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Christmas gifts for busy people
By Bruce Bordenick |
| All of us are busy with the things that we are passionate about. Our passions likely include work, volunteering or involving ourselves with family. Now its time to select gifts for family, friends and business associates. Here’s some ideas to minimize the effort so you can stay focused on your priorities... (Full Article) |
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Fitness and sports: the “feel good” gifts
By Andrea Regal |
| What are you giving your employees this year for the holidays? Another fruit cake? A Honey Baked ham? A fancy paperweight? How about giving them something that really shows you value them. Give the gift of fitness... (Full Article) |
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Finding personalized gifts locally
By Marie E. Buckner |
| The holiday season is upon us and you would like to give a personalized gift, but are not sure where to turn. Located within our peninsula are some wonderfully original establishments to help you. Here is a sampling of some of them... (Full Article) |
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Charity in the workplace |
| The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a clarifying memorandum to regional directors and other NLRB officials setting out the implications of charitable fund raising activities... (Full Article) |
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“Get Connected” provides peek into Kitsap telecom
infrastructure and tech-savvy work force
By Kevin Dwyer |
| Ed Stern enjoys using historic anecdotes to explain why Kitsap County’s economic future is tethered more to improved telecommunications infrastructure and a home-grown, high-tech labor force than ferries, roads and bridges... (Full Article) |
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Bainbridge telecom survey results released |
| The City of Bainbridge Island and the Bainbridge Economic Council recently released the results of an island-wide survey of telecommunications needs. The survey showed an undeniable need for telecommunications infrastructure improvements to support increased internet access options, and better wireless telephone reception... (Full Article) |
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IT infrastructure in Kitsap County – or,
how to get from here to there in cyberspace”
By: Jim Kendall, President - Telebyte NW
John Stockwell, President - Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
| For nearly a century the average telephone company customer was a voice customer. Whether in the old days of operator routed local calls or in the relatively recent history of analog-electronic switches, the driving purpose of the telecommunications industry was to deliver voice communications farther, less expensively, and more clearly... (Full Article) |
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Paladin support center expands offerings |
| The Paladin Support Center, a division of Poulsbo’s Paladin Data Systems, recently announced the general availability of computer infrastructure services to local firms. Paladin has offered infrastructure support to its Fortune 500 customers for over six years, and is now rolling out this service with an affordable set of offerings targeted to the needs of local businesses... (Full Article) |
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Tech’s hot stuff this Winter — The Guru’s gift list
By Larry Sivitz |
| With his trademark beard, perpetually jolly personality and a twinkle in his eye-which comes from an uncanny ability to see what’s around the next bend in technology, my guru gift consultant this year isn’t Santa Claus... (Full Article) |
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Web sites worth a second look
By Larry Sivitz |
| Which Puget Sound E-commerce sites are proving the viability of the online business model, even while so many have suffered from dot.com-bustion? We take a second look and offers our insights... (Full Article) |
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IT Staffing — Not as difficult as you may think |
| You are a business owner or manager, economic times are tough; downsizing and streamlining have become painfully necessary. Increased efficiencies and higher productivity are a must. These are challenges that can send even the best manager running for cover. And conversely, this is the perfect time to invest in your information technology (IT) department... (Full Article) |
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Closing of ECRC spawns new venture |
| Much to the community’s dismay, the federal government recently closed the Bremerton Electronic Commerce Resource Center (ECRC) along with more than a dozen similar centers throughout the country. The demonstration project had a successful seven-year run, offering advice and sponsoring classes to help local firms enter the world of electronic commerce and gain an equal footing with large corporate bidders for Defense Department contracts... (Full Article) |
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Getting better I-way mileage
By Larry Sivitz |
| Remember when E-commerce was being heralded as the diamond lane for fast-track companies and info-preneurs? Then, how, when the dot.com bubble burst, the Info-bahn suddenly seemed to turn into a dead-end... (Full Article) |
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Autonomix provides network solutions to VisualApex |
| VisualApex, Inc., a Bainbridge Island firm specializing in the sale and installation of gas plasma displays, LCD projectors and accessories, has selected Autonomix, Inc., to design and install a computer network in its new Day Road office... (Full Article) |
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Northwest Network offering .INFO domains |
| Bainbridge Island’s Northwest Network Services Inc., parent company of NorthsoundNet and BainbridgeNet Internet Services, is now offering registration service for the newest Top Level Domain (TLD), .INFO... (Full Article) |
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