by Keith Laake | Industry News
Corporate sustainability is a hot topic. Consumers, employees and investors like to know that a company exhibits an interest that goes beyond the bottom line. Achieving a high ENERGY STAR rating is a good way to prove your commitment to environmental responsibility....
by Keith Laake | Industry News
With the acquisition of DirecTV, the new AT&T will be the largest pay-TV provider in the U.S. The combined company will have roughly 26 million subscribers compared to Comcast’s 22 million. Next on the list is Time Warner with half that number. With AT&T in...
by Allison Levin | Industry News
In America we love competition. Whether it’s your favorite football team or laissez-faire economics, most of us love the chance to fight for our team. Federal regulations have significantly changed the business landscape since the days of the Rockefellers and...
by Valerie Paquin | Industry News
Could this be the end for the home phone as we know it? Well, we won’t be talking as holograms just yet. While there have been some significant advancements in augmented reality in the past few years, there is still much work to do in modernizing the telephone for the...
by Keith Laake | Industry News
We have Alexander Graham Bell to thank for the telephone as well as his forward way of thinking. One and a half centuries later, his words of wisdom still ring true, even in today’s rapidly changing technology landscape. “When one door closes, another opens; but we...
by Keith Laake | Industry News
As awareness of energy efficiency increases, demand from the public as well as regulators for new policies and initiatives continues to grow. To benchmark these efforts the ACEEE (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) created the Biennial City Energy...
by Valerie Paquin | Industry News
Today we recognize the 45th Annual Earth Day. A day of celebrating the earth’s beauty and brilliance, today also serves as a stark reminder that we are constantly at odds with the planet we live on. Historically, technology has advanced at a wonderfully rapid rate....
by Keith Laake | Industry News
Recently there has been much debate over the effectiveness of Daylight Saving Time (DST). DST is still recognized by the federal government as an energy conservation initiative, however recent studies have shown that it actually does nothing, or in some cases...
