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Autonomous vehicle security engineer to give Iowa Technology Summit keynote

An autonomous vehicle security expert will give be the headliner at the Iowa Technology Summit. Charlie Miller, principal autonomous vehicle security architect at Cruise Automation, will deliver the keynote presentation in downtown Des Moines on …

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Pillar Technology to be acquired by Accenture Industry X.0

Pillar Technology has entered an acquisition agreement with Accenture Industry X.0, Accenture announced on Friday. Pillar Technology, based in Columbus, Ohio with offices in Des Moines, will integrate existing products into Industry X.0 following customary …

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Sept. 11: Expert Advice: Differentiate Your Business!

Host: Gravitate Coworking
About: Join as Michael Kremer from Eighty 35 Marketing talks about what it means to differentiate your business. We go into business because we believe we have something to offer. Something different. …

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Workiva representative to chair subcommittee for state disclosure modernization group

Dean Ritz, senior director of digital reporting strategy at Workiva, has been tapped to chair a data modeling and taxonomy subcommittee for the new XBRL US State and Local Government Disclosure Modernization Working Group, Workiva announced. …

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Businessolver opens Dallas office

West Des Moines-based Businessolver Inc. announced it has opened an office in the Dallas metro area to serve as its southern U.S. hub. Jon Shanahan, Businessolver’s president and CEO, said the move brings the company physically closer …

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Device Risk

Sometime in the future — perhaps tomorrow —another office employee will bring in a new smart device to work. 

After connecting to the office wireless network, that device might communicate with other technology to make …

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Artist uses gaming to help cancer patients

This Friday, Mainframe Studios’ monthly open house will feature doses of virtual reality, gaming and co-host Josh Larson’s Numinous Games, which helps cancer patients among others. 

The company’s latest release is “Galaxies of Hope,” developed …

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Eurofins completes $670 million acquisition of Covance Food Solutions

Eurofins announced it has acquired Madison, Wis.-based Covance Food Solutions, which will operate as Eurofins Food Integrity and Innovation. Eurofins, an international life sciences company with more than 30,000 employees globally, has operated its U.S. …

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Trump signs career and technical education bill into law

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a bill that allows states to set their own goals for career and technical education program, Education Week reported. The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century …

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Des Moines to host Best of the Midwest Angel Capital Association Conference

As Des Moines prepares to host the third Best of the Midwest Angel Capital Association (ACA) Conference in September, organizers are rallying to make the regional meeting stand out.

“These meetings move from place to …