Pay to Play Yacht Racing Notched up a Gear
Global Yacht Racing announces its new yacht - a 42 Sport designed by Stimson Yachts which will race with novices onboard amongst very competitive classes in a season of worldwide regatta and offshore racing.
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules In Favor Of Blazer Boats In Copyright Infringement Case
Blazer Boats Inc., a leader in the Bass and Bay Boats market announced today that the United States Eleventh Circuit Court Of Appeals upheld the ruling handed down by the U.S. Southern District Court in the lawsuit against Maverick Boat Company by Blazer Boats Inc.
Sailing Hints & Tips
I spend almost all my summers sailing around the Greek islands. With this small article I would like to share some sailing hints with you that will help you enjoy the most out of your sailing holidays.
Honeymooners On A Sailing Vacation
A cruise expedition is the most popular option for honeymoon vacations. It is truly romantic. You get away from the city life back into the lap of nature. Just imagine cruising through the ocean with the stars above and breathing fresh air!
Yacht Charter - Which type suits you?
A look at different types of yacht charter on the market - flotilla sailing, skippered yacht charter, crewed yacht charter, bareboat yacht charter
No Yachting in Heaven!
No Yachting in Heaven Revelation 21:1-6
Bass Fishing Boats: Advice For The First Time Buyer
Bass fishing is a great past time that many people, both young and old enjoy. Once you get the taste of bass fishing, you might decide that you want to venture into buying your first bass fishing boat. This is truly an exciting experience, so it is best that you get some advice, being a first time buyer of a bass fishing boat.
RNR Marine Announces T-TOPLESS for Center Console Boats
RNR Marine, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of an innovative product for the recreational boating industry. The T-TOPLESS provides an attractive tee-top for center console boats, which installs in minutes and lowers in seconds, allowing the boat to be stored indoors or under a cover, saving storage fees and increasing usability. This patent pending product is in full production and available on-line. RNR has a program for interested boat dealers.
Info and Reservation for Mediterranean Ferry Boats
When you have decided to go on a holiday to Italy or Morocco, or any of the Mediterranean countries, taking the ferry boats to other parts of the region is an adventure. Thanks to all the water bodies surrounding the region, ferries are available through the day at regular intervals. Say, you are in Egypt and want to hop across to Cyprus, you need to check out the information related to ferry boats vying in that route.
Online Regatta Management Experiencing Rapid Growth -- Early Adopter Yacht Clubs and Race Organizers Reaping Rewards of Software as a Service (SAAS) M
Early adopters of online regatta management are experiencing the power and benefits of streamlining online registrations and managing pre-event logistics through a hosted software solution. Compete-At, the leading innovator of online sport event management solutions, is seeing huge growth in the adoption of Regatta Manager and has recently doubled their staff resources to keep up with the growing demand.
2007 Miami International Boat Show Features Luxury Yacht Brokerages From Around the World
Fraser Yachts to exhibit Al-To-Mar, a 100' Azimut built in 2005, at this prestigious South Florida boat show.
Inflatable Boats and Kayaks Are More Popular Than Ever
Inflatable boats started as strictly Navy purposes, but have gradually evolved into a luxury recreational item. Now, inflatable boats and kayaks are used for a plethora of activities and are rising in popularity. And for such a reasonable price, they are inflatable after all, who wouldn't take advantage of the fun.
Shopping For Inflatable Boats
As many people are already aware, inflatable boats are becoming very popular today. Inflatable boats come in several distinct groups designed for specific uses and are therefore equipped with different components and equipment.
High-School Reunion Time? Host Yours on a Yacht!
Sometimes it can be difficult to round up the old gang from high school; everyone is busy, someone in their family either can't or won't go, or people will think, "Oh, those things are so boring."Well, if you or someone you know is in charge of coordinating your reunion for the "Class of ----," you'll definitely get better results from the get-go if you decide to plan the reunion aboard a luxury yacht, offering your former classmates a real chance to unwind while they reminisce about the "old days" with you and your friends.
Marlin Bay Yacht Club Showcases at 2008 Palm Beach Boat Show
Marlin Bay Yacht Club is showcasing its luxury marina community at the Palm Beach Boat Show at booth 809 from March 27-30, 2008. Catering to boating and fishing enthusiasts and ready for immediate occupancy, Marlin Bay Yacht Club is the Florida Keys newest luxury marina community offering 84 single-family homes starting at $1.6 million, a 99 boat slip marina, equity memberships, and a limited offering of non-resident yacht club memberships.
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United Computer Group Sailing Smooth Through Rough Water
'Protecting Data for the SMB' could be the title of a book written by Jim Kandrac, president of UnitedComputer Group. The Brecksville, Ohio, company is doing quite well. According to Kandrac, its revenue for the first quarter of 2008 was up 198 percent compared to the same quarter in 2007. That's pretty explosive stuff. When most companies are happy with status quo or small gains, where do numbers like 198 percent growth come from?
The key to this, Kandrac says, was the launch of Vault400 in September of 2006. Vault400 is an online backup and disaster recovery managed service. It can take the place of tape backup, handles encryption, and provide off site storage for archiving and disaster recovery.
'We're somewhat of a poor man's disaster recovery,' Kandrac says. 'Those who are doing tape backups and may want some degree of high availability . . . we fill that gap. Where can a small shop go for DR and spend between $200 and $2,000 a month and get data protected and stored and get a DR Quick Ship program?' Quick Ship is a service that ships--within 48 hours--a System i machine that customers can use to recover their data and applications.
The success of United Computer Group is not all about Vault400, but Kandrac admits it is the most important of three reasons for his company's prosperity. 'Vault400 opens doors to our existing customer base and takes us nationwide to gain new customers,' he says. But he also emphasizes the importance of a partnership with VAI, and the development of the IBM reseller business that his company has been involved in for 22 years.
UCG did not release actual financial results (it is a private company), but instead announced the rate of change of its revenues.
VAI has an installed base of approximately 750 companies running its ERP solution. That partnership has worked out well. Surprisingly, the reseller side of the business has been doing well, too.
As a business partner in the Great Lakes region, UCG is permitted to market its services to about 1,500 companies that use the System i. Out of that base, it claims about 550 clients. The region is hurting, Kandrac says. Not surprising, because it is heavily oriented toward manufacturing and the global economy has not been kind to manufacturing. (Google China and manufacturing for all the proof you need.)
So how does this relate to terrific revenue gains for UCG?
'Our growth is somewhat attributable to other IBM business partners being bought out, merged, sold, or gone out of business,' Kandrac says. 'We are gaining market share in a stable or shrinking marketplace because we are in the System i, now Power Systems business.'
What's that, some sort of reverse logic?
'We're gaining market share due to our persistence and the loss of some of our competitors,' Kandrac says. 'We are doing turn-key implementations of 515s and 525s, because some of the larger reseller firms are not interested in doing deals below a quarter of a million dollars. We are doing all that business and some bigger deals, too, but [the bigger deals are] probably about 10 percent of our business.'
The reason for that growth is not based on dynamic growth in the Great Lakes region. It's national. UCG is now selling systems along with Vault400 nationwide. Selling Vault400 has brought UCG into selling situations it never faced before. The same for VAI customers. It's broadened the playing field.
On the horizon, Kandrac says his company is partnering with a company in Atlanta to get a second data center. The existing center is in Columbus, Ohio. The Atlanta data center is being designed specifically to provide a solution for companies that want a 12- or 24-hour return to operation after a disaster. It will have 50,000 CPW capability along with 8 TP of disk. 'We can provide a second system, just like a company's primary system, and we will manage it from A to Z,' Kandrac says. It is expected to be available by the end of the third quarter 2008.
Dan Burger is a representative of United Computer Group, Inc., creators of VAULT400, http://vault400.com . Specializing in AS/400, AS400 and system i risk mitigation, VAULT400 is the trusted expert in complete data protection solutions.
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