Websites are designed to be used by people of varying backgrounds, educations and technical levels. One of the challenges we face when designing for the Web is finding a way to create sites and applications that can be accessed by a widely disparate audience while avoiding the pitfall of sacrificing the quality of our work to cater to the dreaded ‘lowest common denominator.’

Even though it happens to me with some frequency, being told by a client that one of the requirements for their project is that it must be ‘idiot proof’ never fails to give me pause. The sentiment itself is offensive enough, but the concept also seems somewhat misguided to me. Do we really want to begin a project by assuming our site’s users are idiots?”

Labels: DesignInformer.com, Jeremy Girard, Web design, Web sites

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We have several pending VMware View deployments that are in need of a full profile management and user environment management solution today," said Todd Knapp, owner of Envision Technology Advisor and a certified VMware Solutions Professional. “ProfileUnity provides us with very capable and cost-effective solution to move our customers forward with VMware View immediately while adding value beyond simple profile management. The solution’s full user environment management features enable us to easily provision and maintain admin settings per department, group, or user.”

Read the full press release at Liquidware Labs.

Labels: Liquidware Labs, Todd Knapp, VMWare

Envision Technology Advisors has just launched a new Web site for the executive recruiting firm KLR Executive Search Group.

This was a complete redesign of their Web presence, including a brand new visual design and a new platform to feed job listings and candidate profiles onto the site. KLR Executive Search Groups uses an application called ‘Bullhorn’ to manage their opportunities and candidates, but their old site required them to enter the listings to be displayed on the site separately. In order to save them time and eliminate double entry, we integrated a data feed from Bullhorn onto the site where we were able to style it to fit perfectly within the visual framework of the new design.

For the new visuals, we created a clean, solid new design and added some exciting animation to the homepage of the site to catch people’s attention and drive home the company’s key messages, including their national reach and affiliation with one of the largest accounting firms in New England.

You can see the new site at http://www.klrsearchgroup.com/

Labels: KLR, Web design, Web sites

We have a new site launch to announce today for United Registrar Services.

URS provides regulatory and auditing services to companies throughout the United States who are seeking various certifications, including ISO 9001, AS9100, 14001 and more.

Since a central theme to this company’s services is quality, they wanted to ensure that their Web presence was up-to-date, both in terms of the ‘look and feel’ of the design and site’s content, as well as the platform of Web standards upon which the site was built. To meet their rigorous quality requirements, they turned to Envision.

Starting with a new logo and brand identity that the company had recently unveiled, we designed and built a site that the company will use to interface with their clients and auditors. Eventually, those clients and auditors will be able to use the site to login to a backend workflow system that we are currently developing as a Phase 2 part of this project.

You can see the new site at http://unitedregistrars.com

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Envision CEO Todd Knapp was quoted today by TechTarget:

People have no choice but to look for an alternative because you can't effectively do VDI without profile management," said Todd Knapp, chief technology officer and founder of IT consultancy Envision Technology Advisors in Providence, R.I.

Read the full article at TechTarget.

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For the second year in a row, Envision Technology Advisors was honored by being named one of the 'Best Places to Work in Rhode Island' by the Providence Business News.

After coming in at #4 in our first year on the list in 2009, Envision is excited and humbled to have the distinction of being named #1 in the small business category at this year's awards ceremony.

You can read the article that the Providence Business News published in their special section for this year's awards by clicking the link below.

Skill development motivates workers at Envision

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