We’re all facing a new reality where working from home isn’t just the hot new trend or a great perk. It’s an essential way for us to keep businesses moving, and it’s not as simple as having an internet connection. The right tools make all the difference in your team’s success. Here are a few of the best free collaboration tools to make remote work easier.
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Twenty years ago, the big story in technology in Reno was iGo Corp., a publicly held distributor of accessories for mobile devices. A small group of business leaders — including iGo CEO Ken Hawk — thought iGo’s success hinted that Northern Nevada might have the potential to draw more technology companies. But they knew the region first needed to get its ducks in a row.
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Nevadans start several thousand new businesses each year. If you’d like to be one of them, NCET and the Reno Gazette-Journal are pleased to introduce a new monthly column designed to help you start your business.
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For local children, staying home is not a quarantine; it’s a free ticket to PBS Reno’s Camp Curiosity! We know it can be a scary time for families as normal routines are disrupted due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Parents and caregivers alike are navigating new territory when it comes to caring for their children.
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What factors should I consider when seeking custom software development? You will most likely be deciding between hiring a freelancer, an in-house employee, or a company. It’s important to note that the cost of development varies wildly, and along with it, the quality of the product.
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The Desert Research Institute (DRI) and the Nevada Governor’s Office of Science, Innovation, and Technology (OSIT) today announced the creation of three new Regional STEM Networks across the state. With a growing need for a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) across Nevada and the nation, the state’s new Regional STEM Networks aim to increase student interest and achievement in STEM within the classroom and grow partnerships outside of the traditional classroom to support students.
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If you’re like most people, your smartphone blared an annoying alarm, and you snoozed it — two to 15 times, give or take. Then after you reluctantly conceded that it was, indeed, time to wake up, your next step also likely involved your phone — perusing Instagram, checking emails, reading news alerts that came in overnight, etc.
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Dave Archer has been re-elected as president and CEO of NCET, a member-supported non-profit that produces educational and networking events to help people explore businesses and technology.
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Where can you see a zebra and a leopard that generate as much heat as the sun? Just a little north of Reno at the Zebra Pulsed Power Laboratory (ZPPL). The University of Nevada, Reno, established The Nevada Terawatt Facility and dedicated it in 2000. Supported primarily by the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy, its mission was to conduct research and to train students in the field of high-energy-density science, the study of the behavior of matter subject to conditions of extreme temperature and density.
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We’re in an era where cybersecurity is more important than ever, but the workforce is woefully behind with more than 500,000 cybersecurity jobs waiting to be filled, according to CyberSeek, a project supported by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). That’s a big talent gap with a lot of opportunities.
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