(Greensboro, N.C.) Beacon Technologies, a leading Internet Technology company in Greensboro, NC, announced the redesign of its company website www.beacontechnologies.com today. The new and improved site was specifically designed to be easy-to-use and demonstrate the creditability the company has obtained over the past 13 years.  (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) NeoNova Network Services, an industry leader in managed broadband services, today announced that conversions to Google Apps™ continues to grow at a rapid pace nationwide as rural Internet Service Providers (ISP) look to increase service offerings to customers while boosting new revenue streams. (more…)

(Waltham, Mass. & Morrisville, N.C.) mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., a leading IT outsourcing and cloud services provider for small and mid-size businesses (SMBs), has announced the expansion of its suite of cloud-based managed desktop services with cloudSHIFT Desktop: Premium.  SMBs can now benefit from mindSHIFT’s depth of technical expertise, highly secure data centers and exceptional customer support to realize the benefits of desktop virtualization.   With cloudSHIFT Desktop, users receive all the benefits of a robust, reliable, secure computer network without having to worry about handling software upgrades, security upgrades, disaster recovery and other headaches associated with managing desktop technology. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) rPath, the service factory for on-demand IT, today announced the launch of its OpenStack Compute Appliance, designed to enable IT organizations to deploy and upgrade their OpenStack software faster and easier than ever before. This helps to reduce the barrier to building and maintaining private clouds in the enterprise. With this news, members of the open source community can download this new technology free of charge in either ISO or VMware format. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Mariner has been selected by Voith IT Solutions, Inc. (VOIN) as a key technical resource for its internal IT consulting organization. Voith, a leader in the global production of products in the energy, oil and gas, paper, raw materials, transportation and automotive markets, relies on VOIN to meet the technology challenges presented by its business units. By leveraging Mariner’s proven consulting services expertise in Microsoft data, application, and office productivity platforms, VOIN can augment its expertise in providing IT infrastructure, business solutions and IT process management services. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Jackrabbit Technologies, leading provider of web-based solutions for youth activities centers, has debuted a self help website for its customers. Jackrabbit School (www.JackrabbitSchool.com) provides detailed instructions and code snippets that enable customers to quickly and easily do customizations for their online registration feature in the Jackrabbit system. (more…)

(Virginia Beach, Va., and Raleigh, N.C.) ECPI College of Technology (ECPI) announces that it is now ECPI University. The name change reflects the diversity of programs and various levels of education provided by the university. ECPI University offers master’s, bachelor’s, and associate’s degrees in technology, health sciences, business, criminal justice and culinary arts. (more…)

(Mooresville, N.C.) Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) today announced plans to hire up to 300 information technology professionals, including 150 new positions. The new hires will join the team of over 1,000 full-time IT professionals currently dedicated to strengthening Lowe’s technology infrastructure and developing new platforms that will better serve Lowe’s customers and employees. Positions are now open across all IT professions, including business analysis, engineering, communications network, ecommerce, application development, program management and project management. Lowe’s will search across the country to fill the positions that will be based at Lowe’s corporate headquarters in Mooresville, N.C., located just 30 miles outside of Charlotte, N.C., a major business and cultural center in the Southeast. Interested candidates may view open positions and apply at www.Lowes.com/careers. (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…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Fast Lane (www.fastlaneus.com), a leading worldwide provider of advanced IT training, has won the Cisco Learning Partner Channel Award of Excellence in Relevance, announced by Cisco at its Americas Learning Partner Summit held May 3-4 in San Jose, California. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Railinc Corp. announced today that it was named a 2011 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics magazine. Railinc is the rail industry’s leading resource for rail data, information technology and information services. The company was selected because its solutions solve specific logistics challenges and improve processes, and create a ripple effect of efficiencies across the entire value chain. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Railinc Corp. is pleased to announce that the following individuals have recently joined the company: Diane Moore as partner manager, Anoop Nair as senior developer, Aditya Samant as associate developer, Angela Buccigrosse as customer support representative, and Caleb Bell as customer support representative. (more…)