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Palisade partners with Accellion

Des Moines-based Palisade Systems Inc. announced a partnership today with California-based Accellion Inc., a provider of secure file transfer systems.

Palisade specializes in data loss prevention, and the partnership will better enable it to help …

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Manufacturing industry sees growth

The U.S. manufacturing industry posted its 15th consecutive month of growth in October and grew at a faster rate than in September, according to a report from the Institute for Supply Management.

The PMI, the …

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Rockwell Collins earnings up

Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins Inc. reported a 12 percent jump in fiscal fourth-quarter earnings last Friday, led by climbing sales in both its government and commercial divisions. The company’s net income climbed to $150 million, …

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Meredith names Emerging Markets president

Meredith Corp. has named Pete Snyder president of its newly created Emerging Markets Group. The group will contain Meredith Integrated Marketing’s current social marketing (New Media Strategies) and mobile marketing (The Hyperfactory) divisions. It also …

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Telephone associations raise concern with plan


Joe Hrdlicka knows the National Broadband Plan has good intentions.

It’s the unintended consequences he’s worried about.

Hrdlicka, an information specialist with the Iowa Telecommunications Association (ITA), recently filed a joint comment to the Iowa …

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RSM McGladrey warns of cyber fraud outbreak in Iowa

If you received an e-mail at work that appears to be from your bank, would you open it? How about that message that looks as if it’s from UPS saying there’s a problem with your …

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Renaud steps down at Palisade

Christian Renaud has announced he will step down as CEO of data loss prevention company Palisade Systems Inc.

In his personal blog, Renaud noted a difference in vision between himself and the company’s board of …

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Marketlink to open location in Indianola

Marketlink Inc. announced on Monday that it’s opening a call center in Indianola in December.

The new facility will be the teleservices company’s seventh call center, and will add 50 employees in the first year, …

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Verizon beats expectations; plans to offer iPhone

Verizon Communications Inc. added 584,000 monthly bill-paying customers in the third quarter, exceeding analysts’ expectations of 580,000 as the battle for smart-phone users continues.

Reuters reported that the company has lost market share to AT&T …

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Utilities Board extends Hamilton contract

The Iowa Utilities Board has extended for at least three more years a contract with Hamilton Telephone Co., the Aurora, Neb.-based provider of Relay Iowa, a telecommunications relay service that gives individuals who are deaf, …