(Overland Park, Kan.) The Sprint Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sprint (NYSE: S), has made a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross in support of the recent tragic storms experienced by much of the southern United States. The donation will support the American Red Cross’ disaster-relief efforts to help those affected by tornadoes, floods and other forms of severe weather in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. (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.) Internet security firm, Calyptix Security is assisting its authorized partners and other interested IT professionals in expanding security services for small and medium businesses (SMBs) through a series of April educational webinars focused on risk management. Calyptix Security will focus on how IT professionals can mitigate customer security incidents and related costs more effectively by implementing fundamental risk management practices. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) GrapeCity PowerTools today announced the availability of a new release of ActiveAnalysis 2 with a number of significant enhancements that include PDF exporting, a Schema Editor for visual schema creation, more aggregate functions, and more customization features. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) First Flight Venture Center (FFVC) recently appointed Dr. Andrew Schwab as President of First Flight Venture Center.  Schwab has served in an interim capacity since the passing of former Executive Director John Draper, in early summer. (more…)

(Boone, N.C.) The economy is finally beginning to show signs of sufficient growth to be called an expansion, according to Harry M. Davis Ph.D,  NCBA Economist and Professor of Banking, Appalachian State University.  GDP growth is running about 3% on an annualized basis.  Unfortunately, the present rate of economic growth is about one half the average rate in the post World War II period. (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…)

Cary, N.C. (March 15, 2011)—Railinc Corp. is pleased to announce that the following individuals have recently joined the company:

·        Courtney Boyette as staff accountant,

·        Thomas Johnson as business analyst,

·        Lee Ann Dietz as product manager, and

·        Clinton Caudle as customer support representative.

Railinc is also pleased to announce the following promotions:

·        Ryan Rawson to systems administrator, and

·        Joshua Meder to associate test engineer. (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.) Shurtape Technologies, LLC, and ShurTech Brands, LLC, today have filed a lawsuit in federal district court for the Western District of North Carolina against 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn. The lawsuit alleges that 3M’s painter’s tape with Edge-Lock™ infringes Shurtape’s U.S. Patent No. 6,828,008, which covers Shurtape’s FrogTape® brand painter’s tape with PaintBlock® Technology (Shurtape’s “FrogTape® patent”). Specifically, Shurtape alleges that 3M’s Edge-Lock™ tape improperly incorporates an absorbent edge coating to minimize the movement of paint past a masking edge, a problem commonly referred to by painters as “bleed-through.” (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Innovative public relations and strategic messaging firm Menzies Consulting, Inc. has published the January/February issue of its News You Can Use newsletter, which includes a feature article on three common themes reaching across the biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device and other life sciences market sectors. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Jackrabbit Technologies, a leading provider of web-based solutions for child activity centers, has partnered with Softerware, the maker of EZ-CARE2 to offer EZCare Online to single- and multi-site childcare providers and before & afterschool programs. EZCare Online, which is already in use in many daycare programs across the country, allows center directors to manage their busineses using a comprehensive and flexible, web-based application. (more…)