Tag: Technology & Telecom

Tyson Launches ProvisionX.com

Tyson Foods Inc., on the same day it pulled the plug on a possible acquisition of IBP Inc., launches an online beef and poultry exchange.

Pinnacle Makes Point with Alltel

One of the area?s most upscale office parks is now offering off-the-scale wireless, dial-up and dial tone service.

King of Newroads Starts Wireless Firm

EarthLink Inc.?s $308 million buyout of OneMain.com in September spelled the end of the latter?s Fort Smith call center.

Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce

We were a little leery of this site at first glance. The home page is a little helter skelter, and at least one of our reviewers dubbed it ?overwhelming and jumbled.?

Software Company Bought by Election.com

CMIS Inc., the Fayetteville election software firm, is purchased by Election.com Inc. of Garden City, N.Y.

More ?Angels? Sought for Start-ups at Genesis

Fayetteville?s Space Photonics Inc. or Integral Wave Technologies could be the next Virtual Satellite Corp.

Investors Want Edgewater Cash

Clete Brewer said his company, Edgewater Technology Inc., has been fair to its shareholders.

Edgewater Technology showed an increase in revenue of 46 percent to $16.3 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000, ended Dec. 31. For the entire fiscal year, revenue increased 30 percent to $60.2 million.

Business Hopping for Computer Wurks

Computer Wurks recently opened its doors to repair, upgrade and sell computers in the Bella Vista area, but computers sick with viruses have overtaken the business? to-do list.

Election.com Inc. Buys Local Company

CMIS Inc., the Fayetteville election software firm, was purchased Feb. 13 by Election.com Inc. of Garden City, N.Y., for an undisclosed amount.

Commerce Ventures Blamed by FoodUSA.com

Another prominent business-to-business online food exchange failed recently in FoodUSA.com of Madison, Wis., which handled trades of meat and poultry.

Tyson Helping Hatch Internet B2B Tools

Tyson Foods Inc. is going forward with two business-to-business Internet initiatives that should be up and running sometime this spring.

A Look at Peterson Farms’ Web Site

Peterson Farms Inc.?s Web presence is designed to be mostly an informative site that might drive limited e-commerce.

Broyles Among Investors Funding Virtual Satellite

Ten venture capitalists, including University of Arkansas Athletic Director J. Frank Broyles, provide $3 million in funding for Virtual Satellite Corp. in Fayetteville.

Pay Now or Pay Big Time Later

A little now, or much more later (implying that an engine rebuild would be the option). I would like to extend that hypothetical into the more complex realm of technology enterprise building.

AAA Takes ?Walk? on Wireless Side

AAA Business Machines Inc. of Fayetteville made a $70,000 technology investment in November that?s already reaping dividends.

DOCSIS Revolution Coming at High Speed

Jason Hall, Cox Communications Inc.?s regional product manager for high-speed data, said new hardware would soon make local cable modem access even better.

Mortgage Group Introduces E-Cards

Bank of Arkansas Mortgage Group in Bentonville, a division of Bank of Oklahoma in Tulsa, recently introduced virtual business cards to Northwest Arkansas.

Riverstone Builders Web Site Easily Navigated

One of our reviewers who uses a Macintosh computer could not get the menu bar on Riverstone Builders Inc.?s Web site to work.

InsuranceNoodle.com Targets Arkansas Small Businesses

Arkansas? small businesses now have access to several big names in insurance.

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property

Jones Center raises $310,000 at ‘Big Night’

Colliers | Arkansas to manage Regions Center; firm closes 2 major deals for $10.7M

Architect Reese Rowland honored with AIA Arkansas E. Fay Jones gold medal