April 14, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines The Technology Association of Iowa released photos today from last Thursday's 2011 Prometheus Awards, the event which honors the top companies and individuals in technology from across the state in the last year. To see this year's full list of winners, see our post: "Prometheus Awards recognize Iowa’s top tech companies." The following are select photos from TAI's official photographer, to see the full album visit technologyiowa.org. read more
April 8, 2011 by Guest Contributor
Des Moines (This is a guest post written by Jordan Lampe, director of communications for Dwolla.) Chock-full of some Iowa’s biggest names, like Pioneer, Principal and Iowa Health (heck, even governor Terry Branstad dropped by), the aerial- and carnival-themed event was yet another successful platform that displayed Iowa’s growing confidence in its own tech industry. Hosted by Frank Russell (formerly of GeoLearning), the light-hearted event highlighted numerous… read more
April 5, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in at 1:30 p.m. CST today for Episode 32 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Leann Jacobson of the Technology Association of Iowa and Dusty Davidson of Silicon Prairie News. Discussion topics will include Google Fiber coming to Kansas City, the VineMe launch, Big Omaha 2011 and more. PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded weekly… read more
April 4, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5th at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 32 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Leann Jacobson of the Technology Association of Iowa and Dusty Davidson of Silicon Prairie News. Discussion topics will include Google Fiber coming to Kansas City, the VineMe launch, Big Omaha 2011 and more. PrairieCast is a live… read more
March 8, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Cedar Rapids Coralville-based CQM Systems beat out 14 other competitors in Technology Association of Iowa's third Pitch & Grow event last Thursday. Held at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids, this Pitch and Grow was the first the organization has put on outside of Des Moines. CQM Systems, described in their pitch bio as a "distributor of energy efficiency technology designed to optimize processes involving… read more
February 22, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines (Left: Michael Ferrari of SmartyPig (right) holds a 2010 Prometheus award for "Breakout Company of the Year." Photo from Technology Association of Iowa via shutterfly.com.) The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) released the finalists for the 2011 Prometheus Awards this week. The awards, designed to recognize leaders and achievements in technology across… read more
January 18, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines (Simon Mingay, Research Vice President at Gartner Research, presents virtually at the 2010 Heartland Greenup. Image from TheHeartlandGreenup.com.) The Technology Association of Iowa recently released a call for speakers for their upcoming Heartland Greenup event to be held June 2, 2011 at the Meadows Conference Center in Altoona. Speaker abstracts will be accepted through… read more
We're excited to bring you our 41st Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Proxibid, Turnpost Creative Group, and Omaha World-Herald in Omaha and Technology… read more
December 14, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. read more
December 9, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines The Technology Association of Iowa's annual Prometheus Awards banquet is still several months away but nominations opened today for the 15 categories to be honored. According to TAI, this awards showcase honors companies and individuals who represent the best and brightest in technology and business and have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation. Here are the categories seeking nominations… read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.