Cloud computing gaining traction in skeptical financial services industry
Cloud computing isn’t quite mainstream yet, but businesses are becoming more comfortable having their data and applications stored somewhere on a remote, managed server, Mike Eaton, CEO of Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Cloudworks tells the Ventura County Star in an article published in Saturday’s issue. Adoption is growing among banks, credit unions, brokers and others in the [...]
Language Line Services Praises NY Mayor Bloomberg’s ‘BigAppleRx’ Program
New York City’s first official prescription discount card, BigAppleRx, will be one of the most widely distributed prescription drug discount cards in the nation, and is available to anyone regardless of age, income, citizenship or health insurance status. The cards will save an average of 47 percent on prescription medications and can be used by [...]
OWC’s Tracy Williams Talks PR with Intellectual Property Marketing Advisor
Tracy Williams, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based Olmstead Williams Communications, shares details about the PR campaign for the USC Stevens Institute and its results in this blog excerpt. The piece is from a larger story in the May 2011 issue of Intellectual Property Marketing Advisor. “We were working with the donor, [USC alumnus] Mark [...]
OWC’s Tracy Williams talks PR with Intellectual Property Marketing Advisor
Tracy Williams, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based Olmstead Williams Communications, shares details about the PR campaign for the USC Stevens Institute and its results in this blog excerpt. The piece is from a larger story in the May 2011 issue of Intellectual Property Marketing Advisor. “We were working with the donor, [USC alumnus] Mark [...]
Language Line Services Issues Statement in Response to LSA Claims
Monterey, Calif.-based Language Line Services has issued a statement in response to a news release and article on PhillyBurbs.com from competitor Language Services Associates (LSA) alleging two major legal victories. Full text of the statement from Louis Provenzano, president and CEO of Language Line Services: “In a desperate attempt to overcome the fact that a [...]
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Greater Los Angeles finalists announced
LOS ANGELES, CA — Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Greater Los Angeles finalists. This group of outstanding entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous winners of the award, leading CEOs, private capital investors and other regional business leaders. The [...]
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 San Diego finalists announced
SAN DIEGO, CA — Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® San Diego finalists. This group of outstanding entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous winners of the award, leading CEOs, private capital investors and other regional business leaders. The winners [...]
Ernst & Young to hire Portland leader — Portland Business Journal
Ernst & Young’s Portland office is stepping out of Seattle’s shadow with the addition of a local managing partner. Peter Doubleday, a partner in the firm’s Seattle office, is moving to Portland to head up the 60-person office, which had been managed from Seattle by Dan Smith. Ernst & Young joins a growing number of [...]
FlexEnergy executive makes OC METRO's '40 Under 40' list
Every year, OC Metro releases its ’40 Under 40′ list highlighting the most successful young movers and shakers in the area. This year, Mike Levin of Irvine-based FlexEnergy made the cut. As Director of Government Affairs, Levin is actively engaged in Sacramento and Washington politics, helping to frame the debate around clean energy and environmental [...]
Ernst & Young business development leader rescues pooch off freeway
The Los Angeles Business Journal‘s Charles Crumpley writes about Ernst & Young’s LeRoy Hughes saving a stray dog off the San Bernardino (10) Freeway not far from Baldwin Park in his “Page 3″ column for the May 16-22 issue of the paper. Hughes, a business development leader at E&Y’s downtown LA office, tells Crumpley how the 11-pound miniature pinscher [...]
