Sons of Italy The Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) is the largest and longest-established national organization for men and women of Italian heritage in the United States. Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity are the human values that exemplify the ideals for which OSIA stands – freedom of thought, conscience and education; equal rights and duties for all as granted by the U.S. Constitution; and fraternity in the brotherhood of man. The IMI's goal in redesigning the Order Sons of Italy website was to give the Cincinnati Lodge a cutting edge, fresh web presence, enhance communication among members, and better notify the community at large of the many events OSIA are involved with each year. This site was developed using an open source content management system called Joomla! to allow the Sons of Italy to easily maintain their website.
Natural Bridge Solutions – Corporate Website IMI assisted a new consulting company by giving them the unique web presence they needed. IMI worked together with the company to provide the features and ease of maintenance they desired.
Eco-Revolution – Small Business Website When Eco-Revolution needed a platform to display and sell their products online, they came to the IMI. IMI custom developed a web presence that reflected the values of the website and the products they offered. Utilizing custom developed artwork, best practice search engine optimization, and integrating with a third party shopping cart, users receive a safe and simple shopping experience.
Northern Magazine NKU's Alumni Association has a magazine they develop 2-3 times a year. The IMI created a website to hold their current and archived magazines articles along with many web-extras that readers can only view online.
Garzelli's - Grinder & Pizza Company The IMI developed a web presense for Garzelli's in Cincinnati. This site was developed with a content management system that allows the company to edit the content on their site themselves without writing code.
New IMI Website When IMI needed a fresh web presense we utilized our students to deliver a feature rich website. Employing the latest Web 2.0 technologies & open source Content Mangement System (CMS) IMI now has a best of breed website that is easy to maintain.
ORSANCO - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission IMI took the exhisting ORSANCO.org website and revamped the appearance and added an open source Content Management System(CMS) that allows their organization to edit their website themselves, without having to know any of the code. The CMS that was implemented is complete enough to allow ORSANCO to add pages to the site, add photos to galleries, and keep a calendar updated using Google Calendar. And all of these things are done without additional software. They just use their browser.
Campbell County Public Library The Campbell County Public Library came to the IMI to redesign their existing website. They want a fresh, new look for the site to bring in more traffic to the site. This site was developed with a content management system called Joomla! which will allow CCPL to update their own site without direct code interaction.
Teen Territory - CCPL Teen Site The Campbell County Public Library also came to the IMI to redesign their existing teen focused website. This site was also developed with a content management system called Joomla! which will allow CCPL to update their own site without direct code interaction. A blog was also added to introduce a new "hip" technology that younger people can relate to more directly.
LINK - Let's Immunize Northern Kentucky The IMI developed a web presense for Let's Immunize Nothern Kentucky. This site was developed with a content management system that allows the company to edit the content on their site themselves without writing code.
Shaker Whitewater Village – Web Enhancement IMI transformed this website from a classic website to a format that allows for extended features. Included in this transformation is site usage reporting emailed to interested parties on a regular basis and the ability for non-technical staff to update website content from any web browser.
Women in Informatics - Student Organization Website The "Women in Informatics" student organization is a new group to the College of Informatics that is attemping to unite all of the women inside of the College of Informatics under one unique title. The IMI utilized the Wii site using some of its time and efforts and created a webspace for them during a research period for a CMS that is currently being used heavily.
Industrial Road Construction – Business Awareness Site When a major industrial roadway undergoes major reconstruction, much confusion and frustration can be the result. With the foresight of the Tri-County Economic Development Corporation (Tri-ED) and the technology experience of IMI, this project has assisted nearly 20,000 businesses and their employees over the last several months. This easy to use website notifies users of new updates and provides a portal to request additional information.
United Way / Web Technology to Promote Successful Pledge Drives In addition to revamping the visual appeal a United Way pledge site, a “pledge thermometer” tool was developed by IMI and deployed to hundreds of United Way pledge sites to allow companies and their contributors to view the progress of their pledge campaigns in real time. This technology was custom written to utilize a mix of database technology and XML to provide these real time views.
Tichenor Middle School The IMI developed a website for Tichenor Middle School to serve as their information portal for students, parents, and faculty members. This site was implemented using an open-source Content Management System that allows for editing content, adding pages, contacts, etc.
Who Killed Our Kids The IMI built a website for Who Killed Our Kids (WKOK), a non-profit organization for families of unsolved homicides in the greater Cincinnati area. This site was developed with a content management system that allows the company to edit the content on their site themselves without writing code.
This flash-based portal was developed to assist new, prospective, and existing businesses with finding existing resources in the Northern Kentucky region to support their businesses. It provides consistent and consolidated information on regional business news, events, and services. Additionally, it has a user centered interface which can guide visitors to the agencies that can best support their needs.
Northern Kentucky Early Childhood Development (ECD) Portal The Northern Kentucky ECD portal tracks both demographic and assessment data for children from birth through kindergarten. The goal is to improve child programs and to ensure student success. This web based application showcases the perfect mix of secure web-based access, data storage, and intelligent reporting for a purpose. It supports the goals of the Vision 2015 and STRIVE initiatives.
Champions for Education – Volunteerism Database When Vision 2015 sought volunteers to improve education in the region, they were overwhelmed with the responses. The Volunteerism Database provided the Vision 2015 staff with customized access to their hundreds of volunteer records, including the ability to extract the data in a multitude of different ways to ensure the volunteers would be engaged with the most appropriate tasks.
Virtual CIO - Service Center
The VCIO - Service Center is the operational focal point for IMI’s Virtual CIO suite of offerings. The VCIO Service Center provides regional organizations without the means for an onsite helpdesk with technical support from student experts within the College of Informatics at NKU. The Service Center can assist via a chat (IM) request, phone call, or via email. Additionally, a service tech can take control of the user’s PC, Mac, or even Blackberry to fix a remote problem as if they were onsite. The site and the service are both developments of the Infrastructure Management Institute.
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Union Terminal 75th Anniversary - Online Exhibit This flash-based, multimedia site was developed as a companion to the physical exhibit which showcases the rich history of Union Terminal. Rich multimedia content including video clips, audio clips, and historic photographs are showcased here. This site is frequently updated by the Museum Center with new content.
Next Generation Health The IMI built an interactive website for the Kentucky government to serve as an information and networking portal for e-health professionals and consumers.
Ryle's Clifford Borland Stadium The IMI composed an interactive website that contains video about the donation and creation of the Clifford R. Borland, Sr. Stadium at Larry A. Ryle High School.
iNKU - iPhone Application iNKU is your portal to Northern Kentucky University. Find your way around campus, learn campus trivia, read campus glossary terms, and show your school spirit by learning the lyrics to the NKU fight song!
Features:
Use your GPS to help find your way around campus
Learn campus trivia - Shake the device to bring up new trivia terms
Learn campus terminology with the glossary - Shake the device to display new glossary terms
Listen to the NKU marching band song and learn the lyrics as a basketball bounces to the lyrics
TANK Mobile Wi-Fi Passengers on nearly half of TANK's fixed-route fleet, including 5 express routes and 4 local routes, can now access free Wi-Fi service. The project was originally launched as a mobile Lily Pad, with mobile, wireless Internet access available free to all riders on 20 TANK buses in June 2007. The service has been so successful, NKU and TANK partnered to expand the program, more than doubling the available buses. The expansion of TANK's Mobile Wi-Fi is phase two of a four-year $1.6 million Congressionally Directed Appropriation secured by U.S. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) for NKU's College of Informatics. The project is being administered by the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) over a four-year period and focuses on transportation technology research.
Transportation Technologies – Trip Planner / Mobile Trip Planner w/ GPS IMI developed code to enable the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) routes to integrate with Google Transit. TANK riders can easily find bus schedules and create trip plans. In addition to the work with GIS based files, IMI developed custom web and mobile interfaces to access the trip data as well as a supporting suite of software. Certain platforms utilize the GPS on the mobile device to allow the rider to plan a trip from their exact current location.
SportsNation 360 Web 2.0 / Mobile Notification Platform The SportsNation360 is to "Simplify the Sports Life" for millions of teams, individuals, schools, and sports organizers. The fully customizable Web 2.0 based platform combines the latest web, mobile, SMS, live game streaming, and social media technologies to keep you connected and informed regardless of your location.
SportsNation360 makes your youth and amateur sports experience easy to manage from your computer or mobile phone. IMI played a key role in the initial development of the SportsNation 360 platform including the Web 2.0 components and Mobile Access and Alerting.
Regional Bank Locator IMI assisted a financial institution by building a new way for their customers to find bank branches, ATMs, etc. By replacing a costly mapping solution with a Google Maps based solution, bank customers visiting their website can find banking data they need and even receive walking, driving, or public transit directions to the location they choose.
Eco-Revolution Logo When Eco-Revolution needed a logo to represent their innovative line of eco-friendly clothing and accessories, IMI was engaged to produce a logo that represented the spiritual & physical sides of being.
Let's Immunize Northern Kentucky - LINK Logo LINK, an organization with a mission of promoting awareness, education, and opportunities to protect our community from vaccine-preventable diseases, came to IMI for logo design to relay to their audience that healthly communities can exist through collaboration.
Institute for Nonprofit Capacity Building INC's mission is to marshal the resources of the university – our intellectual capacity – on behalf of the nonprofit community to strengthen and support regional nonprofits. As the organization formed, a strong logo that relayed association to the university and growth for the nonprofits was needed. IMI designed this logo which has been used since the launch of INC.
The Northern Kentucky ECD portal tracks both demographic and assessment data for children from birth through kindergarten. The goal is to improve child programs and to ensure student success. This web based application showcases the perfect mix of secure web-based access, data storage, and intelligent reporting for a purpose. It supports the goals of the Vision 2015 and STRIVE initiatives.
Champions for Education – Volunteerism Database
Virtual CIO - Service Center 
