by JAM | Feb 14, 2012 | Broadband, DOL, Health Information Technology, Health IT, Skills, Social Media, Tablets, Workforce Development
That Cisco’s always been prescient. Three years ago, the networking giant predicted a 66-fold increase in worldwide mobile data traffic — a surge that was expected to dovetail with the spread of 4G networks. With us so far? Sounds pretty obvious sensible,...
by JAM | Feb 13, 2012 | Broadband, DOL, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Workforce Development
Time Warner Cable is cutting 155 jobs in Albany and the closure of the Sealed Air Corporation plant in Glenville will eliminate 70 jobs in the region. Sealed Air says it is relocating the work to other North American facilities. According to notices filed with the...
by JAM | Feb 13, 2012 | Broadband, Foundation Work, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development
When it comes to ensuring that all 311 million Americans have access to broadband, we still have a long way to go. Although the FCC reported in its Seventh Broadband Progress Report and Order on Reconsideration that nearly 208 million people have adopted broadband,...
by JAM | Feb 7, 2012 | LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development
St. Louis is named among the strongest markets for technology hiring in 2012 Job trend reports are pointing to big things for the tech industry, including lots of openings and opportunities for growth. Here’s the lowdown on tech hiring trends. In 2012, there will be...
by JAM | Jan 30, 2012 | Foundation Work, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy, Social Media, Workforce Development
I’m sitting having lunch (tortilla soup) at a major network commissary as I observe a mob of Hollywood types having their important lunch meetings. It’s business as usual. But the more I watch, the more I begin to worry. It’s not what I see that disturbs me...
by JAM | Jan 19, 2012 | Broadband, Foundation Work, Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Workforce Development
When your 14-year-old son and the checkout guy at the supermarket are thoroughly conversant with the latest attempt at Internet-controlling legislation, you know someone, somewhere, succeeded with their communications. And so it was yesterday, with the forces...
