News and Events

The weakness of the American Dollar is creating a new opportunity for companies outside the United States. Whether your company is based in Europe or other parts of the world like Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, or Japan now is the time to take a look at having your software programmed in the United States. If your business is located in a European Union country the American dollar is currently at a 20-month low versus the Euro!

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WSI is pleased to announce that it has completed the development of a web based system to display near real time temperature and megawatt electrical consumption from a utility’s SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system that monitors and controls power production.

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This month the Ames City Side mailer, sent out with all utility bills, included a contribution by Winning Solutions’ Mark Steffen on computer electricity consumption in the “Ask the Energy Guy” section.

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WSI has just launched a new website for local Ames, Iowa restaurant Aunt Maude's. A simple photo gallery website with an elegant, user-friendly interface, maudesames.com provides an easy means for Aunt Maude's to inform its customers of menu changes and restaurant hours.

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WSI has recently been awarded a small but important contract by the Iowa Department of Education, State of Iowa Library to provide training in direct hands-on Content Management System usage to groups of librarians at training sessions held throughout the state of Iowa.

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WSI teamed up with Databeat to push the bounds of Macromedia Flash. The combined teams created a Flash application capable of displaying transparently on top of video feeds. This application was showcased at the 2006 ElectroWorld Expo on 80 40" plasma displays.

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Lenovo is an innovative, international technology company formed as a result of the acquisition by the Lenovo Group of the IBM Personal Computing Division. WSI was not selected because of its high volume PC sales capability but because of its ability to deliver end to end solutions. WSI’s custom application development capability has a long history of delivering specialized programs to businesses that work the way their business works!

Some WSI customers want a fully turn-key experience which means that everything from the Server/PC to their custom line of business application are provided and supported by a single vendor, WSI. Many businesses have built their technology foundation on IBM PC’s and laptops. WSI’s new arrangement with Lenovo allows WSI to provide these clients with a complete end to end solution built on the IBM platform they know and trust.

WSI is a leading provider of diverse technology solutions including web design/development, database development, Adobe Flash programming, Microsoft Access development and much more. WSI’s mission is to be our client’s most valuable employee. WSI has two offices, one in Ames, Iowa and Fort Myers, Florida. WSI services customers both locally and globally via the Internet. WSI has been in business since 1996, when it was started by the two founders as a database development company. Today, WSI provides managed web and application hosting for the web sites and programs it creates to over one-hundred clients.

WSI is pleased to offer Lenovo products in addition to other computer hardware products it currently offers.

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PiecesOfVermont.com (POVT) is a small e-Commerce website that offers Vermont maple syrup products, gift baskets, wedding candy favors, wooden bowls and other woodenware, as well as stoneware pottery and wooden NameTrain® toys. The site, which has a unique mix of five Vermont merchants, is owned and operated by RES eCom, Inc. and has been serving customers since 1999.

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Syngenta Crop Protection selected Winning Solutions, Inc., to provide them with custom training software to meet their specific needs and to have WSI host it on one of their managed web servers. Work was first performed for Syngenta’s Ames office, but word spread quickly through the company of the success of this work. Soon, WSI was developing similar web based training enrollment solutions for Syngenta offices in Greensboro, North Carolina; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Boise, Idaho and Basel Switzerland!

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Winning Solutions, Inc. has just completed converting and rebuilding the Grafix Shoppe website. The new site features a cutting edge look as well as an enhanced and optimized navigation system and site structure. The new Grafix Shoppe website was built to accent the visual aspects of the company's products and services in an organized and easy-to-read format.

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Winning Solutions, Inc. is seeking a part-time web site assistant to join our tightly-knit team. The successful candidate will be a responsible team-oriented player with the ability to learn quickly and adapt to widely varied requirements from project to project. We are looking for basic HTML skills and strong writing ability. The candidate MUST be available from 10am – 3 pm Monday through Friday.

Ames, Iowa area only!

The Story County Medical Center had a lot of goals for their website. Winning Solutions, Inc. took their list of goals and created a great looking site with many features to allow Story County Medical Center to easily maintain their website. This approach allows Story County Medical Center to focus on delivering content to their visitors.

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On January 11, 2006 Winning Solutions, Inc. was honored to receive recognition from the State of Washington for the work we did to develop their web based system to track citizens’ healthy activities. Click here to find out more.

Growing upon our success as a leading application development company, WSI announces that it is starting a new partner program. WSI feels that this program will allow us to reach more clients and provide better service as we continue grow. To learn more about the Partner program, Click Here.

Venali provides complete Internet Fax messaging solutions over secure IP to offer companies a more convenient and reliable way to send and receive documents.

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Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated antivirus firewalls detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more — in real time.

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The Nevada Economic Development Council (NEDC) has a new website.  It features information about commercial and industrial properties, as well as information and links to organizations that NEDC has worked with.  Winning Solutions, Inc was involved in development and design of the website, working closely with NEDC to create a useable, easy to use end product.

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The Severson Insurance Agency website boasts a clean, professional look, complementing its goal of providing professional services to its clients.  With the assistance of Winning Solutions, Inc, the Severson Insurance Agency will be able to continue serving their clients online through their website.

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A sleek new look accompanies superb content and online services offered on the Waukee State Bank website.  Winning Solutions, Inc incorporated the signature purple and gold colors of the Waukee community to create a visually pleasing and easy-to-navigate experience for existing customers, as well as convenient access to their online banking accounts.

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The EdCo Community Credit Union website has a new look provided by Winning Solutions, Inc (WSI).  The site features an easily-navigated front-end, with access to online services.  With the help of WSI, EdCo Community Credit Union customers will have easy access to new information and their online accounts.

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The Greater Dallas County Development Alliance (GDCDA) required a fresh new look for their website.  Winning Solutions, Inc. was able to provided them with a redesign that will allow the GDCDA to continue to develop their site into the future.

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The Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau recently launched a new look for their website created by Winning Solutions, Inc.  The new website features more detailed information related to the Ames community and local activities and attractions.

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The Kuhlmann Sisters recently launched their new website with the help of WSI. We were able to capture the classy web design they were looking for as well as build a custom e-commerce solution for their CD sales – all under one roof. Their elegant design and simple ordering process is sure to make the site a fan favorite.

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WSI is proud to announce the release of new version of the WSI Powered WinningStats.com website. The new version of the site has a brand new look and feel that has helped the speed of the site increase significantly while at the same time allowing for expanded functionality and flexibility.

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WSI is proud to announce the release of new WSI Powered website. This site focuses on search engine optimization techniques and search engine campaigns. WSI is currently running a special of $50 for a search engine analysis as part of the launch of this site. For more information on this offer click here.

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WSI is pleased to announce that Hy-Vee has selected WSI to work with them to upgrade and enhance the WAN connectivity of their Cisco Powered Network.

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The Ames Chamber of commerce has recently released a new feature to their website developed by Winning Solutions, Inc.  They have created a way to allow their members to post coupons on their website.  WSI implemented additional features into their system to allow them to track how many coupons are being viewed.

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