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Dice survey: Tech salaries up 7.7 percent

Average technology salaries in the U.S. saw the biggest year-over-year leap ever, up 7.7 percent to $96,370 annually, according to the annual salary survey by Dice, a leading careers site for technology professionals. Bonuses and contract rates …

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Marco Inc. expands through acquisitions in Missouri, Illinois

Marco Inc., a leading technology services provider with an office in Greater Des Moines, announced it has purchased Data Comm Inc., located in Missouri, and Nexus Office Systems Inc. in Illinois. The purchase of Data …

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Global Insurance Accelerator names participants in its second year

The Global Insurance Accelerator, a Des Moines-based global business accelerator focused on developing and growing innovative insurance-centric startups, today announced its 2016 portfolio.


With a global pool of twice as many applicants as in the…
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ISU works to prevent electric grid terrorism

Two Iowa State University professors are leading studies intended to prevent terrorists from hacking and disrupting the nation’s power grids.


Doug Jacobson, a university professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Manimaran Govindarasu, the Ross…
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Iowa Biotech seeks nominations for leadership award

The Iowa Biotechnology Association and the Cultivation Corridor are teaming up to name a Cultivation Corridor “Iowa Biotech Leadership Award” recipient at this year’s Partnering For Growth forum on March 31. The award will be …

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Des Moines startup owner makes national final in SBA contest

Des Moines resident Elizabeth Caven, a client of Square One DSM, is one of 10 national finalists in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge. Caven runs UpCraft Club, which offers a curated…
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Event Jan. 28: Girls Who Code CEO to speak at ISU

Girls Who Code founder and CEO Reshma Saujani will speak at 8 p.m. Jan. 28 at Iowa State University’s Memorial Union. Her presentation, “Women Who Don’t Wait in Line,” will be the keynote address commemorating …

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Report: Technology could cost world economy 5 million jobs by 2020

Technology can be a wonderful thing, but advances will cost the world’s leading economies 5 million jobs by 2020, the World Economic Forum said in a report released today and reported by CNN Money.


Developments in…
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Event Jan. 26: IIC to hold innovation forum

The Iowa Innovation Corp. and Atlantic Media plan a forum on local innovation from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 26 at Drake University’s Parents Hall. Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie and others will speak about…
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Rocketing toward innovation

When he’s not thinking about debunking myths, Anthony Paustian could be pondering storm chasing, outer space, building confidence, neuroscience or advances in digital music.

It’s not that Paustian endures a scatterbrained existence at the West …