Maine CTE portal gives a fully-featured website to 25 Maine high schools

For many high schools, building and maintaining websites can be a cumbersome challenge. Besides the costs associated with building a site, schools must also find the resources to pay an outside firm, or find staff with the technical skills and time available to keep their sites updated.MACTE- The...

Posted by Jason Clarke on January 8th 2010 | Read more in: Client news

RainStorm celebrates 10th anniversary

Last Thursday, RainStorm celebrated our 10th anniverary in business with a small gathering that included staff and family. We told stories, ate cake, and toasted 10 years of service to our clients.On October 30 1999, founder and CEO Brian Rahill registered the domain name...

Posted by Jason Clarke on November 6th 2009 | Read more in: Company news

RainStorm Consulting announces office move

After months of preparations, we're excited to announce we've settled into a beautiful new office space on Main Street in Orono, Maine.To our clients and friends, please update your records with our new location and mailing address, but please note, our phone, fax, and website addresses remain...

Posted by on June 11th 2009 | Read more in: Company news

Maine Adult Education website honored as non-profit site of the year by TechMaine

We're pleased and honored to announce that MaineAdultEd.org, a portal website connecting over 80 local adult education programs, has been chosen as the Best of the Web Non-profit website for 2008 by TechMaine at their annual awards ceremony. Working closely with the Maine Adult Education...

Posted by on June 3rd 2009 | Read more in: Company news

RainStorm earns two TechMaine award nominations

Thank you to TechMaine, our state industry association, for honoring us with two TechMaine awards at this year's ceremony, to be held next week in Portland: Our fearless leader, CEO Brian Rahill is a finalist for the CxO of the year award for ""[leading] RainStorm Consulting into the most...

Posted by on May 29th 2009 | Read more in: Company news

RainStorm welcomes office manager Nicole St. Pierre

RainStorm Consulting is happy to welcome Nicole St. Pierre to our growing team as office manager.Whether handling the phones, managing billing accounts, or assisting with email and website support, Nicole will be a visible part of our renowned customer support. Behind the scenes, her...

Posted by on May 18th 2009 | Read more in: Company news

RainStorm programmer Ray Kolbe earns top certification

RainStorm Consulting is pleased to announce that programmer Ray Kolbe has earned the title of Zend Certified Engineer, the industry's highest certification for PHP programmers. PHP is the world's most widely-used open-source web development language, powering millions of websites...

Posted by on May 14th 2009 | Read more in: Company news

Case study: Building a statewide network of adult education websites

With multi-million dollar budget cuts looming, Maine's Adult Education Association partnered with RainStorm Consulting on an ambitious project: To launch powerful new websites for Maine's local adult education programs. The goal: To attract more learners, more revenue, and to re-define adult...

Posted by on May 5th 2009 | Read more in: Case studies

White paper: Using PayPal for your website payment solution

If you're considering an online payment solution for orders, donations, or registrations, you may be wondering which of the myriad options is best for you or your organization. Download this white paper (PDF, 37k) At RainStorm Consulting, we can work with a variety of merchant services, but...

Posted by on April 7th 2009 | Read more in: White papers

New Spruce Run website

We're pleased to announce the launch of an all-new website for Spruce Run, a Maine non-profit dedicated to ending domestic abuse and online at SpruceRun.net.The site features an entirely new, modern design and many new features, including:Detailed information on Spruce Run services for domestic...

Posted by on March 27th 2009 | Read more in: Company news