Education

Computer Programmer Shortage In Missouri

September 29, 2011

Missouri businesses are having difficulty finding qualified employees with programming skills necessary for today’s web driven market.  This is according to one Missouri employer. The students leaving Missouri colleges lack the current knowledge and skill-set.  They are taught only the fundamentals of traditional computer programming.  This is the assessment of Josh Kayser, who assisted in the launch of Suretybonds.com. Read [...]

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IBM Brings More Jobs to Missouri

June 7, 2011

The technology company, IBM opened a new location for business in Columbia, Missouri as of May, 20th 2011. This new location is estimated to bring forth about 800 new jobs. The Columbia opening proceeds a similar opening in Dubuque, Iowa that created about 1000 jobs for the area. The new location in Columbia is designated [...]

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New Solar Technology Is In Development By A Missouri University

May 22, 2011

The University of Missouri -Columbia is developing a new and more efficient way to gather energy from the sun. The new method is 70 percent more effective than current solar technology, Photovoltaic (PV). Current solar technology does not capture all the available energy in the solar spectrum. Nantenna, the new way of gathering solar energy, collects infrared energy [...]

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Jefferson College of Missouri Offering Free Computer Classes

March 22, 2011

Jefferson College is offering free computer classes starting this spring through the summer of 2011.  Funding comes from the great “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.” Remember the recovery act that is creating hundreds of  thousands of jobs?  Giving away free tax money is an awesome way to create jobs. Granted the classes are Internet related [...]

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Missouri State University (MSU) Compromises Students Confidential Information

March 10, 2011

Missouri State University (MSU), Springfield, MO, compromised the personal data of 6,030 students over Internet.  The data was saved in lists.  The lists maintained information of students between the years 2005 through 2009 . It took three months before students were notified of the security breach.  The school has opted to pay seven dollars per [...]

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