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Historic Defense Department purchase upgrades supercomputing capabilities

MBJ Staff — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:12:57 +0000

VICKSBURG and HANCOCK COUNTY — The Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (DOD HPCMP) has just completed its largest one-time investment in supercomputing capability. The total acquisition is valued at $105 million, and includes $80 million for multiple systems along with an additional $25 million in hardware and software maintenance services. This would [...]

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SemiSouth Laboratories earns 30th U.S. patent

MBJ Staff — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:28:51 +0000

STARKVILLE — SemiSouth Laboratories Inc. has earned its 30th U.S. patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. patent 8,169,022 was issued May 1 titled “Vertical Junction Field Effect Transistors and Diodes Having Graded Doped Regions and Methods of Making.” It was co-invented by Dr. Michael Mazzola, a co-founder of SemiSouth in 2000 when [...]

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State House recognizes Bomgar founder business success

MBJ Staff — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:35:55 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi House of Representatives recently commended Joel Bomgar, founder and CEO of Bomgar Corporation, being the innovative force that created Bomgar, an international provider remote support software. In House Resolution 94, the House of Representatives noted the technological developments made by Bomgar and his company, which have furthered the state’s stand in [...]

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MDAC: Businesses ‘overwhelmingly support’ online pesticide registration

MBJ Staff — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:22:50 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) introduced the Pesticide Products Registration Online System in 2011 to overwhelming support from businesses nationwide, according to MDAC. In its first year of operation as a pilot system, over 80 percent of businesses took advantage of the online application as a way to register pesticides [...]

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Another university chooses Bomgar’s remote IT support solution

MBJ Staff — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:22:04 +0000

JACKSON — Gonzaga University has selected Bomgar’s remote support solution to support students and faculty worldwide. Gonzaga boasts more than 105 buildings on a 131-acre campus in Spokane, Wash. More than 7,800 students are enrolled at the private liberal arts university, with 40 percent studying abroad at some point during their educational career. “We have [...]

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University chooses Bomgar’s remote IT support solution

MBJ Staff — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:57:18 +0000

JACKSON — La Salle University centralized its IT help desk efforts and processes with Bomgar’s secure remote support solution. La Salle offers more than 40 undergraduate majors, 15 minors, 15 graduate programs, and serves a total University student body of more than 7,300 students. The University consists of the main campus in Philadelphia, two satellite [...]

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SemiSouth making $18M investment in new equipment; could double employment

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:43:23 +0000

STARKVILLE — SemiSouth Laboratories plans to spend $18 million to buy new equipment for its Starkville facility, a move that could double employment there over the next 18 months. Privately-held SemiSouth makes silicon carbide semiconductors for solar panels, wind turbines, electric cars and other devices that need to transmit power without leaking any electricity along [...]

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SmartSynch assembles team to bring smart meters to Michigan utility

MBJ Staff — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:39:20 +0000

JACKSON — SmartSynch has unveiled the team that will help provide the advanced metering system that will form the foundation of a grid and meter modernization program for Consumers Energy’s 1.8 million electric customers in Michigan. Members of the team include GE Energy, who will provide the meter hardware, and Grid Net, who will provide [...]

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Dallas company looking to purchase Seventh Knight via stock swap

MBJ Staff — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:21:07 +0000

VICKSBURG — Fusion-Q of Dallas, Texas, has made a tender offer to acquire the shares of Seventh Knight Inc. Under the terms, Fusion-Q has tendered an offer to acquire Seventh Knight with Fusion-Q preferred stock in exchange for the 9,674,403 shares of common stock outstanding stock of Seventh Knight. Thereafter, each Fusion-Q preferred share would [...]

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Study: Broadband usage growing quicker than studies show

MBJ Staff — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:59:54 +0000

STARKVILLE — Broadband Internet usage in Mississippi is catching up to the national average more quickly than recent national studies report, according to a statewide survey conducted by the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University. Information on this Internet and broadband use survey is available at srdc.msstate.edu/ebeat/reports.html. Reports on the Mississippi Broadband Survey, [...]

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