
by Amy McCullough Published: March 4,2012
Tags: Baton Rouge, BCI, Birmingham, China, Cisco, Gerard Gibert, Google, Google+ Hangouts, GoToMeeting, GULFPORT, Iran, Joe Stradinger, JoeOptions.com, LifeSize, Memphis, Michael Helmbrecht, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Pam Ware, Shanghai, Skype, Tandberg Solution, The Focus Group, Venture Technologies, Wendi Garrison, www.gotomeeting.com
What does Iran have to do with Mississippi? Controversy over the country’s nuclear program has caused oil prices to rise again. When oil prices spike, gasoline prices do, too, and that means higher travel expenses for businesses nationwide. Mississippi businesses are increasingly saving on travel costs by embracing web and video conferencing technologies. They are [...] [...]

by Stephen McDill Published: December 11,2011
Tags: Apple, Bill Rayburn, Bomgar Box, Chris Cope, CYBERSPACE, David Moore, David Palmer, Fred Haise, Gary Butler, Gerard Gibert, Hartley Peavey, Hu Meena, iPhone, Jill Beneke, Jim Barksdale, Joe Stratinger, Joel Bomgar, John Palmer, Kelli Booth, Matthew Graves, Mayo Flynt, MBJ, Nuno Goncalves Ferreira, Sage Gerard, science, Stephen Johnston, tech 21, technology, telecom, THE Business, Tom Hinds
Mississippi’s tech scene is on the rise, thanks to flashy successes like Hu Meena’s blockbuster deal with Apple to get the iPhone for C Spire and Joel Bomgar, whose Bomgar Box is taking the world by storm. From Starkville to Ocean Springs, and everywhere in between, here are some of Mississippi’s leaders in the Tech [...] [...]

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, [...] [...]
JACKSON- Venture Technologies CEO Gerard Gibert sits down with MBJ-TV for an inside look at his 25-year-old IT firm. [...]

His head is in the clouds Mississippi native leads successful tech company Gerard Gibert is the CEO of Ridgeland-based Venture Technologies. Gibert and partner Norman Katool founded Venture Technologies in 1986, and will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. The company has 98 employees and additional offices in Baton Rouge, Birmingham and Memphis. Gibert is [...] [...]