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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Rackspace Cloud Offering Free New Relic Accounts - ReadWriteWeb
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Morning Journal finalist for six awards - The Morning Journal
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Morning Journal finalist for six awards The Morning Journal By Morning Journal Staff COLUMBUS â€" The Morning Journal is a finalist for six awards in the annual journalism competition sponsored by The Associated Press Society of Ohio in Division III, for newspapers with a circulation between 13000 and 24999. ... Journal staffers finalists for AP awards News Journal nominated for six AP awards |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Mass. towns putting solar panels on old landfills - Bloomberg
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Layoffs, consolidations roil area research firms - Boston Business Journal:
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“We’re looking for tightness and we’re not sure whetherd that’s going to affect us,” said Kevin chief strategist for Boston’s . Several local researcj firms have begun the process of and a recent wave of consolidation mirrord similar steps taken during past periods of economic turmoil that were punctuated by drastic cutsto companies’ researcu budgets. Two of the area’s largesyt research firms, of Bostonj and IDC in Framingham, have each laid off dozens of staff in an attemptto re-jigger theire research operations amid a changing marketplace. Meanwhile, Lexington-basef , with 175 was bought by Colorado’xs for $200 million last month.
IHS alread y owns , which has 250 Six weeks earlier, Forrester acquiredd New York researchfirm LLC. Research firmds are sustained by providing information to potential purchasers of technology and financial services and executives making otheroperationzs investments, and they receive hefty sums in return for that adviced as well as their reviews of certain products. But with belt-tighteningb at many companies, some industry watcherse say parts of the businesse could be in for arude “We have not seen many budgets being affected, which is a bit We think that there are some analysrt relations people not thinking in the said Kevin Lucas, an analyst with Cambridge’x (Nasdaq: FORR).
In the aftermatyh of the tech bust, local researcj firms laid off hundredsof analysts. For Forrester alone laid off a total of 237 analystw in 2001and 2002. But officials at area researcb firms claim the recenft layoffs and consolidation are part and parcel to keepinbg pace with a morphing technology Yankee Group said its layoffs were related to the firm focusing its entire staff on the emergence ofubiquitousa communication, said Shirley Macbeth, vice president of marketinb and communications at Yankee Group. While Yankede Group declined to say how many analysts it haslaid off, California-basede consulting firm SageCircle estimatea some 20 were let go this summer. Most of IDC’z U.S.
layoffs, which included eight analysts and 15support staff, were part of the company’s decisionn to move certain back-office functions overseas. “ID will continue to have more than 1,00o0 research analysts worldwidethroughout 2008, which is more than any othe r technology market-intelligence company,” said IDC spokesmanm Michael Shirer. But industryu analysts say the layoffs are indicative of an overall weakness in firmsd chasing ITvendor dollars. “There’s a real bifurcation in the marketplace,” said Cartetr Lusher, analyst with SageCircle. “For firm focused on IT managers forlarge that’s a stable market. ...
IDC and Yankee Group largely rely on technology andtelecommunicationzs vendors; they have analyst spending in theie marketing budgets. You go into a recession and one of the firstg things that gets cut is themarketing budget.” Neitherd IDC nor Yankee Group disclose revenue or profits. Forrester saw its research-services revenue grow 22 percenty year-over-year to $40.3 million in the third “Will our business be challenged? Undoubtably, but we face thesed times with the right an experienced team and a rosteer of clients drawn from the largest companiesz inthe world,” said Forrester CEO Georgew Colony in an October earnings call.
But if Forrestefr reads its own research, a toughetr environment is likely onthe way. In a May Forrester’s Merv Adrian advised buyers to revisit analyst He called for companies to consolidate the number of research firms they work with and to renegotiatwe contracts with theremaining ones. “Surew you will meet resistance if you attempyt thismidcontract — and such negotiations will take time and be he said.
“We’re looking for tightness and we’re not sure whetherd that’s going to affect us,” said Kevin chief strategist for Boston’s . Several local researcj firms have begun the process of and a recent wave of consolidation mirrord similar steps taken during past periods of economic turmoil that were punctuated by drastic cutsto companies’ researcu budgets. Two of the area’s largesyt research firms, of Bostonj and IDC in Framingham, have each laid off dozens of staff in an attemptto re-jigger theire research operations amid a changing marketplace. Meanwhile, Lexington-basef , with 175 was bought by Colorado’xs for $200 million last month.
IHS alread y owns , which has 250 Six weeks earlier, Forrester acquiredd New York researchfirm LLC. Research firmds are sustained by providing information to potential purchasers of technology and financial services and executives making otheroperationzs investments, and they receive hefty sums in return for that adviced as well as their reviews of certain products. But with belt-tighteningb at many companies, some industry watcherse say parts of the businesse could be in for arude “We have not seen many budgets being affected, which is a bit We think that there are some analysrt relations people not thinking in the said Kevin Lucas, an analyst with Cambridge’x (Nasdaq: FORR).
In the aftermatyh of the tech bust, local researcj firms laid off hundredsof analysts. For Forrester alone laid off a total of 237 analystw in 2001and 2002. But officials at area researcb firms claim the recenft layoffs and consolidation are part and parcel to keepinbg pace with a morphing technology Yankee Group said its layoffs were related to the firm focusing its entire staff on the emergence ofubiquitousa communication, said Shirley Macbeth, vice president of marketinb and communications at Yankee Group. While Yankede Group declined to say how many analysts it haslaid off, California-basede consulting firm SageCircle estimatea some 20 were let go this summer. Most of IDC’z U.S.
layoffs, which included eight analysts and 15support staff, were part of the company’s decisionn to move certain back-office functions overseas. “ID will continue to have more than 1,00o0 research analysts worldwidethroughout 2008, which is more than any othe r technology market-intelligence company,” said IDC spokesmanm Michael Shirer. But industryu analysts say the layoffs are indicative of an overall weakness in firmsd chasing ITvendor dollars. “There’s a real bifurcation in the marketplace,” said Cartetr Lusher, analyst with SageCircle. “For firm focused on IT managers forlarge that’s a stable market. ...
IDC and Yankee Group largely rely on technology andtelecommunicationzs vendors; they have analyst spending in theie marketing budgets. You go into a recession and one of the firstg things that gets cut is themarketing budget.” Neitherd IDC nor Yankee Group disclose revenue or profits. Forrester saw its research-services revenue grow 22 percenty year-over-year to $40.3 million in the third “Will our business be challenged? Undoubtably, but we face thesed times with the right an experienced team and a rosteer of clients drawn from the largest companiesz inthe world,” said Forrester CEO Georgew Colony in an October earnings call.
But if Forrestefr reads its own research, a toughetr environment is likely onthe way. In a May Forrester’s Merv Adrian advised buyers to revisit analyst He called for companies to consolidate the number of research firms they work with and to renegotiatwe contracts with theremaining ones. “Surew you will meet resistance if you attempyt thismidcontract — and such negotiations will take time and be he said.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Ryan Ready To Turn Defense Around - DallasCowboys.com
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Greene back on ballot, this time for SC House seat - Washington Post
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Washington Post | Greene back on ballot, this time for SC House seat Washington Post FILE- This July 18, 2010 file photo shows Alvin Greene, the then Democratic candidate for the US Senate, waving after making his first public speech during ... |
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Relm Wireless gets $1.1M in orders - Denver Business Journal:
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million from agencies of the andthe . The orderw include the company's new digital P25 KNG product s and itsflagship D-Series digital P-25 products. The orders shoulfd be fulfilled during the second quartereof 2009. APCO Project 25, or P25, requiresz interoperability among compliant equipment regardless ofthe It’s a standard established by the Associatio n of Public-Safety Communications Officials and is approved by the . The shif t toward interoperability gained momentum as a result of significant communicationsw failures during events such asthe Sept. 11, 2001, terroristy attacks and Hurricane Katrina.
Relm was among the first manufacturers todevelop P25-compliant Relm Wireless (AMEX: RWC) is a 60-year-ole firm that makes two-way communications equipment for publicc safety professionals and government agencies. Its radios are also used in a wide rangs of commercial andindustrialo applications. The company is basee in West Melbourne. Relm stock has traded in a 52-week rangs between 41 cents and $1.75. On May 21, it was tradinv at about $1.05.
million from agencies of the andthe . The orderw include the company's new digital P25 KNG product s and itsflagship D-Series digital P-25 products. The orders shoulfd be fulfilled during the second quartereof 2009. APCO Project 25, or P25, requiresz interoperability among compliant equipment regardless ofthe It’s a standard established by the Associatio n of Public-Safety Communications Officials and is approved by the . The shif t toward interoperability gained momentum as a result of significant communicationsw failures during events such asthe Sept. 11, 2001, terroristy attacks and Hurricane Katrina.
Relm was among the first manufacturers todevelop P25-compliant Relm Wireless (AMEX: RWC) is a 60-year-ole firm that makes two-way communications equipment for publicc safety professionals and government agencies. Its radios are also used in a wide rangs of commercial andindustrialo applications. The company is basee in West Melbourne. Relm stock has traded in a 52-week rangs between 41 cents and $1.75. On May 21, it was tradinv at about $1.05.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Fairbanks Scales buys assets of Automated Access Solutions - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Automated Access Solutions, based in De Pere, produces an automated scale systemfor trucks, typically used at crushec rock or waste sites. The company is ownedf by , a subsidiary of New York City-baserd (NYSE: DOV). Kansas City-based Fairbanks Scales bought the automated scale brands and existing inventory of AutomatedAccess Solutions, and the exclusive rights to market and sell those products. The transaction closed on Thursday. Bob Jozwiak, Fairbanks vice presidenyt of sales, said Friday that Automated Accesas will continue to produce scalesfor now, but that Fairbanksz is evaluating whether to move production to its own “This acquisition positions us better for the Jozwiak said.
“This technology is beiny demanded byour customers. Unattendedf weighing systems are becomintg more important to our We should be able to pick up some extramarket share.” Jozwiak said that instead of havingg an attendant run the scale and provide weighyt receipts, the automated scale system enablese a driver to swipe a card and automatically get weighed and receive a receipt. Then companiez can have the scale attendant dootherr things, and only intervened at the scale if a problem arise s with the system. Fairbanks already offers an automated scale system.
The assets from Automated Access enable Fairbankx to offer scales for simpler types of Jozwiak said the new scaleas should lead to a revenue increase of 5 percent to10 percent. The companyh had revenue of $93.6 million in 2007.
Automated Access Solutions, based in De Pere, produces an automated scale systemfor trucks, typically used at crushec rock or waste sites. The company is ownedf by , a subsidiary of New York City-baserd (NYSE: DOV). Kansas City-based Fairbanks Scales bought the automated scale brands and existing inventory of AutomatedAccess Solutions, and the exclusive rights to market and sell those products. The transaction closed on Thursday. Bob Jozwiak, Fairbanks vice presidenyt of sales, said Friday that Automated Accesas will continue to produce scalesfor now, but that Fairbanksz is evaluating whether to move production to its own “This acquisition positions us better for the Jozwiak said.
“This technology is beiny demanded byour customers. Unattendedf weighing systems are becomintg more important to our We should be able to pick up some extramarket share.” Jozwiak said that instead of havingg an attendant run the scale and provide weighyt receipts, the automated scale system enablese a driver to swipe a card and automatically get weighed and receive a receipt. Then companiez can have the scale attendant dootherr things, and only intervened at the scale if a problem arise s with the system. Fairbanks already offers an automated scale system.
The assets from Automated Access enable Fairbankx to offer scales for simpler types of Jozwiak said the new scaleas should lead to a revenue increase of 5 percent to10 percent. The companyh had revenue of $93.6 million in 2007.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Cervical cancer immunisation - final year of catch up programme - AboutMyArea
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Opposing Views | Cervical cancer immunisation - final year of catch up programme AboutMyArea Dr Carol Davidson, Director of Public Health - NHS Ayrshire & Arran said: "There are more than 300 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed every year in Scotland ... State works on raising cervical cancer awareness Expert says boys must be offered cancer jab Doctors' cervical cancer warning |
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Law to protect workers has others fearing for jobs - Boston Business Journal:
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The state’s Independent Contractor law, also knowm as the Misclassification Law, was created in 2004 to protecgt construction workers from beingdeliberately “misclassified” by companies as contrac workers who receive no benefits, instead of as employees who by law are entitledx to a variety of benefits. Companies that violate the law are subjecrt totreble damages, as well as potentiap criminal charges. Since the law was enacted, the attorney general’x office has gone after construction firms, the apparent intent when the measurwe passed throughthe Legislature.
But the law is in no way limiteds toconstruction companies, which left some lawyerds specializing in employment matters wonderinh in recent years whetherf other businesses might become targets. Moreover, the law explicitlh holds top executives liablefor violations. Earlier this month, executivez at Pearson Education, a textbook publisher in UppeeSaddle River, N.J., apparently decided to interprety the law more broadly. Not wanting to risk prosecutiohn byMassachusetts authorities, the company decide d to discontinue work with all of its freelancersd in the state.
Freelancw editor and writer John Sisson countedr Pearson Education as one of his largest clientsx until hereceived e-mails from the companhy notifying him Pearson, citing the Independent Contractor Law, no longer wouled use Massachusetts contract workers. “I’ve lost business and I standc to losemore business,” said a Newton resident. “It hurts firms in Massachusettsz because it does not allow them to outsource the work they need to do and it hurtes independent professionals who rely onthat work,” Sisson “The fact of the matter is that the attornegy general’s office is between a rock and a hard place.
It’s a bad law and they’re in charge of enforcinbg it.” A Pearson spokeswoman declined to comment for this Critics of the law are also concerned that a successor to Attorneh General Martha Coakley could choose to interpret the law more broadlhy than she or her staffapparentlyt has. “A number of employment lawyerw have worried since the law was enactedx that a different attorney general might take a much broader and aggressivw approachto it,” said Joshua M. Davis, managing shareholde of the labor and employment law firm in Boston. “The law was designed to protecft folks who the Legislature believed were being wrongfullydenieds benefits.
” Davis notes that some clea r guidance from the AG’s office about the scope of the law is The fact that an out-of-state firm has decide d not to work with Massachusetts freelancers is worrisome, but not yet a said Stephen Adams, a small-business advocate in the ’se Boston office. “We don’t know if it’s isolatee and we don’t know if it’s Adams said. “The problem is for the you’re relying on the AG’s interpretation and power to set Ultimately, you do want to fix the problem.
”
The state’s Independent Contractor law, also knowm as the Misclassification Law, was created in 2004 to protecgt construction workers from beingdeliberately “misclassified” by companies as contrac workers who receive no benefits, instead of as employees who by law are entitledx to a variety of benefits. Companies that violate the law are subjecrt totreble damages, as well as potentiap criminal charges. Since the law was enacted, the attorney general’x office has gone after construction firms, the apparent intent when the measurwe passed throughthe Legislature.
But the law is in no way limiteds toconstruction companies, which left some lawyerds specializing in employment matters wonderinh in recent years whetherf other businesses might become targets. Moreover, the law explicitlh holds top executives liablefor violations. Earlier this month, executivez at Pearson Education, a textbook publisher in UppeeSaddle River, N.J., apparently decided to interprety the law more broadly. Not wanting to risk prosecutiohn byMassachusetts authorities, the company decide d to discontinue work with all of its freelancersd in the state.
Freelancw editor and writer John Sisson countedr Pearson Education as one of his largest clientsx until hereceived e-mails from the companhy notifying him Pearson, citing the Independent Contractor Law, no longer wouled use Massachusetts contract workers. “I’ve lost business and I standc to losemore business,” said a Newton resident. “It hurts firms in Massachusettsz because it does not allow them to outsource the work they need to do and it hurtes independent professionals who rely onthat work,” Sisson “The fact of the matter is that the attornegy general’s office is between a rock and a hard place.
It’s a bad law and they’re in charge of enforcinbg it.” A Pearson spokeswoman declined to comment for this Critics of the law are also concerned that a successor to Attorneh General Martha Coakley could choose to interpret the law more broadlhy than she or her staffapparentlyt has. “A number of employment lawyerw have worried since the law was enactedx that a different attorney general might take a much broader and aggressivw approachto it,” said Joshua M. Davis, managing shareholde of the labor and employment law firm in Boston. “The law was designed to protecft folks who the Legislature believed were being wrongfullydenieds benefits.
” Davis notes that some clea r guidance from the AG’s office about the scope of the law is The fact that an out-of-state firm has decide d not to work with Massachusetts freelancers is worrisome, but not yet a said Stephen Adams, a small-business advocate in the ’se Boston office. “We don’t know if it’s isolatee and we don’t know if it’s Adams said. “The problem is for the you’re relying on the AG’s interpretation and power to set Ultimately, you do want to fix the problem.
”
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Gabe Wright: Nick Fairley's Leaving Eased By Gabe Wright's Emergence at Auburn - Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report | Gabe Wright: Nick Fairley's Leaving Eased By Gabe Wright's Emergence at Auburn Bleacher Report Gabe Wright is going to Auburn and no one is happier than head coach Gene Chizik. Chizik has had a mixed bag of emotions this past month. ... |
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