Volano Solutions
January 29, 2013
Need to specify an SMTP server in PHP, but don’t want to update the global SMTP settings in the PHP.ini file? We came across a neat little library that allows you to specify an SMTP server each time you send an email. No installation required, just drop it in the root directory and include it […]
January 23, 2013
Volano Solutions made some exciting feature enhancements to Steelwool this week. Several new clients utilizing Steelwool helped us develop some great new features. Steelwool can now incorporate automated e-mails into your work flow. If one of the steps in your process is sending out e-mail confirmations, reminders or updates to your clients, you can do […]
January 21, 2013
Volano Solutions recently joined the Metro Omaha Women’s Business Center. MOWBC is an Omaha non-profit whose mission is to empower women to become economically self-sufficient. Having attended several of their meetings, Volano was impressed by the core values of the organization, the solidarity of the group’s members and the leadership of it’s president, BC Clark. […]
December 31, 2012
Volano Solutions is proud to announce the release of Steelwool 2.0! Over the last several months we’ve received positive feedback from local businesses on the necessity of managing work in a linear, documented process. As businesses grow, work habits that helped get you there may not be the ones that will be effective as volume […]
December 14, 2012
Volano Solutions is proud to announce that Steelwool 2.0 will go live soon. We’ve made a very good work management tool great thanks to the feedback we got from and our clients and partners. Small and medium sized business across industries stand to realize measurable cost saving and will shed the mental weight that work […]
December 7, 2012
Volano had the opportunity to participate in Gallup’s EAS program this year and I had the privilege to talk yesterday at the EAS Impact Summit. Here’s the five minute speech I gave. I met our guide, Sandy Friedman, in 1999 when I went to work for his company at the time Customer Service Profiles. I […]
November 28, 2012
Volano’s workflow management tool Steelwool is starting to save our customers time and money. Mark Hennings with Omaha Video Solutions provided a glowing testimonial for Steelwool. Check out the video. Steelwool is very different from industry specific work management software. The customizability, low cost, local support and simplicity of the tool help ensure companies spend less time […]
November 2, 2012
As Volano continues to grow, recruiting talent has become critical. Beyond lining up skillsets, we’re always on the hunt for people that fit the culture and add something to it as well. Our developers work directly with our clients so it is also important that our people interface well with the very people who will […]
October 8, 2012
I was talking to one of our consultants, Harry Berman, about coding the other day and he threw out something that I really dug: You should treat code the same as Boy Scout’s with the Outdoors – leave it better than you found it. So, being the Eagle Scout that I am, I went ahead […]
September 26, 2012
One of our clients, PeggyBank, was recently given a review by technology journalist Walt Mossberg. You can read the full article here – The Wall Street Journal | PeggyBank. PeggyBank specializes in the digitization of film and photography. For a fee, they will take old home movies and photographs and convert them into digital format […]
September 25, 2012
Over the years, and various employees, we’ve christened a few terms we like to use while playing darts. Each terms is named after an employee who had particular tendencies while playing. I would like to share some of them with you: The Smith – Busting on a triple/double when you only need a single to […]
September 24, 2012
After 2 years of loyal service to Volano we recently had to part with a valued member of our team. Losing a team member is never easy, and I would like to share a few thoughts regarding his stay with us. Volano has high expectations for all its team members, and his case was no […]