(Greensboro, N.C.) TE Connectivity (TE) announced that Kevin Ressler, Ph.D., Data Center Business Line Manager for TE Connectivity’s Enterprise Networks Division, was recently selected to lead the Communications and Connectivity Association (CCCA) as Chairman of the Board. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Jackrabbit Technologies, leading provider of web-based solutions for youth activities centers, has surpassed a growth milestone in serving more than 2000 customers. Jackrabbit’s customers own and manage organizations that provide learning in the gymnastics, dance, cheer, music, martial arts and camp markets. Jackrabbit also provides solutions to children’s care centers through EZCare Online in partnership with Softerware. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) 6fusion, a provider of utility-metered public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure management software and services, and Purposeful Clouds Inc., a cloud consulting and enablement firm, today announced a partnership to help value-added resellers (VARs) define, launch and build cloud service offerings. Building a cloud strategy is top of mind for today’s VARs. Analyst firm Gartner predicts cloud services brokerage will represent the single largest revenue growth opportunity in cloud computing through 2015. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) William E. (Bill) Pearson, III, Microsoft SQL Server MVP (Most Valuable Professional), thought leader, speaker and Mariner consultant, will once again lead an informational and training session for SQL Server Saturday attendees. Following up his recent event, SQL Saturday #70 (Columbia, SC), Pearson provides insight to attendees of SQL Saturday #77 in Pensacola on June 4, 2011. SQL Saturday events are produced by the national Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), local PASS chapters and SQL Server User Groups and regional and national  corporate sponsors. Since the first SQL Saturday held in Tampa in February 2008, the events have rapidly grown in popularity, with the attendance at recent events reaching all-time highs of 250 to 300.  Each event provides free training to those using, or interested in using, Microsoft SQL Server, as well as an opportunity to meet well-known database and business intelligence specialists and consultants, and to network with fellow practitioners. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Health care plans are recreating themselves, anticipating a consumer-driven world once health care reform takes effect in 2014. A recent study conducted by Stonegate Advisors for SAS, the leader in business analytics, suggests that navigating plans must focus on five strategic business drivers:

* Predict shifts in their customer base.
* Determine which exchanges to serve and how to compete.
* Navigate the transition from wholesale to retail sales.
* Manage the cost of care.
* Collaborate more effectively with providers. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Mariner is joining forces with Microsoft and several other Microsoft Gold Partners to provide the Southeast’s business leaders with the opportunity to learn about hosting applications to the cloud, launching mobile applications, improving collaboration, and implementing enterprise reporting solutions. In a five week span, five events will take place in the Carolinas as Microsoft’s partner team presents the Microsoft Experience Tour: The Latest in Cloud, Mobile, Collaboration & Reporting. The tour is in response to customers’ requests to know how to fully leverage their investments in Microsoft technology and understand the latest options for moving programs and applications to the cloud. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Mariner proudly congratulates Javier Guillén for being honored as a Microsoft® Community Contributor. The Community Contributor Award (http://www.microsoftcommunitycontributor.com/) honors those who voluntarily contribute time and energy to improve the Microsoft Online Community for others. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C. and Chicago, IL) Celergo, a leading provider of consolidated global payroll services, today announced that it has received $15 million in expansion funding from Frontier Capital. Frontier is a private equity firm providing growth equity to technology enabled business services companies. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Aimee Nichols, educational consultant and doctoral candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and David “Fitz” Fitzgerald, Mariner’s Education Group Vice President, will lead this month’s interactive webinar hosted by Mariner on March 17th. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Four of Mariner’s Business Intelligence Consultants will lead informational and training sessions for in SQL Saturday #70 Columbia, SC on March 19, 2011. The popular Saturday events replicated in cities across the U.S., provides a full day of free information and training from 8:30am to 4:00pm. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) William E. (Bill) Pearson, III, Microsoft SQL Server MVP (Most Valuable Professional), thought leader, speaker and Mariner associate consultant, will once again lead an informational and training session for SQL Server Saturday attendees. Following up his recent events,   SQL Saturday #66 (Colorado Springs, CO) and SQL Saturday #47 (Phoenix, AZ), Pearson provides insight to attendees of SQL Saturday #65 in Vancouver on February 26, 2011, the first SQL Saturday conducted in Canada. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) BÖWE BELL + HOWELL’s (BBH) Technical Communications Department has won an Excellence Award from the Carolina Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). STC chapters award three levels of honors to entries in ascending level: Merit, Excellence and Distinguished. In the eight years BBH has participated in the competition, they have earned 26 awards, including an Excellence and Merit Award at the international level.  (more…)