new web sites can be viewed at http://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com
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POSTED ON Feb 02, 2009
Horizontal Integration has moved into its new headquarters to the Gateway Financial Center in Minnetonka, MN located at 9800 Bren Road East.
The company is moving from its offices in Edina Minnesota.
The build out at the new offices were completed by RAK Construction and the building is owned and managed by the JLT Group.
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United Health Group launches internal customer care application with Horizontal Integration
POSTED ON Nov 21, 2008
Horizontal Integration successfully designed and launched a next generation web based call center application to support the United Health Group customer care team. The application is hosted with Horizontal Integration and supports over 1500 call center agents worldwide for managing and tracking customer calls.
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R.H. Donnelly Launches New Recycling Web Site in Support of their Recycle Dex Program
POSTED ON Sep 18, 2008
Horizontal Integration announces the launch of R.H. Donnelly’s next generation recycling web site. The recycling web site is a resource for finding recycling options in your area for outdated directories and facts about the positive impact of recycling. As part of their commitment to promoting environmentally-conscious practices, Recycle Dex provides, in one location, the resources environmentally conscious consumers need. ycle Dex provides, in one location, the resources environmentally conscious consumers need. Visit the website at www.dexknows.com/recycle.
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Horizontal Integration is named "Best Places to Work" by the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal
POSTED ON Aug 15, 2008
Horizontal Integration is named as a "2008 Best Places to Work" by the Minneapolis St.Paul Business Journal.To read the full article click here.
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RH Donnelly launches first of a series of web sites with Horizontal Integration to Promote the Recycling of Dex Phone Directories
POSTED ON Jul 17, 2008
Horizontal Integration announces the launch of RH Donnelly’s new recycling online resource. The site serves as a central resource for promoting recycling and limiting wasteage of paper by allowing consumers nationally to select the number of directories and the different types of phone directories they would like to receive. Not only does the web site help consumers get what they want but also protects the environment by reducing waste of paper and helps R.H. Donnelly cut costs by not overprinting directories that ultimately go unused. The new web site can be viewed at www.selectyourdex.com.
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Horizontal Integration re-launches company website on Sitecore's Crestone platform
POSTED ON Jun 27, 2008
Horizontal Integration is excited to announce the re-launching of it's company website on the next version of Sitecore's Content Management System (CMS) software version 6.0 (Crestone). Sitecore finished the Crestone beta program at the end of June 2008 and announced plans that it would begin shipping its new CMS platform at the beginning of July 2008. Horizontal Integration along with a select group of customers were choosen to participate in the rollout of the beta versions of Crestone.
The Horizontal Integration development has gained considerable knowledge on Sitecore's next generation CMS software and decided to be the first to deploy an actual working website on top of Crestone. Our content writer has given favorable feedback on the new inline editing capabilities and timesaving features of Crestone.
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Minnesota Business Magazine names Horizontal Integration an Emerging Company
POSTED ON Mar 05, 2008
As featured in the Minnesota Business magazine-March 2008 Edition
By Elizabeth Millard
Horizontal Integration creates a diverse yet fused trio of services to help clients make the most of the IT and business blend.
Investors know that to achieve long-term growth, stability, and success, they should diversify their portfolios. For Edina-based Horizontal Integration, they believe the same principle applies to their service offerings and operations.
Combining interactive marketing with enterprise business application development and staffing services, the firm is a consulting shop with increasing clout. Not only can clients understand how technology is affecting their business, they can also benefit from software application development, and a pool of IT-savvy and business-sharp candidates that can continue honing strategies after Horizontal Integration’s engagement. The fusion is a crucial one in the current corporate environment, where mission-critical applications don’t just hold data in a static form, but also act as dynamic drivers of customer retention, marketing strategy, sales efforts, and business goal creation. Executives may still be the drivers of overall operation, but applications that can bring data together and supply a holistic..........
To see the full article click here.
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Federal Reserve Bank launches its new web presence
POSTED ON Jan 09, 2008
Horizontal Integration announces the launch of www.frbservices.org. The Federal Reserve Bank, the central bank of the United States of America was founded in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. In addition to its role in monetary policy and banking supervision in the US, each Federal Reserve Bank acts as a bank for the banks and as a fiscal agent or bank for the federal government.
Horizontal Integration successfully managed the re-design, development and delivered another on-time and on budget launch of the new website for the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Uponor Launches its new Web presence
POSTED ON Oct 11, 2007
Horizontal Integration announces the launch of www.uponor-usa.com. Uponor, formerly know as Wirsbo, is a billion dollar manufacturer and supplier of plumbing, heating and fire safety systems for residential and commercial applications with operations in more than 20 countries throughout the world.
Horizontal Integration successfully managed the design, development and delivered another on-time and on budget launch of the new look and feel for www.uponor-usa.com. The site was developed from scratch on the Microsoft .Net platform running in a VMware virtual environment utilizing an Oracle database backed and managed by an enterprise content management solution from Sitecore.
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