Mothers of Invention: Get inspired by four local women whose ingenious ideas revolutionized industries and defied the odds(Clockwise from top left) Jogbra inventor Lisa Lindahl, OME Gear’s Jules Weldon and Stacey Pierce, and MitoChem Therapeutics co-founder Bärbel Rohrer As she sits outside Normandy Farms near her home in West Ashley, Lisa Lindahl glances at a young… Dec 21 22December 21, 2022Article at Charleston Magazine
The Rise of the Virtual NurseHealthcare organizations across the U.S. are under tremendous pressure as the growing need for nurses outpaces a shrinking workforce. There have been unprecedented challenges from the large, aging baby boomer population. Nurses are also getting… Sep 01 22September 01, 2022Article at HealthTech
Riverland Terrace: Discover where to eat, shop, and play when you’re in the neighborhood with Troy Miller, the architect behind the Muni’s renovationAn old landscape architecture adage is that you never build paths, you let people beat them. Troy Miller’s family has done its share of path-beating throughout Riverland Terrace on James Island. His grandfather, Aaron “Harry” Miller, caddied at the… Oct 21 22October 21, 2022Article at Charleston Magazine
Broadcasting Solutions Help Esports Programs Showcase TalentThe University of Southern California has the top-ranked game design program in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. But until recently, most students had nowhere to play. The only exception was its esports team, which practiced in a… May 23 23May 23, 2023Article at EdTech Magazine
The Insiders’ Guide to Folly: Find beach bliss at the Edge of America this summer with advice on where to eat, drink, play, and explore from three local expertsDiscover this scenic, funky slice of the coast through an island artist, pro surfer, and chef As temperatures climb, landlocked beach lovers flock to Folly, the “Edge of America” outpost that packs in more characters, adventures, and sights than its… May 10 22May 10, 2022Article at Charleston Magazine
How the Cloud Has Revolutionized Disaster RecoverySince it began occupying its new arena in 2016, the Sacramento Kings basketball team has been moving many of its workloads — email systems, file servers, Microsoft 365 — to the cloud. One thing was missing, however: a seamless disaster recovery… Mar 09 23March 09, 2023Article at BizTech Magazine
HCI, IaaS Help Universities Simplify Infrastructure ManagementSimplicity has been Fordham University’s game plan for the past decade. Since shifting its enterprise resource planning system from its New York campus to Amazon Web Services in 2012, the school has moved about 85 percent of its infrastructure to… Feb 21 23February 21, 2023Article at EdTech Magazine
Agencies Simplify and Improve HR Services with Business Process AutomationIn the year since the city of Tampa, Fla., moved its human resources and finance systems to a cloud-based Software as a Service platform, HR signed three new union contracts and had to get the new compensation and rules into the system. The project… Jan 19 23January 19, 2023Article at StateTech Magazine
How Mobility Helps Hospital Staff Find Efficiencies and Navigate Complex FacilitiesThere’s a lot of waiting around in hospitals. Patients wait for rooms, doctors or test results. But medical teams spend a lot of time waiting too. “It’s frustrating as a clinician to not have a real-time view of where important things are inside the… Nov 17 22November 17, 2022Article at HealthTech
In the Neighborhood: Exploring Wagener Terrace with resident artist Nathan DurfeeThe cats, octopuses, and other critters in Nathan Durfee’s whimsical paintings find themselves atop mountains, under water, nestled in tree branches, or lounging at home. But in the past two years, the acclaimed artist has added some recurring… Mar 16 22March 16, 2022Article at Charleston Magazine
With AI Platforms on the Cloud, Businesses Reinvent Their Processes — and ThemselvesWhen 12-year-old Herbert Henry Dow set out to invent a chicken egg incubator, it took 40 tries before he was successful. For much of the past 125 years since he founded his namesake chemicals company, scientists at Dow have followed in his footsteps,… Mar 22 22March 22, 2022Article at BizTech Magazine
Smart Cities Team with Universities to Launch Smart City ProjectsGraffiti breeds graffiti. It’s a reality that prompted city leaders in Tempe, Ariz., to set a goal of reducing it to one instance per four square miles. “If you don’t clean it up quickly, it attracts more and detracts from the overall appearance of… Oct 06 22October 06, 2022Article at StateTech Magazine
How Managed Detection and Response Keeps Businesses Safe from RansomwareOn July 2, 2021, while preparing to kick off the holiday weekend, Stephen Jauregui got an alert about a malicious .crt file on six servers. His company, Baxter Credit Union, based in Vernon Hills, Ill., was one of thousands hit by the notorious… Sep 12 22September 12, 2022Article at BizTech Magazine
How Healthcare Organizations Are Understanding Data Better to Drive ChangeCommunity Medical Centers had a growing demand for data analytics. So in 2017, when Javier Romo started as associate manager of business intelligence at the Stockton, Calif.-based nonprofit, he turned to legacy tools — mainly freeware — to meet the… May 19 22May 19, 2022Article at HealthTech
In the Neighborhood: Exploring the best of Avondale with Kyle Barnette and Brian PorterKyle Barnette and Brian Porter aren’t afraid to shake things up. Since their meet-cute in 2003 during stints at Memphis’ famed Playhouse on the Square, they’ve routinely asked themselves, “What if?” As in, what if they brought boundary-pushing shows… Apr 11 22April 11, 2022Article at Charleston Magazine
Fusion Centers Find Their Way into the Federal GovernmentMonths before mask mandates, variants and mRNA vaccines became part of the common lexicon, Farm Credit Administration Chairman and CEO Glen Smith spoke on Capitol Hill about the economic outlook, with one qualifier: His forecast was solid, barring an… Mar 07 22March 07, 2022Article at FedTech Magazine
In the Neighborhood: Discover Park Circle with resident author and restaurateur Corrie WangShuai and Corrie Wang in front of their celebrated Spruill Avenue eatery, Jackrabbit Filly. Since moving from New York City to Charleston in 2014, Corrie and Shuai Wang had dreamed of opening a “neighborhood joint”—the kind of place where everyone… Feb 11 22February 11, 2022Article at Charleston Magazine
Cities Adopt Cloud Computing and IoT for Smarter TransportationThe Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois (RTA), faced with sweeping shutdowns due to COVID-19, announced that its workforce would be fully remote after March 13, 2020, until further notice. Everyone, that is, except for its call… Jan 31 22January 31, 2022Article at StateTech Magazine
How the Shift to Digitally Streamlined Workflow Helps Improve CareWhen the 13,000 employees of long-term-care provider PruittHealth meet with patients, they can’t spend time troubleshooting technology issues. They need to count on quick IT support. For years, however, they could only submit service requests and… Jan 28 22January 28, 2022Article at HealthTech
Temporary COVID-19 IT Solutions Provide Permanent Options for Federal AgenciesAs the world grappled with the ramifications of a mysterious new illness in early 2020, the Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories returned to their World War II–era roots. The labs, created to develop the atomic bomb, came together during… Nov 12 21November 12, 2021Article at FedTech Magazine
