If you have ever watched a NFL broadcast you’ve seen Riddell’s logo on the grill of just about every pro-player’s helmet that screams across the screen. Riddell, a Chicago institution and Easton Bell Sports subsidiary, makes the best helmets in the industry. Their lifesaving concussion-reduction technology is available as an option on helmets for youth players all the way up to their professional models. If you haven’t seen the Revolution Speed Helmet, you should check it out, it’s amazing. My kids will definitely wear Revo Speeds if they choose to play football. They are statistically proven.
Tanagram has been working with Riddell for several years helping them evolve their marketing and sales presence on the web and this launch marks a key point in their evolution roadmap. E-commerce has been implemented using SAP’s shopping cart and while we’re not huge fans of the SAP product, it works pretty darned well. The short story is you can now buy Riddell products online and have them shipped to your home. WOOT!! As the site continues to mature, advanced metrics are being measured and SEO is being implemented. In the near future we will be expanding Riddell’s online community to do some really amazing things that will be meaningful to those who adore football.
We had a blast putting this site together using some cutting edge technologies including Adobe AS3, Papervision, and the not-so-cutting edge Wordpress CMS engine.
Tanagram would like to thank the brilliant folks at Riddell for being such great partners. This site reflects the hard work invested by the entire team. You guys rock!
March 24, 2010 - Extend 2010 - Alteryx Introduced!
Tanagram is proud to introduce the world to Alteryx. Formerly SRC (extendthereach.com), Alteryx could be the future of Business Intelligence.
So what do you do with Alteryx? Anything! In English, one would say that their tools can consume any type of data (including geospatial of course) and merge it, filter it, process it, “spatial-ize” it, reprocess it, and finally output it to anything you can imagine including “the cloud.” Industry leaders are using Alteryx to determine where their best customers are and how to reach them in ways that are appreciated. These leaders represent just about any vertical you can imagine and they all understand that the insights derived using Alteryx Connect (for example) are critical for their competitive survival. Big companies like Geomentum use Alteryx to save big companies like Walgreens $30MM in one media placement project. Deloitte, Clarks, and Jones Lang LaSalle are among the many companies that use Alteryx to manage their data crunching desires.
What does Tanagram have to do with Alteryx? Tanagram, in partnership with Meta Design, and Clarity Partners renamed, rebranded, and launched the new Alteryx.com website (using Microsoft SharePoint). In a very short period of time, we worked with the brilliant folks at Alteryx to develop an international brand (already represented in 50+ countries) and many new channels for Alteryx to connect with their customers. Rumor has it more is on the way, but that’s pure speculation.
Congrats again to the entire project team. We really enjoy working with you!
The past year has been something of a nirvana for local craft beer fans, as their local options increase with the openings of Metropolitan Brewing, Half Acre Beer Company and Revolution Brewing. If all things go well, a fourth microbrewery/brewpub will be joining those ranks by late summer.
Construction is currently underway on Haymarket Pub and Brewing, in the former Bar Louie space at 741 W. Randolph. The project is a partnership between Pete Crowley, senior brewer at Rock Bottom Chicago, and his friend John Neurauter. We’d been hearing rumblings for weeks about Haymarket and Crowley, who’s also president of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, was more than happy to fill us in on some of the details.
Crowley said that Haymarket will focus on “classic Belgian and contemporary American ales and lagers paired with hand made sausages, pulled pork, pizza and rotisserie chicken.” There are plans for an outdoor beer garden, full bar, dining area with pool tables and games. About 600 square feet downstairs will be allocated for a barrel room for aging and blending. The centerpiece of the pub will be a walk through kitchen and brewery that leads to a “drinking and writing” theater. This means that, when Haymarket opens its doors, the long running and popular Drinking & Writing series with Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda will have a home. Crowley is the “brewer” for Drinking and Brewing.
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