Connecticut Advisory Group Golf Outing

At the first annual Connecticut Advisory Group Golf outing was held on August 4th at Gillette Ridge in Bloomfield. A fantastic networking event, we also manages to raise over $1,300.00 for the S.C.A.D.D, a non-profit group that helps with alcohol and substance abuse. Pictured are Jay Gershman from Advice One, and ImageWorks' own Jeffrey Cohen. We all look forward to seeing you next year!

Hosts with Most
Hosting companies navigate transition from creating sites to enhancing features
Business New Haven
05/16/2005
Tracie Mauriello
 
Jeffrey Cohen knew ten years ago that he had a knack for technology and graphics.

But if you told him then that he could combine them into a single career, he wouldn't have believed you. "I would have said no way. Those are great careers, but they're very distinct," Cohen says.

He would have been wrong.

Cohen now is an owner and vice president of one of one of the state's oldest Web hosting companies, ImageWorks in Vernon. Now that he's merged technology and graphics, he's adding marketing to the mix, too. Read more . . .

Jewish Ledger
Connecticut companies do business with Israel
By Stacey Dresner

Feb 4, 2005 - You say tomato…

Jeffrey Cohen was all set to go to Israel with his family when he was a child growing up in West Hartford. But just before they were supposed to leave, the Six-Day War began.

Since then, Cohen has never been able to actually make it to Israel, but as president of ImageWorks, a website design and Internet marketing firm in Vernon, he is now working with Israeli companies.

Cohen's newest client is LycoRed Natural Products Industries Ltd., Israel, a firm that develops, produces and markets a powder-based products based on the phytonutrient (or health-protecting anti-oxidant properties) of the tomato. Lyco Red is a subsidiary of Makhteshim Agan Industries, a $1.2 billion million company. Read more . . .

Out and About - Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Legislative Offices

Jeffrey Cohen, President of ImageWorks, LLC and Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Kevin Sullivan had a chance to connect and support the launch of the "Hartford, New England's Rising Star" pictorial book. The "Book" highlights the area's history and profiles the area's successful and influential businesses, and is a notable key to preserving Hartford's rich history and portrait of the people, places and lives in the central Connecticut region. ImageWorks, LLC was instrumental in providing technological support through an e-commerce enabled website.

Journal Inquirer - Wednesday, January 5, 2005
ImageWorks Lands Deal

Vernon-based Web site developer ImageWorks LLC has received a major contract from LycoRed Natural Products Industries Ltd., a food-processing company in Israel, ImageWorks officials said Tuesday.

No financial details of the deal were disclosed.

But under terms of the contract, ImageWorks will be developing "innovative Web site design and content, Web site Internet marketing services, and new interactive features" for the lsrael-based tomato processing company, according to a statement from ImageWorks President Jeffrey Cohen.

"As it's premier antioxidant product, LycoMato, is on its way to becoming one of the world's top dietary supplement and food fortification sources for lycopene, our ImageWorks team is ready to support LycoRed with all of the Web and Internet Marketing services it needs to make LycoMato, one the top ingredients for food manufacturers worldwide." Cohen said.

LycoRed Natural Products is a research and development company dedicated to the scientific and commercial development, production and marketing of natural products based on nutrients from the tomato, he said. The company is a subsidiary of Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd., one of Israel's largest industrial groups, Cohen added.

"LycoRed supervises production of LycoMato tomato extract from the field to the finished product, he said. ImageWorks provides Web site design, Web hosting, and e-business assistance such as online marketing. In addition to heading ImageWorks, Cohen also previously owned American Screen Graphics, a silk screen and graphic design business, and has worked in computer operations for several Connecticut companies.

Cohen is a member of the Economic Development Commission in Vernon, and is the director of the Connecticut Business Network. His company has done Web site work for a host of agencies and companies including, Hockanum Valley Community Council, the Town of Vernon, Highland Park Markets, and Rein's Deli.

Information Week - Dec. 20, 2004
Rich Media Takes Hold, But Past E-Business Lessons Won't Be Forgotten

A growing array of applications and business needs are driving acceptance of rich media, but companies once burned by the dot-com bust will cast a more skeptical eye on investments that don't directly deliver business benefits.
By Jim Nash

Growing acceptance of rich-media online advertising and content is convincing a growing number of companies--and, more important, consumers--that the static Web page will soon be as relevant as spats.

Boosters of sites brimming with full-motion video, audio, and animation have for years talked about bandwidth as the one factor holding rich media back. This year, by most accounts, broadband connections for Internet connectivity became a minimum standard for a critical mass of businesses and consumers.

So, is it time to invest in rich media? Read more . . .

Economic development group writing plan to improve business climate
By Jason Rowe- Journal Inquirer

VERNON – The town’s Economic Development Commission has begun working on a plan to improve the business climate. Read more . . .

Pleased to Serve...

ImageWorks, LLC is pleased to be working with the following clients to improve their internet strategies. The Lighthouse Inn in New London, The Israeli based Lycored, and one of Connecticut's most prominent Microsoft Certified Partners, providing Microsoft Applications, Business Solutions, and Networking Infrastructure, Intellibridge, LLC. Stay tuned for more information as these projects unfold... 9/28/04

Hartford Courant - November 9, 2004

Jeff Cohen, president of ImageWorks LLC, a Vernon-based web design firm, has received the Economic Development Award for Outstanding Corporate Citizen from the Tolland County Chamber of Commerce.

Cohen received the award for several reasons, including his creation of a website for the Vernon Police Department and serving on the board of directors of the town's Christmas in April program.

Business 2.0 January 2004 Talk Back – COMPETING VISIONS:

I was dismayed to read that your magazine views the future of seamless computing as “Gatesian” (“The Vision Thing Again”, Titans of Tech, December). Frankly, in my world of PHP, LINUX, MySQL, and other open-source tools, we have been living in a seamless computing environment for quite some time. Likewise, my Handspring Treo 600 synchronizes quickly to my Apple G4 laptop, and, via iCal, to many of the computers I use. Granted, none of these are Microsoft products, but then again, I am trying to get some work done. The fact is, Microsoft products play well only with other Microsoft products, stifling innovation for the rest of us. If it weren’t for the folks who are truly innovative, Microsoft development platforms wouldn’t work on any other platforms other than Microsoft’s. If you want to find real innovation, talk tot he people who are in the trenches daily, writing non-bloated code that’s solving real business problems today. The only thing that’s stuck in a “vacuum of vision” is Bill Gates Himself.

– Jeffrey Cohen, ImageWorks, LLC, Vernon, CT