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Mon, 02 Aug 2004
OmniPilot Software, Inc. acquires Lasso product line from Blue World Communications
Fort Lauderdale based OmniPilot Software, Inc., a provider of cross platform business opportunity management software, announced today that it has acquired the Lasso product suite from Blue World Communications, Inc. The Lasso suite of cross platform software tools allows companies to quickly build and serve powerful data-driven Web sites. Financial terms were not disclosed.
OmniPilot Software chief operating officer, Chad Roll, commented on the acquisition saying, “We believe there is a substantial market opportunity to provide SME’s (small-to-medium enterprises) with the ability to optimize their online presence. Lasso products provide the ability to connect any database to any Web server on any platform providing us with a solid foundation for future growth.”
Blue World Communications will close its offices in Bellevue, Washington in August 2004. Blue World’s Lasso development team will be relocated to OmniPilot Software headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
"OmniPilot is positioned to build upon Blue World's accomplishments over the last ten years," said Bill Doerrfeld, founder, president and CEO of Blue World Communications. "It has been a privilege helping thousands of Web professionals quickly build and serve data-driven Web sites via the Lasso product line."
Founded in 1992, Blue World Communications cross-platform software tools are used by more than 15,000 corporations around the world, including Apple, Symantec, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, nd OmniPilot Software’s parent company, Starmark International. A full-service marketing communications agency, Starmark International has successfully employed Lasso in the development of Web sites for a wide variety of clients, including Citrix, Motorola, Siemens as well as many hospitality and government clients.
Brett Circe, who serves as both president of OmniPilot Software and partner of Starmark International, spearheaded the marketing agency’s adoption of Lasso. “What has impressed me about Lasso is that we have been able to upgrade our code since 1996 with little or no effort, and, we can develop solutions using Lasso in half the code of other popular middleware languages. That’s why OmniPilot applications are built in the Lasso development language.”
OmniPilot Software, Inc. is a software development company offering cross platform business management solutions designed to help small to mid-size service companies optimize their online presence. With eight years of custom application development behind them, OmniPilot Software applications ensure that clients benefit from time-tested efficiencies, which have proven to yield success. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Starmark International. Ranked #43 on the 2003 Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S., Starmark International specializes in the seamless integration of multiple marketing disciplines – branding, advertising, Internet development, direct response, custom publishing and public relations among them – toward the effective fulfillment of client business goals.
iCompositions launches $2500 GarageBand contest and 1GB of free upload space
iCompositions, the World's Largest GarageBand Community, today announced that every registered user will receive an unprecedented 1 Gigabyte of free space to upload their GarageBand compositions. iCompositions users who have purchased the "Super Star" account upgrade will receive a jaw-dropping 3 Gigabytes of space to upload their compositions.
In addition, iCompositions announced the launch of the largest online GarageBand Contest in history with prize values totaling more than $2500. Entitled "iCompose, iWin", artists will participate in seven contests with chances to win prizes including a 40GB fourth generation iPod, two USB keyboards, Jam Pack, loops, GarageBand tutorials, and GarageBand books. iCompositions has set up a special website, iComposeiWin.com, to provide all specific details on the contest. Winners of contests ranging from Best Overall Song to Favorite Member will be selected by member nominations and polls. The contest begins today and ends August 27th.
iCompositions also announced iComposers.com, a system for its users to build their own template-based website. iComposers will be available next week with one free template. In the future, users will be able to purchase additional templates for $2.99.