November 15, 2006

Calgary Businessman supports Global Student Entrepreneur Award

For further information, please contact:

Dean Lindal, Global Vice President
Entrepreneurs Organization
Phone:  703.519.6700. ext.139
Email: dlindal@eonetwork.org

Washington D.C. November 15, 2006 –  Local Calgary Businessman Robert Kulhawy  was amongst 4 Canadians to take part as judges in the prestigious Global Student Entrepreneur Award held last week in Chicago, Illinois.

“Given Robert’s  leadership and support of entrepreneurship through The Entrepreneurs Organization he was a natural fit judge at this year’s awards” said Dean Lindal EO’s Global Vice President.

Other judges included the likes of Kevin Harrington CEO of Reliant International Media who is credited with inventing the infomercial, Mike Regan CEO of Tranzact one of the largest transportation and logistics companies in North America and Jurgen Rochert the head of Mercedes-Benz Financial for North America and title sponsor for the program.

The Global Student Entrepreneur Award recognizes the top undergraduate students who are running their own companies.   The event was part of the largest gathering of undergraduate students who are either running their own business or have a serious interest in entrepreneurs.  There were more than 1300 in attendance at this event.

First place went to Mike Brown a 21 year old student who started a company called ModBargins 1 year ago.  The company provides luxury after market auto parts and he has grown the company to more than $410,000 in sales and on track for more than $800,000 this year.  

Kulhawy donated through his Commerx Corporation $20,000 in web services which brought the total prize package to more than $50,000. As Kulhawy said “This award is very important and highlights the need to support students and entrepreneurship. Our contribution, we hope, in some small way continues to help Mike expand his business.”

The GSEA operates in Canada through a partnership with the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs which has open nominations for the Canadian competition through November 23rd and prospective students can nominate through http://www.gsea.org
About the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) – for entrepreneurs only – is a global community that enriches members’ lives through direct peer-to-peer learning, connections to experts and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. EO is the catalyst that enables entrepreneurs to learn from each other, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life. EO is comprised of more than 6,000 members in more than 40 countries, with an average member age of 37 and average annual revenue of US$12.5 million. The organization is committed to building the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs


April 19, 2006

Commerx Adds Record Number of Clients in 1st Quarter of 2006

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced that they have sold a record number of new clients based on quarterly sales for the 1st quarter of 2006. Some of the industries that are now using Commerx as their technology partner include Regional Health Care, small and large Oil & Gas Companies, Telecommunications, School Districts and the City of Calgary.

"Companies are realizing that they need one resource to handle all of their technical requirements - including web design, content management, backend development, and application development - and they are turning to Commerx for assistance." said Steve Dueck, Sales Director for Commerx Corporation. "We are really happy to be able to make this announcement of the addition of 31 new clients this quarter. Our goal as a company is to ensure that we can be a resource for small companies to fit their budgets and also be able to take on major corporate level deployments of technology. All of the staff at Commerx truly work together to make these initiatives happen on time and on budget. Our streamlined internal workflow processes ensure that everyone is up to speed on the status of the development and deployment with each client."

"If you're company is approaching a project for a revamp of your old web site, new web site, backend development, application development. give us a call, we can help."

Sales: (403)301-3883
inforequest@commerx.com


March 07, 2006

Commerx Reaches Out in Helping Charitable Causes

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, announced the total of CAD$373,398.97 to date with donated products and services to important events, causes, non-profit organizations and charities. A partial list of such recipients includes:

  • HSBC Calgary Marathon
  • Calgary Pregnancy Care Centre
  • United Way of Calgary
  • Homes of Hope
  • Sonshine Centre
  • Glenmore Christian Academy
  • Alberta Bible College
  • Calgary Zoo
  • Gamma Girls
  • Calgary Stampede Parade

"Commerx realizes the need for technology in specific organizations that can't always fit requirements in their budgets. We are pleased that we can offer our technology solutions to these types of organizations and will continue to support where we can." said Robert Kulhawy, President & CEO of Commerx. "Commerx has always focused on being a resource for companies to be able to keep up with the advancements in technology and we feel that offering our solutions to those that are doing something positive for the world is the least that we can do."

For more information about our charitable work, please Sales at (403)301-3883 or e-mail inforequest@commerx.com


February 22, 2006

Commerx Acquires OIL & GAS Materials Management Software

Commerx Acquires OIL & GAS Materials Management Software and Brands as MATwerx. Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced that acquisition of a leading upstream Oil & Gas Materials Management Software product. MATwerx is a web based solution and allows companies to move materials around within their company with full reporting capabilities. MATwerx is a systematic approach to standardized field inventory control to fit the complex nature of upstream oil and gas production. MATwerx was developed to satisfy operational, accounting and managerial requirements.

The system uses secure web technology to interface with a central database to:

  • Simplify day-to-day transactions
  • Verify cost codes
  • Create a constant audit trail
  • Backup Power: APC Smart-UPS RT 10,000VA/8,000W 208V with Remote Management & Alerting
  • Wireless Access Point: installed in Commerx offices for staff & client use

MATwerx is also Sarbanes Oxley(SOX) compliant and alleviates the headaches of the old paper trail methods of managing the location of materials.
"We are excited to introduce MATwerx to our product line that supports upstream oil and gas companies with materials control", says Robert Kulhawy President & CEO of Commerx. "MATwerx can now address a common requirement in the oil and gas sector and allow companies to actually view and manage materials inventory in a single application interface. We are offering MATwerx on a 30 day free trial to allow companies to proove concept on a handful of their own material items prior to purchase."


January 31, 2006

Commerx Deployment of Major Data Centre Upgrade

Commerx is pleased to announce the we are currently undergoing some major upgrades and enhancements to our in-house data centre and hosting facility. Some of these upgrades are already operational, with the remainder set to "go live" later next month.

Upgrades include:

  • Servers: brand new HP ProLiant DL380 G4 servers for our mail server, Linux/BSD web server and Windows IIS web server
  • Software: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, IIS 6 Web Server (new), FreeBSD 6 (new), Apache 2 Web Server (updated), MDaemon 8 Mail Server (updated), Serv-U 6 FTP Server (updated), PHP 5 (updated), MySQL 5 Database (updated), PostgreSQL 8.1 Database (updated)
  • Hosting Control Panel: (coming soon with new Windows Web Server)
  • Backup Power: APC Smart-UPS RT 10,000VA/8,000W 208V with Remote Management & Alerting
  • Wireless Access Point: installed in Commerx offices for staff & client use

"The data centre upgrade is an internal enhancement that allows us to continue to offer leading edge services and technologies to our clients as the evolution of technology matures", says Robert Kulhawy President and CEO of Commerx. "We will continue to make this a priority."


December 30th, 2005

Commerx Year In Review for 2005

2005 was a tremendous year for Commerx Corporation, as we saw the size, scale and scope of the projects undertaken on behalf of our growing client base expand and continue to evolve into new and exciting areas. One interesting observation was the increased adoption of both Content Management Systems (CMS) and Intranet systems by our many clients, as we implemented significant quantities of these technologies across a wide variety of systems and platforms. As the Internet space - and related technologies - continues to evolve and transform, so do the variety of solutions Commerx can delivered as part of our service offerings.

Key business enhancements at Commerx in 2005 included:

  • The acquisition of expanded office space - our new space is a bright, open environment that certainly suits our corporate style. Our location now boasts a gallery showcase of completed work that is displayed throughout the entire office, so our clients can feel at home walking through our office amongst the staff at work.
  • We have added 7 key staff to our roster of talented employees over the year that allows us to streamline management, technical support, development and operations to ensure that we are well prepared for the design and development of new, leading technologies as we move forward.
  • We have also made significant hardware and software upgrades throughout the entire company this year, including computer upgrades, server upgrades and key business operations software.
  • We are also very pleased with the number of new customers who utilized our services in 2005, which now brings the total to over 160 companies who draw on our products and services within the Internet space.

In 2006 we will continue to move forward and offer the best products and services available to our many valued clients!

 


November 14th, 2005

Commerx Releases AlertMeFirst Version 5.0

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced the upgrade of their AlertMeFirst web monitoring service to version 5.0.

New features & functionality in version 5.0 include:

  • Redesigned & revamped account administration area, with new interface and navigation
  • WPS (weekly performance stats) reports are now colour-coded and display the actual down time in minutes
  • New time zone setting (per device) and alert contact, which allow for easier local time matching
  • Improved site monitoring accuracy by means of improved cross-monitoring engine failure detection and backup engine activation
  • Reduced false alerts rate caused by intermittent connection problems at the monitoring site
  • Previously separate alert and trace route messages have been combined into one alert message showing both sets of information
  • Consolidated a number of previously-separate configurations with a centralized one
  • Improved backup mail server support for sending alerts from inside the engine

"The AlertMeFirst 5.0 release is a key upgrade that allows the product to be able to accommodate enterprise licensing." said Commerx President & CEO Robert Kulhawy. "The upgrade now allows us to offer AMF to organizations that provide Internet connectivity such as telcos and IS's as apart of their customer offering as a way to provide leading-edge web monitoring reporting to ensure guaranteed uptime. Looking forward, we are very much aware of the benefits of offering the AlertMeFirst solution to enterprises that want to send uptime reporting to their customers and we are very excited that we can now provide such a solution."


October 26, 2005

Commerx Develops E-Learning System for Enform

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced the completion of the e-learning system for Enform, the largest oil and gas training facility in the world. The robust e-learning system developed for Enform allows for the easy deployment of video-based instruction learning modules, as well as any other web-based instructional format, as the system allows for new courses to be added to the system in a very rapid and simple fashion. Administration is handled by designated Enform employees using the Commerx-developed Enform Intranet system and students are able to register for new courses, view their account details and communicate with Enform staff - all via an easy-to-use web-based system. This e-learning system is part of Commerx's on-going work for Enform, through which we have established a common, consistent and solid platform to build off of.

"Whether it's their Intranet system, their e-learning system, or any other aspect of their web needs, Commerx is proud to be Enform's Internet technology partner to develop current and ongoing technologies." Says Robert Kulhawy, President & CEO of Commerx. "It is a great feeling to know that our staff all have the knowledge and experience to take on complex technical requests to develop solutions which allow our clients to streamline workflow processes."

Enform offered the following statement...

"Commerx has been a key partner in meeting all the challenges our custom IS projects entail. Robert, Blaine and their teams have responded to every request made of them in an extremely timely and professional manner." Says Armando Ruggeri, Producer - Program Development & Distance Education. "The e-Learning registration system project is a prime example of their commitment to their customers and to meeting their needs."


September 9, 2005

Commerx Develops New Web Site for the Calgary Police Service.

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced the launch of the Youth Link Calgary web site, developed for the Calgary Police Interpretive Centre. The Centre was looking to create a fun and interactive web site that would target children in grades four to six to inform them of the dangers of drugs, gangs, unsafe Internet usage, as well as provide reference materials for teachers and parents.

Janet Pieschel, Executive Director for the Calgary Police Service offered the following statement: "Commerx was a great company to work with - they took over the project once it was under way but quickly grasped what we wanted to accomplish with our web site and were very flexible. We are thrilled with the end product."

Incorporating creative design, a robust & customized CMS (Content Management System) and some very dynamic learning activities, the completed site allows visitors the opportunity to explore engaging and educational interactive activities, which entertain and introduce the awareness of crime and dangerous situations at a young age.

"The development of the Calgary Police Services web site is another example of the artistic expertise and skill sets that our employees have," said Robert Kulhawy, President and CEO of Commerx. "More and more leading companies and organizations are continuing to call upon us for the full range of Internet solutions - from basic web development services to very complex back-end technologies. We are very proud of our reputation as a leading Internet solutions company and will continue to assist companies and organizations to realize their innovative ideas and technology requirements."


August 2, 2005

Commerx provides "AlertMeFirst" Web Site Monitoring Software to Isochron LLC

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced that Isochron LLC www.isochron.com has selected AlertMeFirst as their web site monitoring software. Isochron, headquartered in Austin, Texas, provides networked statistical vending ecommerce software to one of the world's largest soft drink companies. Isochron based their selection of the AlertMeFirst product on the product's robust technology, administration flexibility and the capability to monitor custom applications.

With the installation of the AlertMeFirst product, Isochron can now ensure critical uptime on their web site and provide web site monitoring that allows them to monitor the performance and availability of their web site, as well as that of any of their other Internet devices, on a 24/7 basis. The monitoring services provided to Isochron by AlertMeFirst include web site monitoring, server monitoring, network monitoring and web site performance monitoring. The AlertMeFirst software also provides Isochron with minute, daily, weekly and monthly reporting.

 


July 20, 2005

Commerx Releases AlertMeFirst Version 4.2

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced the new release of AlertMeFirst Version 4.2. AlertMeFirst provides remote web site monitoring that allows you to monitor the performance and availability of your web site, as well as that of any of your other Internet devices, on a 24/7 basis. Some of the monitoring services provided by AlertMeFirst include web site monitoring, server monitoring, network monitoring and web site performance monitoring.

Included in this version upgrade are some significant "under the hood" technological improvements:

  • Created & deployed a third AMF system internally within Commerx's data centre, to provide an isolated development platform for on-going system enhancements and expansion
  • Modified the WPS (Weekly Performance Statistics) functionality to send out notices to designated contacts.
  • Integrated a system-wide configuration file, to allow for rapid updating and expansion of key system configuration details.
  • Automated the daily input of the Bank of Canada U.S. currency exchange rate.
  • Switched over credit card validation to utilize Moneris as the primary online credit card system.
  • Switched over secure-socket layer technology to a new provider.

"The release of AlertMeFirst 4.2 has now allowed the product to prepare itself for ongoing expansion and enhancements as required." said Robert Kulhawy, CEO of Commerx. "Our corporate approach here at Commerx is to develop leading products that meet the requirements for our clients and to make improvements to our technologies to ensure that we - and our clients - are prepared for the future."

 


June 23, 2005

Customers Elect to Use Commerx as Total Internet Solutions Provider for Ongoing Projects

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced customer retention feedback for ongoing technical client projects.

Through surveying our existing client base, we have confirmed that a very high percentage of clients would refer Commerx to other companies for our products and services and also come back for additional Internet projects.

"This high customer referral and retention rate is a direct result of our experienced and seamless business infrastructure. Through senior level account management and customer relations to senior level technical development and support staff, Commerx provides a professional team of employees who offer a full range business solution approach that is clearly valued with existing customers," said Robert Kulhawy, CEO of Commerx. "We will continue to hire and train new staff here at Commerx who meet our internal credential requirements. This allows Commerx to maintain to be a leading edge company that offers the best service to keep our customers coming back."

 


April 25, 2005

Commerx Experiences Record Growth in Revenue and Customers in Q1, 2005

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced a record increase in the number of sales for its e-business products and services, during the first quarter of 2005. Commerx has added 73 organizations to its growing customer roster from industries such as retail, oil & gas, technology, automotive dealerships, environmental, educational institutions, and mortgage companies.

Along with acquiring a record number of customers in the last three months, the company bolstered revenues and expanded its sales, business development and professional services to handle the increased demand from customers and prospects.

"The record number of new customers in the first quarter of 2005 demonstrates that Commerx continues to be a leading independent vendor within the Internet services market space," said Robert Kulhawy, CEO of Commerx. "From our direct sales to our marketing programs, the company has seen significant growth across the board. Our executive team is extremely proud of the work that our employees have done and we look forward to continued company growth and expanded industry adoption of our many Internet solutions."

 


March 30, 2005

Commerx Designs a New Web Site for Leading Utilities Company

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced the completion of the new web site for ATCO and Canadian Utilities. ATCO, which owns Canadian Utilities, wanted to develop a new web site and also integrate the same design to the existing Canadian Utilities site, which would allow ATCO to maintain the two separate web sites but use the same branding, design, and look and feel across each. Commerx worked closely with ATCO Itek (IT) to move forward with the creation of the new sites and continues to adopt the same look and feel with ongoing development for ATCO's Intranet system.

 


January 18, 2005

Commerx Develops Intranet System for World Leading Oil and Gas Training Facility

Commerx Corporation, a leading provider of Internet solutions, today announced the completion of the PITS (Petroleum Industry Training Service) Intranet site. The new Intranet site will allow PITS employees access to a secured portal that will offer internal corporate information. Functionality of the Intranet site includes:

  • Flexibility to the Commerx existing CMS (Content Management System) that provides dynamic functionality for PITS employees, admin staff and IT managers.
  • Multi level access rights which will allow Staff to view content, Administrators to edit content within only their assigned sections, Super Administrators to have full editing access and can create new User and Admin accounts.
  • The ability for assigned Administrators and Super Administrators to add new text content, photos, links, documents, courses, press releases and the ability to post-date changes (that will not be put "live" on the site until the set date.)
  • Encrypted logins and passwords

Commerx is hosting the PITS Intranet in our internal secure data centre and continues to work closely with PITS for ongoing modifications and enhancements.

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