Tag: Technology & Telecom

Aladdin Realtor’s Site Earns 4.5 Mice

Aladdin Realtors? Web site packs a wallop and receives a 4.5-mouse rating.

Genesis Seeks National Science Foundation Connection

Genesis Connections, a statewide economic program that?s still in the planning stage, will seek a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

MCSETeach.com Classes Available in Fayetteville

Businesses in every industry often unofficially elect an office computer guru, directing all computer-related questions to that person who seems to know the most about technology.

Edgewater Plans Major Layoff

Edgewater Technology Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., announced on Feb. 28 that 19 percent of its work force ? 38 employees ? will be laid off.

IT Job Fair Reflects Market Downturn

Reality set up shop Feb. 4 at the University of Arkansas? annual Information Technology Job fair. Corporate participation was down about 40 percent this year with only 10 firms represented at the Arkansas Union.

St. Edward Acquires Cancer Detection Device

St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith spent $250,000 in February for a new R2 Technology ImageChecker computer-aided detection (CAD) machine. It is the only hospital in western Arkansas that has the technology.

Delta Systems Wins Tyson Foods Account

Delta Systems Inc., the Rogers PC-based automation and motion-control company, announced on March 12 that it had struck a deal with Tyson Foods Inc. to implement nine production systems at the Springdale poultry producer?s Sedalia, Mo., plant.

Asset Management Site Earns Four Mice

Arvest Asset Management Inc. has established a good online presence with its Web site.

Loislaw.com Sues JurisDictionUSA Inc.

Loislaw.com, Van Buren?s legal research provider, has filed a countersuit against JurisDictionUSA Inc. of Phoenix, Ariz., in Crawford County Circuit Court.

Horrific Events: Our Biotech Opportunity? (Guest Commentary)

Arkansas could play a major role in vaccine production and storage.

ADED Chief Talks Up Promoting Regionalism

Jim Pickens, director of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development, spoke to a group of University of Arkansas and technology industry leaders Feb. 21 at the UA?s Genesis Technology Incubator in Fayetteville.

IBP Tech Integration Under Way for Tyson

Try merging the computer networks for 14 companies into one system in one year. That?s the challenge facing Gary Cooper, Tyson Foods Inc.?s vice-president of information services.

Awards Bestowed on Fayetteville Firms

Two Fayetteville tech companies received awards from the Arkansas Technology Transfer Society for their ?outstanding? efforts toward supporting technology and economic development in Arkansas.

IFworld Returns a Heavy Response

The city of Fayetteville asked 13 technology firms to type up a bid proposal to overhaul the city?s Web site. IFworld Inc. returned a 200-page answer.

Road Constructors Could Improve Tests

Kevin Hall, an associate professor of civil engineering in the University of Arkansas? College of Engineering, has been testing new quality-control devices used for asphalt pavement construction.

Fresh Faces Join Genesis Directors

On Feb. 13, the board of directors for the University of Arkansas Genesis Technology Incubator invited young tech guru Jeremy Webb to join their circle.

Loislaw.com Tulip Tiptoes

?Mum? is the word from Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer NV these days.

FCC Order May Ease Spectrum Logjam

The Federal Communications Commission has taken a step toward making the wireless communications industry more attractive to carriers such as Alltel Corp.

Alltel Eyes Changing Future After Record Quarter, Year

Alltel 4Q income up 20 percent as Scott Ford prepares to be CEO.

Tech Park Names Confuse Public

Local confusion reigns regarding the difference between Fayetteville?s budding technology and business parks.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants

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