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Develisys wins two awards for e-commerce Web sites

5/2/2008

Develisys garnered two awards in the seventh annual Horizon Interactive Awards for its work with two retail e-commerce merchants. The company received a Silver Award for the RoomMates Peel and Stick website, http://www.roommatespeelandstick.com, and a Bronze Award for the Hair Direct website, http://www.hairdirect.com.

The Horizon Interactive Awards is a prestigious international competition recognizing outstanding achievement among interactive media producers. The 2008 winning entries showcase the best web site design, cd-roms, dvds, video, kiosks, video games and other interactive media. The seventh annual, international competition saw just over 1,000 entries from 20 countries around world and nearly all 50 in the US. An international panel of judges, consisting of industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as an end user panel evaluated 18 different categories ranging from online advertising to video games.

“The 2008 competition was the most competitive to date. The work in this year’s competition is at such a high level that the judges really had their work cut out for them,” said Mike Sauce, founder of the Horizon Interactive Awards. “All of the winning entries displayed a high level of sophistication, aesthetic creativity, technical excellence and clear purpose.”

About the Horizon Interactive Awards

In its 7th year, the Horizon Interactive Awards was created to recognize excellence in interactive media production worldwide. Since 2001, the competition has received thousands of entries from countries around the world and nearly all 50 US States. Each year, those entries are narrowed down to the best of the best to be recognized and promoted on and international stage for their excellence. The judging process involves a Horizon Interactive Awards advisory panel, end user panel and a worldwide panel of judges consisting of industry professionals. Winning entries are dubbed the “best of the best” in the interactive media industry. For more information, visit http://www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.

Develisys is a full-service web solution provider serving greater Central Pennsylvania. In addition to designing websites, Develisys creates Internet marketing strategies, database-driven web applications and custom content management solutions. For more information about Develisys, contact Aaron Sherrick at 717.566.9455 or visit www.develisys.com.