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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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GREATER: Accelerate innovation

Geoff Wood
Founder, Gravitate

The Idea: Remove “job lock” barriers, increase tech employees and investors, align with Ames, support the infrastructure — accelerate innovation.

Entrepreneurs are among the most important groups of people in any …

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Cloud or walls?

Here’s what you might see in a data center built 10 years ago: a plain, concrete box of a building with an unremarkable front entrance. Especially for a small building, it’s not particularly noticeable or …

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Electronic Engineering announces $20,000 equipment donation to DMACC, plus work-study program

Wireless communications company Electronic Engineering announced a donation of $20,000 in communications equipment and a work-study/tuition assistance program for students at Des Moines Area Community College with interest in electronic engineering, radio communications and robotics …

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Involta acquires Ohio managed services firm IT|Lynk

Cedar Rapids-based Involta LLC is acquiring IT|Lynk, an IT managed services firm based in Independence, Ohio, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The deal is Involta’s second acquisition and increases the company’s Ohio footprint to four data …

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Iowa State College of Design granted funds to purchase a robotic arm

Iowa State University’s College of Design was approved for $50,000 in funds to purchase a robotic arm for the Department of Architecture, reports the Ames Tribune. The new robotic arm will be stored in the ISU …

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Increasingly, technology decides what’s for dinner

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sees parallels between Silicon Valley and the heartland that lend themselves to a greater use of technology and artificial intelligence to reduce the environmental impact of food …

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Data breach hits drivers who paid Ames city parking tickets

A data breach could have compromised the payment information of 4,600 motorists who paid city-issued parking tickets in Ames — using a software application also implicated in at least 18 municipal breaches nationally since early …

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City of Ames data breach hits drivers who paid city parking tickets

A data breach could have compromised the payment information of 4,600 motorists who paid city-issued parking tickets through the city of Ames’ online payment system, the city announced in a press release. Ames information technology staff …

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DeltaV Code School announces new financing plans to attract new workforce

NewBoCo’s DeltaV Code School is announcing four new financing options to attract adult Iowans seeking a midcareer switch into coding. NewBoCo and IowaWORKS are partnering on a Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program, which allows NewBoCo to sponsor an apprenticeship …

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Power Breakfast panel takeaways

By Kent Darr
Raise ‘em tough
Much was made of risk tolerance at Thursday’s Power Breakfast on Innovation Acceleration. Innovators seem to have a higher risk threshold than your average loafer in the street, panelists …