Publicity

Universal Mind is well known and highly sought after worldwide for our specialties in rich Internet application technologies and user experience design. Here’s where we’re making headlines.

Universal Mind Publicity

Forrester: Q&Agency May 18, 2010: Forrester Research Customer Experience Analyst Vidya Drego Interviews Universal Mind

Brett Cortese, CEO, and Erik Loehfelm, Director of User Experience talk to Customer Experience Analyst, Vidya Drego for her Q&Agency blog, about what differentiates Universal Mind and the experiences we create for our clients.
Forbes.com Business Wire March 11, 2010: Social Compact Launches Washington, DC-based 'CityDNA,' a one-stop-shop for visualizing and analyzing local market data

Developed in partnership with Universal Mind, CityDNA aims to help local governments, investors and community groups understand and respond to the unique market characteristics of their communities.
School CIO February 1, 2010: Progress reports for kids & schools benefit Colorado districts

School CIO reports on the Colorado Department of Education's SchoolVIEW app, built by Universal Mind.
Rapid Growth Magazine December 3, 2009: National Software Developer Opens Grand Rapids User Experience Design Hub

Universal Mind has opened its first development hub dedicated to user experience design. The new office, located in the Brass Works Building in Grand Rapids' Monroe North business district, began operations November 1.
GISCafe October 12, 2009: Location Intelligence for the Enterprise

Enterprise customers have requested that Universal Mind bring their clunky workflows in legacy systems to the web, but also at the same time improve their usability, a core competency that the company has developed since its inception.
Application Development Trends Magazine September 21, 2009: Adobe Extends Flash Across Social Nets and Mobile Devices

Brett Cortese, CEO of Universal Mind, speaks to the value of Adobe Flash Platform Services in this article.
InfoWorld September 20, 2009: Adobe Flash Platform Services Unveiled

Universal Mind CEO, Brett Cortese, is quoted in this article about the release of Adobe Flash Platform Services.
Mass High Tech June 12, 2009: Universal Mind Enters Data Mapping Market

On the strength of the rich Internet applications it develops, the code shop ... is expanding into the applications software business with a mapping software product called SpatialKey now in private beta. SpatialKey turns tabular data, such as customer spreadsheets, into geographic representations.
Business Management Magazine April 13, 2009: Betting on Business Innovation with Rich Internet Applications?

"How do we create something that doesn't just give us a flashier interface but offers substantial benefits?" "How do we create a compellingly different way for people to work, play, and even live?" ...questions answered in this article penned by UM president, Brett Cortese.
Business Management Magazine April 12, 2009: Improving Rich Internet Applications

While rich internet applications aren’t new, recent developments have boosted potential reach and capabilities. Business Management takes an in-depth look at how and why it has taken off, and where the market is heading.
CNet November 17, 2008: Slick data-visualizer launched for QuickBooks users

Customer Explorer, a free version of SpatialKey, created by Universal Mind, is available at the Intuit Workplace. It imports QuickBooks data and overlays it on a live map.
Denver Business Journal September 19, 2008: SpatialKey unlocks way to easily map out data

Businesses looking to understand the potential of a new generation of Internet applications may want to call the police. The 140-officer department in Ogden, Utah hired Universal Mind to build a way to merge information found in crime reports, parolee and probationer data and other law enforcement files and present it in a map that helps officers quickly identify crime-fighting strategies.
Computerworld September 2, 2008: Can Web 2.0 Save BI?

UM client, Ogden Utah Police Department, is featured in this article about Business Intelligence 2.0: how organizations are connecting the technologies to make better business decisions.
Inc. 500 2007 November 12, 2007: Universal Mind Ranked No. 31 in the Top Companies in IT Services

UM debuts at No. 290 on the Inc. 500 and ranked No. 31 in the Top Companies in IT Services. Why it's growing: Companies increasingly use Web-based technologies for their internal as well as customer-facing systems. Universal Mind specializes in applications that aid decision making.
BusinessWest September 17, 2007: Techie Like a Rock Star

Universal Mind is an example of the changing face of business as it relates to the World Wide Web. With communication virtually instantaneous regardless of where an employee’s desk is located, Universal Mind isn’t located in a high-rise in a primary market. Instead, it employs software technology experts from around the world.