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While Florida's jobless rate in October again fell, this time to a 7-year low of 5.1 percent, it remains a shade higher than the nation's 5.0 percent rate. And it is still higher than the unemployment rates in 26 other states, including eight states with rates under 4 percent, and… Read More
Almost four years ago, I attended, what was called at the time, a meetup of the “Tampa Agile Software Developers”.  Organized by Salesforce.comleaders and hosted at their offices near International Plaza, the group was barely 100 members.  I distinctly remember my first meetup.  It was a small group of less than… Read More
Today’s section of Python Programming for Absolute Beginners discussed infinite loops. Here’s the bastardized example I used to display an infinite loop: Read More
Mad Mobile, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of KidoZen, Inc., a company recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Mobile App Development in 2015. The KidoZen mobile platform currently powers enterprise mobile applications for Citrix, Koch Industries, JM Family Enterprises, IFF, Bell & Howell, and other… Read More
Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, will present its December TECH Talk program on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. at Microsoft Headquarter offices, 5426 Bay Center Dr., Suite 700, Tampa. Read More
Florida created more jobs in October than in any single month in the past decade, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity. The statewide unemployment rate was down to 5.1 percent, the lowest in seven years, state figures show. Florida created 36,600 private-sector jobs in October. The unemployment rate… Read More
Are you ready for the world premiere of our brand new Agile video? It’s been three years since we released the original video onValpak‘s Agile transformation and a lot has changed since then. To capture these changes and to demonstrate where we are on our Agile journey, we’ve released this… Read More
RedVector, the leader in eLearning and workforce training solutions for the architecture, engineering, construction, industrial and facility management industries, was announced as a 2015 Corporate Philanthropy Awards Finalist by the Tampa Bay Business Journal this week for outstanding philanthropic efforts. Read More
Like most good advice, customer success sounds really simple, but gets complicated once you want to implement it in your own business. So instead of waxing poetical on its many virtues (and there are many), let’s take the For Dummies approach and drill down into what really counts: Read More
As Florida's tourism industry has set record after record in the past few years, some have cried foul that a newcomer to the lodging business is not playing by the same rules. That changes now as Airbnb, a website that connects tourists and business travelers to available rooms other than… Read More