Site Launch: Custom-Alarm.com

"If you need to feel safe, or you need to hear great sound... Get to Custom Alarm for the best service in town!"

Custom Alarm provides peace of mind by offering the best in sales, design, installation, service and monitoring of security systems. They also offer the best in design and installation of all your sound and media needs for your business, school, retail store, health care facility, city hall, restaurant, house of worship, etc. Want to know more?

There is no such thing as too much information when it comes to the security and safety of your family, home and business. Viewing this same information shouldn't be a chore. In designing Custom Alarm's new presence on the web, we knew that a visually pleasing, easy to use navigation system was needed. The result was a clean, professional site that offers all of the information you need--quick and easy.

It was an honor to be given the task to design a new website for such a well established, reputable company. We look forward to our continued relationship with Nikki and the rest of the crew at Custom Alarm.

Welcome... Jon Bernhardt

CWS welcomes the newest member to our team, Jon Bernhardt. He comes to CWS from Charter Business where he was a Customer Support Specialist. Most recently, he returned from Iraq where he was deployed with an Army Reserve unit. The company transported fuel across the country. Jon worked as supply for those troops, providing soldiers with clothing, tools, and food. Thankfully, no one in the company was hurt.

Jon lives in Rochester with his wife and two cats. He enjoys watching the Minnesota Twins play, and follows Big Ten football closely. Jon and his wife recently went to Washington DC for vacation. There they saw many of the sites and museums. On the return trip, the two ran into the "O'Hare monster" in Chicago. After staying in the airport for 14 hours, their plane finally left for Rochester.

Jon's role within the company will be to provide fanatical support and outstanding customer service to our existing customers. In addition, he will be expanding our Search Engine Optimization (SEO) program. CWS has a new system that allows our team to research quicker and find better ways to move sites up the search engine list. With this new system, CWS can look at a current web site, advise and make changes to move the site up to the first results page. Jon is currently training to receive his CIM Certification.

Jon can be contacted (507) 289-2229 x208.

Site Launch: RiggottPhoto.com

Based in Rochester, Minnesota, photographer Dean Riggott specializes in commercial, corporate, editorial, architectural and documentary-style wedding photography. His high-quality commercial photography and environmental portraits provide business-to-business image solutions for a long and loyal nationwide customer base, including Mayo Clinic, Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Cambria, Pfizer, Seneca Foods and Wells Fargo.

To support his ever-growing client base and subsequent photo galleries, we knew Dean would need a specialized solution to create and publish new galleries on the fly. The solution was to create an Adobe Flash based slideshow application customized to the look and feel of the site, and to dynamically display an unlimited number of photo galleries published by the backend administrative tool.

The concept was simple: Design a clean, professional site with a focus on Dean's extensive portfolio. The result was a spectacular display of professional photography and special moments that have been captured by one of Rochester's premier photographers.

It was a pleasure working with Dean, and we look forward to our continued relationship in the future.