We launched the on-line newspaper archive for ABC.es!

ABC.es has trusted PAGINAR.NET to carry out the design for the newly launched on-line newspaper archive.

The ABC's digital newspaper archive includes more than five million documents that reviews the main developments since 1891, and now transformed into history. The newspaper archive service, whose design has involved the Interactive Communications Unit of PAGINAR.NET and ABC.es team is available to all public for free at http://hemeroteca.abc.es.

This new tool offers to the public over 100 years of journalistic documents of Spain for free.

PAGINAR.NET has worked in many aspects of the website design including usability issues, information architecture, design and layout, graphical interface and web standards.

"The result is a simple and clear interface, aligned with the image of the newspaper, which provides users access to more than 100 years of history through ABC's publications," says PAGINAR.NET‘s general manager for Europe, Luciano Schlaen.

The scanned documentary database of the archive has five million pages and is the result of many months of hard work.

This new digital tool is a pioneering initiative, allowing journalists, users, historians and other professionals to learn and explore more than 100 years of history.

PAGINAR.NET is now Micosoft Certified Partner

PAGINAR.NET announce it has earned certified status in Microsoft Corp.'s Partner Program recognizing PAGINAR.NET expertise and total impact in the technology marketplace.

As a Certified Partner, PAGINAR.NET has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customer needs. Microsoft Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits including access, training, and support, that give them a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

PAGINAR.NET has completed development projects for a wide range of clients including KPMG, SC Johnson, Boheringer Ingelheim, Marval O’Farrel & Mairal, Dalkia, and others.

"Only companies that have demonstrated high levels of customer service, proved their experience and attained advanced certification receive the designation of Microsoft Certified Partner," said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft.

Today, Microsoft recognizes PAGINAR.NET for its skills and expertise in providing customer satisfaction with Microsoft products and technology.

"We are extremely pleased to have earned certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program. The certified status allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers," said Matias Carena, CEO of PAGINAR.NET. "The benefits provided through our certified membership will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for customers."

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The Microsoft Partner Program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners' businesses be successful.

The White House website is now running on Drupal!

Yesterday, the new media team at the White House announced via the Associated Press that whitehouse.gov is now running on Drupal, the open source content management system used by PAGINAR.NET in its websites and specially in "Collaborative Platform", the PAGINAR.NET solution for government portals in Spain and Argentina.

Particularly telling are the reasons that the White House made the switch. According to the AP article:

“White House officials described the change as similar to rebuilding the foundation of a building without changing the street-level appearance of the facade. It was expected to make the White House site more secure - and the same could be true for other administration sites in the future....

Having the public write code may seem like a security risk, but it's just the opposite, experts inside and outside the government argued. Because programmers collaborate to find errors or opportunities to exploit Web code, the final product is therefore more secure.”

More than just security, though, the White House saw the opportunity to increase their flexibility. Drupal has a huge library of user-contributed modules that will provide functionality the White House can use to expand its social media capabilities, with everything from super-scalable live chats to multi-lingual support.

A big IT deployment like this requires especial considerations in terms of infrastructure in order to attend a high volume of visitors and activity. In order to fulfill this need the website uses Akamai as CDN (Content Delivery Network), the same solution that PAGINAR.NET uses for high-end Drupal deployments.

Original AP Cable: Link

Paginar.net gives a conference to MBA students from the University of Connecticut

On June 11 we received in our offices in Buenos Aires a delegation of students of Higher Business Management (EMBA) from the University of Connecticut (UConn) in the context of an exchange program in conjunction with the University of Palermo.

The aim of this visit was to have the opportunity to gain an overview of how to conduct business in Argentina and business-related Internet technologies in Latin America.

The panellists were Sebastian Tedesco, Director of Business Development; Bruno Gazzera, Manager of Development and Outsourcing, and Luciano Degreef Solutions Manager. From the University of Connecticut attended 32 EMBA students together with teachers, coordinators and Afshin Ghiaci, the Executive Director of the Business School.

Buenos Aires, the first destination for outsourcing

Buenos Aires is transformed into one of the most viable cities for this type of practice. Because of the international crisis companies are increasingly outsourcing in the technology sector.

Capacity and low cost, appear as the ideal combination to compete in times of crisis. The instability and low access to international credit in many cities of the world have positioned themselves as potential new destinations for outsourcing centers, including Buenos Aires. The new wave of outsourcing in the IT sector is an opportunity particularly for cities in emerging economies, which rely on technology.

"The world seeks to capitalize on new ways of knowledge building on the skills and managing their costs," explains Eduardo Serra, a partner at KPMG IT Advisory in Argentina. In the report "Exploring Global Frontiers," held by the consultant, identified 31 cities that are targeting the interest as the main aspirants to the BPO crown (Business Process Outsourcing), now in the hands of traditional cities such as Bangalore, Chennai and Shanghai.

The relative position on cost, communication structure and especially the existence of human resources with skills and training, are summarized as primary keys. Although Buenos Aires is the only city in Latin America identified as outsourcing hub of Creative Services, the full list of destinations including 10 cities in Latin America, including Curitiba, Santiago, Guadalajara and Queretaro. These, according to KPMG, were chosen primarily by the manpower available, the scalability, services and more mature handling of different languages.

We participated in the seminar "Software and services export to the United States"

PAGINAR.NET participated in the Seminar "Software and services export to the United States", which addressed the many aspects to consider when exporting to the U.S. market. Organized by AmCham and the Polo IT Buenos Aires, the event took place on Wednesday May 27 at the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE).

In addition to the presentation of PAGINAR.NET as a successful case of software export to United States and Spain from Sebastian Tedesco, Director of Business Development at PAGINAR.NET, other speakers addressed issues relating to legal aspects; customs; taxes, and international intellectual property protection.

The new Aerlyper website!

We launched the new website Aerlyper, one of the most traditional Spanish company in the airline industry. Founded in 1965, is one of the oldest private companies in Spain. Aerlyper is engaged in four major areas of activity: Aircraft Systems Modernization and Upgrades , Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).

The site is based on a CMS solution and can be visited at:http://www.aerlyper.es

We launched the Alvaro Ybarra website for ABC.es!

We launched the Alvaro Ybarra website, one of the youngest and firm promises of the international photography, for ABC.es.

Member of the prestigious French agency of photographers Agence Vu, Ybarra has covered at its 28 years, eight armed conflicts and issues like AIDS, poverty, and cancer in the Third World.

Collaborator of international publications like Time, Newsweek, Le Monde, Sunday Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Le Courrier International and Liberation, now he begins a new period at ABC in which he will shape every Sunday a human glance at the present social realities.

The website this based on a CMS solution to dynamically manage the contents of to the multiple events, histories, photo galleries, Master Classes and publications.

Visits the website at: http://alvaro-ybarra.abc.es

We launched the new Beyca website

We launched the new Beyca website, one of the most important Argentine companies of measuring instruments. The site has a comprehensive product catalog, technical information for the selection of instruments and tools for measurement conversion.

Visit them at: www.beyca.com

We launched the new Glade website

We launched the Glade new website with renovated image, new product lines and information about the fragrances.

You can visit this website at:www.glade.com.ar

We launched the site "Cocineros de Verdad" (Real Chefs)

Cocineros de verdad.com is a gathering of amateur cooksand food lovers. It is the place to seek the expert advice, to find the information you need or discover a new temptation. It is a new media in the world of food that uses all the tools offered by the Web so that each visit is an experience of enjoyment. It renews and grows daily with the collaboration of its users who can join the community, sharing recipes, video, data and comments.

It is managed by a group of journalists, producers, editors and photographers who likes grate meals, desserts, wine and to surf the Web in search of the lost data.

The website is developed with Drupal CMS as a full digital television channel over the Internet.

Visit: www.cocinerosdeverdad.com

We launched the site "Juga Limpio"

"Juga Limpio" is an interactive media campaign launched by the Ministry of Environment and Public Space of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires along with civil society organizations, in order to encourage better behavior among the inhabitants and visitors the city toward cleaning the streets.

PAGINAR.NET and Humanet  developed in conjunction the interactive platform that supports the campaign through two portals, one geared to adults and another aimed at children, as a cornerstone of the mechanics of the campaign.

We are all responsible for keeping the city clean, each fulfilling its part. The government has every day a major cleanup, but to maintain our beloved Buenos Aires attractive, radiant, is required on the part of all an agreement to generate less dirt.

Why an agreement?

Because while we all want a cleaner city, which we feel proud, it is likely to feel that our individual change does not solve a problem. Only if we show that the majority does change, we will believe that our effort is worthwhile because it will be successful.

So the big question of the "Juga Limpio" is: If I knew that we do all together, we're prepared to participate in a civic culture change? Just knowing that we all agree that we all committed ourselves to change our habits, we act together. For this, it is essential that you register on this site to make your explicit commitment.

Visit or join this campaign on our site:

www.jugalimpio.gov.ar

Buenos Aires, is our home. treat her as she deserves!

You can also see the advertising of the launch:

Introduction to development in ASP.NET

PAGINAR.NET and the UTN College in Tucuman invite all stakeholders to attend the talk that we will give on "Introduction to development in ASP.NET" that we will give on Oct. 23 to 19hs. in the Aula Magna of the UTN located at Av. Rivadavia 1050, San Miguel de Tucuman.

PAGINAR.NET moves the Buenos Aires office

We moved our offices in Buenos Aires to:

Pasaje Rauch 3953, C1177ACA

Ciudad de Buenos Aires

We will continue with the same phone numbers as in the previous office.

The new facilities include a building with 4 floors with more surface area and with greater convenience for employees and the development of our business.

The Pasaje Rauch is between and Salguero and Av. Medrano, two blocks from Av. Cordoba and two blocks from Av. Corrientes in the neighborhood of Almagro.

Off! new website

Re-launching the site of Off! with the new image, new product lines, and more information not only about the products but also about insects and diseases linked to them such as Dengue and Flavivirus.

You can visit this site:www.off.com.ar

We launched the site of "City in Motion"

We launched the site "City in Motion", the local version of the 'Institut pour la ville in mouvement", a non-profit association, founded in France at the initiative of PSA Peugeot Citroen in 2000 and whose aim is to improve urban mobility in all its forms, conducting or supporting the execution of work, research, projects and actions.

The site is based on a CMS solution that allows the institute to dynamically manage the contents of the site and give publicity to the many events and activities it undertakes.

PAGINAR.NET certified ISO 9001:2000

After a year of work PAGINAR.NET obtained the quality standard ISO 9001:2000 certification issued by the firm DNV (Det Norske Veritas) for all areas of activity of the company.

ISO 9001:2000 quality standards are set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and are composed of standards and guidelines related to systems, management tools and the audit methods (the process of verifying that management systems comply with the standard).

The main benefits of its application are:

• Reduction of rejections and impact on production or service

• Increased productivity

• Increased commitment to customer requirements

• Continuous Improvement

In the 2000 version the standard quality system must demonstrate that the organization is capable of:

• Provide a product or service in a consistent manner that meets customer requirements and regulations.

• Achieving customer satisfaction through effective implementation of the system, including the prevention of non-conformities and improvement process.

PAGINAR.NET plans and manages the processes needed to ensure continuing improvement of the Quality Management System through the completion of the procedures of the system setting improvement targets aligned with the Quality Policy.

Trade mission to Madrid and Barcelona

During the month of May in conjunction with the office of PAGINAR.NET in Madrid has made the first trade mission to promote our new service Join Management.

Bruno Gazzera Manager of Development & Outsourcing together with the Director of the Office of PAGINAR.NET in Spain, Luciano Schlaen, have visited more than 20 Spanish companies interested in this new way of working which include major companies in the world of communication, tourism, transportation, government agencies, among others.

The reception of the new service Join Management was very positive and has generated great interest in almost all companies visited to further deepen the implementation of trade agreements in relation to this new proposal.

Website of the Year: Cape May County Herald

The SNA (Suburban Newspapers of America) has just reward the Cape May County Herald as "Website of the Year award". This award applies to sites produced by local newspapers rewarding excellence in design, navigability, content, interactivity for readers and advertising innovation.

The Cape May County Herald is PAGINAR.NET client since 2006 and we recently completed the redesign of its entire site, subject of the award. The project was very interesting because not only was a graphic redesign, but also worked on the editorial layout of the design and implementation of norms and standards of accessibility.

For more information visit: http://www.suburban-news.org

PAGINAR.NET presents its new "Join Management" service

The Development & Outsourcing unit of PAGINAR.NET presents its new "Join Management" service. This service aims to meet the needs of our customers in certain business areas or projects through the outsourcing of specialized external teams.

Join Management is not manpower.

Join Management is not a bag of hours.

The main feature of this service is that it includes project management and team. So you get the best of both worlds: a very competitive price and total availability on the one hand and management, quality control and working methods of PAGINAR.NET, on the other.

PAGINAR.NET has two development centers in Argentina from which provides this service to its main markets: Spain and the United States.

PAGINAR.NET has over 6 years experience managing software development projects and has a deep knowledge of the specific problems of remote management.

The working method used by PAGINAR.NET, RUP (Rational Unified Process) is standard, adaptable to the context and needs of each organization, and is part of the processes of software engineering that allow:

- Integrate teams working with a known methodology

- Ensure monitoring of projects

- Ensure quality of products delivered

For more information on this service please contact info.ar@paginar.net

PAGINAR.NET and the Government of the Province of Tucuman sign an agreement

PAGINAR.NET and the Government of the Province of Tucuman signed an agreement for joint development of a Software Factory to generate employment for information technology professionals in the province of Tucuman.

The governor of the province, Jose Jorge Alperovich and Matias Carena, CEO of PAGINAR.NET signed at a public event at the headquarters of the governor of Tucuman an agreement that gives the firm a grant for two years with various benefits and assistance for the realization of the project.

PAGINAR.NET  has an office in Tucuman since 2006 and thanks to this grant will allow it to extend the existing production capacity of its Software Factory 40 developers in the first phase of the project.

Matias Carena, CEO of PAGINAR.NET, noted a special thanks for the governor of the province for this very important support and stated: "Such agreements are strategic for us and for the province as they allow development of High value-added services and products locally and generate skilled employment. We congratulate and thank the governor for the incredible proactivity that have taken for the realization of this agreement and by the visionary attitude that is going to transform to Tucuman in a new landmark in high-tech services both nationally and internationally. " 

GlobalNews receive an award in London

GlobalNews, the regional monitoring and media analysis Company and client of PAGINAR.NET since 2002, has just been awarded the - "International Member's Award", 2007 award to the "Effective communication", a distinction that delivers all the years the Association of Business Media Analysis (AMEC), based in London.                                                                                                                   

GlobalNews was rewarded for its work alongside the U.S. company Merck & Co. Inc., For the preparation of quarterly reports analyzing media for 12 regional offices that the laboratory has in Latin America. For the same project, GlobalNews also won the silver medal in the category "Best use of the analysis of multiple media in international markets." 

For the judges of the AMEC, "GlobalNews Group ® provided a genuine understanding of how a multimarket works" and "enabled that the performance of the public relations of business of company excels in the entire region."  

The success of GlobalNews® was based on creating a system of centralized information and assessment, delivery of a daily newsletter and configuration of a database of media for the MSD offices in the region.

At PAGINAR.NET we've been involved with GlobalNews®  technology area for the development and maintenance of the system as a whole. In 2007 we started to develop the re-engineering its entire system of news "delibery" that will soon be operational.

Finance your web project in 36 months at 0% interest rate

Many SMEs are already benefiting with loans of up to 50,000 euros provided by the Plan Avanza, one of many funding programs promoted by the Spanish government for those who wish to invest in Web projects, "said Luciano Schlaen, director of PAGINAR.NET in Spain. 

How to qualify 
It is very easy to obtain Plan Avanza loans in any of its forms simply provide appropriate documentation in one of the banks enabled and then wait until the loan is approved and granted. 

More information about the Avanza: Plan: Click here

Our software factory extends to Tucuman

To meet the growing demand for work that the company is experiencing for several semesters, PAGINAR.NET opened a new development office in Tucuman, Argentina. 

"This new expansion strategy is to attract professionals to expand our capacity to work, mainly on projects involving technologies such as PHP and. NET," explains Luciano Degreèf, manager of products and solutions PAGINAR.NET. 

Having done a market survey that included locations in different parts of the country, we chose to Tucuman due to the excellent supply of suitable professionals and the best conditions to train new experts in the province. 

In Argentina, the demand for Internet services continues to rise steadily for several reasons, among which are: increasing export of its outsourcing services to Europe and the United States, and the vast increase in Internet users in the country, where the the number and exceeded the barrier of 10 million.

PAGINAR.NET defined its new business strategy

As part of the strategic plan 2007,PAGINAR.NET reorganized its internal structure to focus on three new lines of business: 

• Products and Web solutions for e-commerce, intranets, extranets, presentation of projects, content management, and so on. 
• Developments in technology as php,. NET, Java, HTML / DHTML, XML, among others. 
• Communication and interactive marketing, design for results, user experience, 3D animation, multimedia performance, and more. 

"The aim is to adopt a working method based on specialized equipment, enabling us to be more efficient with the current needs of our customers. We aim to reorganize to meet a business strategy aligned with our production capacity" says Sebastian Tedesco, director of Business Development of PAGINAR.NET.

PAGINAR.NET now is a member of the Polo IT Buenos Aires

PAGINAR.NET now is part of the Polo IT Buenos Aires, a nonprofit organization that already has nearly 100 members, including high-technology companies, universities and government agencies. "It is very positive that PAGINAR.NET is able to be part of this organization that in just three years of life has established itself as one of the most important institution gathering Software industry's and Information Services (ISS) of the City of Buenos Aires" Says Bruno Gazzera, technology manager of PAGINAR.NET.  

The mission of IT Polo Buenos Aires is to favor the systemic integration to achieve excellence in technology and technological innovations. Its main objectives are: 
• To promote, facilitate and stimulate growth and the ability of technology companies in the region. 
• Foster partnerships as a way of working between the companies. 
• Generate a region attractive for investment by foreign companies of technological base. 

One of the most recent Polo IT Buenos Aires achievements was the signing of the agreement for the creation of an Information Technology Park in the south of the city. The agreement was signed by the Ministry of Production, Shared Services Management Telefonica SA and Polo IT Buenos Aires. "The realization of the technology park in Barracas will allow us to bring together all players in the industry (companies, universities and government agencies) in the same physical space. I am convinced that this is a very important step for the recognition of the IT Industry in the City., "Said Ernesto Galindez, president of the organization.

Advantages of accessibility

What is accessibility? 
Strictly speaking, is a set of criteria, techniques and technologies aimed at facilitating access to the Web to disabled people. In its broadest sense, this is a mechanism for defining Web standards (approaches, techniques and technologies) aimed to allow interoperability between systems and, therefore, that the Web is more accessible in general. 

Towards a standard on the Web 
The great advantage of accessibility is the interoperability through standardization. This allows return on investment because the site will be ready for possible integrations with other platforms or for reuse with new technologies. But in addition, there are a number of concrete benefits that are directly related to the application of these criteria, including:

• Increasing the number of users.
• Increased use of a site by users.
• Reduction of the maintenance of a site.
• Improvements in performance of the site and the server.
• Ability to view a site on different platforms (mobile phones, PDAs, television, etc.)..
• Better positioning of a site in search engines.
• Improvements in the image of an organization.
• Compliance with legal requirements of today and tomorrow.

All these advantages can be translated into cost reduction, ROI and a better use of resources thanks to the maximization the development (with the same budget it gives a greater scope) and compliance with standards (investment is secured by the support of W3C, an organization recognized internationally). 

Not all are advantages 
Often the criteria and directives that these standards set generate conditions, limitations and restrictions, especially in terms of image. This does not mean that a Accessible website is to be unfailingly ugly. You just have to take into account the limitations imposed by standardization. 

How to make a decision? 
The important thing is knowing what to do in each case. Not all projects require a accessible site, and not all sites must be visually stunning. As is known, decisions usually involve something to resign after a greater gain; it is crucial to respect the objectives of the project. 

Author: Luciano Schlaen - Director of PAGINAR.NET Spain