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Grain Surfboards’ New GreenRail Technology Enables Eco-Friendly Boards at More Affordable Prices

By Gertha Selvidge 3 hours ago

Based in Maine, the master craftsmen behind Grain Surfboards have been building wooden surfboards since 2005 as well as teaching workshops and producing surfboard-making kits for the DIYers among us. This summer they launched their GreenRail construction, combining their traditional wood building techniques with 100% recycled PET plastic. I sat down with Mike LaVecchia, founder of Grain Surfboards (virtually of course), to hear a bit more about their process for building a surfboard and what this new GreenRail construction is all about.

Mike said the material they use in all of their boards is Northern White Cedar.

“We actually design the process around cedar as it’s a nice stable, rot-resistant, weather-resistant material,” says LaVecchia. “As well as the fact that it’s kinda local and we know where it’s coming from, and it’s being managed at sustainable levels is all pretty important to us.”

It also works beautifully with the simple

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A Look at New Technology in the CNC Machining Industry

By Gertha Selvidge 1 day ago

Image by gefrorene_wand from Pixabay

Innovations in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining present new challenges and new opportunities for manufacturers. Recent developments are changing the game. 

To stay competitive, today’s shop needs to leverage both the technology and the workforce for competitive advantage. Three trends to watch are multi-axis machines, human-machine interface,  and interconnectivity or “smart” machines.

“Right now — as it’s harder and harder to find good programmers and operators of machinery — with manufacturing being on the rise, many companies are looking more to automation and machines with attached robots to help keep up with the pace of the market. 5-axis machinery is still very hot as well and is becoming more and more easily found in standard job shops across the country,” explains Tom Kohm, President & CEO of Premier Equipment, a leading seller of used CNC machines. 

Multi-Axis Machines

The latest CNC  machines support a 4

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Tech-Fluent Leaders Can Make the Case for Technology Investments

By Gertha Selvidge 2 days ago

The COVID-19 pandemic heralded great unemployment across the country earlier this year. In hard-hit Washington state, a record number of financially stricken citizens sought unemployment benefits, overwhelming public agencies.

In looking at state public services, which were stymied by a lack of IT support, The Seattle Times recently found a beacon of hope in Suzi LeVine, the state’s Employment Security Department commissioner. A former Microsoft executive, LeVine possesses the aptitude and, specifically, the “exceptional tech fluency” to match resources against the challenges, the newspaper says. She knows how to solve the problem and how to speak to it.

Deloitte defines tech fluency as “the ability to broadly understand and confidently discuss IT concepts.” The firm regularly examines the idea that corporate CIOs should not only possess tech fluency but also learn the language of business. These combined capabilities result in more comprehensive and convincing technology leadership. Greater tech fluency lends

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CoreDial Announces Acquisition of Video Collaboration and Communication Technology Company eZuce

By Gertha Selvidge 5 days ago

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3 “Strong Buy” Stocks That Are Flirting With a Bottom

In the investing game, it’s not only about what you buy; it’s about when you buy it. One of the most common pieces of advice thrown around the Street, “buy low” is touted as a tried-and-true tactic.Sure, the strategy seems simple. Stock prices naturally fluctuate on the basis of several factors like earnings results and the macro environment, amongst others, with investors trying to time the market and determine when stocks have hit a bottom. In practice, however, executing on this strategy is no easy task.On top of this, given the volatility that has ruled the markets over the last few weeks, how are investors supposed to gauge when a name is flirting with a bottom? That’s where the Wall Street pros come in.These expert stock pickers have identified three compelling tickers whose current share prices land close to

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(Free Webinar) Create A Student Safety Bubble With Modern Bus Technology

By Gertha Selvidge 6 days ago

Fight illegal passing to save lives.

As schools reopen for in-person classes, it once more becomes apparent that illegal school bus passing is a rampant problem. More than 17 million stop-arm violations occurred in the U.S. over the 2018-2019 school year. Each time a driver passes a school bus with its stop-arm extended, that driver risks hitting a student rider. One violation is too many; millions are unacceptable.

Join leaders from Zonar and BusPatrol as they discuss modern safety and sanitization technology options available to protect student riders – funded entirely by stop-arm violators.

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Presenters:

Jean Souliere
CEO of BusPatrol

In March of this year, Zonar and BusPatrol entered into an exclusive partnership with a joint mission to safeguard student lives.

As CEO of BusPatrol, Jean Souliere builds partnerships, educates communities and deploys our industry-leading technology across North America. He works closely with Federal, State and Municipal Governments,

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L&T Technology Services, Exponential-e Partner to Jointly Offer ‘New Normal’ Workplace Transformation Solutions

By Gertha Selvidge 1 week ago

Exponential-e, a UK-based leading & innovative CSP of enterprise connectivity & unified communications services, today entered into a strategic partnership with L&T Technology Services Limited (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), a leading global pure-play engineering services company, to jointly offer workplace transformation solutions to customers working in the post-COVID environment.

In the “new normal” brought on by the pandemic, enterprises are ramping up operations in phases and planning to bring back their workforce, with their health and safety being the top priority. During these times, the need of the hour for companies is to retrofit the workplace with safety solutions on a fully digital foundation that can scale to intelligent buildings/campuses, smart facilities and offices.

According to the partnership, LTTS will offer its latest solution i-BEMS™ Shield, built on the company’s award-winning i-BEMS™ framework, and anchored on Exponential-e’s next-gen composite SDN carrier grade network & cloud infrastructure. The combination of

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Modern technology to be introduced to promote Halal food industry: Chaudhry Fawad

By Gertha Selvidge 1 week ago

Ch Fawad thanks authorities for ensuring safety measures in reopening institutions
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ISLAMABAD, Sep 9 (APP): Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chuadhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said that modern technology would be introduced to promote Pakistan’s Halal Food Industry.

Addressing an awareness seminar titled “Halal Accreditation: A Gateway to international Trade” organized by Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC), Ministry of Science and Technology at Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), he said that it was time to adopt digitalization and bio technology, adding that Halal authority was formed to strengthen the industry.

The minister said that after 18th amendment provinces have not shared their plans in this regard, adding that people want investment should be facilitated and farms should be established to increase the livestock.

He called upon provincial Ministers of Livestock to play their role in strengthening Halal food industry.

Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that government was not supposed to do business, but provide maximum

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Twenty Over Ten’s Lead Pilot Tool Recognized As Top Technology Provider In The WealthManagement.com 2020 Industry Awards

By Gertha Selvidge 1 week ago

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Twenty Over Ten, an industry-leading SaaS company, was selected as a winner of the WealthManagement.com 2020 Industry Awards for its social media leadership. The winners were announced Sept. 10 at the first-ever virtual awards ceremony hosted by WealthManagement.com.

Now in its sixth year, the WealthManagement.com Industry Awards is the only awards program to honor outstanding achievements by companies and organizations that support financial advisor success. This year, 72 awards were presented to 61 companies from a pool of 155 finalists. A panel of 15 judges from top names in the industry selected winners based on quantitative measures of their initiatives—such as scope, scale, adoption and feature set—along with qualitative measures such as innovation, creativity and new methods of delivery.

As a finalist in the social media leadership category, Lead Pilot makes it simple for advisors to rapidly create and deploy

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DDI Technology Announces Office Move to Accommodate Accelerated Growth

By Gertha Selvidge 2 weeks ago

New facility supports streamlined operations and increases vaulting capacity

DDI Technology (DDI), an automotive title management and technology firm and a subsidiary of IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA), a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, today announced the opening of the company’s new corporate offices just outside of Columbia, SC in Irmo. The new, more modern facility will provide needed additional space for growth and future expansion.

“The new office will accommodate our ever-growing title processing, vault storage, IT development, customer support and sales teams,” said Tab Edmundson, Vice President of Client Solutions, IAA, and President, DDI Technology. “This location will provide space for more than six million titles onsite, ensuring expedient processing for our customers.”

The functional workspace includes technology-enabled conference rooms offering space to collaborate with customers and partners. It provides better process flow for the company’s title center operations and expanded capacity for title vaulting.

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Chinese agriculture services provider Green Grass Ecological Technology Development files for a $24 million US IPO

By Gertha Selvidge 2 weeks ago

Green Grass Ecological Technology Development, which provides specialty farming and agriculture services in China, filed on Thursday with the SEC to raise up to $24 million in an initial public offering.

The company currently engages in the specialty agriculture farming of alfalfa, wasteland transformation, agriculture harvesting services, and biomass raw materials collection and processing for power plants and paper mills. The company occupies over 12,000 acres of land pursuant to contracts with local counties, and it believes it is well-equipped to operate on a modern agriculture production scale.

The Huhe Haote City, China-based company was founded in 2013 and booked $24 million in revenue for the 12 months ended December 31, 2019. It plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol QQCY. Green Grass Ecological Technology Development filed confidentially on May 20, 2019. The company has not selected an underwriter yet. No pricing terms were disclosed.

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