Thursday, June 4, 2015

Carter Solutions to provide Orange County Sheriff’s Office SharePoint Disaster Recovery and Development Support

ORLANDO, Fla. --  Carter Solutions, a leading Orlando IT company with more than 20 years of experience in DotNetNuke, SharePoint and Mobile developments software, has earned a contract to provide the Orange County Sheriff’s Office with SharePoint disaster recovery and SharePoint development services.

Tony Carter, president of Carter Solutions, said the Orange County Sheriff’s Office uses SharePoint to communicate with more than 2,500 deputies and aides.

“Carter Solutions will provide disaster recovery and development support software to make sure there is continuity of this mission critical system,” Carter explained.

The contract also includes training and consulting work.  

Carter Solutions is a client company of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in east Orange County.

Geocove Inc. graduates from UCF Business Incubation Program, Opens New Offices in Orlando and Buffalo

Orlando, Fla. / Buffalo, N.Y.  -- Geocove, Inc., a leading provider of GIS-based technology that helps disaster management teams assess the magnitude of storm destruction and plan damage control and recovery operations, is opening new offices in Orlando and Buffalo.

Karyn Tareen, chief executive officer of Geocove and a graduate of the University of Buffalo (UB), said the company recently graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF) Business Incubator at the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County and moved into offices just down the street at 12001 Research Parkway.

Geocove was recently accepted into START-UP NY, a new initiative by the State of New York to provide tax incentives to business expanding to New York.   Geocove will open a new office next month at the University of Buffalo’s Technology Incubator located in Amherst, New York.

For Tareen, the Buffalo office offers a wealth of opportunities and local expertise. A graduate of the UB’s prestigious Geography Department, Tareen said she is looking forward to reestablishing her relationships with the university.

“I am looking forward to a continuing relationship with the university and its students,” Tareen said.
Tareen said Geocove’s new UB office is already a success. “We are looking forward to the first round of UB interns starting this summer,” Tareen said.

Oceans Luxury Realty Will Double its Property Management Sales This Year

Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. -- Oceans Luxury Realty, the Daytona Beach Shores firm that focuses on management and sales of luxury oceanfront resort homes and condominiums in Volusia County, is set to double its sales this year.

Crystal Anderson, president of Oceans Luxury Realty, said the company’s property management division was averaging $50,000 per week in sales last year but that will double this year based on first quarter results. 

Oceans Luxury Realty manages more than 200 units along the east coast of Central Florida, Anderson said.

The company currently employs 14 full time associates and six property management staffers in Daytona Beach Shores, Port Orange and Ormond Beach.

Currently Oceans Luxury Realty has two locations on U.S. A1A in Daytona Beach Shores.

Since the start of this year, Anderson said the company has handled property management sales valued at over $1 million.