
by Amy McCullough Published: February 19,2012
Tags: CCTV, Cisco, information technology, IP telephony, IT, Jim Raines, Microsoft, Mississippi State University, network cabling, Synergetics DCS Inc.
Jim Raines is founder, president and chief technical officer of Synergetics DCS, Inc., which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Raines is a Starkville native who earned a degree in management information systems from Mississippi State University. Synergetics which was named one of America’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2011 and 2009 by Inc. [...] [...]
JACKSON — Inc. magazine has ranked Bomgar Corporation No. 1895 on its fifth-annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Bomgar joins retailer ideeli, Spirit Airlines, television maker Vizio, Honest Tea, Dunkin Donuts and Metrokane, makers of the Rabbit corkscrew, among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list. In a [...] [...]
JACKSON — TekLinks has been recognized by Everything Channel as a part of CRN’s 2011 VAR500 list, which ranks the top technology integrators in North America. Featuring the highest producing technology integrators and solution provider organizations in the IT channel, the VAR500 rankings consider earnings from hardware sales, software sales and managed IT services. Birmingham, [...] [...]
RIDGELAND — Smiths Group PLC recently consolidated and centralized its IT functions with help from Bomgar. Terms were not disclosed. With 23,000 employees in 400 locations around the globe, Smiths Group delivers products and services that make the world safer, healthier and more productive, including threat and contraband detection, medical devices, energy, communications and engineering [...] [...]
JACKSON — Bomgar has introduced Bomgar Analytics, a brand new dashboard and reporting solution that allows IT organizations to easily view and analyze the valuable IT support data captured by their Bomgar remote support solution. Featuring dashboard views and customizable reports, Bomgar Analytics provides a unique view into the details of an organization’s remote support [...] [...]
RIDGELAND — Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (ACS), A Xerox Company, is expanding its operations in Ridgeland, creating 50 new permanent full-time jobs in the area, which is expected to rise to 200 in the next two years. The jobs will support the Dallas-based company’s many healthcare clients across the country, including the Mississippi Division of [...] [...]

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 [...] [...]
RIDGELAND — Bomgar Corporation has introduced the latest version of its Bomgar Appliance — Version 10.5.2 — which now offers new remote support features for devices using the Apple iOS platform, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Bomgar enables customers to run custom configuration profiles on their iOS devices, automating routine support tasks beyond [...] [...]
JACKSON — Integrated Computer Solutions Inc. (ICS), a full-service information security and technology consulting firm based in Montgomery, Ala., is one of only five companies to be awarded a two-year contract by the State of Mississippi for IT security and risk assessment services. Terms were not disclosed. The contract, awarded through the State of Mississippi’s [...] [...]