Tag: Technology & Telecom

It is Up to You to Step up to the Challenge (Commentary)

Surfing You-Tube for office funnies, chatting up colleagues in the hall or piddling with low-priority projects are ways to spend the business day. Rolling up your sleeves and tackling initiatives that bring real value to your company and customers are inv

Embrace Successful, Meaningful Meetings (Human Factor)

If you must endure meetings, make them productive.

Wal-Mart Not Taking Sides in DVD Battle (Touch Points)

Retail observers monitoring the ongoing high-definition DVD format battle between Toshiba-backed HD-DVD and Sony?s Blu-Ray are still waiting on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to take a side.

Northwest Brings Brilliance, da Vinci

New diagnostic and surgical technologies are improving patient outcomes at Northwest Health System.

Peak Methods, UpTime Merge

Peak Methods Inc. headquartered in Tulsa, and UpTime Ltd., headquartered in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, will merge the businesses to form Peak UpTime.

Engineer Builds Custom Audio Tracks (Opinion)

Dwight Chalmers brings movies to life with sound.

Leading with Integrity Often Requires Courage, Sacrifice (Opinion)

Leading with integrity often challenging but always rewarding

Northwest Arkansas? Economy Not Immune to National Woes (Opinion)

Area market growth is dependent on success of nation economy

KHBS/KHOG Resume Cox as Digital Carrier

Nearly a year after KHBS/KHOG-TV, Channels 40/29, the Fort Smith and Fayetteville ABC affiliate, announced its digital high definition signal would not be carried by Cox Communications, the two entities struck an agreement.

What’s in Your Bias Baggage? (Jim Karrh Commentary)

Personal biases can hold businesses back and cloud the decision-making process.

Accelerate Arkansas To Unveil New Strategy

Organization aims to create higher number of knowledge-based jobs to lift per capita income.

EquityNet Hires Dell Executive

Fayetteville tech firm hires van Kooij, a former executive at Dell Computers in Austin, Texas.

Three Area Companies Make Inc.?s 5000 List

Three area businesses were recently ranked in the top 1,000 on Inc. magazine?s list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America.

The Cost Of An Alpha Executive (I. Barry Goldberg Commentary)

What happens when an executive gets great results, but in a manner that is destructive or even toxic? This is the conundrum of the alpha executive.

Social Networking Sites Create HR Predicament

Web sites can be bad news for employees is used incorrectly.

Northwest Arkansas’ 2007 40 Under 40 Class Meet Challenges

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2007 class of 40 Under 40 honorees are smart, ambitious and hardworking individuals – that’s apparent in how rapidly they’ve ascended to their ranks.