The Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce recently received a $70,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Program to conduct a study on the feasibility and the potential economic impact of creating a research park. The Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce will also contribute $20,000 to help fund the study. The Eastern Shore Research Park study will provide details of which industries the park should cater to, estimates of construction costs, and possible site locations for the research park. Several Alabama universities have also shown interest in partnering with the Eastern Shore Research Park. Possible targeted industries for the Eastern Shore Research Park may include technology-driven industries in aerospace, biofuels, and pharmaceuticals. August 27, 2007
Pensacola, Fla. – iTen Wired is an entrepreneurial initiative created by the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and its Entrepreneurial Development Council in concert with regional economic development partners in Mobile, Baldwin, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. One of only a handful of multi-state economic development efforts in the Country, the Chamber’s iTen Wired initiative is the first economic development effort that will range from Mobile, Alabama to Fort Walton Beach, Florida. iTen Wired is the first of many initiatives led by the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce to foster innovation and new economy companies. iTen Wired is centered around innovation, technology and entrepreneurs and focuses on bringing people and ideas together.
“To start a technology company, you need strong management talent, creative ideas and money,” said Charles Wood, the Chamber’s Senior Vice President of Economic Development. “iTen Wired will help provide an opportunity for the convergence of those elements.”
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New technology being developed by a Pensacola company could advance the way oil is moved from the Gulf of Mexico and other ultra-deepwater fields around the world. DeepGulf, Inc. has created innovative technology collectively known as J-Flex. J-Flex, for the first time, enables access beyond traditional offshore frontiers of oil and gas pipeline operation to deep and ultra deep reserves. Access to these reserves, previously limited by the economics of transporting oil and natural gas, could significantly increase domestic oil production.
DeepGulf, Inc. is in the business of building underwater pipelines and associated facilities in deep and ultra-deep offshore oil and gas production fields, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico. DeepGulf's proprietary J-Flex 3600 marine pipe lay system, with its 3,000 ton tensioning capacity, is capable of laying 36 inch pipelines in the deepest waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Find more about DeepGulf, Inc. at www.deep-gulf.com
GridSouth Customers Get 100 MBS Speed Fiber Optic “Ring” Enables Super Fast Connections. GridSouth has redefined the world of high-speed internet in Pensacola and the Gulf Coast. The company is now providing its customers internet connections that reach the blistering speed of 100 megabits per second (mbs), 10 times faster than DSL or cable modem.
For more information about GridSouth’s services, visit the website at www.GridSouth.com or call (850) 434-7645.
The City of Gulf Shores recently completed Phase 1 of a significant technology uplift in support of their commitment to technology leadership for our community. In partnership with Computer Backup, Inc. and Southern Light, LLC, the City completed a new communication infrastructure including fiber backbone and WAN connecting all City facilities, a fiber-based traffic signal synchronization system, and enterprise-wide software solutions integrated with a GIS (geographical information system) platform. Phase 1 also completes disaster recovery failover for City services to a secondary emergency operations location.
Phase 2 of the City’s technology plan to be executed over the remaining year includes a geospatially designed centralized data and information repository with the ultimate objective to provide citizens access to GIS data, maps, project/permit status, and on-line accessibility to City information. Phase 2 begins the prototype phase for broadband WiFi in support of location-based applications, distance learning, on-line access to property data and maps, and web-based interaction with City operations.
As our economic and citizen community becomes more diversified, the City’s high-tech commitment sets the stage for attracting high-tech resources, businesses, and people to our community.
For more information, contact Diane Brown, Information Systems Manager, City of Gulf Shores, AL at 251-968-1165 or by email dbrown@gulfshoresal.gov.
The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Pensacola-based Ceryph, Inc to customize, market and sell commercial versions of the popular Cmap Tools software. This licensing agreement represents the technology transfer of exciting research developments from IHMC into the marketplace. :::
IHMC is located in Downtown Pensacola and is a not-for-profit research institute of the Florida University System. Researchers at IHMC pioneer technologies aimed at leveraging and extending human capabilities. For more information on IHMC or the CmapTools software, please visit www.ihmc.us.
Mobile, AL, February 1, 2007 – TeleVox Software, Inc., the leading provider of messaging solutions to the healthcare industry and other markets, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by West Corporation. West Corporation, headquartered in Omaha, NE, is a leader in outsourced communication solutions to many of the world’s largest organizations. The transaction is expected to be finalized on March 1, 2007.