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BOSTON, MA, USA - April 7, 2015 - The Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition, has announced the 2014 award winners to highlight this year’s “best of the best” in interactive media production.

Ayantek was recognized for their excellence with a Silver award for The Princeton Review’s MCAT 2015 Dashboard and Score Reports in the category of Websites - Training / E-Learning.

“We are thrilled about The Princeton Review’s MCAT 2015 Dashboard and Score Reports being selected as a 2014 Horizon Interactive Award winner” said Praveen Ramanathan, President and CEO of Ayantek. “The redesign of the MCAT 2015 Dashboard and Score Reports was a highly collaborative effort between The Princeton Review and Ayantek and this award win is a testament to the creativity and innovation that came from everyone involved.”

The 13th annual, international competition saw over 1200 entries from 27 countries around world including: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and nearly all 50 of the United States of America.

An international panel of judges, consisting of industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as an end user panel evaluated categories ranging from online advertising to mobile applications. The 2014 winning entries showcase the industry’s best interactive media solutions including web sites, mobile applications, print media, interactive displays, public exhibits, online advertising, video, email and more. An international panel of judges, consisting of industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as an end user panel evaluated categories ranging from online advertising to mobile applications. The 2014 winning entries showcase the industry’s best interactive media solutions including web sites, mobile applications, print media, interactive displays, public exhibits, online advertising, video, email and more.

“The 2014 competition represents an amazing display of digital artistry, innovation and craftsmanship,” said, Mike Sauce- Founder of the Horizon Interactive Awards. “We have continued to see a trend where an emphasis is placed on consistency of the digital experience across all touch-points of user interaction from desktop to tablet to mobile phone. In this year’s competition, we were astounded by not only the responsive, full screen and immersive desktop experiences but the optimization of screen real estate and attention to purpose for tablets and other mobile devices. All this while providing engaging and rich multi-media solutions to users. The bottom line, our 2014 winners truly do exhibit a mastery of the optimal blend between aesthetics, outstanding content, innovation, usability and performance.”

The Horizon Interactive Awards holds the competition each year with the winners being announced the following April. For more information visit the Horizon Interactive Awards online: www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a digital strategy and solutions firm focused on delivering value through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of the world’s largest organizations. Our global consultants based in Boston and India are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies.

BEDFORD, MA, USA - September 29, 2014 - Ayantek, LLC one of Greater Boston’s premier digital strategy and solutions firms, announced the launch of their newly redesigned web site at www.ayantek.com. The newly redesigned website will continue to showcase Ayantek’s leadership position in six key areas:

• Developing Cutting-Edge Strategy
• Driving Technological Innovation
• Increasing Business Productivity
• Creating Spectacular User Experiences
• Optimizing the Sales Funnel
• Building Strong Customer Relationships

The new website is crisp, informative, user-friendly, and intuitive in a responsive experience across smartphones, tablet and desktop interfaces. “Our focus on enriching the digital experience rings throughout the redesigned web site.” said Ayantek’s President & CEO Praveen Ramanathan. “We are constantly striving to break new ground in utilizing technology and driving a superlative user experience. Our talented creative and engineering team really did a superlative job in demonstrating the quality, diversity, and impactful results we deliver for our clients.”

Another major focus of the redesigned website is Ayantek’s SMAC Stack Framework, which is a proprietary computing structure to help organizations leverage the wave of Social, Mobile, Analytics, & Cloud technologies. Through videos and blogs, the site provides deep insights and recommendations on how organizations who conceptualize these four technologies together as a "stack" will have access to exponential growth opportunities.

“The redesigned website really showcases a strong portfolio in manufacturing, financial, education, and healthcare.” Ramanathan continued. “Over the past 7 years, we have built deep expertise in these verticals, developing digital roadmaps and crafting clear success metrics for their digital investments.”

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a digital strategy and solutions firm focused on delivering value through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of the world’s largest organizations. Our global consultants based in Boston and India are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies.

BEDFORD, MA, USA - JULY 25, 2014 - Ayantek LLC was selected by Hebrew Senior Life to maintain the company intranet on the Sitecore CMS.

An affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Hebrew Senior Life is a national senior services leader uniquely dedicated to rethinking, researching and redefining the possibilities of aging. Based in Boston, the non-profit, non-sectarian organization has provided communities and health care for seniors, research into aging, and education for geriatric care providers since 1903. Hebrew Senior Life provides a comprehensive continuum of senior living communities and health care that promotes the best quality of life possible for residents, patients and seniors in the Greater Boston community.

“Hebrew Senior Life is one of Boston’s most prominent and highly regarded institutions for senior services.” said Praveen Ramanathan Ayantek’s President and CEO.  “In an innovation economy, organizations are looking to harness and integrate the power Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud Technologies – what we call the SMAC Stack – to craft their digital strategy and maximize their potential. We are very excited to be working with HSL in orchestrating their vision using these and other technologies towards establishing HSL as one the nation’s leaders in senior services.”

“Hebrew Senior Life’s intranet is a company-wide communications platform for employees on different campuses. It is a powerful efficiency tool that increases productivity. We have selected to work with Ayantek on the maintenance and new intranet-related projects to be developed on the Sitecore CMS.” said Beth Ristaino, Digital Marketing Communications Specialist, HSL.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a digital strategies and solutions firm that leverages Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to help some of New England’s largest companies grow and thrive in today’s connected world. Our global consultants — based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India — our industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies.

About Hebrew Senior Life

Hebrew Senior Life, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is a national senior services leader uniquely dedicated to rethinking, researching and redefining the possibilities of aging. Based in Boston, the non-profit, non-sectarian organization has provided communities and health care for seniors, research into aging, and education for geriatric care providers since 1903.

BEDFORD, MA, USA - June 4, 2014 - Ayantek LLC, one of greater Boston’s fastest-growing digital strategy and solutions firms, announced today that it was selected by National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) to conduct a strategic IT assessment using Ayantek’s proprietary SMAC (Social | Mobile | Analytics | Cloud) strategy framework.

National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) is a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States. They represent 142 food co-ops operating over 180 stores in 38 states with combined annual sales of over $1.5 billion and over 1.3 million consumer-owners. The SMAC assessment provided NCGA a 360o understanding of the IT gaps within their business from a people, process, technology, and products/services perspective. Then based on the findings of the gap assessment, Ayantek crystalized a prioritized projects roadmap that allows NCGA to achieve their long-term business goals and position the organization for greater operational effectiveness.

“Ayantek has developed a proprietary set of tools called the SMAC Assessment Toolkit, to analyze middle market companies’ business strategy as related to social, mobile, analytics (BI/BA), and cloud,” said Chad Huemme Ayantek’s Vice President of Strategy.  “We develop digital strategy roadmaps and rationalize mission critical projects through the use of our SMAC toolkit. We are excited to have the opportunity to utilize our SMAC Assessment to help NCGA capitalize on their business goals.”

“Our investment in technology and the business processes to support the application of technology failed to keep up with our business growth for several years. Individual business unit managers sought independent solutions for their business needs without sufficient thought of the whole. These independent solutions were often duplicating activities and occasionally produced competing solutions for similar needs across the company. We literally could not see the forest for the trees and the forest kept growing,” said C.E. Pugh, COO of NCGA. “Ayantek helped us take a more holistic view of our business and suggested comprehensive applications and more integrated processes to solve needs across the business while providing significant annual savings. We are now able to more fully integrate the strategic application of technology with our evolving business opportunities at the enterprise level. We better understand how to leverage our people to support improved results through technology, instead of just expecting the technology to provide magical results without changing the engagement of our people and their business processes with the technology.”

About National Cooperative Grocers Association

National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) is a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States. We represent 142 food co-ops operating over 180 stores in 38 states with combined annual sales of over $1.5 billion and over 1.3 million consumer-owners. NCGA helps unify natural food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a full-service digital consultancy, offering innovative and strategic solutions through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of New England's largest companies. Our global consultants -- based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India -- are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies

BOSTON, MA, USA - April 11, 2014 - Ayantek today announced that its project,  “The Princeton Review – Dashboard and Score Reports” was selected as a finalist in the Education category for the MITX What’s Next Awards. This year MITX combined its annual Innovation and Interactive Awards into a single show recognizing Boston’s entire digital ecosystem.

Since 1996 the MITX Award shows have grown to become the largest and most prestigious awards competitions in the country for marketing innovations, celebrating the best creative and technological accomplishments emerging from New England.

“The finalists that emerged from an unprecedented number of submissions received for this year’s MITX What’s Next Awards demonstrate the creativity and innovation of our region’s rich digital ecosystem,” says MITX Board Member and Communispace Chief Operating Officer Howard Kogan, who serves as Chairman of the MITX What’s Next Awards Advisory Committee. “From startups to large corporations and everything in between, the individuals behind this work continue to raise the bar for the entire digital community.”

The Princeton Review has significantly enhanced its digital presence by delivering a more engaging experience to help students achieve their higher education goals. Two recent enhancements are the online student portal dashboard and score reports.

The solution for the student portal dashboard included establishing a scalable, fast, and efficient architecture and a personalized and streamlined user experience. The portal was designed with the users’ overall experience as the primary focus. This improved experience enables students  to prioritize their efforts and manage their many tasks with ease.

The improved design of TPR’s Score Reports provides students, parents, and evaluators a visually compelling user experience that prioritizes information and helps users easily view and assess their progress and performance.

“We are absolutely delighted about The Princeton Review’s Score Reports and Student Portal Dashboard being selected as a finalist for the MITX 2014 What’s Next Award” said Praveen Ramanathan, President and CEO of Ayantek. “The redesign of the student portal and score reports was a highly collaborative effort between The Princeton Review and Ayantek and this nomination is a testament to the creativity and innovation that came from everyone involved.” Ayantek will be recognized with the other finalists in the category of Education at a gala awards ceremony traditionally attended by over 1,000 of the region’s top interactive marketing and technology professionals. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Westin Waterfront Hotel on May 29^th. Tickets can be purchased at www.mitxawards.org/The-Ceremony.aspx

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a full-service digital consultancy, offering innovative and strategic solutions through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of New England's largest companies. Our global consultants -- based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India -- are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies.

About MITX

Established in 1996, MITX -- the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange -- is the leading industry organization focused on the web and mobile, bringing together the digital marketing, media and technology community to engage in what's next and how it will impact the marketing and business worlds. Connecting more than 7,500 professionals in New England, MITX is a dynamic community of thought leaders and collaborators in search of insight, education and opportunity. Creator of FutureM, MITX is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit http://www.mitx.org/

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, USA - April 30, 2014 - The Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition, announced the 2013 award winners to highlight this year’s “best of the best” in interactive media production.

Ayantek was recognized for their excellence with a Bronze award in the Corporate & B2B category for Analog Device’s Signal Chain Designer.

“We extremely excited about Analog Devices’ Signal Chain Designer has been recognized as a 2014 Horizon Award Winner” said Praveen Ramanathan, President and CEO of Ayantek. “This effort represents an intense collaboration between ADI and Ayantek calling upon our deep knowledge of the design engineers’ needs and of usability best practices.”

The 12th annual, international competition saw over 1600 entries from over 24 countries around world including: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and nearly all 50 of the United States of America.

An international panel of judges, consisting of industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as an end user panel evaluated categories ranging from online advertising to mobile applications. The 2013 winning entries showcase the industry’s best interactive media solutions including web sites, mobile applications, print media, interactive displays, public exhibits, online advertising, video, email and more.

“The 2013 competition is undoubtedly one of the best showcases of outstanding interactive media in our long competition history,” Said, Mike Sauce- Founder of the Horizon Interactive Awards. “The continued trend of the convergence of multiple forms of digital media into a single interactive experience has yielded a new level of interactivity with technology and blended artistry. For the most part, designers and developers of interactive media experiences have embraced the concept that we can no longer assume how users interface with technology. That is seen in the fact that most of the web sites are built on responsive code sets to optimize the viewing experience no matter what type of device being used. In addition, entries have pushed the boundaries of traditional thinking in terms of expanded features, blended media, and integration of multiple marketing and technology channels. Winners in this year’s competition highlight the best blend of technology, cutting-edge thinking, outstanding user-experience and overall aesthetics.”

The Horizon Interactive Awards holds the competition each year with the winners being announced the following April. For more information visit the Horizon Interactive Awards online: www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a full-service digital consultancy, offering innovative and strategic solutions through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of New England's largest companies. Our global consultants -- based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India -- are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, USA - April 30, 2014 - The Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition, announced the 2013 award winners to highlight this year’s “best of the best” in interactive media production.

Ayantek was recognized for their excellence with a Silver award in the School/University Category for The Princeton Review’s Student Portal Redesign.

“We are absolutely delighted about The Princeton Review’s Score Reports and Student Portal being selected as a 2014 Horizon Interactive Award winner” said Praveen Ramanathan, President and CEO of Ayantek. “The redesign of the student portal was a highly collaborative effort between The Princeton Review and Ayantek and this nomination is a testament to the creativity and innovation that came from everyone involved.”

The 12th annual, international competition saw over 1600 entries from over 24 countries around world including: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and nearly all 50 of the United States of America.

An international panel of judges, consisting of industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as an end user panel evaluated categories ranging from online advertising to mobile applications. The 2013 winning entries showcase the industry’s best interactive media solutions including web sites, mobile applications, print media, interactive displays, public exhibits, online advertising, video, email and more.

“The 2013 competition is undoubtedly one of the best showcases of outstanding interactive media in our long competition history,” Said, Mike Sauce- Founder of the Horizon Interactive Awards. “The continued trend of the convergence of multiple forms of digital media into a single interactive experience has yielded a new level of interactivity with technology and blended artistry. For the most part, designers and developers of interactive media experiences have embraced the concept that we can no longer assume how users interface with technology. That is seen in the fact that most of the web sites are built on responsive code sets to optimize the viewing experience no matter what type of device being used. In addition, entries have pushed the boundaries of traditional thinking in terms of expanded features, blended media, and integration of multiple marketing and technology channels. Winners in this year’s competition highlight the best blend of technology, cutting-edge thinking, outstanding user-experience and overall aesthetics.”

The Horizon Interactive Awards holds the competition each year with the winners being announced the following April. For more information visit the Horizon Interactive Awards online: www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a full-service digital consultancy, offering innovative and strategic solutions through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of New England's largest companies. Our global consultants -- based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India -- are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies

BEDFORD, MA, USA - April 25, 2014 - Ayantek LLC, one of greater Boston’s fastest-growing full-service digital solutions firms, announced today that it was chosen by Hillturn Ventures Group for a comprehensive website strategy, brand development, and implementation of a next generation, consumer-driven, buying and exchange platform marketplace titled XiGet. The marketplace will provide an online entertainment and shopping destination unlike any other, allowing consumers to buy and sell event tickets and gift cards online through a “Grab bag” concept.

“The ticket-resale market is currently estimated at $15 billion annually in the US, approximately three times estimates of just a few years ago. In addition, the retail consumer space is in the throes of innovation with the emergence of flash sales and daily deal concepts” said President and CEO of Ayantek, Praveen Ramanathan. “XiGet presents a revolutionary concept that could fundamentally alter the event and gift card buying experience for consumers. I am very excited at having the opportunity to shape the strategy and launch a brand new consumer experience in online retail.”

Ayantek will create a brand new visual identity system for this exciting new consumer brand that will be modern, fun, and appealing to the target audience. The brand identity is intended to differentiate XiGet from competitors and portraying a cost-effective, flexible and reliable Entertainment & Shopping Exchange.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a full-service digital consultancy, offering innovative and strategic solutions through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of New England's largest companies. Our global consultants -- based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India -- are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies.

BEDFORD, MA, USA - April 25, 2014 - Ayantek LLC, one of greater Boston’s fastest-growing digital consulting firms, announced today that it was selected by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to manage and enhance their portfolio of digital and web properties built on the Sitecore CMS.

BIDMC is one of the nation's preeminent academic medical centers with over 6,000 diverse employees, including approximately 819 full-time staff physicians; 1,179 full-time registered nurses; and 3,600 non-clinical employees. BIDMC consistently ranks among the top three recipients of biomedical research funding. Ayantek, a Sitecore partner, will collaborate with BIDMC to provide web site and content management support for BIDMC’s public web sites and several external microsites.

“Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is one of the nation's preeminent academic medical centers,” said Praveen Ramanathan, President and CEO of Ayantek “BIDMC’s websites helps inform the public about doctors, diagnostic tools, and leading procedures and is  a comprehensive resource for clinical, educational and research programs. We are very excited to be associated with one of Boston’s greatest medical institutions, and look forward to helping to establish BIDMC as the leader in health care quality, safety, reform and transparency.”

About Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a patient care, teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and currently ranks third in National Institutes of Health funding among independent hospitals nationwide. BIDMC is clinically affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and is a research partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. BIDMC is the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a full-service digital consultancy, offering innovative and strategic solutions through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of New England's largest companies. Our global consultants -- based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India -- are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies

BEDFORD, MA, USA - February 7, 2014 - Ayantek, LLC, one of greater Boston’s fastest-growing digital consulting firms announced today that President and CEO Praveen Ramanathan will be speaking at the eMarketing Association’s eM14 Conference in San Francisco, California on March 26^th.

Ramanathan who has over 15 years of experience in the digital marketing field will join other industry thought leaders at the conference to deliver an insightful session on developing a successful mobile marketing strategy.

“I am excited to be a part of this year’s eM14 Conference alongside such industry experts,” said Ramanathan. “Mobile has become an integral part of the marketing mix but many marketers still neglect its importance. Creating the right mobile strategy can help drive lead generation and build brand awareness.”

The two day conference will feature 35 expert speakers and 33 sessions that will cover topics on Social Media, E-Mail, Search and Mobile marketing. The highly interactive sessions will provide actionable new processes, techniques, and ideas.

About Ayantek

Ayantek is a full-service digital consultancy, offering innovative and strategic solutions through Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to some of New England's largest companies. Our global consultants -- based out of our offices in Greater Boston and India -- are industry experts with decades of experience conceiving, designing, building, and managing interactive programs that drive measurable improvements and deliver competitive advantages for our clients. We help our customers achieve market leadership through a combination of strategic thought leadership, exceptional user experiences, and industry-leading proprietary and open-source technologies.

About the eMarketing Association

The eMarketing Association (eMA) is the world's largest international association of emarketing professionals. Members include governments, companies, professionals and students involved with the emarketing arena. The eMA provides marketing resources, services, research, certifications, educational programs and events to its members and the marketing community. The eMA works with a number of organizations, companies and governments on issues related to eCommerce, multi-channel marketing and legislative issues. The eMA has members in over 40 countries around the world, and sponsors or manages over 30 events a year. Over 40,000 marketers have enrolled in eMA online courses and thousands of eMarketing professionals and students have achieved certification status.