Tech News from the GSA Technology Council

Podcast – Amazon and Cloud Computing

2009-11-05T16:11:42Z

What is a book company doing in the Cloud Computing business? What is Cloud Computing anyway? Amazon has been in the hosting and data center management business for many years and it’s experience with running its retail business maps directly into how to run Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). At the June Learning Lunch, Kevin [...]

Learning Lunch: Where are the Jobs?

2009-11-05T12:29:59Z

a panel of experts on jobs and opportunities in the upstate.

University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business Launches Global Classroom of the Future Using Cisco TelePresence

2009-11-03T19:09:30Z

The University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, ranked consistently as one of the top schools in the country for international business, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Cisco to utilize the company’s revolutionary Cisco TelePresence technology to deliver a range of global Executive Education and Graduate-level business and management [...]

Focus on Science, Technical & Medical Markets to Fuel Future Growth

2009-11-03T19:02:24Z

Collexis Holdings, Inc., a leading developer of semantic technology and knowledge discovery software, announced today that it has voluntarily filed a Form 15 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to terminate the company’s SEC reporting obligations. With the filing of the report, the company’s obligation to file periodic and current reports with the [...]

Nuvox to be acquired by Arkansas based Windstream

2009-11-03T13:50:25Z

Windstream Corporation announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NuVox, Inc., a privately held competitive local exchange carrier based in Greenville, S.C., in a transaction valued at approximately $643 million. Windstream expects to issue approximately 18.7 million fixed shares of stock valued at $183 million, based on Windstream’s closing stock price [...]

Network Controls And Electic Installs Data Cabling For Disney Distribution Center In Jonesville

2009-11-02T21:54:32Z

Network Controls and Electric – a leading supplier of cabling and electrical infrastructure — recently installed data cabling for the Disney Distribution Center in Jonesville, SC. The project was completed as part of a reconfiguration of the space to accommodate screenprinting and embroidery operations for the company. The Disney Distribution Center is located on Furman [...]

Network Controls And Electric To Upgrade Anderson County’s Palmetto Elementary Electrical Infrastructure

2009-11-02T21:51:11Z

Network Controls and Electric – a leading supplier of cabling and electrical infrastructure — was recently awarded the contract to provide electrical products and service for the renovation at Anderson County’s Palmetto Elementary School. Network Controls and Electric employees will start work on the project in 4th Quarter of 2009. The entire project is [...]

AFL Telecommunications Celebrates Silver Anniversary

2009-11-02T21:00:04Z

AFL Telecommunications, a division of Fujikura Ltd. of Japan, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. Organized in 1984, AFL started as a joint venture between Alcoa, then known as the Aluminum Company of America, and Fujikura Ltd., a leader in the telecommunications and automotive industries, and built its manufacturing operations in Duncan, South Carolina. [...]

Catalyst Telecom Partners with RedSky Technologies

2009-11-02T20:49:10Z

Catalyst Telecom, a sales unit of ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCSC), and value-added distributor of voice, video and data convergence solutions, has added RedSky Technologies, a leading provider of automated E911 software solutions for the enterprise, to its line card. Through this relationship, Catalyst Telecom’s reseller partners will have access to RedSky’s innovative E911 solutions, enabling them to [...]

W. James McNerney, Jr., Elected to IBM Board of Directors

2009-11-02T20:41:33Z

The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today elected W. James McNerney, Jr., to the board. Mr. McNerney, 60, is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company. Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer, said: “We are very pleased that Jim McNerney will be joining the IBM [...]

Force Protection to Announce Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results

2009-11-02T18:23:32Z

Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) today announced that it will release financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009 on Monday, November 9, 2009 after the market close. A conference call to discuss those results will be held at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time that same day and will include comments from Michael Moody, [...]

Going for Green: GE Supporting the Long Term Energy Goals of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

2009-11-02T17:29:41Z

GE Energy has been awarded the contract to supply its ecomagination-approved Jenbacher cogeneration technology to power two innovative, natural gas and biomass-fueled energy centers being built in the Olympic Park and Stratford City development. The centers will provide reliable and efficient power, heating and cooling systems for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, [...]

Helping Job Seekers Sell Themselves Through Networking

2009-11-02T14:34:07Z

Clemson University’s NetworkBash is designed to give job seekers a competitive advantage in the current job market. This is an event to teach students how to market themselves face-to-face and using social media. Even though this is an event for Clemson students, the skills are essential for any job seeker. NetworkBash is being held at Clemson [...]

GE Technology Selected for IGCC Project in Southern California

2009-11-02T13:29:20Z

GE Energy has signed a technology licensing agreement with Hydrogen Energy for a proposed 250-megawatt power plant that would use integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology, a product of ecomagination. The plant, to be located near Bakersfield, in Kern County, Calif., would be designed to capture up to 90 percent of its carbon dioxide for enhanced [...]

New DB9 Adapter Easily Connects to RS-485 Products

2009-11-01T15:19:11Z

Sealevel’s compact, rugged DB9F-to-5 screw terminal block adapter offers customers a simple solution for connecting their field wiring to DB9 connectors on USB Serial adapters, Ethernet Serial Servers, and other Sealevel RS-485 products with a DB9M connector. Featuring a standard-size DB9 connector, the adapter works with 2- and 4-wire RS-485 networks and can be easily [...]

Hello Humans: Droid By Motorola Arrives Next Week

2009-10-28T14:58:04Z

High-speed Web browsing, voice-activated search, customizable large screen, access to thousands of Android applications and hundreds of widgets and the best 3G mobile network in the country: DROID by Motorola arrives on Nov. 6. Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation’s largest wireless 3G broadband network, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a pioneer in the mobile [...]

Ask & Receive Accepted into South Carolina Press Association

2009-10-27T21:18:57Z

Ask & Receive, Inc., a full service marketing and IT support company, announces it has been accepted as an Associate Member into the South Carolina Press Association (SCPA). The SCPA offers special programs, as well as educational and networking opportunities, for media professionals across the state and has been serving South Carolina newspapers since [...]

October Lunch Photos

2009-10-27T18:58:59Z

Our October presentation was delivered by Target Marketing magazine’s 2008 Direct Marketer of the Year, Pamela Ansley Evans of IBM. Enjoy photos from this event. View photos as a slideshow Photos by Patrick Greer. See the entire collection on Flickr.

Last Chance to Get Your Pitch Perfect

2009-10-27T15:01:34Z

It doesn't matter whether you call it a 30-second commercial, an elevator pitch, or your personal value statement. If you can't communicate what you can do for people, you are losing opportunities.

Video – Maximizing the Return from Digital Marketing

2009-10-27T13:15:42Z

Our October presentation was delivered by Target Marketing magazine’s 2008 Direct Marketer of the Year. Pamela Ansley Evans is the Global Web Marketing Manager for the IBM Software Group. She has responsibility for IBM Worldwide web marketing strategies, web analytics and content on Software Group customer websites in over 70 countries. Enjoy and learn from [...]

Immedion Selected as SC Launch Resource Partner

2009-10-27T13:02:07Z

Immedion, LLC, South Carolina’s only dedicated data center and managed services provider was recently selected as a Resource Partner by SC Launch. An SCRA affiliate, SC Launch is focused on helping entrepreneurial start-up companies grow with up-front counseling, seed funding, and access to a Resource Network. Their overall goal is to help build the knowledge [...]

Spacex Successfully Completes First Stage 9-Engine Rocket Firing

2009-10-26T19:17:13Z

pace Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully conducted two static firings of the first stage, nine engine cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The firings took place at SpaceX’s Texas Test Site, a 300-acre structural and propulsion testing facility just outside of Waco, Texas. With completion of these tests, the first stage has now passed both structural and propulsion acceptance testing [...]

Kemet to Expand Greenville County Operations and Create 113 New Jobs

2009-10-26T19:07:42Z

Gov. Mark Sanford, the South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Greenville Area Development Corporation today announced that KEMET will expand its facility in Greenville County to support manufacturing of capacitors for electric drive vehicles and alternative energy markets. The investment is expected to generate 113 new jobs within the next three years. “We are [...]

GSATC Update for 2009 w43

2009-10-23T17:35:04Z

In this episode of our podcast we share upcoming events in the week ahead, answer and share how you can ask questions and present some interviews conducted during a recent Tech After 5 event. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast via the iTunes link below. Listen Now (or download for later) Click [...]

200 Tech Professionals and Entrepreneurs at Ta5 tonight. Can you help them?

2009-10-21T20:11:00Z

Everyone loves October — at least it looks like they do. We’ve got 200 people signed up for tonight’s Tech After Five Event, once again breaking our registration record by a healthy margin. As we always do, we asked everyone what they were looking for before they came. Here is a small [...]

Podcast – John Tully of Michelin Development

2009-10-23T17:41:36Z

Michelin Development Corporation has launched a program to assist disadvantaged businesses through the upstate. With an initial funding amount of 1 million dollars, a new president, and an alliance with Carolina First. The program has already begun accepting applications. In this presentation, John Tully, president of Michelin Development describes why Michelin launched the program and [...]

Tech After Five is Wednesday

2009-10-20T11:30:27Z

This is your best chance in October to make connections with other tech professionals and entrepreneurs.

HFTP Installs 2009-2010 Global Executive Committee

2009-10-20T13:26:30Z

Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) recently installed its 2009-2010 Global Executive Committee at the association’s 2009 Annual Convention & Tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nev. Raman P. Rama, CHA, CHTP, CHAE, Installed as HFTP Global Secretary Rama is vice president and director of IT and Telecom for JHM Hotels in Greenville, S.C. He has been a member [...]

Gore and Milliken Partner on a New Chemical/Biological Protective Coverall for Combat Vehicle Crewman

2009-10-19T20:38:55Z

Milliken & Company®, one of the world’s largest privately-held textile and chemical manufacturers, and W.L. Gore & Associates, a world leader in the development of high performance protective fabrics, today announced the launch of the new JSLIST Chemical/Biological (CB) Coverall for Combat Vehicle Crewman (JC3). The coverall uses a two layer fabric system consisting of [...]

INRIX Selected by South Carolina Department of Transportation to Provide Real-time Traffic Speeds and Travel Times Statewide

2009-10-19T17:37:50Z

INRIX®, a leading provider of traffic and navigation services in North America, today announced that the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is now accessing and utilizing INRIX’s real-time traffic speed and travel time services for 1,200 centerline miles of South Carolina’s major roadways, including the entire Interstate network and key routes to and near [...]

Vimeo(R) Demonstrates New Desktop Uploader Software at PhotoPlus Expo Exhibit

2009-10-19T17:31:22Z

Anyone who has uploaded a video onto the web knows that it can often be a time-consuming process. Vimeo.com, one of the most respected and inspiring video hosting sites, today helps solve that problem as it brings its new Desktop Uploader software into public data. Vimeo will be on-hand to demonstrate its new Desktop Uploader [...]

WatchGuard Debuts New High-Performance Security Appliance

2009-10-19T17:26:53Z

WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader of business security and connectivity solutions, today launched a new multifunction security appliance – the WatchGuard XTM 8 Series, which provides unmatched performance and protection against the next generation of network, application and data threats. “Now more than ever businesses look to multifunction security appliances to keep their networks, applications and [...]

Recession Creates New Holiday Shopping Trends

2009-10-20T17:54:14Z

PriceGrabber.com®, a part of Experian, explores the impact of the economy on holiday spending in its latest Holiday Forecast Consumer Behavior Report. Survey data reveals that the state of the economy is shaping new trends in holiday shopping. More than ever, comparison shopping is on the forefront of consumers’ minds, with 70 percent of consumers [...]

Stop Fumbling. Get Your Pitch Perfect.

2009-10-16T18:20:54Z

If you can't communicate what you can do for people, you are losing opportunities.

Getting your pitch perfect

2009-10-16T18:10:29Z

It doesn't matter whether you call it a 30-second commercial, an elevator pitch, or your personal value statement. If you can't communicate what you can do for people, you are losing opportunities.

About Today’s Learning Lunch

2009-10-14T13:20:18Z

Online registration for today’s learning lunch is now closed. You may, however, register at the door. If you plan to register onsite, please plan to arrive by 11:30. Onsite registration is $25. Cash (in the exact amount) and checks to the GSATC are easiest, but credit cards can be accommodated with just a [...]

Jim Holman Joins Acumen I.T.

2009-10-20T13:27:16Z

Acumen I.T., a Greenville-based technology company, has announced the addition of Jim Holman to its team. Holman joins Acumen as a Senior Solutions Consultant and Project Manager, expanding the firm’s consulting staff to support ongoing growth. Holman will operate a satellite office in Atlanta, GA, enabling Acumen to expand its presence in the Atlanta market. Holman [...]

Small Business Tax Workshop

2009-10-14T14:18:40Z

The Clemson Small Business Development Center is presenting a FREE tax workshop for prospective and new small business owners. The workshop will be held from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Room #2 of the Greenville Technical College Admissions Office (McAlister Square), at 225 South Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville. To [...]

Greenville Mac User’s Group Meets and Discusses Backups

2009-10-12T16:12:53Z

The Greenville Mac User’s Group hold their monthly meeting tonight. Tonight’s focus will include - 6:30 PM : Mac Basics 7:00 PM : Toast and Backup Backing up your computer is so important that we have spent several sessions on different ways to do it. This session covers using the software Toast Titanium to backup by [...]

Better Business Bureau Spotlights Identity Theft with Shred Day

2009-10-06T09:02:10Z

The Better Business Bureau Upstate South Carolina will hold its fall ‘Secure Your ID’ Shred Day from 10 am until 2 pm on Saturday, October 17, offering complimentary commercial shredding services to individuals and small business owners at locations in Greenville and Anderson. For the first time, the Greenville location also will accept used home [...]