This is a specific focus of a weekly MBJ edition.
Tom Hinds, president of Business Communications Inc. (BCI), a Ridgeland-based IT solutions provider, says he has had a “good smattering” of the technology business since starting out as a controller for AT&T more than twenty years ago. An Army brat growing up, Hinds transferred to Mississippi in 1989 following the BellSouth acquisition of Mobile Communications. [...] [...]
Only U.S. company with Mobile Cloud For businesses wondering whether they should take the plunge and embrace cloud computing, Ridgeland-based Venture Technologies has a new test solution — the Mobile Cloud — which can be rolled into an office for a virtualized computing test drive. The Mobile Cloud, the only known tool of its kind, [...] [...]
Respondent: Chris Hill, vice president, advanced mobility solutions, AT&T Business Solutions Q: What new devices/technologies has AT&T recently developed in the M2M communications space? A: AT&T has been an innovative, proactive, early leader in machine-to-machine communications and sees exciting potential in this space. In February, we announced four new relationships with companies that specialize in [...] [...]
Starkville firm expands into turgid M2M market Whether it’s the Pentagon or Big Oil, Camgian Microsystems Corp. CEO Gary Butler is making sure his company retains its customers and its vitality even as the ever-sluggish economy continues to recover. By expanding its markets, its office and even its website, the Starkville-based technology firm is ready [...] [...]
Pictures (starting top, left to right): CEO, Gerard Gibert, addresses the crowd Senator John Horhn, Norman Katool, Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee Tarrien Williams, Daphne Matchen, Mark Frye Ryan Allen, Kristen Hinton, Ellen Freeman, Mark Frye, Debra Stewart, Daphne Matchen, Kassie DuVall Raphael Semmes and Jazz and Blues Ensamble Norman Katool, Gerard Gibert Norman Katool receives [...] [...]
IHCS provides consulting, implementation services to doctors and medical clinics Innovation is the mother of invention for one Mississippi-based technology company. Integrated Health Care Solutions of Madison recently announced its one-of-a-kind Vehracity electronic health records software received national certification enabling medical facilities that use the software to potentially receive stimulus funding from the federal government. [...] [...]
Companies can’t discriminate against Internet content, particularly from rival companies Internet neutrality is the latest buzzword in technological circles Last month, the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules meant to prohibit broadband companies from interfering with Internet traffic flowing to their customers. The 3-2 vote by the body was considered a major coup for FCC [...] [...]
MDA is working closely with stakeholders to plan for the anticipated expansion of broadband capabilities Some people don’t like change, but don’t count Charles “Bubba” Weir among them, especially when it comes to Internet access. Since the unveiling of the so-called National Broadband Plan by the Obama administration last March, steps are slowly being taken [...] [...]
Veteran state IT manager remembers Y2K, looks forward to e-government The daughter of a small town physician and nurse, Wiggins native Cille Litchfield says she first attended the University of Mississippi with hopes of becoming a biologist. She became interested, however, in a newer discipline that was opening up in the Ole Miss engineering department: computer [...] [...]
Wireless phones doing everything these days There seems to be no part of life where communication technology does not hold sway. Is there anything the ubiquitous wireless phone can not do? Or anywhere it can not go? And of course you don’t have to use them to actually speak to people — that’s so old [...] [...]
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