by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
The IT department of today’s business looks more like an estate than a neat department. The estate rambles from “vintage” or “legacy” hardware and software to state-of-the-art cloud systems that are public or private – or a hybrid of both. It’s not surprising that...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Business consultants are great for assembling a team, but Parker Dewey is aiming at companies that face very short-term, project-focused assignments, the kinds of low-risk projects that match the credentials of a college student or recent grad. Colleges hire Parker...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Question: How does a city install a permanent valve or a temporary line-stop in a water pipe without shutting down the whole system? Answer: Very carefully. And very fast, or businesses and voters will let the city know. Advanced Valve Technologies of Elk Grove has...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Can healthy eaters find happiness in a vending machine that serves up a jar of mozzarella, tomatoes, spinach and house-made basil pesto hummus on multigrain 1979 bread from Publican Quality Bread? The answer clearly is yes, and they wash it down with a La Colombe...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center dramatizes the museum’s mission with forceful imagery: “Remember the past, transform the future.” The past is right there on the stage of a specially built theater at the Skokie museum as a Holocaust survivor sits...
