Did you know that it’s estimated that it will take 208 years to close the professional gap between men and women in the technological world? New Signature is acutely aware of the gender disparity in our world and are committed to fix the broken rung on the professional ladder for women to climb as high … Read more
Joining only a select few Microsoft partners worldwide, New Signature has earned Advanced Specialization from Microsoft for our work in Modernization of Web Applications to Azure. This certification exemplifies our deep knowledge and extensive experience in migrating and deploying web application workloads, applying DevOps and managing app services within Azure. It is a certification only … Read more
A few months after I started at New Signature, I was approached by a colleague who graduated from the same women’s college as I had an idea— she wanted to form the company’s first employee resource group, a group dedicated to gender equality, diversity and inclusion. We got together a few times (remotely via Teams, since we both work from home) and started chatting about what this group would look … Read more
From November 4 – 8, Microsoft Ignite event was held in Orlando, Florida. With attendees totaling over 25,000 strong, the conference focused on hands-on and speaker session experiences designed to help innovate in areas such as security, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure and development. Evelyn Padrino, Azure Customer Success Marketing Director was joined by New Signature’s Strategic … Read more
Kat and Rob are back with a special episode on Microsoft Ignite. There were a lot of exciting announcements at Ignite, that it’s almost hard to keep track of them all. Luckily, Kat and Rob have compiled the top 10 announcements, to help you keep up with the updates and help you prepare for what’s … Read more
Last week, I attended the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. The celebration is produced by AnitaB.org and presented in partnership with ACM. This year, the conference took place in Orlando, FL, and I wanted to share the experience with the technology community. What is The Grace Hopper Celebration All … Read more
Last week, Microsoft wrapped up Future Decoded 2019, a two-day event with keynotes and breakout sessions from industry experts to help business and technical decisions makers leverage the latest Microsoft technologies. While there, New Signature’s EVP of Global Solutions Dan Scarfe and Urusla Dolton, CTO from The British Heart Foundation met with Microsoft to discuss … Read more
For the past several years, New Signature has joined forces to fight childhood cancer through their investment in the Swim Across America event help every September on Lake Lanier in Buford, Georgia where around 800 swimmers come every year to participate in an open swim to raise money for the charity. Last year, the New … Read more
New Signature is humbled to be selected as Microsoft’s 2019 UK Partner of the Year and are excited to be featured in this new video around our solutions leveraging the very best in Microsoft technologies. Watch it below: You can learn more about our Success stories on our webpage or our vimeo page. … Read more
This week, New Signature, along with Microsoft partners from around the globe, gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada, to celebrate the achievements of the Microsoft partners during the 2019 fiscal year, to envision the new Microsoft year, and to learn and grow together. At Inspire 2019 Microsoft announced a wide array of investments, programs and product news … Read more
As more businesses grow comfortable moving environments to the public cloud, the number of pieces of infrastructure living there has exploded. The ease and security allowed through a cloud service has naturally resulted in a significant growth in the sheer number of machines currently running. This has brought many benefits to customers but has also … Read more
In our recent webinar “Controlling Your Azure Environment: Governance for the Modern Enterprise” we touched on the five disciplines of cloud governance from Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework. This blog post is the third in the “The Five Disciplines of Cloud Governance” five-part series expanding on those concepts. If you missed the first two post in … Read more
As Microsoft and New Signature begin their new fiscal year on July 1, 2019 there are announcements coming out about funding opportunities your company may be able to leverage around Azure, DevOps, Data/AI and IoT. My goal in this post it so highlight programs currently available and I will make additions as more programs are … Read more
On the back of Microsoft Build 2019, there have been a whole host of updates to Azure and the multitude of services that it provides. In the past month, there have been major improvements to AI, Machine Learning, RedHat Capability, and security updates. Here’s our round-up of the latest. Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security … Read more
Channel Futures and MSP 501 just released their 12th annual list of the top managed services providers (MSPs) in the world, and New Signature is proud to be listed in the top 10% at #49. Every year MSPs worldwide compete in categories like product offerings, growth rates, revenue mix and pricing structures. MSPs were ranked … Read more
Virgin Atlantic Airways recently turned to New Signature to help move its data analytics and reporting into the cloud using the Microsoft Azure platform. The airline’s goals: better and faster access to verifiable data and improved team collaboration, ultimately resulting in exceptional customer service. As one of the world’s leading airlines, Virgin Atlantic is committed … Read more
We are proud to announce that New Signature has been recognised as Microsoft’s 2019 UK Country Partner of the Year. Today Microsoft acknowledged partners in 42 categories celebrating each of the solution areas, industries, and more. Winners were chosen from a set of more than 2,900 entrants from 115 countries worldwide. The Country Partner award … Read more
As the Founder and Chief Technologist of Nebbia Technology, I am thrilled that Nebbia has joined New Signature. This acquisition, which we announced on Monday, unites two of Microsoft’s top partners into one cloud-native powerhouse, creating amazing opportunities for our teams and customers. When I started in September 2014, my goal was to build a … Read more
As the Founder and Chief Technologist of Nebbia Technology, I am thrilled that Nebbia has joined New Signature. This acquisition, which we announced on Monday, unites two of Microsoft’s top partners into one cloud-native powerhouse, creating amazing opportunities for our teams and customers. When I started Nebbia Technology in September 2014, my goal was to build a company of top professionals working in a great environment with the latest tools, delivering exceptional results. And I’m proud to say that we’ve succeeded. It is … Read more
New Signature is pleased to announce the acquisition of Nebbia Technology: an award-winning Microsoft Azure DevOps consultancy focused on the delivery of solutions on Microsoft’s Azure platform. A Microsoft gold-certified partner and 2018 finalist for DevOps Partner of the Year, Nebbia brings a suite of exceptional competencies to the table, supporting our commitment to advancing … Read more
Want to be part of something amazing? Check out New Signature, where opportunity abounds. Opportunity to grow, learn, progress, do exciting work for incredible clients, and work with smart, dedicated and fun people. But don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what team members from around the world have said about what it’s like … Read more
Microsoft Azure features keep growing to enable a vast amount of possibilities for your business. This month Microsoft has made significant updates to Azure’s Front Door Service, Kubernetes Service (AKS), and several security features. Azure Front Door Service – Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure Front Door Service which is a scalable and … Read more
New Signature experts and Office Explorers podcast hosts Kat Memenza and Rob Murray take on the topic of PowerApps. They are joined by New Signature PowerApp expert, Jon Wright, who discusses the misconceptions of PowerApps, but also shows how PowerApps can boost productivity, along with a real world example. In this episode, the crew dives … Read more
MarketAxess is a technology-based international electronic trading platform with the DNA of a startup, but the maturity of a company that’s a change accelerator. To support MarketAxess’ growth and to retain and attract top talent, the company made steps toward several key investments, including developing a stronger company culture across all its international locations. MarketAxess chose New Signature … Read more
Do you have a TFS upgrade on your priority list for 2019? Are you missing out on some of the latest features that TFS has to offer? Do you have a desire to be on one tool that could be used by Dev’s, QA, PM’s, PO’s, BA’s and/or stakeholders? Keep reading to find out why … Read more
Since New Signature and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) began partnering together to save lives, they have continued to enrich that relationship through measures that help support the BHF goal of researching, treating and preventing heart disease. In New Signatures ongoing support towards the British Heart foundation, our organization is working as a team to raise funds and support their mission. … Read more
Recently, Microsoft wrote a case study that details how one of our customers, PowerDETAILS was able to leverage the power of Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance to increase their business agility and uptime, while continuing their journey to Azure. Our team at Nebbia has worked together with PowerDETAILS over the years to implement Azure … Read more
One of our three strategic anchors at Nebbia Technology is Community (along with Expertise and Impact). Our Community anchor encompasses User Group involvement (both speaking and organizing), speaking at Conferences, hosting user group meetings in our Orlando office as well as offering free workshops throughout the Southeast on topics ranging from DevOps, Azure, IoT and … Read more
Microsoft Teams is the future of enterprise collaboration and communication. The workplace is changing in a number of ways, and our tools need to change with them. Organizations can expect their employees’ devices increasing by 4x this year. Phones and tablets for work is increasing as the workforce becomes younger and technology is relied upon more. 72% of … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce a new partnership with LIM College in New York City, NY. As LIM prepares for a cloud migration, New Signature’s focus is to elevate the College’s collaboration space and guide their cloud journey with a roll-out of Microsoft’s Office 365 and an Azure identity solution. This partnership will unlock … Read more
This week at Microsoft’s Future Decoded event in London, I was delighted to launch a new book ‘Thinking of… Building a Microsoft Cloud Operating Model: Ask the Smart Questions’. Written in partnership with Sean Morris, New Signature UK’s Head of Consultancy, and IT experts Ray Bricknell and Frank Bennett FRSA, the book is aimed at … Read more
As a cloud-first, pure-play Microsoft partner, New Signature today announces a partnership with Edenhouse Solutions. This partnership merges Edenhouse’s extensive Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) experience with New Signature’s best-in-breed Microsoft Cloud and Azure capability. We are an award-winning Microsoft Gold partner notorious for its innovation within Azure. Combining these skills with Edenhouse’s market-leading SAP … Read more
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized New Signature for earning it’s 2018 Triple Crown Award. This year 46 solution providers in North America reached the qualifying revenue, growth, and technical expertise to be named on three of CRN’s prestigious solution provider lists, earning them the Triple Crown Award this year. Each year CRN announces lists and rankings to … Read more
New Signature and its employees from the Greater Southeast region joined together to help support the annual Atlanta Open Water swim at Lake Lanier for Swim Across America – a weekend-long event to help raise money for the Alfac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. This year’s fundraising effort has been … Read more
Today Microsoft announced that Visual Studio Team Services will be known as Azure DevOps. This is more than just a rename. This shows the strong alignment between Azure and DevOps, and you will surely see even more amazing tools and capabilities that will help you take advantage of Azure as a way to enable your … Read more
We are really excited to announce that Jared Porcenaluk from Nebbia Technology is now a Microsoft Azure MVP. This is a recognition of Jared’s contributions to the community and his commitment to staying on top of technology and leading the way in IoT and Azure-related technologies. Jared leads IoT Orlando, is very active in the … Read more
When someone has a heart attack, there is a window of approximately six minutes in which a life can saved*. Driven by this statistic, New Signature has joined forces with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) and the British Heart Foundation to implement dynamic new technological solution that will help empower the community to utilize life-saving tools … Read more
We are pleased to announce that we have added four new members to the Nebbia Technology team! Alyse Hyatt has joined the team as our new Project Manager, applying her technical background to help drive successful execution across all of Nebbia’s projects. After graduating with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of … Read more
Inc. magazine revealed that New Signature is No. 2,367 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the … Read more
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named New Signature to its 2018 Fast Growth 150 list. The list is CRN’s annual ranking of North America-based technology integrators, solution providers and IT consultants with gross sales of at least $1 million that have experienced significant economic growth over the past two years. The 2018 list is … Read more
Every year, more and more women enter in to the field of technology, but it’s not always easy to follow the dream of innovation from a third-world location. The International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners – Canada (IAMCP) is committed to helping spread the love of innovation across the globe, and New Signature is proud to support their Women … Read more
This week, New Signature, along with Microsoft partners from around the globe, gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada, to celebrate the achievements of the Microsoft partners during the 2018 fiscal year, to envision the new Microsoft year, and to learn and grow together. This year, New Signature is proud to announce that we have had the privilege … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce that we have met the requirements of the newly launched Microsoft Azure Expert MSP Program. As customers move to the public cloud with increasing pace, they need partners with a deep level of cloud expertise and experience to guide them. Inclusion in the Microsoft Azure Expert MSP program is awarded to … Read more
We are proud to announce that New Signature has been named a finalist for Microsoft IMPACT Awards 2018 for the Commercial Enterprise Partner of the Year. The award recognizes an Enterprise partner that has delivered against the evolving needs of their customers and have also taken great strides to not only transform their businesses, but … Read more
We are proud to announce that New Signature has been recognized as finalists in three separate Microsoft Inspire awards including UK Country Partner of the Year, Partner of the Year for Social Impact, and Partner Seller of the Year for Mark Pierce from our Southeast region. This year, Microsoft acknowledged partners in 39 categories celebrating … Read more
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named New Signature to its 2018 Solution Provider 500 list. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers and IT consultants in North America by revenue. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s predominant channel partner award list, serving as the industry standard for recognition of the most successful solution provider companies in the … Read more
As of May 25, 2018, a European privacy law, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will take effect, and even companies that are not headquartered and located in Europe can face the effects of the new regulations. Any company that has a web presence and that markets products on the Internet will also have some adjustments to make in regard to their … Read more
We’re only a few days away from our last workshop in May! Join us on next Wednesday, May 23rd at 9:30 AM for this free, all-day event at Starter Studio in Downtown Orlando. As part of creating your Azure roadmap, it will be important for you to understand how to refactor and rearchitect your applications … Read more
Are you thinking about DevOps and attempting to understand the “lay of the land”? What about Azure or other cloud providers? How does DevOps play into Azure? How do cloud providers stack up against each other. More importantly, how does everything affect you? Undoubtedly, a changing process in your company, a new methodology/philosophy, a new … Read more
One of the developers at a client recently pulled me aside to ask me a fairly simple question: Hey Cliff, how do we grant access to QA to do read-only queries in our Azure DB instance for testing? My natural response was of course a tilt of the head and Why? Creating cloud-first software is … Read more
Growing up with his mother as a nurse, New Signature employee Peter Mackenzie understood clearly the way that blood donations can save lives and how easy it is to make a difference by donating blood on your free time. This, along with Peter’s need for blood on a few occasions from sports injuries, helped him … Read more
We are proud to announce that Esteban Garcia, the Chief Technologist and Founder of Nebbia Technology, has been selected as a Microsoft Regional Director. According to Microsoft this elite program “provides Microsoft leaders with the customer insights and real-world voices it needs to continue empowering developers and IT professionals with the world’s most innovative and … Read more
Nebbia Technology and Microsoft are continuing our App Modernization Series with another workshop in Jacksonville, FL on May 10th and a hands-on Cloud-First Development workshop in Orlando, FL on May 23rd. The Orlando workshop will be an extension of our App Modernization event from February; however, you are free to attend even if you missed … Read more
Recently, some New Signature employees teamed up with one of our area customers to cook up some comfort and support for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald house in Atlanta. Team members in our United States Southeast region who volunteered included Tiffany Satoris, Kristi Dupre, James Leeds, and Brian Dolan. The team cooked up … Read more
Why the combination of our core capabilities make us a great partner for you. My 30 second elevator pitch on Nebbia Technology includes mentioning our three Microsoft Gold Competencies – DevOps, Cloud Platform and Application Development which directly relates to our three core capabilities – DevOps, Azure and cloud first software development. From there … Read more
“What ifs” can turn a mundane idea into something ground-breaking. They spark creativity and give flight to new ideas. And being creative is highly valued these days. In a recent survey, 77% of employees consider it to be the 21st-century job skill.[1] People at the top see it the same way. When asked “What is … Read more
If you’re on the hunt for new insight, or tips and tricks around your Microsoft technologies, considering joining New Signature for one of our free online and in-person learning opportunities. … Read more
Often people think of DevOps as just automation and tools. And, while they are an important part of the solution, they are not the driving force behind implementing DevOps at your organization. DevOps starts with people At its core, DevOps looks to bring people together, helping teams work closer to deliver value faster. This is … Read more
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named New Signature to its 2018 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology suppliers, scaled to their company size. To compile the annual list, The Channel Company’s … Read more
The following article was published by Microsoft Corporation on March 21, 2018 and was written by Kiran Madnani, Principal PM Manager, AIM India. Today, we are announcing the general availability of the next generation of alerts in Azure. With Azure Monitoring Services, you can set up alerts to monitor the metrics and log data for the entire … Read more
DevOps has a great momentum in the industry at this point, as can be seen by the growth of searches of topics related to it. Different from “ALM” and “Agile”, which are very generic terms which makes it difficult to filter out the noise, DevOps is unique and allows a more clear cut picture. Let’s … Read more
You’ve got the greenlight. Your team got the go-ahead to bring a handful of old dependencies up to date as part of your modernization efforts. They’ve all put in plenty of time working hard to make sure the public API wasn’t impacted. Several have even talked to other teams in the company to make sure … Read more
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The managed services space has continued to expand, growing from $145.3 billion in 2016 to $152.45 billion last year, according to MarketsandMarkets, which forecasts managed services to become a $257 billion industry by 2022. With the fast-growing — and fast-changing — MSP landscape in mind, CRN has again assembled the MSP 500, an annual list that recognizes North … Read more
2017 boasted the most blogs published by New Signature to date, and our team is committed to keeping our customers and communities up-to-date with education on all things Microsoft and New Signature-related. We get contributed blogs for all service areas and teams in New Signature. Our core values guide us to be generous and innovative, … Read more
New Signature offers ongoing educational opportunities to help you leverage our expertise to manage your business and drive understanding for all your users. Not only can you take advantage of our free in-person and online events as they come up, but you can also revisit any online content you missed with our new vimeo page dedicated to our on-demand learning content. … Read more
Welcome to 2018! As a new year begins, New Signature has many online and in-person learning opportunities of which to take advantage. Additionally, we have had some of our experts deliver podcast discussions around technology and New Signature service areas. You can check out the podcasts on our blog! Learning On-Demand: As technologies today are … Read more
We always seek to innovate and drive transformation, but not only for our customers’ IT environments. We strive to transform our workplace, the lives of our employees, the way we work and the way we live. We are proud, to say the least, of our culture awards and recognition, but prouder yet of the quality of character we find in our employees and the energizing and positive dynamic we get to experience internally amongst ourselves, and externally as we work with our customers. … Read more
Ten resellers spoke to CRN about which start-ups they believe will be making a mark in the upcoming year. Among them was New Signature UK Founder Dan Scarfe, who is championing for San Jose, California start-up Velostrata, which specializes in cloud migrations. Scarfe states that “Velostrata’s solution is a perfect fit for larger enterprises embarking on … Read more
As your organization moves technology forward, you may be faced with a lot of questions on how to start and the approach that you want to take to modernize your application portfolio. In most cases, coupling your App modernization strategy to the cloud will give you technology options and enable the agility that your organization … Read more
New Signature’s award-winning and Microsoft gold-level Advanced Analytics team is hosting free cloud workshops that will focus on the way IoT technologies can integrate with existing platforms, such as Edge, Dynamics 365, and Azure, and deliver game-changing benefits for your business. Microsoft Cloud Workshops are the closest thing to building your own Azure solution. Our experts will guide attendees through real case studies, architecture … Read more
Winter Park Construction is a Florida-based construction company with a focus on renovating and constructing commercial buildings, multi-family units, student housing builds, hospitality and government buildings. They began a journey to build a connected enterprise and streamline their operations in the most progressive and efficient way possible. Previously, Winter Park had no way of tracking who was on a … Read more
We are proud to announce that we are now a Gold DevOps Microsoft partner. The Gold DevOps competency recognizes our expertise in helping organizations build, manage and continuously release great software and is validated through various exams and customer evidence. What does this mean for you? Moving up from Silver to Gold for the Microsoft … Read more
New Signature has been working this fiscal year to teach our customers all about Paving the Way to the Cloud and every business’s unique journey to the Cloud and operation within the Cloud. This series of free online and in-person learning opportunities is chugging along with more and more information about cloud computing and how … Read more
We are mid-way through the 11th annual SecTor conference in Toronto, Canada. As Canada’s premiere IT security conference, SecTor has built a reputation of bringing together experts from around the world to share their latest research and techniques involving underground threats and corporate defenses. The conference provides an unmatched opportunity for IT professionals and managers … Read more
A DevOps transformation is achieved by making organizational changes across People, Process, and Tools. A big part of the DevOps discussion is the concept of implementing a DevOps culture across organizations. Unfortunately, I often hear it as something that should just happen. “We will take care of the process and tools, you go and focus … Read more
New Signature’s new program Paving the Way to the Cloud continues to guide education around every business’s unique journey to the Cloud and operation within the Cloud. New Signature has developed a series of free online and in-person learning opportunities that allow you to prepare when Paving the Way to the Cloud. No matter the phase you are in, this series will help enhance your understanding … Read more
One of our unified communications consultants at New Signature, Chris Poplawski, has already made headlines for his interactive Christmas lights display at his home in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Now, this festive employee has leveraged Raspberry Pi technologies to create another holiday lights game display, this time with his Holiday Frights. Best viewed at night, the Holiday Frights display is equipped with lights, … Read more
New Signature has been added to many prestigious lists, and now are able to announce that we have also been selected by Channel Redmond Partnersas an IoT Innovator for 2017. CRN’s newest awards program, IoT Innovators, recognizes 22 North American solution providers and systems integrators whose design and implementation of breakthrough solutions place them at … Read more
New Signature offers professional services for businesses of all industries and sizes, and their value for business does not end there. Through our expert consultation and array of managed services offerings, our experts can guide and navigate your business through the planning, build and continued operation of your IT technologies. Consultation is key to a … Read more
Computer Dealer News has named New Signature as their Silver selection for IoT solutions as part of their 2017 Channel Elite Awards, which recognizes IT Solution Providers for their innovation, leadership and commitment to creating business value and game changing solutions for customers. Channel Elite Award medalists and all finalists were recognized at CDN’s Channel Elite Awards Gala … Read more
New Signature and its employees from the Greater Southeast region joined together to help support the annual Swim Across America – Atlanta weekend-long event to help raise money for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Pediatric oncology unit. The event raised over $500K for research into childhood cancer, over $100K over last year’s amount raised. On Thursday … Read more
New Signature has been listed once more as one of Washington D.C.’s 50 fastest growing companies by the Washington Business Journal. The awards’ ceremony will take place on October 19, 2017 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Every year, the Washington Business Journal determines which are the fastest growing companies in the Greater D.C. area, with rankings … Read more
Nebbia Technology will be delivering two workshops in October – the first will be 10/16 in Tampa and the second will be 10/18 in Ft. Lauderdale. This workshop is targeted toward Software Developers, Architects, Change Managers and/or Configuration Managers. The purpose of this workshop is to help customers set up and deploy their first assets … Read more
September is just half way over but has already proven to be a busy month of events. We kicked off this month with the in-person event, Modern Workplace and Security in London, United Kingdom on September 12, followed by Leveraging the Industrial IOT Revolution in Atlanta, GA on September 15. Our webinar for September was … Read more
New Signature prides itself on its culture and core values as a driving force for every customer and employee interaction. But nothing proves that claim quite like the way the New Signature team responded after Hurricane Harvey slammed the Houston area in late August. New Signature has dozens of remote employees working on projects and in home offices across … Read more
Office 365 continues to be an optimized platform for businesses to communicate, collaborate, and innovate, and we have found that it’s typically the first big step that a company can take toward true digital transformation. It provides the newest resources, increased productivity, and streamlined operations all easily accessed from anywhere through Microsoft’s Cloud. Many companies have difficulty … Read more
August has focused on New Signature’s new cloud-readiness program Paving the Way to the Cloud. New Signature has developed a series of free online learning opportunities that allow you to prepare when Paving the Way to the Cloud. No matter the phase you are in, this series will help enhance your understanding of the next steps of your Cloud journey. So far, … Read more
There is enormous potential to cloud computing. The cloud offers more flexibility, accessibility, and scalability with self-service options, all while keeping data secure. Your journey to the cloud begins long before the lifting and shifting of workloads. It begins with outlining a strategic roadmap to ensure your cloud solution is optimized and positioned for long-term … Read more
July had our Washington, D.C. headquarters abuzz with events surrounding the 2017 Microsoft Inspire conference, held in the U.S. capitol. New Signature was proud to bring home the CIE facilitator of the Year award for the third straight year, and to host some events with colleagues and Microsoft thought leaders. Additionally, we hosted an online … Read more
The world of cloud computing is fluid. The Microsoft Cloud comes with almost limitless benefits: scalability, flexibility, and the ability to perform maintenance with almost no cost of interruption to productivity. However, the world of the cloud also brings with it complexity and a fast-paced nature. New features and functionalities are rolled out regularly, and … Read more
Recruitment is important. After all, without a team, there is no company; but with so many open positions and so much to do, sometimes it’s hard to find the right people to bring aboard. If you have ever hired someone or been a part of the hiring process, you’ve probably been here. After an extensive … Read more
The Internet of Things (IoT) is driving companies to revolutionize their business model, value chain, and operations. Digital Twin is a technology that creates a virtual representation of your assets, allowing you to gather a clear picture of your resources. Learning how to combine the benefits of these solutions can result in complete business efficiency. … Read more
As a proud sponsor of the Security Education Conference Toronto (SecTor), New Signature is pleased to announce Canada Director General for National Cyber Security, Colleen Merchant, as this year’s opening keynote speaker. Colleen Merchant has a rich background in science, technology and security. She began her career in 1986 at the Johnson Space Centre, where … Read more
Cloud computing is vital to helping drive efficiencies in your business. Designing, constructing and maintaining your cloud environment well is essential when looking at the Modern Datacenter and is key to Digital Transformation. New Signature has developed a series of free online learning opportunities that allow you to prepare when Paving the Way to the Cloud. No matter the phase you are in, … Read more
At New Signature, we spend our days investing our time, talents, and energies to make successful solutions for our customers. We are humbled at the amazing things our clients say about us, and we are also proud of New Signature internally as a great place to work. The above word cloud is made up of … Read more
Red Pill Or Blue Pill While setting up a new project on Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), you are given a choice. The choice of source control. That choice provides the direction of how your code will be managed. In one hand, you have the blue pill. Team Foundation Version Control, or TFVC for short. … Read more
After 220 kilometers, a New Signature bicycling team pedaled to raise over $40,000 to support cancer research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. The annual event consists of a cycling team marathon that begins in Toronto and ends in Niagara Falls, conquering the distance while helping to raise money for patients to conquer … Read more
Solid access to clinical system was key in the hospitals project to create a virtual dashboard application that has a patient view, clinical view, and a full desktop for medical staff who are in the field working.
Microsoft suggested New Signature to Mid Cheshire Hospitals due to their vast expanse of knowledge around healthcare and cloud-empowered solutions that still provide the utmost in patient privacy and security. … Read more
Welcome to summer! May was a busy month for blogs before the New Signature events team enters a period of planning for new events to drive your learning opportunities and continued education around our solutions. We hosted a number of in-person sessions in May, along with some customer social events! May Webinars: Streamline your Association with … Read more
New Signature experts attended the Internet of Things (IoT) World Conference in May in Santa Clara, California. The event was sponsored by Microsoft, and presented a number of IoT thought leaders, including Senior IT Manager, George Lenhart of The Hershey Company. Lenhart presented a use case at the conference Twizzler Story, specifically on how using … Read more
On Saturday, June 17th, Nebbia Technology will host the first Global DevOps Bootcamp in Orlando. You can register here! Global DevOps Bootcamp is a global event all about DevOps on the Microsoft Stack. During this 1-day event we will join (Microsoft) DevOps communities all around the world to talk, learn and play with DevOps concepts. … Read more
Since it has now been over a week since WannaCry was released, we now have a better understanding of the systems it infected and how it spreads. The Washington Post reported that the most infected system is not the highly publicized Windows XP but is in fact Windows 7, with 67% of the infected … Read more
Hindsight is 20-20. The lessons covered in the previous blog posts related to the May WannaCrypt attack, The Lessons to Take From WannaCrypt and Other Ransonware Attacks, would have been nice. But now it’s too late and you’re dealing with the aftermath of a ransomware attack. Critical data is encrypted and despite all the best intentions and attempts, the backup, or lack thereof, isn’t going to help. Now what? … Read more
There is no shortage of articles out by now on the specifics of WannaCrypt, and how to protect yourself. In short, a ransomware is a growing issue and while WannaCrypt is currently on the front page, it’s certainly not the first nor last of its kind. Put simply, once the ransomware is launched on a … Read more
How does this two time Partner of the Year Award winner prepare for the 2017 Inspire Conference, formerly known as the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC)? This year, the conference returns to Washington, D.C., a home city for New Signature, with the conference epicenter only blocks from New Signature’s US headquarters. Preparations for New Signature officially … Read more
On April 26th, 2017, New Signature’s very own Field Marketing Specialist, Laura Daly, was awarded the prestigious 2017 11th Annual York Region Character Community Award. Laura was selected from an inspiring showcase of 140 nominees from across the York Region. Laura Daly, along with her brother Ryan, founded GetRecD, an organization dedicated to enriching the … Read more
Whether you are a sports fan or not, you know that the teams in Toronto have been flying on a cloud as the Toronto Maple Leafs made it into the playoffs (first time in 13 years) and the Raptors are competing well in their playoffs. Not to mention, that the Toronto Blue Jays have started … Read more
Esteban Garcia along with Heidi Araya, Jens Ostergaard, Curtis Michelson and Steven Granese will be coaching at Agile Orlando’s Coach Blitz on Tuesday, May 9th. Esteban specializes in Agile software development practices and DevOps and will be available throughout the day to answer questions and have discussions on how you can enable automation and software development best practices … Read more
Stories of widescale website outages caused by cloud datacenter failures have been in the news this past month. These outages have led many to lament cloud computing and ponder bringing services back in-house, as if running the websites on their own servers would somehow protect against having just one point of failure. These concerns are not related to … Read more
With the craze over building Single Page Applications (SPAs), companies have joined the movement and hired armies of front-end engineers with/without experience in back-end technologies. These new engineers that have brought about refreshing talent and new ideas to spur the growth. To accommodate the new talent, many of these companies have built what is known as “cross-functional” teams. Simply put, … Read more
Jeff Truman will kick off our first Azure webcast of 2017 on March 16th at 12 PM EST. He will provide a general overview of Azure, show Azure capabilities, provide an intro to the Azure Portal and ARM infrastructure as well as address typical security concerns with the cloud. He will also discuss hybrid … Read more
For being a short month, the New Signature events team had February stacked with in-person learning sessions, webinars, and even a social event for our customers in the Tampa area! One of our most noteworthy events this month was our Digital Transformation Roundtable in Philadelphia. We guided attendees in discovering how to “go digital” with … Read more
New Signature is excited to share the news that we have completed our acquisition Paradigm Systems Ltd, as part of our expansion effort in the United Kingdom. New Signature has been working closely with Paradigm for almost a year on joint projects. Their elite team has deep experience in Azure, Office 365, Windows Server and desktop deployments … Read more
New Signature is committed to putting forth quality thought leadership to the Microsoft and technological community. Contributing blog pieces help us and other to learn and grow, and 2016 was a strong year for the New Signature blogging space. Our staff across departments contribute to our blog to bring helpful knowledge and news updates to … Read more
Wearable tech, machine learning, and predictive analytics may sound like futuristic technologies beyond our grasp. But with the power of IoT (Internet of Things), you can make your business operations come to life and work for you to unveil data and capabilities that move your strategy from reactive to predictive. Why IoT? When the first … Read more
I recently heard that if the rate of change outside of your organization is faster than the rate of change inside your organization you will likely be left behind. I think the same can be said for an individual. I know for a fact that if you told me 8 or 9 years ago that … Read more
Welcome to 2017, and another year of thought leadership and education at New Signature. We are ramping up to continue some of our 2016 webinar series, as well as keep our network up to date with Microsoft updates, such as the new Office 365 and Dynamics 365 developments. Below is an up-to-date list of webinar … Read more
DevOps enables organizations to shorten cycle times, foster collaboration, accelerate feedback loops, optimize resources, and more. To accomplish all of this, we work with organizations to make improvements across people, process, and tools. As part of our customer engagements, one of the items that we focus heavily on is the ability to manage infrastructure as … Read more
As New Signature brings 2016 to a close, we ended strong with learning opportunities and events throughout December. New Signature was also present at some Cloud events, including the NexGen Cloud Conference, where there was standing room only for the New Signature IoT presentation and the Executive IoT Roundtable. January will start 2017 off with … Read more
We are excited to announce our newest team members, Facundo Gauna and Jeff Truman! Facundo is a full-stack Software Developer with emphasis on the .NET stack. He loves AngularJS and Web APIs alike. He has been part of startups and large companies, including Orange Lake Resorts and Disney. He loves exploring different technologies and choosing … Read more
As we near the end of 2016, our events team continues to deliver various opportunities for learning, including webinar-based trainings and in-person events. November also saw a few social events to celebrate our customers’ and colleagues’ successes over the past year. We also saw a new webinar topic on the palette this month with the … Read more
Today, during the Connect(); event, Microsoft announced the availability of their high-fidelity TFS to VSTS migration tool. This tool allows users that are running the latest version of TFS to migrate all of their data into Visual Studio Team Services. Nebbia Technology was involved in migrations using this new tool as part of a Private … Read more
Alongside strong announcements around infrastructure, SharePoint and Office 365, Microsoft Ignite rolled out a number of significant pieces of news around security. Enhancements announced spanned products, including Windows 10, Office 365, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. In this third post rounding up some of the highlights from September’s Microsoft Ignite conference, we’ve pulled out five … Read more
In late September, Microsoft Ignite brought together thousands of Microsoft users in Atlanta to showcase the company’s enterprise products and services. Throughout the five day event, multiple product announcements and feature upgrades were made, many of which will have a great impact on enterprises in terms of usability and functionality. To dig into some of … Read more
Our New Signature events team spent the month of October reaching out to customers with training events both in-person and online, providing quality learning experiences, and enriching our communities. New Signature is dedicated to developing a healthy palette of events, and resurfacing opportunities you may have missed. If you’re interested in signing up for a … Read more
The 10th annual Security Education Conference Toronto (SecTor) is now less one week away, and as a proud sponsor of this year’s conference, we’re excited! For those who have registered, we look forward to welcoming you to this year’s historic event packed with unbelievable speaking talent and the largest IT security vendor expo in Canada. … Read more
Following the 2016 Microsoft Ignite week-long learning and innovation event, New Signature will be packaging the same thought leadership and taking it on the road to New York City’s Times Square, where they will hold the Ignite Roadshow at the Microsoft office, mirroring the same style of workshops, speakers, and experience that you can find … Read more
It’s no secret among businesses that Microsoft Azure is changing the way in which the world does business. Migration to Microsoft’s Cloud using Azure as a centralized platform for your collection of integrated cloud services—analytics, computing, database, mobile, networking, storage, and web—can enable your business to reach its maximum potential, streamline operations, reduce costs. The … Read more
Our New Signature events team is constantly abuzz with new ways to reach new customers, provide quality learning experiences, and enrich our community. New Signature is dedicated to developing a healthy palette of events, both online and in-person, and resurfacing opportunities you may have missed. If you’re interested in signing up for a free webinar, … Read more
Nebbia Technology is pleased to announce our upcoming DevOps Workshops throughout the Southeast. This workshop is all about DevOps integration with Microsoft Azure and streamlining Application Delivery with Visual Studio. This workshop will be targeted toward Architects, Development Managers, Infrastructure Managers, Senior Developers and IT Professionals but all are welcome to attend. The DevOps workshop … Read more
With New Signature as a leading voice in the Internet of Things (IoT) innovation, it’s no wonder that when The Hershey Company was seeking a Microsoft Partner to apply IoT technologies to their production process, they came to New Signature. By connecting their existing equipment to the Internet of Things, New Signature has positioned Hershey … Read more
For the past 16 years, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) has run a campaign to raise funds for the United Way of Greater Toronto to support the community and related social services in the region. This year, New Signature joined forces with HOOPP and supported a Casino Night event for the HOOPP United Way Fundraising … Read more
We are excited to announce that Esteban Garcia will be doing a Redgate DLM Workshop on October 6th as a Pre-Event Training Session for SQL Saturday #564. The Redgate DLM Workshop will take place at Nova Southeastern University in Orlando and SQL Saturday is the following Saturday, October 8th, at Seminole State College in Sanford. … Read more
Esteban Garcia along with Mark Kilby, Jens Ostergaard, Curtis Michelson and Steven Granese will be coaching at Agile Orlando’s Coach Blitz in early 2017. Esteban specializes in Agile software development practices and DevOps and will be available throughout the day to answer questions and have discussions on how you can enable automation and software development best practices … Read more
We are excited to announce that Esteban Garcia will be doing a Redgate DLM Workshop on October 6th as a Pre-Event Training Session for SQL Saturday #564. The Redgate DLM Workshop will take place at Nova Southeastern University in Orlando and SQL Saturday is the following Saturday, October 8th, at Seminole State College in Sanford. … Read more
We are excited to announce that Jared Porcenaluk has joined Nebbia Technology as a Software Developer. Jared is a full-stack Software Developer with a focus in the .NET stack. He has worked on everything from HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to C# and SQL. He’s worked on projects for the Newseum, the Smithsonian, and Children’s National … Read more
The public cloud is revolutionizing business every day, but its ever-changing landscape can present a challenge to busy corporations. Focused on growing their enterprise, they expect their IT systems to stay in perfect working order. However, there are many components involved, both in the public cloud and on the customer’s own datacenter infrastructure; and the … Read more
TORONTO, July, 2016 – The team behind Security Education Conference Toronto (SecTor) is excited to announce the first-round of speakers set to take the stage at SecTor this October. In a year that also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the conference, cyberwar veteran and Chief Research Officer of F-Secure, Mikko Hypponen returns to keynote SecTor … Read more
Microsoft’s public cloud provides the opportunity to transform the way we work today. Microsoft’s Office 365, Azure, Dynamics 365 and Enterprise Mobility + Security can globally connect us and improve how we collaborate and use data. These cloud platforms offer customers the opportunity to become more agile in operations and create new customer experiences. It has … Read more
In May, New Signature announced the acquisition of Dot Net Solutions, the 2014 UK Microsoft Partner of the Year. Today we continue the evolution of our organization as Dot Net transitions to the New Signature brand. In joining together under one brand, we can fully realize the benefits of this exceptionally talented team and leverage … Read more
In addition to ALM/DevOps Consulting, Azure Consulting, Custom Development and Product Development, Nebbia Technology also has a variety of training courses available. The three training courses currently listed on our site include Visual Studio Team Services, Test-Driven Development with Visual Studio and Microsoft Test Manager. We also have the ability to create customized training for … Read more
Nebbia Technology Founder and Chief Technologist, Esteban Garcia, has received the 2016 Microsoft MVP Award for his contributions in the Visual Studio and Development Technologies technical communities during the past year. This is the fifth year that Esteban has received the Microsoft MVP Award and he first received the Microsoft MVP Award in 2012. Microsoft … Read more
Microsoft announced on Monday that New Signature has been named as a finalist in three categories for the IMPACT Awards, with the winners set to be announced during the Canadian Keynote & Awards on July 10 at the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto as part of the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). The IMPACT Awards are … Read more
The Internet of Things (IoT) business is growing rapidly, and is expected to continue exponentially in years to come. New Signature is at the forefront of developing technology in this area. Redmond Channel Partner, a Microsoft-partner publication has listed New Signature as the first in a line-up of Microsoft partners who offer a leading voice … Read more
With hundreds of thousands of Microsoft partners worldwide, and somewhere around 100,000 in the United States, it can be difficult for customers to figure out who are the best, but today the Redmond Channel Partner Magazine has made this task a bit easier. The Redmond Channel Partner magazine has published its first-ever list of the top 200 Microsoft … Read more
New Signature would like to express our sincerest congratulations to Catapult Systems for their 2016 Microsoft United States Partner of the Year achievement! The award was announced May 31, as a precursor to the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to be held July 10-14 in Toronto, Canada. Catapult has proven to be a strong Microsoft … Read more
One of our goals at New Signature is to anticipate and respond to our clients’ needs. So if you were just thinking that it would be great to have a tool to organize and manage all your Azure spreadsheets, we have you covered. The New Signature Cloud Management Portal (CMP) for Microsoft Azure is your … Read more
In June 2015 Microsoft announced their plan to locally host Microsoft Cloud services in Canada and today they’ve delivered on that promise. I am excited to announce that the Microsoft Cloud is now officially open to power even more Canadian businesses! The launch of Microsoft datacentres in Canada is a historic event. It marks the … Read more
New Signature, announced today that it has acquired the 2014 Microsoft United Kingdom Partner of the Year, Dot Net Solutions. New Signature, the 2014 and 2015 Microsoft US Partner of the Year, is immediately following its acquisition with an investment into Dot Net as the platform upon which to build the leading Microsoft Partner in … Read more
In my role as the Human Resources leader at New Signature, I am fortunate to be involved in recruiting and working closely with our talented team of people. I love the fact that New Signature is a people-first organization that thrives on the challenges, opportunities and fascinating potential of technology. It’s our people who drive … Read more
The ability to move key IT scenarios to the cloud is at the core of many digital business transformation projects. Technology aspects such as enterprise-class security and legacy system integration are not the only factors in the decision-making process; business or political factors such as data residency, compliance or governance can play a critical role … Read more
We are excited to announce that Esteban Garcia will be doing a Redgate DLM Workshop the Friday before SQL Saturday #524 South Florida at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. As a Redgate Certified Partner, we are looking forward to delivering this DLM workshop on Database Continuous Integration. If you are ready to do … Read more
SharePoint Fest DC declares New Signature as a platinum sponsor of this annual technology conference that will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center April 27-29th, 2016. Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 06, 2016 SharePoint Fest DC 2016 to have New Signature not only sponsor this annual technology conference at a platinum level, but … Read more
Congratulations to New Signature’s Executive Vice President, Vicki Thomson, for being named to the Human Resource Directory’s Hot List 2016. Under Vicki’s leadership, New Signature’s HR department as grown the organization substantial through organic growth and successfully guided our team members through a busy year of investment activity. Vicki’s passion for leading our team shines … Read more
Microsoft announced last week that they are greatly expanding the features and functionality of their CRM product to incorporate not only field service functions but also project services capabilities, giving customers a true “one-stop spot to shop.” For professional services organizations like New Signature, the ability to have a single system for recording time and tasks, … Read more
The significance of mobile devices in our personal and business life is illustrated with statements like this – There are more mobile devices in the world than people. The ubiquity of mobile devices and the demands from customers for instant access to information is disrupting every industry. This proliferation of consumer technologies and features available … Read more
Nebbia Technology’s very own Esteban Garcia will be hosting the first of many Azure DevOps webcasts on Friday, March 11th at 12 PM EST. Migrating to Azure enables teams to take advantage of great automation functionality that will reduce the time that it takes you to deliver your applications. This session will show you how … Read more
New Signature’s CTO Reed Wiedower was featured on the Microsoft Dynamics Blog in discussing our growing business and how Dynamics plays a pivotal role in our future. Microsoft has been featuring partner stories on their blog and New Signature is proud to be part of this series. Check out the link below to read the … Read more
Nebbia Technology is pleased to announce our new partnership with Redgate! Redgate has recognized Nebbia Technology as experts in ALM and this partnership will allow us to expand the training we offer clients to include DLM workshops. You can select a one day training or arrange a series of trainings if you would like to … Read more
We are excited to announce that Chelsea Coster has joined us as our Director of Sales and Operations! Chelsea brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the technology industry and will help us expand our customer base and work closely with our existing clients to continue delivering great solutions. Chelsea is very engaged with … Read more
The Hybrid Cloud Just Got More “Azurey” Have you heard the news? Azure Stack is coming! That’s right, Microsoft has announced the planned Technical Preview release of Azure Stack. Adin Ermie, Senior Consultant at New Signature, posted an article called The Cloud Is Falling (Into Your Datacenter)! The Hybrid Cloud Just Got More “Azurey” that provides the … Read more
On Tuesday, December 15th, Nebbia Technology will host a Visual Studio 2015 Launch event at the Microsoft office in Birmingham, Alabama! You are personally invited to join us in our celebration of the launch of Visual Studio 2015! To celebrate we are hosting an educational event that will provide you with an opportunity to … Read more
Today marks a new beginning for the InfraScience team! New Signature, a leading North American Microsoft Consultancy, acquired InfraScience. Together, we have the opportunity to extend our expertise, offerings and geographies to better serve our clients and partners. Since our founding, InfraScience has continually provided an experience which delights our clients and delivers value from their … Read more
Washington D.C – December 1, 2015 – New Signature, the 2015 Microsoft US Partner of the Year, announced today that it has acquired Atlanta-based Microsoft Partner, InfraScience. This acquisition will act as the springboard for New Signature to better serve customers headquartered in the Greater Southeast and deliver expanded services to all of the company’s … Read more
Microsoft and New Signature (formerly CMS Consulting) would like to help transform your IT Pro into an Azure Hero through our CloudLab training series! Your IT staff works hard to keep your company running smoothly – reward their dedication with a FREE workshop on the latest cloud technology! Participants will learn what they need to … Read more
Originally posted at imason.com It isn’t every day that I get to share this! I am merging imason into New Signature, a leading North American Microsoft consultancy. Together we deliver capability across the entire Microsoft solution stack. I’ve written about how quickly Microsoft is innovating on their platform, and how the breadth of their offering … Read more
Washington, D.C and Toronto, Ontario – November 2, 2015 – New Signature, the 2015 Microsoft US Partner of the Year, announced today that it has acquired Microsoft application development leader imason inc. By adding imason’s team of experts, New Signature has strengthened its capability to deliver across the complete Microsoft stack—from core infrastructure to custom … Read more
On Monday, September 21st, the New Signature team hit the links alongside Microsoft and Canada’s banking community. The Banker’s Cup is an annual golf tournament held at the Diamondback Golf Club in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The event brings out some of the biggest banks in Canada to compete for the Banker’s Cup. This year’s winner … Read more
Nebbia Technology is now a Microsoft Certified Partner in the competencies of Application Lifecycle Management and Cloud Platform! Microsoft Partners are certified for their deep knowledge of our products and services. Nebbia Technology’s team has achieved certifications and customer references that show that we are experts in the Application Lifecycle Management and Azure. We blend … Read more
New Signature is strongly represented at the 2015 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando this week. In addition to many of our executives presenting and participating in panel discussions, a team from Microsoft also shot a video for a session on how to capitalize on the accelerating growth of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. New Signature, the … Read more
After months of planning, scheduling, and rehearsing the New Signature team is excited to head out this weekend to Orlando, Florida to attend and speak at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). This conference is the key place to hear from Microsoft leadership about the vision, innovation, and strategy that has been laid out for … Read more
This is post originated on the TechNet Blog on June 8, 2015 by Diane Golshan. It was so exciting when the US Partner Team received our list of winners and finalists for this year’s Partner of Year Awards a couple of weeks ago. Twenty US partners won 22 of the 43 available awards, and many other … Read more
Microsoft’s bet on Delve is starting to pay off for customers by bringing a unique approach to social connections and collaboration. Imagine you are the new guy in the office. You don’t know anyone or what the team is working on and you need to get up to speed for the next team meeting in two … Read more
At the start of May I attended the Microsoft Ignite conference in Chicago and observed some key things that I wanted to share. Microsoft is a very different company today than what they’ve been in the past and it is important to understand how they’ve changed and why it should matter to you. Microsoft is … Read more
Microsoft hosted 23,000 IT professionals in Chicago May 4th – 8th, and imason sent 9 people. According to my Microsoft Band, I walked 37km in five days! Here is a summary of the key themes I saw. … Read more
Starting today, CMS Consulting and Infrastructure Guardian (IG) are part of New Signature, the 2014 Microsoft US Partner of the Year. I am staying on as President of New Signature Canada, and so is the rest of the executive team. I couldn’t be more excited about the deal, and how it will help our customers … Read more
Six weeks ago I joined New Signature as CEO with the promise to grow our business by expanding our capabilities to deliver an even broader and better experience to our customers. This week we took a major step ahead in our mission to make New Signature the premier partner for Microsoft customers in North America by announcing the acquisition of Toronto-based companies CMS Consulting and Infrastructure Guardian.
Six weeks ago I joined New Signature as CEO with the promise to grow our business by expanding our capabilities to deliver an even broader and better experience to our customers. This week we took a major step ahead in our mission to make New Signature the premier partner for Microsoft customers in North America … Read more
New Signature, the 2014 Microsoft US Partner of the Year, announced today that it has acquired CMS Consulting Inc. and Infrastructure Guardian, both based in Toronto, Ontario. By adding Canadian operations with deep technology expertise in Microsoft Azure and cloud infrastructure solutions, New Signature continues its aggressive strategic expansion of capabilities and market coverage as … Read more
New Signature, the 2014 US Microsoft Partner of the Year, was selected to be part of an elite group of partners — Microsoft’s Skype for Business Launch Partner. Microsoft said, “These elite launch partners are global system integrators with the highest level of experience, training and commitment to the Skype for Business platform, and able to deliver on … Read more
We are very excited to welcome the newest member of the Nebbia team: Breck Maass. As Nebbia Technology grows to serve our clients, we were looking for someone as excited about technology and committed to the local developer community as we are, and we found him! Breck comes to us with a lot of experience … Read more
Earlier this month, Microsoft unleashed the next generation of communication tools with Skype for Business. The new user interface is out for Windows desktops and next month we’ll see the launch of the new server product (Skype for Business Server 2015) as well as the re-brand of the Online Service to Skype for Business Online. With … Read more
Why am I excited to be here? It’s simple. I love the evolution of technology. The number of technology innovations in business in the past 20 years has been simply astounding. In the late 1980s and early 1990s I would write college papers in a computer lab or on a word processor (remember those?). We … Read more
New Signature, the 2014 Microsoft United States Partner of the Year, announced today it has secured an initial funding commitment of $35 million from Columbia Capital. The investment will be used to fuel expansion of the company’s capabilities and market coverage—with a focus on Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online. The company also announced … Read more
The old adage ”garbage in, garbage out” is as relevant in today’s Big Data world as ever. For this reason, many organizations that are looking to move up the business intelligence maturity model are articificially being held back from true business insights. To begin with, let’s talk about the standard analytics spectrum, as defined by … Read more
Back in November, Microsoft announced that the next version of Lync will become Skype for Business. Delivering technology that helps people connect–to discuss, share and collaborate–is core to Microsoft’s mission to reinvent productivity, and Skype for Business is central to those efforts. Starting on April 14th, Microsoft will begin rolling out the Skype for Business … Read more
Over the past ten, fifty or even two-hundred years, there has been a sea change in how firms have marketed to their customers. Most of this change has been driven by the prevalence of information in the marketplace, where sales channels have existed to drive up consumption and where individuals could go to obtain “the truth” about … Read more
In the past, Microsoft encompassed a huge variety of different software platforms each targeting a different set of potential customers, partners, sales channels, industries and market segments. This natural segmentation was further exacerbated by acquisitions they’d made over the years, creating autonomous business units within the same company, much like many large enterprises. Several years … Read more
I’m back from Microsoft Convergence, the Dynamics conference Microsoft hosts for its customers and partners of the complete suite of Dynamics products. That includes a Dynamics CRM and set of ERP products like Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, and SL. The conference really drove home for me how I think technology competition will change in the … Read more
Is your company looking to roll-out Office 365? Do you know what you are hoping to achieve by moving to the cloud? What is your company’s experience with planning and implementing these types of initiatives? What has to happen this time around in order to hit a home run? Simply put, how will you know if it … Read more
Nebbia Technology is now a BizSpark Network Partner! Startups: Get FREE Microsoft Azure cloud services The BizSpark Program is a global program designed to accelerate the success of early stage Startups by connecting them to Network Partners: active members of the global software ecosystem who can provide mentorship, guidance and resources to BizSpark Startups. BizSpark … Read more
2014 has been a great year for imason – lots of innovation in the work we do, many new members of our team, great new customers and partnerships and a deepening of our relationships with our existing customers and partners. But, it’s not all about us. With all these good things happening for us as … Read more
On Thursday, December 11th, Nebbia Technology participated in Orlando’s first city-wide Hour of Code event. The Hour of Code program, which engages participants from all over the world, features game-like, self-directed tutorials from notable figures. Celebrity teachers include Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Angry Birds, and Plants vs. Zombies. Through the lessons, children learn basic concepts … Read more
Join Nebbia Technology’s Chief Technologist, Esteban Garcia, at this Thursday’s Azure Cloud DevCamp event at Microsoft’s Tampa office. Esteban will cover Data (SQL, Blob, Big Data w/ HD Insight). Come and learn how to leverage the cloud for all your data needs and much more! Learn how to build and move apps to the cloud … Read more
TechEd Europe 2014 has seen some amazing service update releases for the Azure platform. Here’s a quick synopsis of some of the really exciting Azure Networking news that came out of TechEd Europe last week: New Azure ExpressRoute Partners Europe – Colt Technology Asia – Tata Communications Australia – Telstra Cross-Subscription ExpressRoute Sharing Sharing of … Read more
This Wednesday, October 29th, Nebbia’s Esteban Garcia and fellow Azure experts will be presenting at the Microsoft Cloud Dev Camp event held at the Microsoft office in Ft. Lauderdale. This is a free all-day event, make sure you sign up and join us! Learn how to build and move apps to the cloud using the new … Read more
Nebbia Technology is officially open for business and ready to partner with you. We are a Microsoft-focused software company based in Orlando. FL. We are Application Lifecycle Management experts and can help you and your team assess and improve your processes and get the most out of your development toolset. We offer ALM Assessments, TFS … Read more
Today, Microsoft announced the next version of Windows, Windows 9 Windows 10. I would say they announced the successor to Windows 8.1, but it seems to be more than that; it sounds like Windows 10 will also be the next phone OS coming out of Redmond as well. One of the first major takeaways from … Read more
If you are like most Microsoft Dynamics CRM partners you have probably leveraged the 30-day Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online trial to demonstrate to prospective customers: How easy it is to get started with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online How much functionality Microsoft Dynamics CRM has right out of the box and How quickly the platform can … Read more
Wednesday evening I had the privilege of attending the Helios HR reception for award finalists at 2941 restaurant in Virginia. Receptions including cocktails and appetizers should be fun and it was quite fun until I went to get my car from the valet. I lined up with the other guests, not worried that the line … Read more
The imason team is honoured to receive the Sitrion Partner of the Year Award, presented at Collective 2014 in Orlando this month. I’m thrilled to be sharing this news with our customers and partners. This award is a recognition of the mutual hard work and dedication that both imason and Sitrion have invested in our … Read more
May and June are exciting months for imason. We will be hosting and presenting at various events in Toronto and online. imason is hosting a Microsoft Azure Bootcamp on May 30, as well as an interactive webinar on social collaboration on June 23rd. Jeff Dunmall, imason’s President, will be a speaker at the 4th Annual … Read more
There is no true way at this time to use Feature Stapling with SharePoint Online, which would let you customize the default template and solution for new site collections, including My Sites, but there are some workarounds we can use to get close to the same functionality. Below I’ve outlined a few use cases which … Read more
Great news for all you Office 365 users, as OneDrive for Business just got a whole lot better (or bigger I should say). Microsoft just announced that they will be increasing the storage available to each user from 25GB to 1TB. This is not the amount of storage you can add mind you, it’s the … Read more
In the light of the recent news about the Heartbleed vulnerability on the Internet there has been much discussion about changing passwords. While it is hard to assess the risk presented to each person by Heartbleed, there is no harm in changing your passwords for the services and sites you use on the web – these … Read more
I’ve written before about modern apps in Windows 8. They tend to all share some common traits: Touch-capable and size agnostic (to run on multiple size form factors) Store curated (to reduce malware) Enabled roaming by default (to speed transitioning between devices) Architecturally independent (to run on phones or tablets) Updated 24/7 (to ensure feature parity … Read more
We’ve posted before on this blog about the benefits of the Microsoft Azure online backup service (/blog/2013/11/14/windows-azure-backups) and how to configure it (/blog/2014/03/06/data-protection-manager-and-windows-azure-online-backups). The great news is that Microsoft has just made the service even more attractive with a big price reduction. The rate for pay-as-you-go online storage is now $0.28 per GB per month, and … Read more
When many customers hear the term “Dev/Ops” for the first time, or “Automation”, they tend to tune out, or imagine a cubicle farm filled with developers grinding away in front of black screens with tiny green lines of text on them. For those of us in the automation field, it’s been a self-reinforcing problem: marketers … Read more
Are you currently scratching your head wondering what Yammer is or what it’s useful for? You’re not alone. Yammer is the latest addition to the Office 365 stack. It’s currently available to all Office 365 Enterprise customers, as well as, a stand-alone paid or free online service. But what is it? And more importantly why … Read more
Over the past several years, there has been a marked shift in the way companies improve their sales and reach new customers. To use an example from this morning, I was perusing twitter on my Windows Phone when I noticed a tweet from an individual whom I respect professionally about a new 4k projector system. What … Read more
New Signature recently completed extensive discovery and custom development and design work for United States Senator Harry Reid. The new site is one of the few fully responsive congressional websites. Upon visiting the website users will see an updated logo, created exclusively for the Senate Majority Leader. Just under the primary site navigation (About, Issues … Read more
Operation Free, an initiative of the Truman National Security Project and the Center for National Policy, is “a coalition of veterans and national security experts who believe oil dependence and climate change pose threats to our national security.” They advocate for securing America with clean energy. About 3 months ago, Operation Free awarded New Signature … Read more
As workforces become increasingly mobile, ‘enterprise mobile’ has become an important topic for forward-thinking organizations. Today, mobile devices are generally only used at work for email, calendar scheduling and keeping track of your contacts – and even that workload is a significant challenge. Occasionally, some organizations enable enterprise social capability through tools like Yammer and … Read more
Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, has always been a challenging undertaking for webmasters and content managers alike. There are technical considerations along with general content generation and publishing concerns. Both black-hat and white-hat strategies have varying levels of success and underlying ethical concerns have been presented over the last 15 years. However, there is and … Read more
Windows Intune Managed Software allows for installation and uninstallation of MSI and EXE packages. However, some applications rely on scripts to uninstall that don’t allow for silent options. Windows Intune doesn’t support (at this time) deployment of basic scripts like .bat files that can be used to work around that problem. As a result, there are software … Read more
Microsoft’s latest cloud solution, Windows Azure, is a marvelous new service for any organization or company that utilizes co-location facilities or datacenters. With Windows Azure, you can create an entire virtual network infrastructure in the cloud. But the bonus is the ability to interconnect that virtual network infrastructure with your existing on-premise network, making co-location … Read more
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter… The list goes on. There can be no denying the fact that social networking is a huge part of our lives these days. Wading through the sea of social networking sites can be daunting for some. Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has been attributed with something people are now calling “Zuckerberg’s Law of … Read more
New Signature is pleased to announce the launch of Ask Herzl.com. Ask Herzl, a project of the Israel on Campus Coalition, is a central hub for ready-to-run Israel programming, a venue to share best practices in the form of How-To Guides, and a place to search for the right speakers for your events. It also connects … Read more
So who was Theodor Herzl anyways? That was just one aspect of who we tried to convey, as we executed the design of the Ask Herzl website with fresh new goggles. We approached Israel on Campus’ goal of building an online community for Israel activists, with the uncommon in mind. In search of a meaningful … Read more
New Signature is happy to announce the redesign of the AAAS MemberCentral home page! A resource for members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, MemberCentral disseminates information through an extensive array of blogs, videos, podcasts, and webinars. It’s a vibrant, active community and an excellent resource for keeping abreast of new scientific … Read more
Your eyes begin to glaze over as the one-thousandth slide about [insert industry buzz word] flashes on the screen. The other members of the panel and your fellow conference goers are equally bored to tears, except for the “live-twitterfacebooking” guy in the back who is feverously typing away on his mobile device. You think to … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce the launch of the Alliance for Broadband Competition, a site dedicated to raising public awareness about the state of future competition in the wireless and video industry. When Verizon Wireless agreed to purchase SpectrumCo – a group of cable companies that includes Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks … Read more
New Signature is excited to announce the Lowy Institute website redesign launch. Ranked as Australia’s top think tank, the Institute provides high-quality research and distinctive perspectives on the trends shaping Australia and the world and fresh policy options on these questions. The Lowy Institute commissioned New Signature to create a website design that reflects their global reach. Our … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce another contribution to the Drupal community: addressfield_tokens. This module was designed to enhance the addressfield module by adding useful tokens and field formatters for addresses. It also integrates into webforms to provide address blocks on configurable survey forms. Challenges with addressfield The addressfield module provides an extremely useful field … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce our latest contributions to the Drupal community: Smart Trim and Facebook Boxes. Both are freely-available modules for Drupal 7 that implement very specific functionalities. Smart Trim implements a new field formatter for textfields that improves upon Drupal’s core “summary or trimmed” format. After installing and enabling Smart Trim, you … Read more
New Signature is excited to announce the launch of the new Working America website. We worked with the team at Working America through a discovery phase (that we call Phase Zero) that resulted in both strategic and tactical recommendations. Out of this discovery came an improved Information Architecture and a goals based improved visual design … Read more
New Signature is excited to announce the launch of the new Stanford Center for Internety and Society website. A part of Stanford Law School, the CIS was founded in 2000 by Lawrence Lessig and brings together brilliant thinkers to examine the interaction of new technologies and the law. The new website replaces a previous Drupal-powered site … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce the launch of the National Archives Transcription Pilot Program. New Signature teamed up with Viderity to provide strategic consulting, design and implementation of this new system that was developed for NARA – the National Archives and Records Administration. Developed primary during a one-month development sprint, this application allows users … Read more
New Signature is excited to announce the launch of the newly designed Equality Michigan website. The website features a complete overhaul of the design, content organization and information architecture and overall user experience and styling. The website incorporates a robust Take Action section that puts supporters in touch with various officials and law makers as … Read more
The League of Women Voters has launched a new website that was designed and built by New Signature’s experts. The website is built on the Drupal publishing platform and is built to provide a platform that energizes the League’s efforts in regards to educating voters, registering voters, improving elections and improving government. The website offers … Read more
The Trade Adjustment Assistance website launched today to help workers start a new chapter. New Signature designed and built this online resource to help explain and promote the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. The project was spearheaded by the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute in collaboration with a number of other partners. The project was funded by … Read more
New Signature teamed up with Working America to design and launch the “Nine Demands of the 99%” petition website. The web application collects petition signatures from public supporters for the 99% movement going on across the country right now. The application supports co-branded partner pages so that petitions and content management. As of now, Working … Read more
New Signature teamed up with long time client Inside Higher Ed to launch the third major iteration of this highly popular online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education. The New Signature team collaborated closely with the Inside Higher Ed team to migrate the website from its eZ Publish platform to … Read more
Today, the new website for Mobile Commons — designed and built by New Signature — launched. We worked closely with Mobile Commons to update their brand and develop a new site architecture that would make it easier for potential clients to quickly understand what the Mobile Commons platform is — and what the benefits of using … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce a new website launch for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We worked with the team at Americans United from discovery through launch for this new website. The website explores the issues surrounding Church and State Separation and is positioned to be both informational and action oriented. … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce a new website launch for Digital Learning Now!. We worked with the team at Digital Learning Now to plan, design and implement this new website for the organization. The website outlines their vision for the classroom of the future, incorporating Digital Learning and utilizing technology to better student engagement. … Read more
Women for Women International has launched the organization’s Fall Match campaign. New Signature worked with Women for Women International to produce this compelling fundraising campaign for fall 2011, whereby member donations will be matched by a generous group of supporters. Women for Women International works in helping women in war-torn countries rebuild their lives both … Read more
The fight for gay marriage legislation that passed in New York State a couple weeks back had a little bit of help from software that New Signature developed. New Signature’s C2C Jalapeno client Friendfactor was instrumental in helping pass this legislation through a sophisticated and powerful strategy that utilized our powerful click to call … Read more
New Signature teamed with the Glen Echo Group on the Gig.U website. New Signature designed the logo and website for Gig.U and built the website on the WordPress publishing platform. The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, or Gig.U, is a broad-based group of almost 30 leading research universities from across the United States. Drawing … Read more
Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, today relaunched its “My Bad Boss Contest,” once again looking for the worst of the worst in bad bossdom. New Signature created the visual identity and design, illustration, style guide and performed the HTML/CSS cutup for Working America’s new iteration of this wildly popular website. Working America’s … Read more
New Signature worked collaboratively with the AFL-CIO to visualize the “Collective Bargaining. Real People. Real Impact.” Campaign Website. The New Signature team then created the compelling visual design and user interface. We then built the website using the powerful and flexible WordPress publishing platform. The website features three videos produced by the AFL-CIO and Laughing … Read more
**Update: Check out our new post: Drupal 7 Commerce in action for ioby.org** New Signature worked with ioby to design and build a new social microfunding web service that connects people and money to site-based environmental projects. All of the projects funded through ioby are conceived, designed, and run by neighbors—which ensures community buy-in, long-term caretakers … Read more
New Signature designed and built the new website for Protocol Staffing Services–a division of Occasions Caterers, one of Washington’s premier catering companies. The creative and unique website matches this unique company that is recognized for creativity and flawless execution. For over twenty years, Protocol Staffing Services has been behind the scenes of Washington DC’s most … Read more
The Down Syndrome Network of Montgomery County (DSNMC) have unveiled a new logo and website–both designed by New Signature. New Signature provided branding expertise to the DSNMC and re-envisioned the organization’s brand by creating a new logo and brand guidelines. New Signature also conceived and built a new website that helps the Down Syndrome Network … Read more
New Signature teamed up with HeadCount, Calling all Crows, State Radio and Rogue Global Solutions to create the “Take Action for Troy Davis” activism website. The website features multiple actions that supporters can take to show their support of Troy Davis, and upon taking action, enables them to download previously-unreleased tracks from the band State … Read more
Working America, community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, launched the I Am Working America campaign website today. New Signature provided strategic recommendations, helped develop the campaign concept, then worked to design and produce the website. The site is powered by the Drupal publishing platform, and is supported by the JQuery JavaScript library and utilizes HTML5 and … Read more
New Signature has launched a redesigned Science Japan website using the the Drupal content management system for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Science Japan is the Japanese language website for AAAS’ publications: Science Magazine, Science Signaling and Science Translational Medicine. New Signature worked with American and Japanese stakeholders to define the … Read more
New Signature worked with Food & Water Watch to re-envision their Factory Farm Map website. The Factory Farm Map website compellingly illustrates something that people in rural America have known for a long time: family farms are being replaced by factory farms, and these facilities are overwhelming some regions of the country. The focal point … Read more
New Signature worked with Oceana to design, build and launch the updated Adopt-A-Creature section of their website. Using the website you can adopt a creature (such as a shark, dolphin, sea turtle, octopus, or penguin) for yourself or for a loved one. Your donation will help Oceana’s work to protect these creatures and their habitats. … Read more
New Signature has launched the World Almanac of Islamism website for the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC). New Signature worked with AFPC from concept, through visual design, build and launch. The website combines the Drupal content management system and Adobe Flash to deliver uncompromised interactivity, and a rich and immersive user experience. The American Foreign … Read more
AAAS has launched MemberCentral, an exclusive website for AAAS members. MemberCentral is dedicated to highlighting AAAS activities and fostering community among our members. To support these goals, the site features original content presented as webinars, videos, podcasts, blogs, and more. AAAS selected New Signature to provide strategy and execute on this important project. New Signature … Read more
New Signature has launched the SNCF America website. New Signature built the website for the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français–the French National Railway–to provide the company with an online presence focused on providing a US-based audience with transparent information about the group. For example, the website describes SNCF’s efforts to create a world-class … Read more
Working closely with the communications team at the Alliance for American Manufacturing (“AAM”), New Signature developed and launched a state-of-the-art online communications platform to support AAM in its mission to strengthen manufacturing in the United States. The site allows the prolific staff at AAM to publish a broad variety of content including news articles and … Read more
New Signature’s Click-to-Call Jalapeno app for DIA Salsa makes it easy for your supporters to use the power of their voice to advocate for change. The app connects your supporters directly to their legislators via phone and the actions stored in Salsa. We have been excited to have a bunch of organizations already using C2C … Read more
Posted on the “Salsa Scoop” Blog on Sunday Aug 22 2010 @ 12:17:54 EDT. It’s the “Salsa Weekly Highlight,” your quick hit on what’s new in Salsa to help get the most out of your online program. As always, you can find plenty more news, updates, and conversation throughout the week on SalsaCommons.org. Ready to … Read more
New Signature launched the Primary Care Progress website today. New Signature worked with Primary Care Progress to design and build of the website that will help transform America’s healthcare system by providing an online community platform where patients, clinicians and trainees can learn, share, connect, promote, and be inspired. New Signature utilized the … Read more
New Signature has released WP Jalapeno–a free WordPress plugin–that allows you to directly embed DIA Salsa action forms into WordPress websites (we will be releasing a Drupal module shortly). This plugin provides nonprofit organizations with the ability to embed attractive DIA Salsa Action forms directly on their websites. This provides great control, greater relevancy and … Read more
New Signature Labs released the WordPress Easy Post Types plugin today. This plugin allows publishers to easily build complex websites using WordPress 3.0. The Easy Post Types plugin extends WordPress and provides a GUI interface that combines and leverages the power of custom post types, custom taxonomies, and meta tags. Publishers don’t have to hack … Read more
Food & Water Watch launched a massive campaign today to shut down BP Atlantis, an oil platform in the Gulf that is missing 89% of its engineer-approved safety documents. This campaign is driven online by the Spill the Truth website. Food & Water Watch turned to New Signature to conceptualize, design and develop the Spill … Read more
New Signature launched websites for sister restaurants Bar Pilar and Cafe Saint-Ex. There is no denying that both neighborhood restaurants are popular Washington, D.C. establishments. In fact, Bar Pilar is nominated for the best Neighborhood Gathering Place of the Year in the 2010 RAMMYS. Cafe Saint-Ex has been described on Yelp as “France to … Read more
The Campaign For Consumer Rights turned to New Signature to design and build their Stop Prop 17 campaign website. This website will serve as the online platform for the organization’s ballot initiative campaign urging Californians to vote no to Proposition 17. The website is built using the WordPress Content Management System to provide Campaign For … Read more
New Signature officially unveiled three new services that help organizations keep their websites safe, secure and running optimally. CMS Defend. New Signature regularly updates your website’s Drupal or WordPress Content Management System software. Patches for the Drupal and WordPress CMS software are regularly released by the open-source community. These patches contain features, performance, security and … Read more
New Signature Labs is pleased to announce the release of the jCoverflip widget. jCoverflip is a jQuery cover flow widget that allows website administrators to present featured website content in a visually appealing manner. The widget is quick setup and is highly configurable, and can run as a Drupal Module or standalone. jCoverflip enables quick, … Read more
New Signature Labs is pleased to announce the release of the Drupal Most Popular contributed module for the Drupal publish platform. New Signature Labs developed the Drupal Most Popular module to give website administrators and maintainers a turn-key solution for creatively and effectively showcasing the most popular content on their website in a highly customizable … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce the creation of New Signature Labs. New Signature Labs is the formalization of New Signature’s efforts to push the envelope with new discoveries and innovations in the world of rich Internet application development. New Signature Labs’ goal is to develop a wide range of revolutionary technologies that will showcase … Read more
New Signature launched the China Job Drain site today for the Alliance of American Manufacturing (AAM). The site vividly portrays a report commissioned by AAM detailing the number of jobs lost by industry and at the national, state, and regional level since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. The site features a vast … Read more
Working America, community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, launched the NotYourATM.com launched today. This New Signature designed and produced website is powered by the Drupal publishing platform and the JQuery JavaScript library. This interactive website empowers visitors to send a message to Wall Street by uploading their photos for inclusion on the website. Working America, community … Read more
With help from New Signature, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools launched a new and improved version of their Public Charter School Dasbboard. The most comprehensive set of charter school data ever made publicly available now includes performance data on over 5,000 individual schools. The new features build on previous capabilities that allowed visitors … Read more
“It’s very important to have better, clearer charter laws – laws that enable innovation, promote transparency about how charter schools perform and how they are held accountable, and provide fair access to public funds and facilities. We’re encouraged that the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools supports creation of better charter school laws as models … Read more
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools unveiled a new, private site for the nationwide community of public charter school leaders and administrators on Wednesday, January 6th. New Signature worked with the Alliance to design and construct the site which features discussion boards, an online resource library, events, community profiles and directory, announcements, and polls. … Read more
New Signature is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Dodging Diabetes Charity Dodgeball Tournament website. New Signature worked with Dodging Diabetes’ founders Anna Tiedeman Irwin and Elizabeth Kramer to re-envision the graphic design, information architecture and functionality of this interactive website. The site was built on the WordPress content management system in order to … Read more
New Signature designed, programmed and created the copy for the brand new Crystal Pools website that was unveiled today. Crystal Pools is a high-end, custom builder that designs and builds innovative swimming pools, spas and water features for discriminating customers in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. New Signature worked in close collaboration with Crystal Pools … Read more
New Signature launched the Stop the Surcharge website for the Campaign for Consumer Rights (CCR) today. The site was designed and produced by New Signature and uses the WordPress publishing platform to enable CCR staff to easily and quickly update site content. The Campaign for Consumer Rights, a California-based nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization, is the advocacy … Read more
New Signature has created the “Ethics In Your State” online directory for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). This directory will provide state and local activists with the contact information they need to cooperate on projects, to seek out assistance from natural allies in their respective states, and to benefit from the experiences … Read more
e21’s ground breaking website went live today. e21 is a new nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century. New Signature worked with e21 through our process driven approach to develop a website built on the Drupal content management system and that uses the jQuery JavaScript Library to … Read more
insideIRAN.org is the ground breaking website that New Signature designed and built for Geneive Abdo, editor of insideIRAN.org, and the director of The Century Foundation’s Iran program. insideIRAN.org provides a new, and highly relevant, source for the latest news and information from inside Iran. New Signature designed and built the website in only a few … Read more
CREW’s Most Corrupt Members of Congress provides a detailed look at the unethical and sometimes illegal activities of 15 congressmen and women who have most egregiously betrayed the public’s trust. New Signature’s award winning design team have launched an improved version of the Most Corrupt website. In addition to the user experience redesign, New Signature … Read more
New Signature is proud to announce the launch of the new Foreign Policy Initiative website. The site represents a rich source of information on U.S. foreign policy and related news. One of the most innovative features is the FPI WorldWatch map, which provides readers with a quick insight into the most recent news. The heat … Read more
The Affordable Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) unveiled its new website today. AHTCC launched their new website as part of their broad effort to assure the continuance of the low-income housing tax credit. The Coalition was founded in 1988 with the primary goal of achieving permanent extension of the low-income housing tax credit program. From that … Read more
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools launched their re-designed website and released the 2009 Public Charter School Dashboard, a new comprehensive online report. The Dashboard is the largest set of statistical indicators describing public charter school growth and quality ever compiled. New Signature designed, developed and implemented both of these exciting new facets of … Read more
New Signature launched the Center for a New American Security’s Natural Security blog–part of their new Natural Security program, which they launched today. The blog’s inaugural post asks, “Is it really a threat, or just a way to try to get people to pay attention to the environment, by ‘securitizing’ something that isn’t about security?” … Read more
On Friday, June 6th, New Signature was pleased to launch the Center for a New American Security’s new blog: Abu Muqawama. Abu Muqawama is a blog dedicated to following issues related to contemporary insurgencies as well as counterinsurgency tactics and strategy. Abu Muqawama aims to be a resource for students, counterinsurgents, academics, and the general … Read more
Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) posted, You Don’t Know Jack, an interactive graphic illustrating Rep. Jack Murtha’s (D-PA) dealings involving defense contractors, lobbyists, family members, and friends. New Signature’s creative division worked with CREW to design, develop and implement this network visualization using Drupal, XML and Adobe Flash. The interactive graphic … Read more
Yesterday, New Signature launched CorporateCrackdown.org for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). New Signature designed and developed this Drupal-based website for CREW. Federal contractors, corporations, and trade groups all conduct business with the government, with relatively little non-governmental oversight. CorporateCrackdown.org’s mission is to change that. The new CREW website’s goal is to hold … Read more
New Signature launched the Big Energy Map website (www.bigenergymap.org) today for the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). CNAS created the “Big Energy Map” of the offices and agencies in the U.S. government that will be important to transforming how the nation confronts these dual challenges. Energy security and climate change have emerged as … Read more
New Signature launched TARP Tales (www.tarptales.org) for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) created TARPtales.org to serve as a central repository for TARP information. The site compiles the latest news stories, reports, and congressional hearings related to TARP expenditures in one user-friendly location. Following … Read more
New Signature launched the new InsideHigherEd.com website today. Inside Higher Ed is the online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education. Whether you’re an adjunct or a vice president, a grad student or an eminence grise, we’ve got what you need to thrive in your job or find a better one: … Read more
