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Columbus, Ohio moves into top spot of best cities to work in tech

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · August 23, 2017 2:01 PM · 1 reaction

At the start of the boom, Seattle, San Jose and San Francisco were the unchallenged leaders as the best place for tech workers to nest and build careers. In recent years, the cost of living in the Bay Area exploded, and those very high salaries just don't go as far for workers there. The quickly rising housing market took its toll. And many women were turned off by the widening gender pay gap.

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Columbus, Ohio, Official Says Smart City Progress in First Year Consists of 'Internal Workings'

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · July 11, 2017 3:41 PM · 1 reaction

(TNS) -- Columbus took its biggest step onto the national stage a year ago when it was dubbed America's Smart City.

The distinction came with a big prize. The city received a $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and another $10 million from Vulcan Inc. to turn Columbus into the test track for intelligent transportation systems.

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Serendipity Labs Coworking Signs Two New Leases in Columbus, Ohio

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · April 07, 2017 10:58 AM · 1 reaction

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Serendipity Labs Coworking has signed two new leases for its coworking office space concept in Columbus. The first location is slated to open this summer in the Fifth Third Center at 21 E. State St. and consists of 14,000 square feet. The second location includes the new construction of 22,000 square feet at 900 N. High St. Renascent Hospitality, owned by Columbus natives Trevor Warner and Scott Somerville, will own and manage the Serendipity Labs in Columbus.

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Virtual reality aids medical trauma training

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · March 16, 2017 1:02 PM · 1 reaction

Dr. Arishi Abdulaziz put on a headset, moved his hands slightly and immersed himself into a virtual world.

But this was no video game. Abdulaziz was "standing" in a trauma bay at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, amid a medical team treating a car crash victim.

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Columbus hires lead for Smart City effort, with staff moving to Idea Foundry in Franklinton

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · March 13, 2017 2:06 PM · 1 reaction

Columbus is bolstering its Smart City efforts with a new point person to lead the multimillion-dollar initiative, and giving its staffers a new home in up-and-coming Franklinton.

Mayor Andrew Ginther announced during a recent press conference that Mike Stevens, a former deputy director of the Columbus Department of Development, would return to the city as Columbus' first chief innovation officer to lead the Smart City effort. He has been CEO of Lake County Partners, a nonprofit economic-development organization outside Chicago, since leaving the city in 2012.

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Columbus, Ohio, in the Smart City Spotlight

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · January 13, 2017 4:06 PM · 1 reaction

Developments in recent months at the city of Columbus, Ohio, provide prominent examples of ways in which the utility industry has been playing an increasingly important role in facilitating smart-city related improvements and related that revitalize more than infrastructure—they revitalize the quality of life for people who live in urban areas.

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COTA to provide free Wi-Fi to riders early next year

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 23, 2016 2:07 PM · 1 reaction

Like many, Dublin’s Tristan Stover, a Columbus State student who rides the bus to and from school every day, wants online access all the time.

That can be difficult for those who don’t pay extra for unlimited internet access on their smart phone or other devices and for those who ride public buses.

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From Smart to Intelligent Mobility, Part 3

Posted on News & Media by John G. Jung · November 09, 2016 3:15 PM · 1 reaction

Columbus, Ohio, is the state capital of one of the states that border Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It has the highest metropolitan concentration of Fortune 1000 companies in America and is the home of one of the best research schools, Ohio State University (OSU). It is also home of Battelle, the world’s biggest private research institute. On the other hand, Columbus also has a large, low-income population stranded by the decline of low-skilled factory employment and was ranked 46th out of the 50 largest U.S. cities for upward mobility. As a result, average per-capita income is among the lowest in the U.S, employers in the Columbus region struggle to find qualified staff and the struggles associated with unemployment and low-wage jobs afflict too many of its citizens. Nevertheless, community-wide leadership and collaboration among organizations are working to turn this around by leading a regional approach to economic development with surrounding communities. Columbus is now one of a handful of US regions that turned the exodus of newly minted grads to instead become a magnet for talent. In 2013, Columbus was named one of the top 10 cities in the US for new college grads and employment growth in skilled manufacturing has exceeded 35% over the past decade.

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Amazon's Central Ohio data center network goes live

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · October 20, 2016 4:02 PM · 1 reaction

Amazon.com Inc.'s three Central Ohio data centers for cloud computing and storage are operational as of this week, the company and state officials said Monday.

The Amazon Web Services centers in Dublin, Hilliard and New Albany are among 38 data center campuses – Amazon calls them "availability zones" consisting of one or more buildings – in 14 geographic regions globally; four more regions are set for launch this year.

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CapTech Announces Expansion into Columbus, Ohio Market

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · September 26, 2016 5:09 PM · 1 reaction

National management and IT consulting firm CapTech announced today that it has expanded its presence in the Midwest with the opening of a new office in Columbus, Ohio. CapTech is now located in 11 major markets across the United States.

Over the past ten years, the company, who employs more than 600 consultants enterprise-wide, has quadrupled in size. In Columbus, they are creating jobs for top technology and management consulting talent, and expect to add over twenty-five new positions over the next two years. Consulting Magazine currently ranks CapTech #6 on their list of Best Firms to Work For.

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