MC+A

Google announced Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes.

Thanks to all who attended the Chicago CIO Synergy Event.  It was great to see so many people brave venture out during the Bulls play off season and the recent health scares. 

The discussion was very invigorating.  It was good to see our friend Michael Lock, from Google Enterprise, as well as the other panel speakers: Willian Farrow, Surinder Kumar and Hardik Bhatt give there insights on how companies can innovate.

Stay tuned!  We will be following up with a series of executive topics in the coming months.  If you have any thoughts you would like to share, drop us a line via the contact us form on website.

In a recent Tech Target article, Google Android OS on Notebooks, MC+A’s president, Michael Cizmar, who was interviewed for the article expressed his thoughts about the future of Android Operating System.

Michael’s Comments:

“I would say there’s room for another OS,” said Michael Cizmar, president of MC+A, a Chicago custom application development house that works with Google appliances and APIs as well as the iPhone and Windows Mobile. “There will be two platforms. One will be Microsoft, and one will be Android.”

“Android is very attractive to developers because they can use their skills,” Cizmar continued. “The iPhone
is still very closed and requires a special set of skills to develop for. The only reason you go there is because of consumer popularity.”

Read the whole article:
http://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid96_gci1352617,00.html

For Immediate Release:
Contact: John Cizmar
media@mcplusa.com

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 13, 2009 – With the ever expanding corporate environment into the “enterprise 2.0” and cloud computing, MC+A has once again forged its way into the forefront of business intelligence solutions. MC+A announces the development and release of the new MC+A Physician Finder mashup.

This product will assist individuals locate doctors and physicians with more accuracy and less frustration. “Healthcare Providers are under great pressure to help their customers find the doctor of their choice,” said Michael Cizmar, President of MC+A. “In this product, we have combined two offerings from Google for a unique vertical solution achieving just that.”

With the development of this Physician Finder, MC+A has effectively and efficiently given its clients the ability to provide individuals with the most accurate healthcare information. This new technology brings together actual location of physicians and the information needed to make the best healthcare choices. “Through the use of the Physician Finder technology, end-users can effectively make more appropriate decisions when it comes to their health,” stated Michael Cizmar. Indeed, this new product offers a wide-array of tools, beneficial to all users.

The Physician finder incorporates the Google Search Appliance strength and physical relevancy of Google Maps By putting these two great technologies together, MC+A effectively took the guess work out of choosing a healthcare provider. The search results display the doctor’s name, address, contact information, and what health insurance plans they accept. MC+A desired to create a mashup that was simple to use and provided the greatest end-user advantage.

Some features of the Physician Finder include:

• Multi-language out-of-the-box
• Physician’s name and contact information
• Location context
• Insurance plans accepted
• Advanced Spell-check
• Parametric Filtering
• Advanced key-match
• Query Speed

For more information on the MC+A Physician Finder, please visit:
http://www.mcplusa.com/solutions/collaboration/physician-finder.aspx

About MC+A:
MC+A is dedicated to solving business challenges by enabling organizations to derive maximum value from their business intelligence assets. They provide solutions focused on managing business intelligence and help their clients build, find and share those assets securely. In addition, MC+A provides managed services implementing enterprise 2.0 and cloud computing initiatives.

For Immediate Release:

Chicago (PRWEB) – As the competitive nature of business increases, new and innovative ways of providing technical solutions to access their business intelligence continues to become more necessary. To provide a larger array of solutions to their customers, MC+A, a Google Enterprise Partner, announces its participation in the Google Apps™ Reseller Program.

“This is just another important step towards assisting organizations manage their information assets, what we call business intelligence,” said Michael Cizmar, MC+A President and Managing Partner. “The wide variety of apps that Google Apps provides will allow our organization to continue to assist our clients collaborate on a greater scale. The fundamental need for companies to become part of ‘the cloud’ is becoming recognized.”

In joining the Google Apps Reseller Program, MC+A looks to continue working with clients to leverage their expertise into solutions that will allow their end-users to engage co-workers and digital assets. “Workers can now use communication apps to easily connect with one another,” Michael Cizmar continues, “this provides a greater quality output and reduces wasted time.”

Google Apps brings powerful and easy-to-use communication and collaboration tools to the enterprise. With Google Apps, users are able to use GmailTM webmail service, Google TalkTM messaging, Google CalendarTM, Google DocsTM program, Google SitesTM web application and Google VideoTM within their work domain. Because the apps are hosted by Google™, there is no hardware to install or software to download and maintain.

MC+A customers and prospects can today begin to utilize Google Apps by completing the online form and purchasing here.

For more information on MC+A Collaboration Solutions please visit:
www.mcplusa.com/solutions/collaboration

About MC+A:
MC+A is dedicated to solving business challenges by enabling organizations to derive maximum value from their business intelligence. They provide solutions focused on managing business intelligence. They focus on helping our clients build, find and share those assets securely. Additionally, MC+A provides managed services implementing enterprise 2.0 initiatives.

Contact: John Cizmar
Ph: 312.275.5737 x366
media@mcplusa.com

Google, Google Apps, Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google Video are all trademarks of Google, Inc.

Full Article:
http://www.crn.com/software/21290062

Michael was interviewed by crn.com for an article posted today. CRN’s article covers the growing Google Partner channel and how it compares to Microsoft robust partner channel.

Keypoints

• Google believes their new reseller program for Google Apps Premier will put them on par with Microsoft, as a channel vendor
• Google has been open and willing to included partner feedback moving forward.
• As a Partner, MC+A has observed Googles williness to educate partners, and pass on leads.

The Quote:
“Google has been very helpful in educating the partner community and providing training, marketing and lead referrals,” Cizmar said. “We’ve encountered no channel conflict.”

As always, if you have any questions about Google, SharePoint or how we can help you more efficiently integrate those or other technologies for your business, contact us at sales@mcplusa.com.

MC+A is proud to announce the launch of it’s online store. The store will allow for streamlined purchasing of our hardware and software solutions.

MC+A President, Michael Cizmar welcomed the stores launch. “We are extremely excited about the store coming online. It should allow for a streamline purchasing experience for our clients and expand our reach in the marketplace.”

You can visit our store at: http://stop.mcplusa.com

In a recent Tech Target interview, MC+A’s president, Michael Cizmar, outlined his opinions on the growing popularity of cloud computing and how it will affect both IT solutions companies and enterprise end-users. 

 While a strong advocate for innovation, Michael believes that even in a “cloudy” world, there will still be a great need for solution companies who can add value by efficiently implementing new technologies across the enterprise.

According to Michael, those who prove their expertise by developing applications that make the cloud more efficient and productive, will continue to play a vital role in the technology world.  In addition, enterprise users win as talented developers are incented to showcase their abilities to an otherwise difficult to reach audience.   

As Michael notes, “If you have an application, and put it on the Google marketplace, you’re immediately exposed to 500,000 customers.”  With this type of opportunity for developers, and the resulting benefits to enterprise users, cloud computing – and innovative companies like MC+A – may be in the process of creating the perfect storm. 

Read the full interview here: 

http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/12/the-impending-cloud/

Tuesday, Dieselpoint announced the release of a new pipeline architecture as open source software. MC+A’s president, Michael Cizmar, will be serving on the advisory board.

Thursday, May 08, 2008, (Worldwide Headquarters – Chicago, IL)

Today, MC+A announces that Michael Cizmar, president of MC+A, will be serving on the advisory board of Dieselpoint’s OpenPipeline. Currently, search, text analytics and connector vendors find themselves constantly reengineering their software to integrate with closed, proprietary systems. OpenPipeline works out-of-the-box with Dieselpoint Search, but can be used with any search engine.

“Since 2002, we have been working with our clients to implement search technologies. We see a tremendous potential for our clients because OpenPipeline simplifies many of the complexities of the UIMA.”, said Michael Cizmar, President of MC+A.

Both broader and simpler than IBM’s UIMA (Unstructured Information Management Architecture), OpenPipeline provides a common architecture for connectors to data sources, file filters, text analyzers and modules to distribute documents across a network. It is fully functional out of the box and includes an installer, a job scheduler, file scanner and crawlers, doc filters, and point and click interface with drag and drop module installation. Document processing can be centralized or parallelized as needed. The transport mechanism is simple, web-services XML over HTTP. RSS/Atom feeds are also possible. The development philosophy behind OpenPipeline stresses simple, elegant design, and massive scalability. Minimal external dependencies and straightforward plug-in implementation ensure that the learning curve is low. OpenPipeline Beta is available for free download via the Apache License 2.0.

Current Advisory Board members include individuals from enterprise search, text analytics and connector firms and consultancies. More information can be found at www.openpipeline.org. MC+A is dedicated to solving business challenges by enabling organizations to derive maximum value from their business intelligence assets. With expertise in areas of portal development, management and architecture, and supporting technologies.

About MC+A

MC+A provide solutions around managing business intelligence. We focus on helping our clients build, find and share those assets securely. Additionally, MC+A provides managed services implementing enterprise 2.0 initiatives.

MC+A is proud to announce the opening of an office to serve clients in the San Fransico area.

MC+A, A North America leader in technologies related to enterprise search, today is announcing the opening of its newest office in Santa Cruz, CA. The new office will provide technology products, service and support to MC+A’s expanding customer base in the San Fransico Bay area. This office expands MC+A’s global footprint and underscores the company’s standing as the leading figure implementing Google enterprise technologies.

San Francisco, CA
1213 Ocean Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060