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12.12.2006 Darmstadt LaserConnect is new partner for IT products

LaserConnect is Sitewards partner for the distribution of hard- and software of well-known manufacturers. To satifsy Sitewards' wholistic approach we extend our business activities for the benefit of our customers. For the design of your IT solution Sitewards and its customers have now access to the broad range of IT products. Read more...

05.12.2006 Darmstadt Lars Ax increases Sitewards Team

Information Technology graduate Lars Ax conceptualises IT solutions according to customer needs. He strengthens the Sitewards team as IT Consultant and - along with Wolfgang Braun - addresses customer requests in the areas of networks and systems technology.

29.11.2006 Darmstadt TU Darmstadt shows interest in Sitewards' success story

Many students wonder if self employment in the future is a good option for them. Among them are the Students of the Law and Economic Studies at the TU Darmstadt, the alma mater of Sitewards' founders.

Markus Hahn, editor of the periodical "Emil", took an insight into the development of Sitewards GmbH. In an interview with Sitewards founder Constantin Kammerer he summarised the most important themes around the founding and consolidation of Sitewards.

You can read the full interview (in German) in the current version Emil, ed. 21, pp. 14-17.

23.11.2006 Darmstadt Sitewards receives award for medium-sized companies

Sitewards belongs to the winners of the annual competition held by "Mittelstandsförderung 2006", an initiative established by Sage Software.

The competition awards innovative small and medium-sized businesses with prizes from several categories. The initiative was founded in 2004 and within a short period of time has established as one of the leading economy supporting institutions.

The whole Sitewards team is very happy about the award and would like to thank all initiators of "Mittelstandsförderung 2006".

20.11.2006 Darmstadt Sitewards at start-up information event

start-up information eventOn November 14, IHK Darmstadt hosted an event providing visitors with information on how to set up one's own business. Several exhibitors and presentations gave helpful advice to future entrepreneurs on their way to implement their business ideas.

Sitewards CEO Kshitij Gupta held a presentation dealing with success factors of businesses after their foundation.

Furthermore, numerous visitors to the fair stopped by the Sitewards booth in order to gather more information about our Venture Support concept. The event has proven the current boom of start-up companies in Germany.

25.10.2006 Darmstadt Sitewards establishes partnership with MOBILEtechnics

After having successfully implemented the Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) on Auto Hirch's website, Sitewards wants to broaden its range of services in mobile communication technology.

For this reason, Sitewards has set up a partnership with MOBILEtechnics AG. Sitewards now offers mobile commuication services, such as the automated transmission of pictures and data from the world wide web via MMS.

Based on MOBILEtechnics' innovative technologies, Sitewards offers a wide range of services and products from the field of mobile communication.

19.09.2006 Darmstadt 125 Years Carl Schenck AG by Sitewards

125 years of SchenckThe Sitewards Design team has created a website for the 125th anniversary of Carl Schenk AG in Darmstadt.

On schenck125jahre.de, you will find all information and a video about the company’s history. Along with these historical facts, the website includes information about the anniversary exhibition and contact details for guided tours and group visits of the company sites.

13.09.2006 Darmstadt Sitewards wins photo competition

sxc.hu winner fotoWith a series of high quality business pictures of several Sitewards employees, Sitewards won the "necktie" photo competition on sxc.hu, the leading free stock photo site. These highly professional photos can be used by both print and web designers.

Hence, designers of all kinds regularly make use of these free stock photos sxc.hu organised this competition, in order to increase the diversity of stock photos related to the world of business. The Sitewards team has been enthusiastic about the idea of producing a series of professional business photos.

As a result, our design department came up with a multitude of different pictures. The quality of the pictures convinced the jury, eventually electing us the winner of the competition. It will be interesting to see how many websites and printing material all over the world will carry pictures of Sitewards employees in the future. All our photos can be found on sxc.hu.

12.09.2006 Darmstadt Visitor from Brazil

The Sitewards-Team was glad to have a visitor from Brazil over the last weeks. Caio Ferreira is currently working successfully as a web designer in his home town Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil. Having seen Caio's outstanding work, Sitewards decided to offer him a short-term internship in Darmstadt.

During his time at Sitewards he proved his remarkable designing and photographing skills. His time at Sitewards was a great professional and cultural experience for him and the whole Sitewards team. Caio Ferreira describes his stay in Germany as follows: "I would like to thank you all for the great time I had with your team in Darmstadt. It´s a very nice company with a nice atmosphere and lots of interesting work to do."

Sitewards will keep in touch with Caio Ferreira after his return to Brazil. There he will take over outsourced projects for Sitewards.

11.09.2006 Darmstadt Team changes in Sitewards

Two new faces joined Sitewards on September 1. In the future Sascha Carlin will boost the performance of our already outstanding software developing team and Jochen Breunig will be responsible for marketing & sales.

Besides our new colleagues, there are two further changes in the Sitewards team. Tij Gupta has taken over the position as CEO from Carsten Takac, who will carry on his professional career in a well-known consulting company. Moreover, Marc Dassler is going to pursue his career in the IT consulting industry.

06.09.2006 Darmstadt Sitewards now offers market research

Sitewards has found a highly qualified partner for the field of market research. Stefan Worm is a doctoral candidate and research assistant at Prof. Bliemel’s Chair of Marketing at the University of Kaiserslautern Besides his teaching and research activities, he further works as a marketing consultant for well-known companies. As a Sitewards partner, he will make his market research expertise available to our customers thus helping them to become more successful in their respective markets.

29.08.2006 Eschborn Paperless ordering system for visiting cards

vising card configuratorFollow-up: After the implementation of our vising card configurator for the telecom giant Arcor, now we are adding the last finishing touches to this system.

In the current version, we have included a confirmation system before the delivery of the print-ready files. Since the person ordering is not always the person, in whose name the visiting card is being printed, the latter receives a confirmation email before the print-ready PDF is created.

The advantage of the system: All steps for the ordering are now online without using any paperwork, thanks to theis system from Sitewards.

22.08.2006 Darmstadt Rotating ideas for Schenck’s Pasio

Schenck Pasio Schenck is a leader in balancing and diagnostics technology. With the slogan "Everything that rotates must be balanced" the Darmstadt based technology company offers a wide and ever growing spectrum of products.

For the newcomer "Pasio" Sitewards developed not only a concise product presentation but also a fine display in the form of a new website. The online presentation fulfils all the needs of Schenck’s corporate identity and optimally represents the technological superiority of the balancing machine.

The mix of animation and HTML together show off the core information about the product and display Sitewards’ many capabilities: "Modern and proven under one roof".

Update: After the successful first project, Sitewards is now creating a website for Schenck’s celebration of 125 years of existence. Giving company to the artistic exhibition in Darmstadt the website narrates the company’s history – from the founding of the company to date. One can see 125 years of product design and development in the form of a visual tour.

18.08.2006 Egelsbach Cars direct to your cell phone – over MMS

Autohirch MMSFor the very busy and for those who do not want to miss on the detailed information while travelling, Auto Hirch offers the visitors of its website the details of cars with pictures via MMS.

Sitewards created the function that enables giving users to send all details of a car via MMS. In a few steps all the important information about an offered car is available without paper jams, emails and waiting time. Of course, in addition to all the technical data, one gets the pictures of the car.

Curious? Try out, under http://www.autohirch.com. Select a car > Klick on the cell phone button > fill up the form and wait a moment.

11.08.2006 Darmstadt The party can begin...

Firebach & FriendsWhen Carsten Feuerbach invites people to events in Darmstadt, not many guests deny the offer.

Under "Firebeach Events" his crew offers a wide spectrum of services in event planning and management.

The web presence - completely redesigned by Sitewards - underlines the professionalism of the Darmstadt based Event Manager.

Each coloured section about "Events", "Locations" und "Marketing" present the contents of the website in the best light and create the party mood for the website without losing its professionalism.

03.07.2006 DarmstadtWikipedian visits Sitewards

No, thats not someone from another planet! One of the biggest contributors to the German Wikipedia, Tim Bartel, visited Sitewards to get a preview of the Sitewards Wiki. Tim is writing his Diploma Thesis (Diplomarbeit) on the use of Wikis in enterprises. (Read Tim's Blog.)

At Sitewards, we use the Mediawiki software for internal information management. Sitewards also implements Wiki for customers for their information management needs.

29.06.2006 OberhachingBarriers free for Oberhaching

Town of Oberhaching The town of Oberhaching near Munich presents a new image to its citizens and visitors.

In cooperation with the InterLogics eGovernment GmbH Sitewards developed a new screendesign for this upper Bavarian town. The design considers all the existing menus and removes all existing barriers.

A clearer structure of the pages, together with the new user friendliness, bring a completely new image to the community.

 

 

12.06.2006 Moshi - Kilimanjaro (Tansania)Tanzanian stopover in Germany

Kilimanjaro Air Services Travellers and Safari fans can now experience the fantastic environs of eastern Africa with the Kili Air Charter Service from the Moshi Airport.

The Sitewards team developed a new corporate design including logo, visiting cards and letterheads, and translated the corporate design into a beautiful web presence.

A photo gallery with aerial shots around Kilimanjaro and Information about Services from Kili Air invite customers for more action...

 

 

 

 

06.06.2006 GifhornBarrier-free visit to Gifhorn

City Gifhorn The lower-Saxony city in the "Südheide" now greets its visitors with a new design.

In cooperation with InterLogics eGovernment GmbH Sitewards created a new Screendesign for Gifhorn. This design is charming for the eyes and yet fulfils all rules of Content Accessibility.

A clear structure of the pages and easy navigation with user specific font customisations enable the city to invite its visitors to a virtual tour of the Mühlenstadt.

02.06.2006 KönigsteinTaunus in football fever

Invitation Taunus Effekten AG This summer Königstein transforms into a football-city. When Ecuador plays Germany and Sweden play England, Taunus will be captured by the world championship.

The Taunus(er) Effekten AG has invited its business partners to celebrate this event. With its World Championship oriented invitation cards, Sitewards stepped into the festivities as the design and GaudiTours (now and later) into the organisers-league.

01.06.2006 HochheimVineyard Weingut Falk goes online with a new and lively design

Weingut Falk The Hochheim based Weingut Falk enjoys a new and tangy design developed by Sitewards.

In the full splendour of the wine that Weingut Falk grows, Sitewards developed a new Corporate Design with Logo, Letterheads & Visiting cards and used the same for the new website for the tradition oriented wine grower.

A clear and beautiful layout invites visitors to wine tasting in the idyllic Rheingau environs.

30.05.2006 DarmstadtSitewards invites everyone to the WM-Tippspiel

WM-Tippspiel 2006 Experience the high point of the Football World Championship and type your way to the Finals!

Sitewards presents, alongside the biggest event of the year, the WM-Tippspiel 2006 (in German, but easy to understand) and invites all customers and friends to let the football fever loose. Use your expertise or just type away blind.

We wish you all the best and a fantastic World Championship.

07.04.2006 DarmstadtSitewards enables Auto Hirch to speak Spanish

The european car market is becoming increasingly interesting for small and mid-sized used and employee car dealers as it is becoming easier to reach customers outside the home-country using online car-exchanges. The Spanish market is especially interesting for our customer Auto Hirch as the luxury tax makes the brands Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler very exclusive.

In addition to the German language data export to mobile.de and autoscout24.de, now autoscout24.es is also being used. A new Spanish PDF is also being generated for the Spanish visitors of Auto Hirch.

07.04.2006 DarmstadtVisiting cards can be generated online by HMD-Druck

HMD Druck serves a new and fast growing market with its flexible print services. With the help of the Sitewards-developed PDF-configurator, it is now possible for users at HMD-Druck's customer-company to fill up a visiting card template and get a preview of the print-ready PDF. When the customer confirms the preview, HMD gets a visiting card in print-quality PDF. The PDF-configurator is designed to allow configuring templates for letter-heads, envelopes etc.

07.04.2006 Darmstadt.eu domains available

The ".eu" domains are now available on a First-Come-First-Served basis without needing a company or brand for the registration. The ".eu" domain registration was opened in phases to allow companies and registered trademark holders register their domains first.

Contact us to get your domain registered.

03.04.2006 EgelsbachAutoHirch shows his clientele with Google Maps

Google Maps - Auto HirchGoogle Maps - Auto Hirch - Dropdown Menu

In over 35 years, Auto Hirch has sold cars in the whole world. One can see here where his satisfied customers are.

You can navigate through this map, by holding the left-click down and dragging the mouse.

To zoom in you can use the bar on the left or click on one of the magnifying glasses, which indicates the sale of several cars in that region. To see an individual sold car, click on the single car icon.

In the search-text field, one can see a dropdown of recommendations from the cities available.

This map is just one example of what is possible with the newest web technologies.

Update: We have already registered more than 5,000 Hits on this map in the first week of its being online!

15.03.2006 LudwigshafenSitewards makes screensavers and trade-fair displays for 3t nails

Sitewards has developed screensavers for the desktops at 3t nails, showing off their company logo and products. Sitewards also developed 3D animations to display the new line of 3t nails furniture at trade-fairs. These animations were completely developed by Sitewards, starting from only a set of photographs, and give a feel of a studio that is furnished with the 3t nails' line of furniture and studio accessories.

04./05.03.2006 HamburgHamburger Abendblatt interviews Sitewards about Suchmaschinenoptimierung

Search Engine Optimization Hamburger AbendblattThe Hamburger Abendblatt, a Hamburg based daily, published parts of a telephonic interview with Sitewards CEO, Carsten Takac, on the subject of Search Engine Optimisation. The article, "Was macht eigentlich ein Search Engine Optimizer?" ("What does a Search Engine Optimizer actually do?"), appears on page 67 in the section "Beruf & Erfolg" of the edition dated 4./5. March, 2006. The content of the article is around what constitutes the work of a Search Engine Optimizer and how, according to Sitewards, inspite of its importance, the search engine optimisation is only a part of the organisation's outgoing communication. (Click on the image to read the PDF version).

02.03.2006 HanauNew web presence for Precision Engineering company Blickensdörfer

Mechanische Werkstatt Website The Hanau based Precision Engineering company that creates precision lathe workpieces and milled parts is now reachable online on a Website created by Sitewards. The growing company, that has developed in the areas of classical machine technology and precision engineering, got a Website with a simple and clear design that suits the industry. (Click on the image to see the website).

01.03.2006 Rosbach-RodheimElektro-Winkler works further with Sitewards

Elektro-Winkler Adressaufkleber Elektro-Winkler Bauschnellbrief After the successful creation of the Corporate Design and the Website, Sitewards has created the Address-Labels and Quick-Note for Elektro-Winkler's customer communications. Here one can see the various customer-communication media that Sitewards can make a difference to, under a beautiful Corporate Design.

25.01.2006 Darmstadt Focus Infocom gets a Website with a fresh new look

Focus Infocom Website Sitewards designed the new Website for Darmstadt based mobile telephony testing and measurement solutions provider, Focus Infocom. Since the Focus Infocom team has started working on the website themselves, we're linking the image, here, to a screenshot of their website as we designed it. This website has a well defined audience among partners and business-to-business customers of Focus Infocom. Therefore, it is an example of a simple, but professional looking web-presence we have developed based on the customer's briefing.

24.01.2006 Rosbach-Rodheim e-winkler.de is online

Elektro-Winkler Website Elektro-Winkler now has a new website showcasing their new products and services, while showing off the new Corporate Design that Sitewards created some weeks back (see news below). This website is an example of how we developed a completely fresh Corporate Design for an old-economy company and then translated it into a beautiful and simple website.

01.01.2006 Darmstadt We have moved!

Reach, however possible! Sit wherever! Snow outside While it snowed outside most of the days of this festive season, Sitewards moved to a neighbouring office in the same building. The space is bigger (with 5 rooms and large workspaces), brighter, beautiful and helps us become better organised. The new office will provide more workspace for the growing Sitewards team. We chose the time during these holidays (between Christmas and New Year's Eve) to keep it transparent to our customers.