DURHAM, NC–MetaMetrics® Inc. Senior Research Scientist, Gary L. Williamson, Ph.D. and Senior Psychometrician, Mary Ann Simpson, Ph.D., have received accolades for their paper, “Statewide Developmental Growth Curves in Reading and Mathematics: A Practical Strategy to Lengthen Empirical Trajectories.” Williamson and Simpson were awarded the 2012 North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NCARE) Distinguished Paper Award and later received the Consortium of State and Regional Educational Research Associations (SRERA) Distinguished Paper Award while presenting their paper at the 2013 American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) annual meeting in San Francisco. Williamson and Simpson’s paper was one of 16 papers to receive this national honor. Read the rest of this entry →

CHARLOTTE, NC–BACE, a global manufacturer of balers and compactors for the recycling industry, has introduced the Export Baler. The Export Baler produces horizontal bales for a fraction of the cost, in a fraction of the space as horizontal balers. Its bales require no re-baling — reducing time, cost, and truck transportation (including drivers, trucks fuel, and re-baling labor) — because they’re the exact size and weight required for transoceanic shipping — no stops at a re-baling plant, no needless, redundant transport. Read the rest of this entry →

RALEIGH, N.C.–Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A. (Myers Bigel), the largest independent patent law firm in North Carolina, will be hosting a “Review of IP Caselaw for May 2013″ on May 28 at 3 p.m. The discussion will be led by Peter Siddoway, an attorney in the firm’s litigation group. The presentation is the third in a series of caselaw discussions sponsored by Myers Bigel this year. Among the topics to be discussed are recent Inter Partes Review decisions released by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as well as the Federal Circuit’s decision in Biosig Instruments, Inc. v. Nautilus, Inc. Mitch Bigel, an attorney in the firm’s electrical group, will also give an extended presentation of the several opinions issued by the Federal Circuit in the CLS Bank, Int’l v. Alice Corp. case. “Our firm has a deep, long record of patent litigation experience that we are happy to share with the legal community,” said Managing Partner David Purks. Read the rest of this entry →

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today discussed his vision for U.S. organic agriculture and USDA efforts to ensure its continued success during remarks to the Organic Trade Association. Vilsack announced a number of changes and new initiatives to support the continued growth of organic agriculture, including that the USDA’s Risk Management Agency’s (RMA) federal crop insurance program will increase coverage options for organic producers this year and provide even more options in 2014, including a contract price addendum as well as new premium price elections for organic crops. Additionally, RMA will remove the current five-percent organic rate surcharge on all future crop insurance policies beginning in 2014. Read the rest of this entry →

MORRISVILLE, N.C.–Innovation and commercialization firm Montie Design is hosting a two-day seminar for businesses looking for professional guidance in taking a product from concept to marketplace. The informative class, “Getting Your Product to Market 101 - How to Design, Prototype, and Manufacture Your Product” is being taught by Montie Design President Montie Roland, a product design veteran who regularly presents on product design and commercialization throughout North Carolina. Read the rest of this entry →

RALEIGH, N.C.–NeoNova® Network Services, an industry leader in cloud-based services for regional telcos and an authorized Premier Reseller of Google Apps™, is expanding and relocating its corporate headquarters to Trinity Place in Raleigh effective May 20. “NeoNova has grown dramatically over the last two years, and this new location will help us better serve our customers and partners,” said NeoNova CEO Ray Carey. “Our new space is designed to spur even more creativity, innovation, and collaboration among our highly-skilled and experienced team.” Read the rest of this entry →

RALEIGH, N.C.–Innovative creative services agency The Marketing Machine (theMmachine.com) is celebrating its 15th year of helping customers grow their businesses through comprehensive branding strategy and targeted buzz-building campaigns. This impressive milestone marks a long journey from a one-man operation providing small businesses with consistency in their marketing efforts, to a fully staffed hybrid agency model serving clients large and small in a wide variety of fields, including healthcare, law, software, retail and other B2B business, as well as non-profits. Read the rest of this entry →

CANDLER, N.C.–Technology integrator TSAChoice, Inc., with offices in Asheville, NC and Greenville, SC, is proud to announce that 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of Jeff Lowdermilk with the company. Jeff has been with TSAChoice since 1982 and has helped to grow the business to a staff of more than 60 technology professionals, with offices in Asheville, NC and Greenville, SC. Jeff serves as a Principal with the company. Read the rest of this entry →

MORRISVILLE, N.C.–Finder411, a Triangle-based startup formed in 2012 with a mandate to increase the success of today’s small locally owned businesses through a unique, socially engaging directory and platform, has officially acquired Raleigh, NC based The Community Corkboard. The Community Corkboard’s clients had been included on local school-based website directories, thus a transition to Finder411’s hyper-local small business platform is a perfect opportunity to further the exposure of these community minded Triangle businesses. Read the rest of this entry →

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–BlueStripe Software, a leader in transaction and application performance monitoring solutions, today announced that Mary Boose has been promoted to Vice President of Engineering. With more than 25 years of technical and managerial experience, Boose will be responsible for leading the engineering team that developed the company’s flagship solution, FactFinder, a transaction monitoring solution for IT Operations. Boose was previously BlueStripe’s Director of QA, where she defined and built the QA processes and team. Read the rest of this entry →

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.–Crown Marketing (OTCQB: CWNM) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Crown Nutraceuticals has issued a one million dollar purchase order with media firm Rhodium Inc. Rhodium, a full scale global agency, with over 1.3 billion impressions since 2011, will be coordinating Crown’s Nutraceuticals campaign for its diet products featuring Raspberry Ketone and Green Bean Coffee Extract. These two popular supplements are widely recognized to be safe and effective treatments for weight loss. Crown anticipates positive revenue growth as a result of this aggressive marketing campaign. Read the rest of this entry →

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–Innovative PR and media relations firm Global Media Strategies (www.gmsinnovate.com) is supporting the world’s largest multi-disciplinary multi-sector conference and marketplace of vetted innovations, innovators and technology business developers and funders, TechConnect World, in Washington, D.C. May 12-16. In addition to providing insights and best practices in publicity and marketing directly with attendees via David Menzies, Global Media Strategies president, the firm is promoting the event as a strategic partner through its online news resources NCTechNews and Global TechWire. Read the rest of this entry →