Archive for June 2018
July 24-26: TECNA Conference powered by Shazam
Host: Technology Association of Iowa
About: Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) Conference represents more than 50 IT and technology trade organizations that, in turn, represent more than 22,000 technology-related companies in North America. The …
UnityPoint Health adds Carthage, Ill., hospital as affiliate
Leaders from UnityPoint Health and Memorial Hospital, an 18-bed critical access hospital in Carthage, Ill., today announced a formal affiliation beginning July 1. The two organizations “will expand on their commitment to provide high quality, affordable health …
Read MoreBiomechanics professor named future chair of ISU kinesiology department
Iowa State University has named the next department chair for one of its most popular undergraduate majors. Li-Shan Chou, a professor of biomechanics and department head of human physiology and director of the Motion Analysis …
Read MoreReynolds fills judicial vacancies in Polk County
Gov. Kim Reynolds has appointed Sarah Crane and Scott Beattie as judges in Judicial District 5C, which covers Polk County. Crane will fill the judicial seat formerly held by Judge Robert Blink. Beattie will fill …
Read MoreNominations open for ‘Sages Over 70’
McLellan: You need to care about GDPR
Have you noticed the barrage of emails you received in the last week about changes in privacy policies? That’s no coincidence. GDPR officially went into effect across the European Union on May 25, and it …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Time for a tax ‘do-over’
Mike Lipsman has taken an informed look at Iowa’s new tax law and concluded that, while the changes are more reduction than reform, the door remains open for a “do-over” that could be groundbreaking.
To …
Business Record 6-8-18
Data dilemma
Facebook and new EU rules show need for strategy — even in Iowa
Focus: Technology
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Read MoreONE GOOD READ: This is one data center story that won’t happen here
As you may know, Big Companies have built data centers in West Des Moines, Altoona, Council Bluffs, and, soon, in Waukee. Their presence is being used as a way to sell this area as a…Read More
NOTEBOOK: Deere sets 2022 sustainability goals
We forgot to highlight World Environment Day on Tuesday, but that is OK. I’m not that big on Earth Day and the like just in the sense that that these “special days” seem like Hallmark…Read More