Newly formed cloud services sales team to focus on $23 Million Tier III+ Data Center that solidifies C Spire’s position as a world-class diversified technology leader RIDGELAND, MS, July 29, 2015 – C Spire Business Solutions has developed an enterprise sales team focused solely on cloud-based services optimized to provide…
More speed, more power and more coverage help deliver better mobile experience for customers Ridgeland, Miss. - (July 21, 2015) – C Spire, whose wireless unit is one of the nation’s leading mobile service providers, announced today that it has doubled the bandwidth and power throughout much of its…
Ready. Aim. Fire. These words weren’t chosen by accident to describe the process of acquiring and attacking a target. There is an order to creating success. When one goes out of order, it’s normally to get to the firing portion as quickly as possible. In general parlance, we call this…
JACKSON, Miss. –Entergy Mississippi customers, who already pay among the lowest rates in the nation, will see those rates drop further this summer. The typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month will pay approximately $1.77 less beginning in July. Currently, residential customers pay $110.02 per 1,000 kWh per month. This is…
Posted by: Contributing Columnist in Columns, MBJ FEATURE, NEWS, Technology June 26, 2015 In my last column I talked about the culture of giving in Mississippi, which we know cuts across race and religion. Our citizens are among the most charitable in the country. Similarly, we need to work on embedding a culture of innovation…
Posted by: Associated Press in NEWS, Technology June 11, 2015 GULFPORT — Gov. Phil Bryant is pledging $15 million for development of a broadband corridor along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Multiple news sources report Bryant made the announcement this week at a meeting of business and community leaders in Gulfport. Bryant says the money…
Posted by: Contributing Columnist in MBJ FEATURE, NEWS June 11, 2015- As we continue to look at ways of building a culture of innovation in Mississippi, we have to remember that people’s actions create the culture regardless of what type of culture it is. Take for example the culture of charity. Mississippi is recognized…
(Ridgeland, Miss) – Innovate Mississippi successfully worked with Olive Branch startup company NG1 Technologies to prepare its business plan, pitch for funding and plan strategic alliances with Mississippi manufacturers. As a result, NG1 Technologies participated in and won the 2014 Cleantech Open National Accelerator’s Competition, which is designed for green…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration has granted $100,000 awards for FY 2015 to 20 state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, and colleges and universities to support programs for innovative, technology-driven small businesses under SBA’s Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program. FAST is designed…
Martin McCurtis’ Momentum Hair Dryer could revolutionize the market. Momentum builds for Jackson inventor’s game-changing hair dryer Posted by: Ted Carter in Architects & Engineering, Economic Development, MBJ FEATURE, NEWS, Small Business, TechnologyMay 28, 2015 By TED CARTER Martin McCurtis is warming to the notion that he seems about to introduce a product breakthrough to the hair dryer…