Calypso Communications will redesign websites for Derry Medical Center and Derry Imaging Center. Derry Medical Center, nearing 50 years of business, will leverage the new site to better communicate its mission and services. Derry Imaging Center, a Derry Medical Affiliate, offers diagnostic imaging services to patients from any medical practice.
Norway’s Companybook has launched the first company network combining collaboration, lead generation and media monitoring specifically for enterprise to help British companies match-make with potential customers around the world.
Steve Mnich has become director at the San Francisco office, a position with diverse new responsibilities. Mnich will assist Bay Area clients in developing digital and traditional media strategy, as well as heading new business and partnership initiatives.
Ketchum public relations has announced its leadership transition with Senior Partner and President, Rob Flaherty to become Chief Executive Officer, and Raymond L. Kotcher, Senior Partner and CEO, named new Ketchum Chairman. This transition is part of a multi-year plan to ensure seamless management shifts.
This year's Ketchum sponsored Young Lions Marketers Competition, challenged 16 teams of young international marketers to develop a creative brief for a product or service that would benefit Room to Read, a global organization aiming to increase literacy and gender equality in education. The Gold Lion was awarded to Afonso Ferreira and Francisca Oliveira of Continente in Portugal.
Gary Stockman, will step down July 31, being replaced by Michael Ramah global director of strategy and a 25-year Porter Novelli veteran.
In news from the Ad space, Extreme Reach, Inc. announced earlier this week, launched an integrated tool suite for managing talent contracts and third-party rights. Available from within their leading video ad distribution platform for TV and Web ad distribution, the suite promises to streamline ad client workflow.
Alternative Hydrogen Solutions will keep LaunchIt Public Relations on retainer to brand and introduce its HY-Impact line of fuel and emissions reducing products to various industries employing diesel combustion engines.
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Sequoia, the new supercomputer from IBM, is now the world's fastest, and Japan's K Computer made by Fujitsu has just fallen into the second place.