Tag: Technology & Telecom

Company Team-building Efforts Can Be Productive

Team-building is essential for a healthy company, but things like forced sumo wrestling might be carrying it a bit too far.

Space Photonics Shoots For Stars With $3M Funding

Space Photonics Inc., a client of the University of Arkansas? Genesis Technology Incubator, has received a $3 million authorization from the House of Representatives and Senate Armed Services Committees to do research for the U.S. Air Force.

Bentonville Software Firm Ads 135 Customers

Bentonville software firm Strategy Systems already has 135 new subscribers for its new Strategy Live! Software.

Burgers to the Rescue? (Ron Goforth Commentary)

Gorforth asks if burger flipping jobs are the answer to Arkansas? economic woes.

Duncan Introduces New Smart Card

Duncan Parking Technologies Inc. of Harrison announced its partnership with Parcxmart Technologies Inc. of Hampton Falls, N.H., to develop parking meters that accept smart card transactions.

APE Gets Military Research Grant

Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. (APEI) of Fayetteville just won a $750,000, Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Army Research Labs.

UA Translates A.I. Into Business

The professor and Acxiom Database Chair in Engineering of the Computer Science & Computer Engineering Department, Craig Thompson, is working on turning artificial intelligence (AI) into practical applications.

CIOs Suggest Networking To Start Successful IT Career

The emphasis being placed on network management by companies such as VeriSource Inc. in Rogers, the high-end, high-tech firm at Pinnacle Point, has not gone unnoticed.

Dozier Technology To Open Rogers Satellite to New Business

Nick Dozier didn?t have much of a selection for electives in the ninth grade. He could have taken Spanish or home economics, but he opted for a computer technology class and found a career.

VeriSource Takes Call: Merger Gives Firms Leg Up on Line Data

Advanced Control Solutions Inc. of Bentonville and VeriSource Inc. of Rogers have merged to form a $3 million IT company that expects to shorten the trip data takes from the production line to decision makers.

New Cancer Detection Offered at Breast Center

Breast Center of Northwest Arkansas will be the first in the state to use Aurora Breast MRI, which provides clearer MRI images and aids in breast cancer detection.

CAST Maps Digital Info for Business Solutions

The University of Arkansas’ Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies serves as a “force multipler” by doing digital mapping for other departments and technology businesses.

Wi-Fi Can Leave Files Wide Open

Wireless fidelity technology, also known as Wi-Fi, is a security issue for companies who have employees that work via computer from home.

APEI Drills Into Power Electronics

Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. of Fayetteville is one of the most promising firms at the University of Arkansas’ Genesis Technology Incubator.

Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times

Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.

NCR Joins UA?s ITRC

NCR, the company founded as the National Cash Register Co. in Dayton, Ohio, has joined the Information Research Technology Center within the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

Internet at Work (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

Don?t let the failed business models of the late ?90s fool you into ignoring the commercial promise of the Internet.

T-Mobile USA Comes to Bentonville

The Bellview, Wash., mobile phone company recently bought six building permits to co-locate on existing towers in Bentonville and plans to build two new towers of its own. The company is also building 31 additional tower sites in the Little Rock area.

?PCness? Runs Amok at SBA (Ron Goforth Commentary)

Remove the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) restriction, and let businesses grow and prosper on the basis of merit.

Data Firm Sees the Light

CourthouseData of Fayetteville makes it easy for clients to search real estate records via the Internet.

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville

Weekly wages up 4.2% in Arkansas, Benton County leads with 13.4% wage gain