How CMMS Helps Reduce Equipment Downtime

How CMMS Helps Reduce Equipment Downtime (Source: Canva)

In today’s business landscape, equipment downtime can cost companies thousands, even millions of dollars. When critical machinery fails unexpectedly, the ripple effects extend beyond just repair costs to include lost production, delayed orders, labor, and potentially damaged customer relationships. Modern operations simply can’t afford the luxury of reactive maintenance approaches that leave them vulnerable to […]

AstroNova Introduces Digital Label Presses and Direct-to-Package Printer Under AstroNova

QL-435 A3-Wide Digital Label Press (Photo Courtesy: Business Wire)

AstroNova, Inc., a leading innovator in digital print technology, recently announced the launch of two new high-performance digital label presses and a direct-to-package printer at FESPA Global Print Expo 2025 in Berlin, Germany, delivering a new standard of speed, flexibility, and cost-efficiency to the light to medium production segment. AstroNova’s flagship QuickLabel line extends its light production segment of digital label printing, with […]

Why Your Business Needs Local IT Support

Businesses rely on their IT infrastructure more and more to stay competitive, efficient, and safe in today’s tech-driven world. Your IT systems are critical to the way your business works. They keep track of customer information and make sure that communication runs smoothly. However, it can be expensive and complicated to manage IT tools in-house. […]

Kyocera integrates HAPTIVITY into Sigma BF

“Sigma BF” full-size mirrorless camera with recessed buttons incorporating Kyocera’s HAPTIVITY technology (image courtesy: of Sigma)

Kyocera Corporation announced that HAPTIVITY, its proprietary tactile technology that replicates realistic touch sensations, has been integrated into the Sigma BF, a full-size mirrorless camera to be released this month. This is the first application of HAPTIVITY in a mirrorless camera. HAPTIVITY is a groundbreaking technology that harnesses Kyocera’s piezoelectric ceramic vibrating elements to create truly immersive tactile […]

Vizient Appoints Dan Salzman as New Chief Marketing Officer

Vizient Announces Dan Salzman as New Chief Marketing Officer (Photo Courtesy: Business Wire)

Vizient, the nation’s leading healthcare performance improvement company, announced that Dan Salzman has joined the company as chief marketing officer. In this role, Salzman will develop and lead Vizient’s go-to-market strategy focused on delivering value to clients. “Dan brings a unique blend of experience in commercial marketing, data-driven decision making and digital engagement for both […]

Rigaku Partners with SPERA PHARMA to Boost Pharmaceutical Development

Left Keitaro Iwaki, President & Representative Director, SPERA PHARMA; Right Jun Kawakami, President and CEO, Rigaku (Photo Courtesy: Business Wire)

Rigaku Corporation, a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation, and SPERA PHARMA, Inc. (headquarters: Osaka; President & Representative Director: Keitaro Iwaki; hereinafter “SPERA PHARMA”) have initiated a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating and transforming pharmaceutical development by leveraging the two companies’ cutting-edge technologies and extensive expertise. SPERA PHARMA will use XtaLAB Synergy-ED, an integrated platform […]

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Appoints Michelle Bakkedahl as New Leader

Michelle Bakkedahl, one of our area's most sought-after professionals, recently joined the Monarch Beach office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties. LIC#01954013 (Photo Courtesy: Business Wire)

Michelle Bakkedahl recently moved her thriving real estate business to Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties. “Michelle has a tenacious work ethic and a warm, engaging personality,” said Jeana Sander, Branch Manager and Regional Vice President for Orange County. “Along with her creative approach to marketing and commitment to help her clients develop a strategic plan […]

Avangrid CEO Announces Urgent need for Grid Investment at Global Power Market Conference

Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra in conversation with Jenny Yang, Global Head of Power and Renewables Research at S&P Global Commodity Insights (Photo Courtesy: Business Wire)

Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, participated in the S&P Global Power Markets Conference this week. Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra engaged in an Executive Dialogue moderated by Jenny Yang, Global Head of Power and Renewables Research at S&P Global Commodity Insights. The nearly hour long dialogue attended by over […]

Feinstein Institutes Researchers Demonstrate Successful Study of Lupus Kidney Disease

Dr. Richard A. Furie led the study. (Credit: Feinstein Institutes)

Researchers at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research found that obinutuzumab, a therapeutic antibody that depletes B cells and is approved for the treatment of B cell malignancies, benefitted patients with lupus nephritis, a severe complication of lupus that compromises kidney function. The study, which was led by Richard A. Furie, MD, professor in the Feinstein Institutes’ Institute of […]