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Acuity-VCT provides superior the “next generation” IP video surveillance systems and solutions. To meet the wide range of customer security surveillance requirements, Acuity-VCT had developed the Video Capture System (VCS), which is the foundation for surveillance solutions in the museum, manufacturing, education and many other markets.
The VCS was originally designed as an innovative tool to provide monitor critical equipment, troubleshoot problems and improve production and quality performance for our customers.
Acuity-VCT’s business philosophy is based on three simple principles – treat the customer as a partner, provide unparalleled products, service & support, and ALWAYS meet your commitments.
Best Technology Strategy LLC is a technology consulting firm specializing in advanced networking, unified communications, I.T. strategy, and information security. We help our clients meet their business objectives by assessing, identifying, and implementing technological solutions to their unique challenges, and then maintaining and optimizing those solutions through their operational lifetimes.

Headquartered in Cleveland,
BlueBridge Networks, a leading provider of custom Business Continuity Services, utilizes their premiere data centers collocation solutions and managed services. The company delivers reliable, scalable and secure solutions for clients’ mission-critical data and provides its customers with unparalleled protection of one of their most important assets. Focused on resolving service interruptions quickly, BlueBridge Networks is experienced in minimizing downtime and reducing costs through its enterprise-class facility, strong customer support, financial stability and technical experts. BlueBridge Networks is SAS70 Type II and PCI-DSS Compliant, and helps companies meet their various regulatory compliance needs.
Christopher G. Axelrod is a national talent organizer specializing in event production and talent support. He does benefit charitable live auctions and serves at the master of ceremonies at numerous events of all styles.
He loves and lives the art of the party. From film to music and live performances, he enjoys the performing arts and has shared the stage with many greats. Christopher has the largest custom themed jacket wardrobe available and exudes the performance energy to makes events truly memorable. Indeed, Christopher lives in the creative zone.
Marketing Potential, LLC is a Strategic Internet Marketing Firm based in Cleveland, Ohio that specializes in Search Engine Marketing, Online Business Growth Strategies, and Strategic Internet Marketing Solutions for businesses looking to dominate their competition online.

What is
MEDCITY NEWS? We are a Next Generation industry news service focused on the business side of healthcare. We report on topics for people who have a vested interest in healthcare. Recognizing the change in how people engage with media, our business model is forward-thinking. We have three main product areas: Syndication, our MedCity News Service/Website and Custom Content. Our custom content can range from consumer driven marketing materials to highly technical physician communications. There are numerous advertising opportunities with our website, from hyper-local to national. We can also target certain areas/fields within the healthcare industry (Electronic medical records, Medical Devices, Administration/Policy, etc.)
Who reads MEDCITY NEWS? Hospitals and administrators (400 major hospitals from all over the US), Healthcare Professionals and staff, from small to large practices, plus Investors, Inventors, and Innovators who want to know what is happening with business trends, opportunities and their competition. More than half of the MEDCITY NEWS readership are at a 6-figure income level and are decision-makers in their respective positions.
Where can you find MEDCITY NEWS? On all forms of media – from TV to Radio, Print to Online. We are like a niche Associated Press for the medical industry. Our stories and content are regularly seen on ONN (Ohio News Network) and WKYC (NBC affiliate). We have also recently been added to Minnesota Public Radio, and we have been published by the Akron Beacon Journal. Online, MEDCITY NEWS stories are found on Yahoo, Kindle and our website, MEDCITYNEWS.COM which has over 500,000 page views and between 70,000 – 100,000 unique visitors per month. People come to MEDCITYNEWS.COM from web searches, links from other websites, and social media.

The mission of the
Northwestern Alumni Association (NAA) is to establish and enhance a mutually beneficial relationship between Northwestern University and all its alumni. The Association serves the University by encouraging support for the University, promoting alumni interest and involvement in University affairs, nurturing relationships among alumni and providing programs and services.
The Association serves alumni by facilitating communications among alumni, and between alumni and the University, sponsoring alumni programs and benefits, and offering opportunities for continuing education and public service.
In all its activities, the Alumni Association is committed to learning as a lifelong process and fosters the University’s mission of academic excellence. For more general information, please contact the NU Club of Cleveland at mdeneen@cox.net
O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and galvanizing their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
Pythonidae Software is a full service IT consultancy, centering all its services around achieving a single focused objective - to reduce our customers' cost of IT.
The Search Guru team helps businesses make Google, Bing and Yahoo! sell for them. Since 2003 they have helped some of the most prominent names in business achieve their online goals, driving targeted traffic to their websites, improving conversion rates and increasing rankings. Brookstone, Gump’s, Shape Magazine, Case Western Reserve University, North Shore Animal League America (the world’s largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption shelter) and SheetMusicPlus.com (world’s largest selection of sheet music) and other leaders in their fields (and future leaders) choose The Search Guru because they get results.
International, national and regional organizations and associations, including the national Direct Marketing Association (DMA), Search Marketing Expo (SMX) and the Coremetrics Client Summit turn to the firm for education presentations and programming.
Simplex-IT delivers proactive maintenance services through our affordable flat-rate IT Support Service. Designed to reduce a client’s costs, increase their profits and mitigate business risks, we partner with Small-to-Medium organizations as their Virtual CIO and IT Department, allowing them to focus on running the business, not the technology.

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Wrox books offer the benefits of real-world experience and road-tested examples that really work.
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Programmer™ reference books are invaluable for their detailed, on-the-job reference support.
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Programmers encounter and supply solutions that work. Wrox books help programmers get the job-then do the job better. Wrox is an imprint of Wiley.