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With summer travel plans right around the corner, SDN Communications wants to help you to prepare your family for a successful summer vacation. While traveling across South Dakota this summer, take advantage of our High Speed Wireless Internet Hot Spots.
In today’s technologically-advanced world, teleworking is playing a large role in the marketplace. In fact, a recent study found that “24% of rural businesses and 35% of non-rural businesses currently allow employees to telework or telecommute”, and “nationally, 2.4 million U.S. business establishments, out of approximately 7.4 million total businesses, allow employees to telework.”
A single computer used to fill an entire room. Now, the processors in most smartphones are greater than those of the first mega-computers. But, as technology gets smaller and smaller, it gets more and more difficult to produce "nano-sized" electronics.
So scientists have decided to get nature involved. Scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK and at Japan's Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology are using a special form of bacterium to test their theory. The microorganisms - Magnetospirillum magneticum - naturally create tiny magnetic crystals when they ingest iron. These magnets are similar to those found in PC hard drives.
The growing demand for data center space is no surprise. Immense volumes of data, disaster recovery solutions and effective heating and cooling needs have forced many businesses to expand their data center space. In fact, a recent study showed that "92% of respondents said their companies will definitely or probably expand their data center space in 2012."
The fact that so many businesses recognize the need for additional data center space isn't surprising. What is surprising is the number of companies that are turning to third parties for the expansion project. According to the study, "78% of respondents with expansion plans said they intend to use a partner - such as a wholesale data center provider or a design/build partner - for one or all of their projects."
I'm sure you've been seeing the new SDN commercials on tv. And you've been seeing our new print ads, online ads, and hearing our radio spots. What exactly does Uptime mean? Check out our Uptime microsite to learn more.
Imagine having the luxury of multiple job offers. That’s the case for Mitchell Technical Institute’s Telecommunications program graduates. In fact, there are 33 jobs open for just 17 students.
SDN Communications is actively helping recruit future students to MTI’s program because it’s the future of our workforce. Yesterday, KELOLAND TV featured our partnership on the 10pm news. Almost $800,000 of the $20 million federal stimulus grant awarded to SDN is going to pay for lab equipment at MTI so students can get relevant, hands-on experience, which will lead them into good jobs – a goal of the stimulus effort.
Twenty percent of SDN’s workforce graduated from MTI. We anticipate more coming from there. In fact, KELO’s Ben Dunsmoor interviewed student Travis Williamson. He’s coming to work at SDN next month.
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YANKTON, SD (OCT. 28, 2010) - SDN Communications kicked off its Yankton fiber optic construction today at the Yankton County Courthouse & Safety Center. Yankton is just one of 75 communities in its $25 million statewide project that will bring increased broadband access to more than 300 hospitals, schools, government facilities and public safety offices.
SDN was selected in December 2009 to receive the $20 million grant as part of the Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). The company will contribute an additional $5 million to the project. SDN was likely the first company in the nation to begin construction on the BTOP initiative.
SDN started work in Rapid City in August, Vermillion and Watertown in September, and Yankton this month. Currently, SDN has ten outside plant crews working in these locations. Between the construction crews and the engineers who map out the construction, more than 55 workers are employed in the effort.
SDN's application was one of the nation's first 18 funded, making it among the top 1 percent of the telecom companies receiving an award. Yankton Mayor David Knoff and First Circuit Presiding Judge Arthur Rusch praised SDN for its application saying the project will improve the lives of South Dakotans.
"From electronic filings to statewide access to court documents and video arraignment capabilities, the increased bandwidth will improve the court's service to the public not to mention possibly save taxpayer dollars," Judge Rusch said.
Mayor Knoff said: "I'm excited about the economic development potential. The bigger, faster broadband pipes will be a key selling point to businesses looking to locate in Yankton."
SDN CEO Mark Shlanta thanks SDN's 17 owner companies - the cooperative, municipal, family and tribal owned telephone companies - for the support in applying for the grant. The entire project will add 359 miles of new fiber optic cable and will be completed by December 2012.
To follow progress on the project, go to: http://www.sdncommunications.com/stimulus
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