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Master’s Entry Program in Nursing Announcement for Career Changers


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Unitek Learning is the parent company of several distinguished learning institutions: Unitek EMT, Unitek College, Eagle Gate College, and Provo College.

Career changers without a nursing background can enroll in this advanced program and prepare for RN licensure.

In early 2019, Unitek Learning acquired Eagle Gate College and Provo College in the state of Utah. All three campuses have grown as they continue to champion the Unitek Learning brand, mission, and commitment to student success. In October, Eagle Gate unveiled a new program for the Murray campus: The Master’s Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN). This degree program will provide graduates with a coveted degree in the healthcare industry.

Aspiring nurses can take their education to the next level with the MEPN program. In as little as 22 months, graduates receive a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree. Career changers without a nursing background can enroll in this advanced program and prepare for licensure. While a master’s degree isn’t a requirement for registered nurses (RNs), MSN-trained nurses typically have greater salaries, job opportunities, and leadership positions. A master’s degree is also required for most nurse educators and managers.

“Graduates who pass their licensing exam will be prepared to meet societal needs in a rapidly changing national and global healthcare arena,” said Todd Smith, Regional Director of Marketing at Eagle Gate College. “A graduate-level degree can make a significant difference in the life and career of a healthcare professional.”

Not only will students gain invaluable skills, but they’ll benefit from the convenience of completing some of their coursework online. Other benefits include various scholarship opportunities, NCLEX-RN test preparation services, and career placement. Eagle Gate even offers a tuition forgiveness program for prerequisite courses. Throughout the MEPN program, students will train to assume advanced clinical roles in hospitals, community health clinics, and state, federal, and global institutions.

“We are thrilled to offer the MEPN program at our Murray campus,” said Janis Paulson, Chief Executive Officer at Unitek Learning. “This is a big step forward for our Utah presence as we continue to educate the next generation of nurses. In extending our reach to career changers without a nursing background, we hope to reduce the nursing shortage in the U.S., better the communities around us, and advance the future of healthcare.”

Unitek Learning is the parent company of several distinguished learning institutions: Unitek EMT, Unitek College, Eagle Gate College, and Provo College. Taught by experienced professionals, Unitek programs teach the clinical technique and theory used in the field today. Equipped with a multitude of sought-after skills, graduates from these schools are prepared to excel in many of the fastest-growing careers in healthcare and nursing.

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Dr. D’s newly released “The Diary and The Plot” is a poignant nonfiction book that expounds one man’s journey of abuse and harassment inside a working environment


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“The Diary and The Plot: A Look Inside the Mind of a Bully”: an educational and psychological study into the sociological dilemma that has insidiously entered among groups of people in today’s society “The Diary and The Plot: A Look Inside the Mind of a Bully” is the creation of published author Dr. D, a minister, teacher, biblical researcher, advocate for the prevention of violence in the workplace, abuse and harassment, confidential counselor and consultant, writer, nutritional consultant in Natural Foods, musical composer, lyricist, poet, former professional chauffeur to the stars and business executives and a disabled military veteran. Dr. Davis is a man who has faced many challenging situations in his life.

Dr. D shares, “The Diary and The Plot, a look into the mind of a narcissistic/supercilious bully. This book may save your life someday literally.

“This book is an account of abuse and harassment in the workplace designed to help people in workplaces, school systems, and institutions of higher learning worldwide.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Dr. D’s new book is helpful material for human resource departments and other office professionals, including law enforcement of all branches. This book aims to reach readers around the world in an effort to spread awareness and prevention of the tendency of violence in the workplace, in school systems, in institutions of higher learning, and in many other domains.

View a synopsis of “The Diary and The Plot: A Look Inside the Mind of a Bully” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “The Diary and The Plot: A Look Inside the Mind of a Bully” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “The Diary and The Plot: A Look Inside the Mind of a Bully,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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SRND and LexisNexis Risk Solutions Introduce the CodeDay Big Data Challenge


We hope this new program helps to encourage students to build the skills and knowledge that is necessary to pursue technology careers.

On November 9, thousands of high school students across the country will compete to solve real-world problems in the CodeDay Big Data Challenge. SRND, a non-protfit organization that promotes STEM education for high school students and LexisNexis® Risk Solutions have partnered to offer the competition – which is a newly added twist for CodeDay, a 24-hour programming event hosted seasonally in 53 cities across the US and Canada.

During the new competition, student teams will be given 90 minutes to devise a big data solution using two open data sets that relate to gaming and music. They will use the same technology and techniques used to solve problems such as the detection of money laundering or compromised user accounts. To aid in analyzing the data, students will be granted access to HPCC Systems®, LexisNexis Risk Solution’s leading, open source big data processing platform.

The Big Data Challenge will be held as one of many events at CodeDay, a 24-hour event that gives beginner middle and high school students the tools and mentoring to explore programming and computer science.

“We’re really excited about this partnership because our students want to solve problems that improve their world. Increasingly, that requires working with the tremendous amount of data available,” said Tyler Menezes, Executive Director at SRND. “This opens up a lot of possibilities.”

“As it is forecasted that the amount of data in the world is expected to exceed 40 trillion gigabytes (40 zettabytes) by 2020, the need for data scientists will continue to increase,” said Arjuna Chala, Senior Director, Operations, LexisNexis Risk Solutions. “We hope this new program helps to encourage students to build the skills and knowledge that is necessary to pursue technology careers.”

To learn more about the CodeDay and the Big Data Challenge, please visit http://www.codeday.org.

About SRND:

Since 2009, SRND has developed and grown worldwide initiatives to motivate students to pursue Computer Science. Its largest program, CodeDay, has reached more than 35,000 students. SRND, a non-profit, is headquartered in Seattle, Wash. and runs programs in 50 cities across the US and Canada.

About LexisNexis Risk Solutions:

LexisNexis Risk Solutions harnesses the power of data and advanced analytics to provide insights that help businesses and governmental entities reduce risk and improve decisions to benefit people around the globe. We provide data and technology solutions for a wide range of industries including insurance, financial services, healthcare and government. Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Georgia, we have offices throughout the world and are part of RELX (LSE: REL/NYSE: RELX), a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. For more information, please visit http://www.risk.lexisnexis.com and http://www.relx.com.

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Smith to Exhibit at IAITAM European ACE 2019 – Booth 9


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We’re excited to expand our ITAD offerings into the rapidly growing European market and help customers with their hardware management needs.

Smith, a global distributor of electronic components and provider of custom supply chain services, including secure IT asset disposition, today announces its upcoming exhibition at IAITAM European ACE 2019. This regionally focused, international trade show for IT asset managers will provide Smith a prime platform to showcase its secure and responsible disposition services in the European market.

Members of Smith’s ITAD team will be on-hand in booth 9 to provide more information on the company’s data center decommissioning solutions. Smith offers certified SSD and HDD shredding, wiping, and degaussing services at its worldwide headquarters in Houston. These capabilities are also mirrored at the company’s European distribution center in Amsterdam. Smith is an IAITAM Provider Member and exhibited at the U.S.-based IAITAM ACE 2019 conference in San Diego earlier this year. Exhibiting at the IAITAM European ACE conference will allow Smith to display its flexible ITAD solutions to a wider audience and reach customers across all industries.

“Being an IAITAM Provider Member gives Smith an extended presence at these global events to explain the importance of safe and secure IT infrastructure disposition,” said Edward Wooten, Smith’s Director of ITAD. “We’re excited to expand our ITAD offerings into the rapidly growing European market and help customers with their hardware management needs.”

To attend the show, please visit the IAITAM European ACE 2019 registration page.

WHAT: IAITAM European ACE 2019

WHEN: Thursday, November 14, 2019 – Friday, November 15, 2019

WHERE: Booth 9, Amsterdam Marriott Hotel, Stadhouderskade 12, 1054 ES Amsterdam, Netherlands

About Smith

Founded in 1984, Smith sources, manages, and distributes the electronic components that go into everything from mobile phones and computers to appliances and directional drilling systems. In 16 cities around the world, Smith’s legion of employees communicates in 50 languages and dialects and buys and sells components 24 hours per day, with global annual sales of $1.66 billion. Smith is always moving: helping manufacturers navigate market shifts; customizing supply chain solutions; testing components using cutting-edge technology. The support of Smith’s flexible Intelligent DistributionTM model optimizes customers’ supply chains from beginning to end, including offering customized options for IT asset disposition that deliver maximum ROI, sustainability, and security. Smith’s testing and logistics hubs in Houston, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam cover critical areas like quality management, counterfeit prevention, and environmental safety. Smith’s operations, purchasing, and sales worldwide are seamlessly integrated with the company’s global IT infrastructure, offering real-time, global inventory and logistics visibility. Smith is the leading independent distributor of electronic components and ranks number nine among all global distributors. For more information, please visit https://www.smithweb.com or reach out to a Smith representative any time of day at +1 713.430.3000.

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Jean Barrett Groves’ new book “Touch Me! I’m for Real” has the goal to reach out to readers and provide a look inward so they can see the world through her eyes.


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Jean Barrett Groves, who has worked to help others with disabilities learn how to live and work independently in their communities, has completed her new book “Touch Me! I’m for Real”: an emotional work that unveils her experience as an African American woman with dual disabilities. In a deeply personal way, she attempts to put others in touch with what it feels like to be her.

Jean writes, “I summoned whatever I had in me, used my ghetto beginnings to push against, and then propelled forward. I completed my education, developed a teaching career in the NYC public schools, and bought a house. I felt like I was finally “somebody.” A health issue came along and gave me a one-two punch. I became unable to walk and speak. I had to climb back up to acceptance and respectability and achieve normalcy. I asked myself, could I find a voice and still make a difference? This book is how I answered that. It is a story about finding strength, hope, and a higher quality of life.”

Published by Page Publishing, Jean Barrett Groves’ inspirational tale hopes to give insight to someone walking where she’s been, or desiring greater social awareness and sensitivity.

Retracing her family’s journey, she shares what she’s been through and what she gained. She traces her spiritual pilgrimage also and recounts the blessings God bestowed on her beginning with the legacy of faith left by her elders. She believes old-time religion can still help people to overcome in these changing times.

Readers who wish to experience this inspiring work can purchase “Touch Me! I’m for Real” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or media inquiries, contact Page Publishing at 866-315-2708.

About Page Publishing:

Page Publishing is a traditional, based full-service publishing house that handles all of the intricacies involved in publishing its authors’ books, including distribution in the world’s largest retail outlets and royalty generation. Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes, and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex, and time-consuming issues, and focus on their passion: writing and creating. Learn more at http://www.pagepublishing.com.

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Jefferson Health and Quick’rCare Pioneer Decision Making for Immediate Care


“This is what people who feel bad need right now, right when they begin to feel sick,” said Stephen K. Klasko, MD, president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health. “Working with Quick’rCare allows us to expand our commitment to healthcare with no address.”

“By collaborating with the stellar team at Jefferson Health, we now have the medical and operational expertise to support our efforts in the creation of a world-class patient experience,” says Alex Guastella, CEO of Quick’rCare.

Jefferson Health has developed innovative techniques throughout its health system to better support the residents of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Combined with Quick’rCare, Jefferson will immediately be able to give patients the ability to decide between getting care in an emergency room or urgent care center or making a reservation to avoid a wait. Next, the collaboration will design and deploy an interface to help decide the best type of visit based on the patient’s needs.

After validation of the new collaborated process, Jefferson Health will offer JeffConnect video visits as an alternative form of care through Quick’rCare. “The ability to provide our community with personalized care tailored to their specific medical needs, location and preferences while eliminating waiting time represents a wonderful patient-centered advance,” said Dr. Judd Hollander, Jefferson Health’s senior vice president of healthcare delivery innovation.

“This is what people who feel bad need right now, right when they begin to feel sick,” said Stephen K. Klasko, MD, president of Thomas Jefferson University and CEO of Jefferson Health. “Working with Quick’rCare allows us to expand our commitment to healthcare with no address.”

A key element of the new strategy is simplicity. This collaboration will use LEAN methodologies to enhance the patient experience and not confuse sick patients with hard-to-understand technology. “Technology can become extremely cumbersome to patients and providers. Quick’rCare has prided itself on staying simple to use and understand. After spending many months with the Jefferson team, our technology thinking aligns well,” says Raghu Dhulipala, CTO of Quick’rCare.

About Quick’rCare

In 2016, entrepreneurs Alex Guastella and Raghu Dhulipala joined forces to solve digital problems that sick patients face every day. Through much deliberation, Quick’rCare was created to be a guidance platform that will help the 145 million people who end up in the emergency room every year. Since its inception, Quick’rCare has helped over a million patients, added over 20 team members, and brought on great investors. Whether it is through the technology created or the volunteer hours served, the people behind Quick’rCare have a mantra of always doing good for others.

About Jefferson Health

Jefferson Health, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, is reimagining health care in the greater Philadelphia region and southern New Jersey. Jefferson’s dedicated team of doctors, nurses, health professionals and staff provides a range of primary to highly-specialized care through 14 hospitals (seven are Magnet®-designated by the ANCC for nursing excellence), more than 40 outpatient and urgent care locations, the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Magee Rehabilitation and the JeffConnect® telemedicine program. For 2019-2020, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals in eight specialities by U.S. News & World Report. Jefferson Health’s mission is to improve the lives of patients in the communities it is privileged to serve through safe, effective, equitable, compassionate care.

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Center for Hearing and Communication Honors Google on November 4 at CHC Feast 2019


The 26th Annual Feast, a sumptuous food and wine tasting extravaganza benefiting the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC), will take place at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers in New York City November 4th at 6:00 PM and will celebrate CHC’s life-affirming services that strive to eliminate barriers of communication for all people affected by hearing loss. Proceeds from the event support the programs and services of CHC, a leading hearing health care center in New York providing comprehensive services to over 15,000 people annually.

With a theme of The Power of Communication, this year’s Feast will honor Google with the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award for its achievements in accessibility that have expanded the world of communication for people with hearing loss. Executive Director, Laurie Hanin, says, “Google’s commitment to inclusion with the development of Google Live Transcribe has had a profound impact on people with hearing loss, by providing immediate communication access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals anywhere, at any time. Because of Google’s innovation, barriers that so commonly prevent deaf and hard of hearing people from fully participating in all aspects of life are disappearing, allowing for greater connection and inclusion.” Dimitri Kanevsky, Research Scientist at Google, will accept the award.

Founded in 1910, CHC is a historic pillar of support, offering high-quality, comprehensive services to empower people affected by hearing loss, deafness or listening challenges. The organization’s spectacular annual gala, the Feast, uniquely taps into a caring team of prominent NYC chefs, broadcasters and others passionately supportive of CHC’s services.

Presented in cooperation with Wine Spectator, the Feast is a grand culinary gala where NYC’s top chefs offer up their specialties to approximately 500 guests. Twenty-five chefs are expected to participate this year including Chef Chair William Gallagher of Becco Restaurant, Fortunato Nicotra of Felidia, Chintan Pandya of Rahi, Ryan Jordan of The Breslin, Ralph Scamardella of Tao Downtown and Robert Zwirz of Babbo. Guests will enjoy a wide array of fine wines and spirits courtesy of Wine Spectator. The walk-around layout gives guests the opportunity to interact with the chefs as well as the many television broadcasters who will be lending their support by acting as sous chefs. Broadcast Chair Bill Ritter of Channel 7 Eyewitness News and ABC News 20/20, Lee Goldberg of WABC-TV Channel 7, Ernie Anastos of WNYW-TV FOX 5, and Lisa Evers of WNYW-TV FOX 5, will be among more than 20 broadcasters on hand to help serve savory signature dishes alongside the line-up of distinguished chefs.

This year’s Feast will feature a seated dessert during which guests will savor an assortment of confections while bidding in the live auction facilitated by Aileen Agopian, CEO, Agopian Inc./Art Advisory and the fund-a-cause that closes the event. Call (917) 305-7702 for tickets or visit https://one.bidpal.net/chcfeast2019/ticketing.

Established in 1910, the Center for Hearing and Communication is an accredited nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to providing high-quality, comprehensive services to empower people affected by hearing loss, deafness or listening challenges, regardless of age, ability to pay, and mode of communication. With offices in New York City and Florida, CHC meets consumers’ hearing and communication needs through the highest level of clinical expertise and technical know-how available in the hearing healthcare field. Learn more at http://www.CHChearing.org. Call (917) 305-7766 to make an appointment for clinical services or request information.

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Codero Appoints Griffin Leen-Sohl to VP and Chief Sales Officer


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Griffin leads Codero’s global sales, channel and marketing teams.

Griffin brings a depth of energy, international experience and industry knowledge that will supercharge our efforts to expand our international reach.

Griffin Leen-Sohl, a hosting and managed services industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in progressively senior roles at companies such as Rackspace, Catapult Systems, Cogeco Peer1, Hostway, and BigCommerce, has been named Vice President and Chief Sales Officer at Codero, a hosted solutions provider of IT infrastructure and cloud integration services. Griffin leads Codero’s global sales, channel and marketing teams.

Griffin previously served as Codero’s Director of Global Channels, where he was responsible for onboarding and training the company’s network of U.S.-based and international channel partners.

“I am really happy to have Griffin on Codero’s leadership team,” said Bill King, Codero’s president and chief executive officer. “He brings a depth of energy, experience and industry knowledge that will accelerate our efforts to project the Codero brand and its products to our customers and the market. His extensive experience serving customers in South America and Latin America will supercharge our efforts to expand our international reach.“

“I’m both proud and honored to be part of Team Codero and look forward to making a strong contribution to the company’s growth,” said Griffin Leen-Sohl. “For the last two decades my focus has been on addressing the technology needs of ecommerce and internet-based companies, both in the United States and internationally. Codero provides its customers Serious Support™, an organizational commitment to providing personalized, scalable and unparalleled support to each and every one of its customers. Codero’s deep commitment to supporting its customers hosted infrastructure is the ‘special sauce’ that differentiates Codero from the competition.”

Griffin has extensive experience in the hosting, ecommerce, and system integration industries. Fluent in Spanish, he brings a long history of working with South American and Latin American companies to address their hosting and ecommerce needs. Griffin holds a business degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and certificates from Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Monterrey and Guadalajara, Mexico.

About Codero

Codero delivers IT infrastructure and cloud integration services to over 3,000 customers worldwide. Our mission is straightforward — provide the infrastructure, integration and support needed to enable our customers and partners to grow and thrive. We offer our services through a growing network of advanced, enterprise-grade data centers that avails our customers access to a comprehensive set of dedicated and virtualized cloud solutions. Codero’s Serious Support™ is an organizational commitment to provide our customers with unrelenting, proactive and comprehensive support. Visit http://www.codero.com for more information about Codero and its services.    

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Weight Loss Surgery and a Bride Who Can Finally Wear Her Dream Wedding Dress Highlight Long Term Benefits, says Dr. Feiz & Associates


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Dreams can come true with a lot of work and, in some cases, with a little bit of surgical assistance.

While patients still have to work hard to change their lifestyles, without the constant hormonally-induced cravings for food, attaining and sustaining substantial weight loss becomes a great deal easier.

An October 21 article on Yahoo Lifestyle reported on a New York woman who was able to lose 185 pounds through weight loss surgery and who has been able to maintain that loss since 2005. The woman spoke about her past struggle with severe obesity, from experiencing knee pain when she walked to being too large to wear the dress she’d always hoped to wear on her wedding day. Fourteen years later and several dress sizes smaller, the article reports that she is finally able to wear a dream dress as she prepares to renew her vows with her husband. Los Angeles-based weight loss surgery specialists Dr. Feiz & Associates notes that bariatric surgery is making these kinds of stories a great deal more common.

Dr. Feiz & Associates comments that, for those struggling with obesity, losing the weight is very hard but that’s not the only problem. It’s keeping the weight off and maintaining the new weight that is typically even far more challenging. The clinic explains that, while it is sometimes possible to slim down naturally through diet, exercise and strong self-discipline, success is short-lived in the large majority of cases. The clinic says that the body is wired to fight anything it deems a potential threat, including substantial weight loss which it takes as a sign of imminent famine. So, production of the hormone responsible for the nagging feelings of hunger that make weight loss so difficult – already present in larger amounts in overweight and obese people – goes into overdrive. Plagued by ever-increasing cravings which feel exactly like hunger, the clinic says that it’s no wonder why the vast majority of people who attempt to defeat obesity on their own eventually backslide and regain all of the weight that they have worked so to get rid of – sometimes with a few extra pounds attached.

What a weight loss procedure such as a sleeve gastrectomy does is reduce the size of the stomach, says Dr. Feiz & Associates. By removing a significant portion of the stomach, individuals are discouraged from overeating as it becomes uncomfortable, decreasing their appetite – but that’s only part of the story. In the process of reducing the size of the stomach, production of the primary hormone associated with hunger, called ghrelin, is also reduced substantially. The clinic notes that patients still have to work hard to change their lifestyles but, without the constant hormonally-induced cravings for food, attaining and sustaining substantial weight loss becomes a great deal easier.

Interested readers who would like to know more about Dr. Feiz & Associates and weight loss offerings can call 310-855-8058 or visit the clinic’s website at https://www.drfeiz.com.

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Local Government Corp. Selects Mobilize.Net For Cloud Transformation


Mobilize.Net, provider of the leading automated modernization software for client/server legacy, today announced that Local Government Corporation has chosen its WebMAP automated modernization system for cloud enablement.

“We are excited to announce that Local Government Corporation has teamed with Mobilize.Net to migrate our NextGen Financial and Revenue products to the cloud.” Bruce Collier, President, said. “By using Mobilize.Net’s proven conversion tools and staff, we are able to do this much faster than a manual conversion. This is not simply a move of NextGen to a remote server, but a true conversion to a cloud environment.”

“In reviewing options to move its source code from legacy Visual Basic, LGC made the wise choice to go directly to cloud native to provide the best operating environment for their customers and advanced capabilities for its own development teams,” Tom Button, CEO of Mobilize.Net, said. “The WebMAP product line enables organizations still trapped on the desktop to move to a true cloud native code base.”

Mobilize is exhibiting at Microsoft Ignite all week in booth #1809. In addition to showing its AI-based modernization technology, Mobilize will be raffling a 4K curved gaming monitor and a remote-controlled drone.

About Local Government Corporation

Based in Columbia, Tennessee, LGC was founded as a non-profit in 1977 to serve the automation needs of local governments including municipal, county and school offices. They currently serve over 1,500 customers.

About Mobilize.Net

Mobilize.Net accelerates and simplifies the transformation of software applications to .NET, web, mobile, and cloud platforms. Millions of developers have used Mobilize.Net technology to successfully modernize billions of lines of code. Mobilize.Net solutions enable customers to reduce risk, cost, and time while moving applications to the platforms businesses demand today. Mobilize.Net migration technology is Microsoft’s chosen solution for Visual Studio and MSDN customers. The privately-held Mobilize.Net is based in Bellevue, WA, and is led by former Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Tom Button. For more information, please go to https://www.mobilize.net

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