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Yahoo! co-founder, Nebraska Governor cut ribbon on data center
On Wednesday, Yahoo! opened its new 180,000-square-foot data center in LaVista, located just south of Omaha. Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang was on hand for the celebration. In 1994, Yang, along with his business partner David Filo, founded Yahoo! while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The Nebraska data center is servicing Internet traffic around…
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Inaugural OTA Sessions determined to ‘deny the lie’
A new event is coming to the Silicon Prairie that will bring great thought leaders from around the country to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The OTA Sessions are set to launch this March 25 and 26. I know your first question is what does OTA stand for? Well, actually nothing. OTA represents the tri-state area…
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Des Moines entrepreneur John Ruan remembered
John Ruan, one of Des Moines’ most prominent entrepreneurs, passed away last Saturday at the age of 96. John was an example to everyone in our community’s creative class of the heights of success that can be reached as an entrepreneur and an innovator. John’s entrepreneurial story began at the age of 17 when he…