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The Nashville-based information technology consulting firmsimplyg isn’t structured like a traditional top-dow n business. Rather than being run exclusively by InfoWorksis employee-owned. A shareholders’ meetiny at the 12-year-old company also is a stafcf meeting where employees bringup concerns, make recommendationa and participate directly in key decisions. Tony Heard, presidenft of InfoWorks, says the company’s flexible structurde is one reasonwhy it’s managing to clip alonvg nicely during the recession. Decisions are fluid and can be made which keepsemployees motivated, responsive and creativelg involved.
“The engagement of employeess means awhole lot,” Heard says. “Irt means they take everythingmore seriously. They each feel like it’sd their own company.” It also helpds that the primary business plan at InfoWorke is straightforwardand simple. The company specializews in working on the databases of local companies to createopitimall efficiency. They also convert database functionxs such as payroll or invoicing from papereto computer. Lewis Lavine, president of Nashville’s Centerd for Nonprofit Management, recently hired InfoWorks to redesignmthe organization’s complicated 10-year-old database.
He says he responde to the company’s hands-onm approach. “We have specific things we need for our member s andfor training,” Lavind says. “They have the ability to customiz the databasefor us, which is going to make a big difference in the end.” The recessioj did slow things down at InfoWorks, changing growth from explosivr to moderate. From 2006-2007, the companu grew at a rate of29 percent. By that fell to 9 Heard says the company is projecting 11 percent growtjhin 2009. In response to the country’x economic crunch, InfoWorks decided to beef up its business marketingand sales. Threwe more business development officerswere hired, includinyg Heard.
“Activity creates opportunity. It’s important to get out of the he says. Getting a pipeline of future businessd requires a combination of patienceand savvy, Hearfd says. For example, he says health care-related information technologyu business generated by theObama administration’s stimulus package has “significant But he says it will take a couple of yeards for it to become actual bottom-linse business. “Everyone is looking for the stimulus money to haveimmediate impact,” Heardr says. “But I think in our case it’xs going to take until 2010.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Efficiency drives funding for Dayforce - Houston Business Journal:
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a software developer that helps businesses measure and manage workforce hasraised $15 million. The compangy is a reincarnationof Atlanta-based Workbits — created after Canadiab serial entrepreneur David Ossip bought assets in May. Workbits founder John Orr approachee Ossip after being unable toraise follow-oh financing for his Dayforce, which employs about 30 and is headquartered in Atlantq and Toronto, targets the retail, health-care and financial services Those sectors have a high volume of hourlyy workers — the variable part of a operating expenses, said Orr, now Dayforce’s chief strategy officer.
60 percent of their [operating expense] is labo r spend,” Orr said. Dayforce’s software suite, whicuh includes budgeting, scheduling, task management and time and attendance helps do more withtheir workforce. “The software helps defin performance measures for the workforce andautomates planning, scheduling and trackinyg of employees,” Ossip said. “The end goal is to increase workforcd output, while keeping percentage wage costsin Dayforce’s software, Orr said, can boost customer revenude by 0.
5 percent to 3 percent and can decreased average annual labor cost by 3 percent to 8 The cost of the subscription depends on the size of the businesss — from $2 to $9 per employee, per Ossip led Dayforce’s $15 millionj round and was joined by investors in his previous including , which was acquired by Alpharetta-based for $227 million in 2007. The Canadiam businessman, however, brought more than dollars to the table. “Ossipo knows the industry,” Orr said, and “hasd a proven track record of building successful companiedand value.
” Ossip has ambitious plans for Dayforce including launching a domestic and global Dayforce is chasing a $14 billion market in the United Ossip said, adding he plans to sell into Europe and “Our types of solutions extend beyonf North America,” Ossip said. “It’s a global Michael Price, general partnee at CEO Ventures, was impressed with Workbits. “Ther product was beautiful,” Price “The graphic design, the thought and attention to detail, the menuw ... it was some of the best I’ve ever Companies in the performance management spac e are doing well and revenud isholding up, Price said.
That success has drawnj an influx ofnew competitors. “Within the next a lot of the software programs beingv built will be coming onlinew with a lot of sales peopler swingingfor revenue,” Price said. “Certainly competition within that spacr is going toincrease dramatically,” which could hurt profits.
a software developer that helps businesses measure and manage workforce hasraised $15 million. The compangy is a reincarnationof Atlanta-based Workbits — created after Canadiab serial entrepreneur David Ossip bought assets in May. Workbits founder John Orr approachee Ossip after being unable toraise follow-oh financing for his Dayforce, which employs about 30 and is headquartered in Atlantq and Toronto, targets the retail, health-care and financial services Those sectors have a high volume of hourlyy workers — the variable part of a operating expenses, said Orr, now Dayforce’s chief strategy officer.
60 percent of their [operating expense] is labo r spend,” Orr said. Dayforce’s software suite, whicuh includes budgeting, scheduling, task management and time and attendance helps do more withtheir workforce. “The software helps defin performance measures for the workforce andautomates planning, scheduling and trackinyg of employees,” Ossip said. “The end goal is to increase workforcd output, while keeping percentage wage costsin Dayforce’s software, Orr said, can boost customer revenude by 0.
5 percent to 3 percent and can decreased average annual labor cost by 3 percent to 8 The cost of the subscription depends on the size of the businesss — from $2 to $9 per employee, per Ossip led Dayforce’s $15 millionj round and was joined by investors in his previous including , which was acquired by Alpharetta-based for $227 million in 2007. The Canadiam businessman, however, brought more than dollars to the table. “Ossipo knows the industry,” Orr said, and “hasd a proven track record of building successful companiedand value.
” Ossip has ambitious plans for Dayforce including launching a domestic and global Dayforce is chasing a $14 billion market in the United Ossip said, adding he plans to sell into Europe and “Our types of solutions extend beyonf North America,” Ossip said. “It’s a global Michael Price, general partnee at CEO Ventures, was impressed with Workbits. “Ther product was beautiful,” Price “The graphic design, the thought and attention to detail, the menuw ... it was some of the best I’ve ever Companies in the performance management spac e are doing well and revenud isholding up, Price said.
That success has drawnj an influx ofnew competitors. “Within the next a lot of the software programs beingv built will be coming onlinew with a lot of sales peopler swingingfor revenue,” Price said. “Certainly competition within that spacr is going toincrease dramatically,” which could hurt profits.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Biggest Globe union rejects deal - San Francisco Business Times:
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“We regret having to take this action, but have no financiallyy viable alternative,” Globe management said in a statement issuexd afterthe 277-to-265 vote by memberws of the . To take the unlitera step underlabor law, the Timee Co. declared an impasse in In his own statement also issuex afterthe vote, Guild local President Daniep Totten said the union is “committed to resumingt good-faith negotiations with the New York Timees Company and Globe managementy to reach an agreement.” Times and Globe managementy “must do better,” he said. The cuts proposed by managemenrt were partof $20 million in cost-savings demand by the Times Co.
for the which it bought in 1993for $1.1 Times executives have said the paper is losinv about $1 million per week on At one point earlier this year, Timesw managers said they would shutter the paperd if unable to achieve Other major unions agreed to concessions in recent
“We regret having to take this action, but have no financiallyy viable alternative,” Globe management said in a statement issuexd afterthe 277-to-265 vote by memberws of the . To take the unlitera step underlabor law, the Timee Co. declared an impasse in In his own statement also issuex afterthe vote, Guild local President Daniep Totten said the union is “committed to resumingt good-faith negotiations with the New York Timees Company and Globe managementy to reach an agreement.” Times and Globe managementy “must do better,” he said. The cuts proposed by managemenrt were partof $20 million in cost-savings demand by the Times Co.
for the which it bought in 1993for $1.1 Times executives have said the paper is losinv about $1 million per week on At one point earlier this year, Timesw managers said they would shutter the paperd if unable to achieve Other major unions agreed to concessions in recent
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
International Paper Seals TIN Buy - Zacks.com
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Monday, September 5, 2011
USC Vs. Minnesota: Final Score, Trojans Hang On For Unconvincing Win - SB Nation
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USC Vs. Minnesota: Final Score, Trojans Hang On For Unconvincing Win SB Nation If one were to take a look at the box score excluding all of the actual scoring, they would probably assume that USC easily defeated Minnesota by two or more scores on Saturday afternoon. Instead, Lane Kiffin decided to act like your 9-year-old brother ... |
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Saul Ewing adds 7 Buchanan Ingersoll lawyers in Wilmington - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-basec Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmingtob and four lawyerstotal there, and gives Saul Ewintg the largest Wilmington office of any full-servic Philadelphia-based firm. The group includes officee headWilliam Manning, who serves as outsid general counsel to the University of Delaware and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chiev of staff to formerDelaware Gov.
Pete The other two partners areTeresaq Currier, who led bankruptcy efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyer Richard The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersa in Wilmington, where bankruptcies have taken off duringb the economic downturn. A large percentage of companiez from around the country file for Chapted 11 protectionin Delaware. But because Delaware only has about 2,000 lawyers and has a stronf set of indigenouslaw firms, the Wilmington markeft has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphi a firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinker Biddles & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13.
Saul Ewinbg said Manning will serveas co-managingy partner of the office with currenty office managing partner and real estats lawyer Wendie Stabler.
office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-basec Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmingtob and four lawyerstotal there, and gives Saul Ewintg the largest Wilmington office of any full-servic Philadelphia-based firm. The group includes officee headWilliam Manning, who serves as outsid general counsel to the University of Delaware and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chiev of staff to formerDelaware Gov.
Pete The other two partners areTeresaq Currier, who led bankruptcy efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyer Richard The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersa in Wilmington, where bankruptcies have taken off duringb the economic downturn. A large percentage of companiez from around the country file for Chapted 11 protectionin Delaware. But because Delaware only has about 2,000 lawyers and has a stronf set of indigenouslaw firms, the Wilmington markeft has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphi a firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinker Biddles & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13.
Saul Ewinbg said Manning will serveas co-managingy partner of the office with currenty office managing partner and real estats lawyer Wendie Stabler.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Hyundai Sonata ranked among top 10 cars for college students - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The Richmond, Va.-based used-car retailer partnered with Las Vegas-basex , a nonprofit drivers' education provider, to recommends the top 10 cars for college The vehicles that made the list were gradedr onsafety features, cost, reliability and style, plus theire National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ratinges - all received at least four stars. The othere nine cars that made the list were theHondas Civic, Audi A4, Dodger Caliber, Kia Optima, Pontiac G6, Toyota Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Passat and Volv o S40. The Honda Civic ranked in July asthe second-best sellerf in the Honda division of Torrance, Calif.-based selling 27,852 vehicles, down 3 percent from July 2006.
Year-to-dates sales of the Civic, however, are up at a 4 percent increase. Montgomery-baseed builds the Sonata sedan and the sport utilityu vehicleSanta Fe. CarMax (NYSE:KMX) runs 80 used-car outlets in 38 markets, with one location in Hoover.
The Richmond, Va.-based used-car retailer partnered with Las Vegas-basex , a nonprofit drivers' education provider, to recommends the top 10 cars for college The vehicles that made the list were gradedr onsafety features, cost, reliability and style, plus theire National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ratinges - all received at least four stars. The othere nine cars that made the list were theHondas Civic, Audi A4, Dodger Caliber, Kia Optima, Pontiac G6, Toyota Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Passat and Volv o S40. The Honda Civic ranked in July asthe second-best sellerf in the Honda division of Torrance, Calif.-based selling 27,852 vehicles, down 3 percent from July 2006.
Year-to-dates sales of the Civic, however, are up at a 4 percent increase. Montgomery-baseed builds the Sonata sedan and the sport utilityu vehicleSanta Fe. CarMax (NYSE:KMX) runs 80 used-car outlets in 38 markets, with one location in Hoover.
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