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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Aug 12, 2014 |
"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose."
Montana Data Focused Business Cluster
Northwestern Energy
- If you think Big Data's big now, just wait
"The promise of big data has ushered in an era of data intelligence. From machine data to human thought streams, we are now collecting more data each day, so much that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. In fact, every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data -- by some estimates that's one new Google every four days, and the rate is only increasing...,"
- Companies spending on digital and data technology, study says
Companies are finally loosening their purse strings to spend on technology, with digital and data-analytics high on their spending lists, according to a study by Ernst & Young.
Great Falls Development Authority
- NorthWestern Energy Named Top-Tier Trusted Brand in New Study
"Our employees are dedicated to their customers," said Bob Rowe, NorthWestern Energy's President and CEO. "Nothing means more than earning and keeping their trust. We also appreciate being recognized along with good companies like Puget Sound Energy and Avista."
Inteneo Systems
- GFDA Top 15 August 11, 2014
Here's the GFDA Top 15 for the last two weeks, celebrating great things happening to move Great Falls Forward!
Hellgate Venture Network
- Can Universities Use Data to Fix What Ails the Lecture?
UM's leaders believe the university needs to become more data-savvy in order not to be left behind.
Next Generation Broadband in Missoula
- Hellgate Venture Network - Contractor Sherpa's Dustin Stewart And Robert Reum, 8/21, Missoula
Contractor Sherpa won Startup Weekend Missoula earlier this year and 6 months and over 50,000 lines of code later has just started registering contractors in Bozeman, Missoula and Helena.
Developing an Angel Network in Montana
- Cities, States Face Off On Municipal Broadband
Today, Wilson is North Carolina's first "Gigabit City."
Other Economies
- The Boise Angel Alliance to focus mentoring on angels, not entrepreneurs
The Boise Angel Alliance is modifying its business processes to match this change in strategy. Here's how the new model will work.
Regional Economic Development
- What Columbus can teach Sacramento's economic development group
Since Columbus2020 was founded in 2010, Columbus has created over 92,000 jobs and added over $4.3 billion in capital investment, according to the group's website.
- Look out, Silicon Valley: London tech is on the rise
The city anticipates 46,000 new tech employees in the next decade for an estimated $20 billion boost to the local economy, according to a recent report by Oxford Economics.
MAPS : Media Arts in the Public Schools
- Conference goal is to foster business opportunities on reservations
"That's the role of tribal leadership -- to set the stage for entrepreneurship.
Missoula Schools Excellence
- Why and how does MAPS make a difference?
Please take 3 minutes and watch this new video: Thank u.
Montana Education Excellence
- Missoula County Public Schools academies to give kids career head starts
Academies are one way the Missoula County Public Schools District is working to achieve goals identified in 2010 during a process that outlined what a 21st century education should provide students.
Community
- Rocky Mountain College aviation program helps meet growing need for pilots
"We have never had a graduate who wanted to be a professional pilot not become one," he said. "And right now, airlines are calling me."
Funding and Building your Business
- You can help - Let there be light on Missoula's bridges
As a committee member of Light Our Bridges, I'm asking for your help to light Missoula's two pedestrian bridges spanning the Clark Fork River with tasteful, non-blinking white lights.
- New group helps grow Missoula's young leaders
The Missoula Young Professionals is not only an excellent tool for business and professional networking, but also a great place to grow through education and civic involvement.
Energy and Climate Change
- Business loans help Montana companies expand
"Ultimately, my goal with sharing this story is that other businesses out there realize that there are other options besides their local bank, and ... that option right there alone is unique to our region, unique to our state."
Connectivity & Communications
- Smart Grid Forcing Owensboro, Ky., Municipal Utilities to Consider the Future
Among many characteristics, the smart grid includes net metering, allowing customers to generate their own power with solar and wind technology and actually help power the grid.
- Keystone XL could create 4 times more global warming than previous estimates
The researchers estimate that the proposed pipeline, which would carry oil from tar sands in western Canada to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast, would increase world greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 121 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.
Government Technology
- Answer: Montana ranks 4th from the bottom - Question: Which U.S. state has the fastest Internet speed?
What states have the slowest broadband speed?
- I'm Native American and a 'poster-child' for no Internet access
The country's major broadband providers tend to pass over rural tribal lands, in favor of wiring more densely populated urban areas. Wiring homes for broadband is expensive, and they can get a bigger bang for their buck in cities and towns.
- The Challenges of Broadband in Rural Libraries
Enabling change in library broadband starts with state and local governments seeing libraries as partners in achieving community-level goals.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Using Data-driven Strategies for Reducing Homelessness
Communities across the nation are making the most of limited resources, utilizing data analytics and creating browser-based applications that help connect homeless individuals to needed services.
- Hawaii Wants to Enter and Win the Digital Age
After years of underinvesting in IT, the state is seeking to transform from one of the worst to one of the best digitally run in the country.
- Humans Are Heading Down A Path That Will Allow Us To Supercharge The Brain
The key is decoding how the brain works.
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