PORTLAND, Maine January 27 2012 – Systems Engineering, the largest independent and employee-owned IT provider in Maine, has developed a niche in the fast growing managed security applications market – attracting companies from brokerage, financial, legal and healthcare market sectors.

The company’s premiere cyber security product, SE Secure®, provides a comprehensive security solution to meet the needs of businesses by delivering a layered, policy-based framework using best-in-class technologies to thwart attacks by cyber criminals. Systems Engineering also delivers an advanced Managed Security option featuring 24-7 monitoring and event correlation for compliance-driven organizations.

“Cyber criminals are getting more and more advanced every day,” said Harry McMann, President of Systems Engineering. “The days of ‘set-it and forget it’ are gone forever. It’s becoming extremely difficult for many companies to maintain IT security that is sophisticated and dynamic enough to stay ahead of the threats. For many companies it has become more cost effective to outsource their IT security to providers like Systems Engineering.”

Information Week estimates that 55% of businesses experience a fraud attack each year, and the Ponemon Institute estimates that the annualized cost of these attacks varies from $284 per enterprise seat for larger-sized organizations to $1,088 per enterprise seat for smaller-sized organizations.  The Systems Engineering portfolio of security services protects customers against these costly attacks by providing 24/7 system monitoring, event management, intrusion prevention, vulnerability scanning, content filtering and compliance reporting as well as appropriate response times designed to protect the network and minimize downtime.

“It’s very important to our clients that their information stay confidential,” said Darryl Hendricks, Director if IT for Preti Flaherty, one of the largest legal firms in Maine. “With SE Secure, we’re saving money, and we’re also saving time in terms of my staff’s resources. It’s one thing to have a piece of hardware in place that’s monitoring something. It’s another thing to have a person who deals with this all the time to understand what that information means.”

In the event of an incident, Systems Engineering’s team of security and network experts has the information and tools necessary to solve the problem quickly, to restore business productivity and to minimize any damage to a client’s reputation.

About Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering, the largest independent and employee-owned IT provider in Maine, is a Northern New England-based information and communications technology consulting company with nearly 100 business technology professionals on staff serving businesses throughout Northern New England for over 20 years. As a leading IT strategy and services leader, Systems Engineering IT professionals have provide comprehensive business technology products and solutions to more than 500 companies and organizations throughout Northern New England. Systems Engineering’s team of technical experts, network engineers, field service professionals, and account managers are available 24/7, 365 days per year. From computer network design, installation, training and administration to a full complement of data management, security, business consultation, and outsource CIO services, Systems Engineering helps business get ahead of IT. Notably, Systems Engineering is 100% owned by the employees of the company. For more information, please visit www.syseng.com or call 207-772-3199.

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Rob Herman, WGTECHWESTBROOK, ME – January 24, 2012 – WGTECH, a value-added reseller that helps companies achieve success with advanced information technology, announces that Rob Herman, formerly the President of Evergreen Technology Group, has joined WGTECH as its Integration Manager. In addition, Evergreen’s Infrastructure Division has merged with WGTECH.

In his new role, Herman will be responsible for leading the WGTECH engineering team and working closely with the sales group to enhance WGTECH’s portfolio of IT solutions, including managed services, IT services, networking, data management, and security. He brings more than 15 years of experience in enabling business growth through technology for clients nationwide in education, public safety, manufacturing and distribution, and general business.

“This move is great for the customers of both companies, as Rob Herman’s addition makes us a stronger team with broader skills and resources to meet the needs of our customers,” says Bill McKeen, VP of Systems and Technology, WGTECH. “We’re pleased that Rob has joined WGTECH and look forward to serving Maine’s businesses together.”

About Workgroup Technology Partners

Workgroup Technology Partners is a systems and network integrator focused on supporting clients in Northern New England since 1994. Its team of professionals is highly qualified to support and consult on any aspect of technology, including networking, security, email, data storage, voice and data communication, and databases. Workgroup partners with leading technology vendors such as Cisco, NetApp, Microsoft, Barracuda, and VMware to design, install, integrate, and support systems that meet specific business objectives.  For more information, visit the company’s website at www.wgtech.com.

Contact:

Alison Harris, Harris Media Services

207-829-4500

alison@harrismediaservices.com

“These days, it’s more important than ever to maximize utilization, optimize storage space, and reduce duplicate data,” said Harry McMann, President of Systems Engineering. “NetApp is changing the game with their new Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions for virtual computing environments of all sizes.”

To register, call 207-553-1600 or visit http://www.syseng.com/Events/.

About Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering, the largest independent and employee-owned IT provider in Maine, is a Northern New England-based information and communications technology consulting company with over 90 business technology professionals on staff serving businesses throughout Northern New England for over 20 years. As a leading IT strategy and services leader, our IT professionals have provided comprehensive business technology products and solutions to more than 400 companies and organizations throughout Northern New England since 1988. Our team of technical experts, network engineers, field service professionals, and account managers are available 24/7, 365 days per year. From computer network design, installation, training and administration to a full complement of data management, business consultation, and outsource CIO services, Systems Engineering will help you get ahead of IT. Systems Engineering is 100% owned by the employees of the company. For more information, please visit www.syseng.com or call 207-772-3199.

Portland, Maine – Hall Internet Marketing, a Maine internet marketing firm, is excited to announce the next Social Media Breakfast Maine – SMBME 30: Social Media and Events. The event will be held January 27^th, 7:30 – 10am at Portland’s Masonic Temple on Congress Street. Breakfast will be served at the event.

Social Media and events pair very well with each other. For this month’s SMBME there will be three experienced event marketers that will share how they use social media to plan good events and get their events to be well attended.

The three speakers for the morning will be Stefa Normantas from Green Tree Events, Tanja Hollander, an artist with an upcoming show at Portland’s Museum of Art and Amanda O’Brien, organizer of Social Media Breakfast Maine.

You can get more information and register for this month’s Social Media Breakfast Maine by visiting socialmediabreakfastmaine.com/upcoming/. The event is sponsored by Hall Internet Marketing, Mainely SEO, GWI, The Cohen Tracy Team, the Internet Educator, August Wealth Management and Mainebiz.

About Social Media Breakfast Maine

Social Media Breakfast Maine is a monthly event held in Portland where area businesses and marketing leaders get together to share ideas and stories in and around the social media space. This even started two years ago in a conference room in Portland, the event has grown to 100 – 150 monthly attendees. SMBME has had local and national speakers share the stage to educate each other on how to use social media to promote local companies and find new customers.

For more information, visit: www.socialmediabreakfastmaine.com

About Hall Internet Marketing

Hall Internet Marketing is a 12 year old agency that uses technology to help clients meet their internet marketing goals.  From paid search management and SEO, to video and mobile advertising, to user conversion strategy and cost per acquisition optimization – Hall’s staff helps some of the largest employers in Maine, well known Fortune 100 companies and innovative technology businesses to drive more sales online. For more information, visit: http://www.hallme.com/press/

PORTLAND, Maine January 12, 2012 – Systems Engineering, the largest independent and employee-owned IT provider in Maine, today announced the release of its new cloud computing application, SE Cloud. SE Cloud provides secure, scalable server access and data storage accessible on demand, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. The application also includes proactive network management, 24×7 monitoring and high-availability.

“Cloud computingis a catchall term used to describe scalable hardware and software resources hosted remotely and provided to businesses over a network,” said Harry McMann, President of Systems Engineering.

Harry McMann discusses SE Cloud, a cloud computing application for business.

“With SE Cloud’s infrastructure as service offering, businesses can expand and contract their computing power and data storage with the needs of their business, accessing data and applications at anytime, from anywhere.”

SE Cloud has the added benefit of reducing the capital expense associated with onsite hardware and software. The hosted cloud offering is coupled with System Engineering’s expert service and security that are both affordable and reliable.

“We are very excited to introduce SE Cloud,” says Harry McMann. “We believe this application is an excellent example of our efforts to help clients align technology platforms with business objectives and maximize their return on IT investments.”

About Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering, the largest independent and employee-owned IT provider in Maine, is a Northern New England-based information and communications technology consulting company with nearly 100 business technology professionals on staff serving businesses throughout Northern New England for over 20 years. As a leading IT strategy and services leader, Systems Engineering IT professionals have provide comprehensive business technology products and solutions to more than 500 companies and organizations throughout Northern New England. Systems Engineering’s team of technical experts, network engineers, field service professionals, and account managers are available 24/7, 365 days per year. From computer network design, installation, training and administration to a full complement of data management, security, business consultation, and outsource CIO services, Systems Engineering helps business get ahead of IT. Notably, Systems Engineering is 100% owned by the employees of the company. For more information, please visit www.syseng.com or call 207-772-3199.

Portland, ME and Portsmouth, NH (December 15, 2011) – Cornerstone Financial Planning teamed with iBec Creative in Portland to launch their new website developed with “responsive design.” This feature allows the site to automatically adjust to a variety of devices used for web browsing, including smart phones and tablet devices.

“With people spending more time on the web via mobile devices, it is essential that companies have sites that are viewer friendly across a wide spectrum of devices, which is why we’re developing all of our new sites with responsive design,” said Becky McKinnell, president of iBec Creative.

Using Responsive Web Techniques, iBec developed a site that will not just resize for various devices, but also prioritize information and design elements so that your experience is optimized for a touch centric device. Using responsive design techniques minimizes the cost of designing and programming a separate mobile site and gives your users access to the full content of the site.

“As financial planners, we have clients that need access to our information quickly, so having a website that adjusts to phones and tablet devices is important. We always want to be within reach for our clients and having a responsive website is one way we can ensure that,” said Jill Boynton, principal at Cornerstone Financial Planning

Cornerstone Financial Planning’s website will also feature a fresh look, designed by iBec Creative’s team, and will provide visitors with information on financial planning and regularly updated insights into the financial world through their blog.

About Cornerstone Financial Planning

Cornerstone Financial Planning has been providing unbiased and client-focused financial planning services in Maine, New Hampshire, and Northern Massachusetts since 2004. As Certified Financial Planner® practitioners and NAPFA Registered Financial Advisors, Cornerstone helps its clients through financial transitions and moves them toward more confident decision making for the long-term. For information, go to www.cornerstoneplanning.com or call (603) 431-1133 in New Hampshire and
(207) 772-8133 in Maine.

 About iBec Creative

Established in 2006 by founder and President Becky McKinnell, iBec Creative is a leading provider of website and traditional design services based in Portland, Maine. iBec Creative brings fresh ideas and an intuitive understanding of technology to its work. For more information, go online to www.iBecCreative.com or call (207) 221-0790.

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Brewer, Maine December 14, 2011 - Landing.co the leading online community for landing pages, today launched its new marketplace that offers vital online marketing solutions including landing pages, domain names, search engine optimization, and affiliate programs with informative articles to help businesses create strong campaigns online.

The new online marketplace was created with one goal in mind. To help Businesses, Consultants, Internet Marketers and Developers share in an online community that offers strong marketing solutions for all levels of expertise and knowledge. The community also helps businesses find marketing solutions that they may overlook which are vital to their success.

The categories on the new online marketplace include the following that are listed below. Each category has five subcategories that offer books, design services, templates, themes and domains that are for sale. The four main categories on Landing.co are:

1. Affiliate Programs
2. Domains Names
3. Landing Pages
4. SEO Marketing

The Internet is quickly becoming one giant social media platform where people can come together to share information that is useful and helpful. The intent of the new Landing.co marketplace is to create a community where like-minded people can help each other learn from their mistakes or help people who do not know how to create landing pages, or how to select quality domain names, or how to use other internet marketing strategies that can be extremely beneficial to their businesses online.

Marketing members of the community are allowed to freely submit offers, articles, press releases and blog posts. Members may also connect with one another utilizing the community message system to ask advice and sales questions to listing members.

About

Landing.co is a landing page marketplace that promotes landing page templates, themes, developments, domain names, seo marketing, and affiliate programs along with information articles and news. It offers free, basic, premium, and featured listings to maximize advertising members selling potential.

Contact Information
Landing.co
Izaak J. Nason
Phone: 877-632-5995
Website: http://landing.co/
Email: webmaster@landing.co

Biddeford, MAINE (December 13, 2011)—In a challenging economy, librarians are just as concerned as local politicians with assisting the unemployed and providing a boost to economic development. On Wednesday December 14th from 11 am to 2 pm, McArthur Library will be hosting a training session for a group of displaced workers from Lowe’s Biddeford store. The training will be presented by the Maine State Library, in conjunction with the Department of Labor’s Rapid Response Team and McArthur Library. Individual workers were contacted with an invitation to learn about the assistance libraries can provide. The program is a timely response to the urgent need to provide assistance to displaced workers – for those who are seeking employment or educational opportunities, the online resources provide a wide range of tutorials, classes, tips and skill-building opportunities.

Patrick Therrien, Technology & Education Training Specialist with the Maine State Library, will be providing an overview of resources available on the topics of job seeking, interviewing skills, and an introduction to preparing for job fairs, as well as how job seekers may leverage the latest technologies, including social media, during the job search. These resources are online and can be accessed through McArthur Public Library’s public access internet computers as well as from home.

Jeff Cabral, McArthur Library Director, welcomes the opportunity to showcase the resources as well as the abilities of his staff to assist with employment questions. “People are realizing that the library plays an important role in the community, and it’s not just about ‘books on shelves’ anymore nor is it about what is in our physical ‘bricks and mortar’ building. It’s what we know, it’s what we have access to, and it’s the incredible knowledge and expertise of our staff.”

The online resources are part of the Maine Public Library Information Commons Project, and are available to all Maine residents. The project provides Mainers with access to modules on employment, accessing health and e-government information, business start-up and legal assistance, digital literacy, and LearningExpress, a vast collection of classes and study guides. LearningExpress includes modules on topics as varied as software tutorials, reading skills for elementary students, and college prep study guides for the SATs.

The Maine State Library was awarded a grant through the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program of $1.3 million – which has enabled the Maine Public Library Information Commons Project to go forward. The project enhances public computer access in 107 public libraries in Maine, establishes 11 video conferencing regional hubs, and creates a partnership between the Maine State Library and the Department of Labor to provide support for job seekers through training and access to online information on a range of relevant topics, including job searches, resume writing, interview readiness skills, and preparing for a job fair.

“Libraries are a critical access point for job seekers who may not have a career center in their community,” said Maine Labor Commissioner Robert Winglass. “In addition to providing online access to unemployment benefits and job search services on Maine’s Job Bank, the broadband grant has provided unemployed workers with practical skills to help them become reemployed.”

McArthur Library is Maine’s oldest tax-supported library and serves the residents of Biddeford, as well as visitors, with its wide ranging collections, resources, programs and technology.

The Maine State Library’s Information Commons page can be found here:

http://www.maine.gov/msl/commons/

About Tilson Fiber Technology, LLC: Tilson Fiber Technology, LLC (TFT), part of the fast-growing Tilson family of companies, is a Portland, Maine based business providing information technology and telecom project management world-wide. www.tilsontech.com

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Emerson has over 25 years of experience working in small businesses overseeing accounting, forecasting and budgeting, financial analyzing, human resources and employee benefits administration,  operations and overall business coaching. Emerson works with clients throughout the Greater Portland area and up to Lewiston/Auburn and Brunswick.

“Small businesses have very unique challenges. I was fortunate to work for a variety of companies throughout my career and have first-hand experience to understand and find solutions to day-to-day challenges small business owners face,” said Emerson. “I am finding that business owners today are busier than ever and need reliable financial information to make good decisions and grow. It is rewarding to be able to make sense of it all for them.”

Emerson received a BA from the University of Southern Maine in Leadership and Organizational Studies. She is a certified Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor and a Certified Business, Career and Life Coach.

With the end of the calendar year approaching, Emerson is especially skilled in helping accountants and their clients organize their financial information in preparation for taxes, as well as looking forward to 2012 forecasting and budgeting. Carol is accepting new clients and can be contacted at (207) 557-8080 or carol@customhousebusiness.com

About Custom House Business Services
Started in 2011, Custom House Business Services, located in Portland and Yarmouth, ME provides a full spectrum of services from high level accounting, day-to-day bookkeeping,  human resource management  and operations support. Behind the scenes, Custom House will customize services to a client’s  unique needs –with over 25 years of experience to help businesses focus on financials, work flows and people to improve efficiencies and grow. For more information go to www.customhousebusiness.com or call (207) 557-8080.

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The Portland Masonic Temple is located at 415 Congress Street in Portland. The event will held on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. Breakfast will be served at the event.

There will be three PR and branding experts at the breakfast who will be speaking about the new relationship between social media, public relations, and brand management. The speakers will include Rob Gould, an earned media consultant, Linda Varrell, founder of Broadreach Public Relations, and Sean Wilkinson, president of the Maine AIGA and a principal of Might & Main.

You can register for this month’s Social Media Breakfast Maine by visiting socialmediabreakfastmaine.com. The event is sponsored by Kemp Goldberg Partners, Mainely SEO, Hall Internet Marketing, The Cohen Tracy Team, and the Internet Educator.

About Social Media Breakfast Maine

Social Media Breakfast Maine is a monthly event held in Portland where area businesses and marketing leaders get together to share ideas and stories in an around the social media space. Started two years ago in a conference room in Portland, the event has grown to 100 – 150 monthly attendees. SMBME has had local and national speakers share the stage to educate each other on how to use social media to promote local companies and find new customers.

For more information, visit: www.socialmediabreakfastmaine.com

About Hall Internet Marketing

Hall Internet Marketing is a 12 year old agency that uses technology to help clients meet their internet marketing goals. From paid search management and SEO, to video and mobile advertising, to user conversion strategy and cost per acquisition optimization – Hall’s staff helps some of the largest employers in Maine, well known Fortune 100 companies and innovative technology businesses to drive more sales online. For more information, visit: http://www.hallme.com/press/