Archive for the ‘partner’ tag
Toby Boudreaux Named Partner at Control Group
Toby Joe Boudreaux has been promoted to Partner at Control Group. As CTO, artist and scientist, Toby pushes the creative and technical boundaries of what’s possible for both Control Group and our clients. Over the last year he built Control Group’s product development line of business and integrated it with our enterprise and managed service capabilities to deliver entirely new platforms for creating and changing businesses.
Toby has deep experience in consumer-facing software, interactive marketing, product development, and user experience. He has written and edited several books on iPhone programming, PHP development and Adobe scripting. He’s also a noted expert on Mac tablets, desktops, mobile devices, kiosks, iOS, Android— and in his own words, “all web stuff.”
His passions include open source software, mobile, agile methods… and long walks in the Subway in the summer. (Yes, he’s that guy).
We're Now an Amazon Web Services Partner
We at Control Group have believed for some time that Cloud Computing will change the landscape of how enterprise IT works. With this belief and a history of helping enterprises utilize the cloud, we are proud to announce that we have been selected to become official Amazon Web Services (AWS) partners. Working closely with Amazon Web Services consultants we are able to provide cloud consulting development, integration and migration solutions for a wide range of industries.
In a recent Cloudsourcing event we held at our offices in the Woolworth Building we had the opportunity to meet many people interested in migrating to the cloud. The most common questions that evening seemed to revolve around “is the cloud secure?” and “will this work for my industry?” Being Google Apps partners and now AWS partners we are able to address client concerns with confidence and provide solutions.
Finding cloud-based solutions and implementing those solutions on the enterprise level can be a challenging task as these are still relatively new technologies. Keeping this in mind, part of the process includes stepping down from the cloud and relying on our team of Project Managers, Account Managers and Engineers along with AWS Consultants. With a solid team we are able to guarantee that a client’s needs and expectations are met in a timely manner.
When you think about the potential for cloud computing, you start to realize the role AWS plays in this game. Cloud computing is just now starting to meet the needs of large corporations and the data center of the future may very well be cloud based. We look forward to forging ahead in this area with Amazon Web Services.
NYC's First Passive House
Early sketch of 174 Grand Street, by Loadingdock5
In the summer of 2008, we worked with Sam Bargetz of Loadingdock5 Architecture to redesign a client’s office. Our work required a creative approach to every aspect of the technology integration to achieve the sleek, modern appearance that the office design called for. Sam and his team were great to work with and we’ve kept in touch.
This year we were excited to learn that Loadingdock5 is attempting to build NYC’s first new building which fulfills the strict German “Passive House” standard. Passive Houses are airtight buildings that use heat from common household appliances and even your human body (!) for warmth. Every effort is made to conserve thermal energy, state-of-the-art heat exchangers are used to provide lots of fresh air.
We’ve been passing notes back and forth to Sam about the technology and are excited to follow his blog updates on the project.