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ISU professor speaking this week at webinar about AI research

Lingyao “Ivy” Yuan, an Iowa State University assistant professor of information systems and business analytics, is speaking at a webinar this week about a Harvard Business Review article she co-wrote about the emergence of digital …

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Mediacom announces transition to 10G platform in Iowa

Mediacom Communications today announced it is starting to transition the company to its new 10G platform. According to a news release, the platform will allow Mediacom to scale from its current 1-gigabit offerings to speeds …

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VizyPay expands leadership team for national growth

Ricky Onofre

VizyPay, a payment processing fintech company serving small businesses, has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Director of Independent Sales Organizations Partnerships Ricky Onofre, pictured, and Regional Directors Tod Kellen and …

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Growers Edge announces $15M investment; Cosgrove steps down as CEO

Growers Edge announced Monday that Dan Cosgrove has stepped down as CEO, effective immediately. The company’s board of directors has selected Hollie Bunn to serve as interim CEO, a news release said.  


Hollie Bunn

“As …

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Investors purchase Des Moines technology firm Igor

A group of investors has stepped forward to purchase Des Moines technology firm Igor Inc. to continue the “legacy of Igor’s Power-over-Ethernet smart building technology.” The new owners are Brent Haverkamp, Sean McMurray, Jim Cownie …

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Conference Technologies rebrands as CTI

Conference Technologies Inc, a technology integrator based in St. Louis, has rebranded and changed its name to CTI. The company has a new brand mark, logo and website to reflect the change. CTI has over …

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Training Tech Teachers

By the time Iowa students return from summer break in fall 2023, all K-12 schools in Iowa will offer some computer science instruction as a result of a law passed by the Iowa Legislature in …

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Iowa communities invited to identify areas of need for future broadband investment

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Department of Management’s Office of the Chief Information Officer announced today the release of an “invitation to qualify” for communities in need of future broadband investment.

According to a news …

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Involta announces new disaster recovery offering

Involta, a Cedar Rapids-based IT, cloud computing and data center services company, has announced its Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS+) offering. According to a news release, DRaaS+ is a new model that gives clients …

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How can $96 million affect innovation, access to funding in Iowa?