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Judy Gerard, President of Llamawerx in Raleigh, earned her OpenAT Professional Developer Certification from Wavecom . “We’re happy to have Judy complete Wavecom’s training,” said Doug Griswold, CEO of Llamawerx. “We’ve been involved with embedded systems, wireless programming and M2M for many years and this takes us in a new direction.”For more information visit the Wireless & Mobility.

On May 21^st, 2007 Llamawerx launched a redesigned website for the Triangle East Chapter of the Interior Design Society. The new layout features a crisp black look punctuated with colorful elements. A key goal was to simplify the navigation and “lead” the visitor where they want to go. “I’m a big fan of navigation that speaks directly to the visitor,” said Doug Griswold. “I’m looking for a designer… Tell me more… I want to join – phrases like those actively lead the visitor along.”

Visit the chapter’s new site to learn more about interior design in the Triangle.

BuxTools, maker of the patented C-Clipper, approached Llamawerx to redevelop their website. Through a series of unfortunate events, the site had disappeared from the Internet. “When they contacted us, they had a domain name but nothing else. No way to access it, no passwords, no files… the site was gone.” said Doug Griswold, CEO of Llamawerx. “We made a few calls, did some web forensics and let them know we could salvage most of their previous content and pictures. And, if they wanted to freshen-up their site some, we would be happy to do that too.”

The result is a new website sporting a cleaner layout with less visual clutter. “I tend to think less-is-more,” explains Griswold. The underlying coding is slimmer too. “By hand coding our sites the bloat associated with many web design tools disappears. Using styles, standards and image optimization we routinely trim 50% off of the download size — and a smaller size directly reduces page load times.” Studies have shown web users are extremely fickle when it comes to webpage load delays. Some suggest a 4 second limit. Others more generously allow 15. “It comes down to your visitors’ attention span and how interested they are in your information. We’re not compulsive about it, but we follow a few patterns and if we see opportunities to improve the speed we do it.” explains Griswold.

The results? Within one day of taking the new site live, the first request for information about the C-Clipper came in.

Visit BuxTools’ new site to learn more about BuxTools and C-Clipper.

Abloco Wireless Solutions, a solutions provider for video surveillance, remote access and wireless communication, approached Llamawerx to redevelop their website. In addition to engineering and business services, Abloco recently released iSpecto — an out-of-the-box wireless camera surveillance solution, delivering high quality, real-time video anywhere. The mission was to modernize the design, prominently feature iSpecto and lay the foundation for multiple languages.

Located in the Netherlands, Abloco does business throughout the European Union. Previously in Dutch, their message was not reaching their target audience. A decision was made to redesign the site in English and build in the ability to support other languages. In February, the English language version of the redesigned site launched with improved navigation and a strong emphasis on iSpecto.

Visit Abloco’s new site to learn more about Abloco Wireless Solutions and iSpecto.

RALEIGH, NC January 10, 2007 – Llamawerx proudly announces the formation of a machine-to-machine (M2M) group to complement their service portfolio. “We’re very excited to be entering the wireless M2M space,” says Doug Griswold, Llamawerx’s CEO. “The market seems to have reached a tipping point. With hardware prices falling and complexity rising, software becomes the critical component. We’re confident we can bring the same great level of service we’re known for to the embedded wireless space.”In 2006, North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park gained worldwide attention in the M2M industry. In June, Sony Ericsson sold their M2M business unit to Wavecom which decided to locate their American operations in RTP. And in September, Telit opened their US office in nearby Morrisville. “RTP has been a leader in wireless communications for years,” said Griswold. “Ericsson, Nortel, Qualcomm, they’re major players traditionally focused on human-to-human communications. Now we’re seeing a new set of companies focusing on the fastest growing segment of the wireless market – machine to machine communications.”

Industry watcher Juniper Research predicts the market for wireless-enabled machine to machine applications is entering a new growth phase with revenues set to grow from US$20 billion in 2006 to over US$44 billion by 2009 and US$74 billion by 2011; wireless operator NTT DoCoMo estimates that in 2010 only one in three of its customers will be a human being.

“By building relationships with hardware leaders, we’re looking to extend our software services to their clients,” said Griswold. “They’ve learned to listen to their customers and remain focused on what they do best. We can complement their hardware leadership with our software experience, personal service and flexibility – we’re always on the lookout for opportunities benefiting our clients.”

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Llamawerx is a client-driven consulting firm founded in 2003 providing consulting, software development, business analysis, mentoring and training services. Locally or globally, our strength is the ability to bring software from concept to reality, rapidly and reliably. For more information, visit www.llamawerx.com or call (919) 863-4336.