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ARMEN STEIN TO SPEAK AT CLOUD SEMINAR IN SEATTLE
November 16, 2011

Panel discussion and Q&A on using cloud and datacenter hosting for custom database applications.
7:30AM Breakfast, 8:00AM – 9:30AM Program. RSVP by Monday November 14th

ARMEN STEIN AWARDED MICROSOFT ACCESS MVP STATUS FOR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
July 1, 2011

Armen Stein, founder and President of J Street Technology, has just been awarded the prestigious Microsoft Access MVP Award for the sixth consecutive year. The MVP award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others.

"Say Hi to SharePoint" Webinar
June 23, 2011

Have you ever wondered what the buzz is about SharePoint? Thought about how you could use SharePoint in your organization but don’t know where to start? Just want to learn more about Microsoft’s most successful server product of all time? Find out more and register today for free!

"Say Hi to SharePoint" Webinar
April 28, 2011

J Street Technology is pleased to continue presentations of a free webinar called “Say Hi to SharePoint” with our SharePoint Program Manager and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Toby Getsch. We were encouraged by attendance at last month’s presentation and are hosting another webinar. Find out more and sign up for your free spot at SayHiToSharePoint.com

Free CartGenie Webinar: 3 Mistakes Wholesalers Make Online
April 14, 2011

Join us again for our next free webinar on Thursday, April 14th at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern to learn what mistakes you might be making and how you can get one step ahead of the competition.

This hour-long webinar is FREE. Click here to reserve your place today; space is limited.

Free CartGenie Webinar: 3 Mistakes Wholesalers Make Online
March 31, 2011

What are the big, avoidable mistakes wholesalers are making online and how can your business avoid them? Join us for a free webinar on Thursday, March 31st at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern to learn what mistakes you might be making and how you can get one step ahead of the competition.

This hour-long webinar is FREE. Click here to reserve your place today; space is limited.

J Street Offers Free SharePoint Webinar
March 10, 2011

J Street Technology is pleased to announce a free webinar called “Say Hi to SharePoint“ with our SharePoint Program Manager and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Toby Getsch. Find out more and sign up for your free spot at SayHiToSharePoint.com

J Street and CartGenie now on Facebook
August 24, 2010

Great news, Facebook users! Both J Street Technology and CartGenie are now on Facebook! Click on the links to visit our respective fan pages and don't forget to become a fan to stay up-to-date on the latest news from both J Street Technology and the CartGenie team.

Armen Stein Honored with fifth consecutive Microsoft Access MVP Award
July 1, 2010

Armen Stein, Founder and President of J Street Technology, has just been awarded the prestigious Microsoft Access MVP Award for the fifth consecutive year. All of us here at J Street join with Microsoft to commend him for his excellence in both technical knowledge and community contribution. Microsoft states, "This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate [Armen's] outstanding contributions in Access technical communities during the past year." Congratulations, Armen!

J Street Announces New CartGenie Certified Web Design Program
June 1, 2010

J Street is pleased to announce our new CartGenie Certified Web Design Program! We've partnered with professional Web design firms that deliver creative excellence in order to help you get the most out of your CartGenie powered online store. Our partners are not only creative experts, they are CartGenie experts! Before being approved as a partner, each designer must first complete a certification process to demonstrate that they not only know how to be creative, but that they also know how to utilize the CartGenie Template Framework in order to deliver a captivating and effective online storefront. Click here to learn more about our new program.

J Street downloadable Seattle Mariners calendar for Outlook
April 27, 2010

Would you like to see all the Seattle Mariners baseball games on your Outlook calendar? The downloadable calendar offered by the official MLB www.SeattleMariners.com site is deficient in several ways, including the lack of game times in the Pacific time zone! To remedy this and other problems, Armen took the file from MLB and fixed it up actually to be usable. This free CSV file will import cleanly into Outlook, making each game appear on your calendar as free time with no reminder, so it won’t interfere with your busy schedule.

Download the calendar and save it in a folder or your desktop.

To install it:

• From Outlook Calendar, select File, Import and Export
• Select Import from another program or file
• Select Comma Separated Values (Windows)
• Browse to the CSV file you downloaded
• Check your field mapping if you like (they should already be matched)
• Click Finish

We’re giving this away for free, so we don’t offer support for installing or using this information. Some of the game times are TBD – look for the ones that show 12:33am and change them when the times are announced.

Enjoy!

J Street Announces SharePoint Capabilities
April 6, 2010

J Street Technology, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is pleased to announce SharePoint capabilities, allowing us to help small, medium, and large organizations leverage the SharePoint platform to improve business productivity and efficiency.

Heading up this initiative is Toby Getsch, a Program Manager and SharePoint MCTS with extensive experience deploying, installing, and configuring SharePoint for numerous organizations across a wide range of industries. Toby's experience with SharePoint dates back to the early 2000's and he has continued working with all sizes of organizations, from small businesses to large multi-national corporations.

Adding to his SharePoint-specific experience is more than a decade of IT leadership, consulting, advising, and project work.  With a particular passion for planning the right strategy and execution, his experience with various engagements fits very well with J Street’s growing SharePoint expertise.

J Street Partners With SEO Specialists RankPay
March 15, 2010

J Street has partnered with RankPay, a results driven SEO company, to deliver search engine optimization services for J Street customers.  Customers will benefit from RankPay's depth of SEO experience, premium control panel system, and unique pay for performance business model.  In addition, J Street customers will receive a $50 discount on RankPay services.  Click here to learn more about this partnership and the benefits of choosing RankPay.

J Street Launches New Order Exchange Add-On for CartGenie
January 27, 2010

J Street is pleased to announce the release of our newest CartGenie add-on module, CartGenie Order Exchange (OX). CartGenie OX is a SOAP based Web Service API that allows an application to retrieve all details about an online order. With this Web service merchants can retrieve orders from the CartGenie database and import the orders into another application.

After the order has been picked, merchants can then send the orders back to the CartGenie database in order to update the quantity shipped, charge the credit card, and send an email alert to the shopper indicating their orders has been filled. In summary, with CartGenie OX a merchant can process an order through another application, such as an in-store point-of-sale system, without ever needing to open CartGenie Desktop Engine.

J Street Deploys Interactive Customer Map utilizing Silverlight and Bing.com
December 1, 2009

J Street customers are located across the United States. Our clients choose us because they know it's more important to find the best company than the closest. We created an interactive map utilizing Microsoft Silverlight and Bing.com to allow visitors to see the depth of our nationwide support in detail. View the map now and learn more about our nationwide support.

CartGenie featured in PracticalECommerce.com "Cart of the Week" series
September 25, 2009

Beginning September 25, 2009 CartGenie is the "Cart of the Week" at PracticalEcommerce.com . The Cart of the Week series is a weekly series at PracticalECommerce.com, a leading online resource for merchants and those who follow the e-commerce industry.  Each week the feature includes an interview with the shopping cart maker and a merchant that uses the cart.  The CartGenie feature includes and interview with Matt Stanigar, Vice President at J Street Technology, and Jeremy McKinley, Director of Advertising at Gregg's Cycle, a long time CartGenie merchant.  An audio interview is also included featuring Matt Stanigar and the origin of CartGenie.  Click on the following link CartGenie Cart of the Week to view the interview.

J Street Technology launches the CartGenie Blog
September 17, 2009

Throughout the course of 2009 we've been working on ways to add more tools and information that will help our customers thrive in their own businesses.  We're excited to launch a blog dedicated to supporting our CartGenie merchants.  The goal of the blog is to provide information about what's going on in the world of our CartGenie shopping cart software and the world of e-commerce.  To view the CartGenie Blog visit http://blog.jstreettech.com.

J Street Technology adds Comodo HackerGuardian PCI Scan Service
September 14, 2009

After many years of partnering with Comodo to offer SSL certificates, we are excited to announce that we have extended that partnership to include Comodo's HackerGuardian PCI Scan service.  Merchants are required to be PCI compliant and the HackerGuardian PCI Scan service makes the process of becoming compliant simple and affordable for our merchants.  Through the use of a Web-based wizard, our merchants can complete the annual compliance questionnaire and configure their account to run up to 10 site scans per quarter.  Learn More about our HackerGuardian PCI Scan.

Armen Stein joins Board of Seattle's Theater Schmeater
August 4, 2009

Armen Stein has accepted a position on the Board of Theater Schmeater, a non-profit fringe theater in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Theater Schmeater is dedicated to producing "great plays simply" and presents a full season of productions each year, including free shows in the park during the summertime. See http://www.Schmeater.org for more information.

J Street Technology adds QuickBooks Custom Programming Services
July 10, 2009

After many years of working on QuickBooks integration projects and developing the CartGenie QuickBooks Integration module, we are excited to announce we are incorporating QuickBooks Custom Programming as one of our key business services.  With our extensive knowledge of the QuickBooks SDK we can help businesses streamline their operations and reduce costs by automating many activities that involve QuickBooks.  Learn More about our QuickBooks Custom Programming

J Street Technology becomes a Microsoft "Gold" Certified Partner
July 6, 2009

J Street is proud to announce that we've taken our certification a step further and are now a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.  Microsoft assigns Gold status to those partners who have passed the most rigorous tests that Microsoft has to offer.  Learn More

CartGenie on Twitter
June 24, 2009

In order to keep our CartGenie customers up to date we've created a CartGenie site on Twitter.  The site is located at http://twitter.com/CartGenie and anyone can become a "follower".  The CartGenie site on Twitter will be used to provide CartGenie customers with short news bullets about services, network support issues, sales promotions, and various other topics relating to CartGenie.

J Street Technology partners with TurnHere Internet Video
June 23, 2009

J Street Technology has partnered with TurnHere Internet Video, a leading Internet video production and advertising company for both big brands and small businesses. Leveraging their professional 7,000-strong filmmaker network, TurnHere creates professional-quality, authentic, engaging online video around the world at a fraction of the cost of traditional production. If you are looking for an affordable way to bring your services to the attention of your prospective clients, a TurnHere Internet Video production is an exciting and effective way to drive home new business.  Learn more

J Street Technology becomes a Microsoft Certified Partner
June 4, 2009

After many months of work J Street Technology is excited to announce that it is now an official Microsoft Certified Partner.   As a Microsoft Certified Partner, J Street Technology is an independent company that can provide you with the highest levels of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on skills. As a Microsoft Certified Partner we have access to the tools and support we need to help our clients build practical technology solutions.  Learn More

Armen Stein Speaking at TechEd 2008 in Orlando, Florida

Microsoft SQL Server Data Solutions Using Microsoft Office Access - Mary Chipman and Armen Stein
6/6/2008 4:30PM-5:45PM Room: S210 B

http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2008/developer/about/default.mspx

This session covers specific tools and techniques that enable you to create cost-effective data solutions using an Access front-end against a SQL Server database. You'll learn about appropriate scenarios where Access can perform well against SQL Server while optimizing performance and conserving server and network resources. You'll also learn how Access can work with SQL Server features, such as stored procedures, in a secured environment.

Are we there yet? Successfully navigating the bumpy road from Access to SQL Server
6/3/2008 1:00PM-2:00PM

Come get your SQL server migration questions answered by real-world experts Armen Stein (J Street Technology, Inc.), Luke Chung (FMS), Stephen Forte (Telerik), and Paul Sheriff (PDSA). Learn from their experiences over many years in helping their customers migrate from Access/Jet to SQL Server. There is no "one size fits all" solution to the often-thorny issues involved; these experts can help you find a solution that best meets your business needs. Panel discussion hosted by Mary Chipman.

J Street Technology Founder Re-Awarded Microsoft MVP Status for 2007-2008
September 2007

Armen Stein Invited to Speak in Sydney, Australia
September 2007

J Street Founder and President Armen Stein has been invited to speak at Office DevCon 2007, a conference being hosted by Microsoft Sydney in November. Stein will be presenting several sessions on Access development techniques, including optimizing Access-SQL Server client-server applications and managing database projects.

Office DevCon 2007 is a community-driven event aimed squarely at Microsoft Office developers and power-users. It allows people with interests across the Microsoft Office platform to come together in one location to network and hear expert presenters speak on a wide range of advanced Office-related topics. Total attendance for the conference is expected to be around 250. If you are interested in learning advanced topics from industry experts from around the world, find more information at: http://www.block.net.au/devcon/index.htm

J Street Technology Founder Co-Authors Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference
May 2007

J Street Technology Founder Awarded Microsoft MVP Status
September 2006

J Street Technology becomes Official iTransact Partner
February 2006

J Street Technology has partnered with iTransact, a leading provider of payment processing services, to streamline the process of obtaining a merchant account and payment gateway plan. iTransact's solutions enable merchants to authorize, settle and manage credit card or electronic check transactions anytime, anywhere. iTransact processes millions of dollars in transactions monthly and has demonstrated that its systems are stable and secure. iTransact's proprietary technology base and its ability to continually introduce innovative payment solutions keeps the company on the cutting edge of transaction services.  Learn more about the iTransact payment gateway and merchant account services from J Street.

J Street Technology becomes Official Comodo Partner
November 2005

J Street Technology has partnered with Comodo, the 2nd largest Certification Authority for ensuring Identity Trust & Assurance on the Web.  From providing certificates that put the trusted padlock on Web sites to patented technologies that let internet users verify legitimate Web content from faked content, Comodo empowers businesses and consumers to authenticate each other and protect their digital identities.  When a consumer sees an e-merchant display a Comodo SSL Certificate, they know they are assured of complete legitimacy and safety. 

As an Official Comodo Partner, J Street will be able to to streamline the process of obtaining and deploying Comodo's Instant SSL Digital Security Certificate that creates online trust between merchants and their customers.  Learn more about the Comodo Instant SSL Digital Certificate. 

CartGenie shopping cart software featured in About.com e-commerce story
May 2005

Each month more than 20 million people visit About.com to research products and services. Whether it be home repair and decorating ideas, recipes, movie trailers, or car buying tips, their Guides offer practical advice and solutions for every day life.  Today About.com published a case study, "Greggs Cycles Succeeds in E-Commerce by Not Selling Bikes Online" written by Ana Rincon which features Gregg's Cycles and CartGenie.  In it, Gregg's Cycles discusses their e-commerce strategy and why they chose CartGenie.  Read the Story  ::  About CartGenie

J Street Technology Acquires Ceviant Corporation to add E-Commerce Products to Portfolio
March 2005

J Street Technology today acquired Ceviant Corporation, a developer of e-commerce products and Web hosting services.  With this acquisition J Street gains immediate entry into the growing marketplace for e-commerce products and services. 

The acquisition will yield real benefits to existing customers of the two companies.  Management intends to put the development expertise of the combined companies behind the popular CartGenie® shopping cart software product line, ensuring that CartGenie® and related products continue to flourish.  Matthew Stanigar, founder of Ceviant, will become Vice President of the J Street Technology E-Business Solutions Group. 

J Street will  market CartGenie® through its Web site at http://www.jstreettech.com as well as through its network of resellers.

J Street Technology Sponsors Bicycle Racing Team
February 2005

J Street Technology is proud to be an official sponsor of the 2005 Gregg's Cycles/Fat Tire Racing Team.  The team is comprised of local athletes from the Seattle area who will compete in local, regional and national racing events.  As part of the sponsorship, J Street Technology will provide the team CartGenie Enterprise Edition shopping cart software and Web hosting for their team Web site.  For more information about the Gregg's Cycles/Fat Tire Racing Team visit http://www.havefunandwin.com/

J Street Technology Founder Co-Authors Book on MS Access
February 2005

Armen Stein, Founder and President of J Street Technology, is proud to be a co-author of the new Wrox title Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference. This book is a great reference for Access developers who want to enhance their VBA skills and create great MS Access applications.

About Access 2003 VBA:

This book is an in-depth guide to taking control of Access 2003 or 2002 using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).  The authors shows how to create and name variables; use DAO and ADO to manipulate data, handle errors correctly, create classes, and use APIs; and more.  The book is available as a soft cover.