Lightedge Solutions Sponsors Cloud Intelligence Conference in Kansas City

Kansas City, MO, March 21, 2012 – Lightedge Solutions is pleased to announce it will be a Gold Level Sponsor of the 2012 Kansas City Cloud Intelligence Conference to be held at the Overland Park Convention Center on April 12, 2012.  The conference will be hosted by Centriq Training, Kansas City’s premier I.T. training company,…

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Enough Already! Cloud Computing Is Here to Stay

The following is a list of facts pulled from an IBM source.  It’s easy to see that vendors like IBM, Microsoft, Amazon an Cisco are putting massive efforts behind “the cloud”, but also that businesses are now pulling the trigger and implementing cloud solutions for some of their IT infrastructure. According to AMD (1/12), 70…

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Google's move in Council Bluffs a high-speed leap to future?

Google is seeking federal permission to put a satellite antenna farm near its Council Bluffs data center, a move that experts speculate would enable the California search giant to receive movies and TV shows that could be bundled with the super-fast Internet service it’s developing in Kansas City. The reason cities competed for the project…

Shrinking numbers, growing need for women in technology jobs

Three Des Moines women hope to turn around a growing trend: Fewer females are pursuing careers in technology, even as the need for workers grows. Lindsay Alderman of Lightedge Solutions, Becky Mollenkamp of technology incubator StartupCity Des Moines and information technology staffing consultant Michelle Zeiser of Experis have launched a mentoring group. The group plans…

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Lightedge First in United States to Launch Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2 on Hosted Platform

Company utilizes upgrade to simplify multi-tenant unified communication service offering Des Moines, IA, February 21, 2012 – Lightedge Solutions, an industry leading cloud IT services provider, today announced the refresh of its Hosted Microsoft Exchange platform utilizing the highly anticipated 2010 Service Pack 2 upgrade.  Lightedge is the first to bring this new, inherently multi-tenant,…

Lightedge First in United States to Launch Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP2 on Hosted Platform

Company utilizes upgrade to simplify multi-tenant unified communication service offering DES MOINES, IA – February 21, 2012 – Lightedge Solutions, an industry leading cloud IT services provider, today announced the refresh of its Hosted Microsoft Exchange platform utilizing the highly anticipated 2010 Service Pack 2 upgrade. Lightedge is the first to bring this new, inherently multi-tenant,…

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Iowa in running for $1.2 billion data center; is it Facebook? Apple?

It could be Apple. It could be Facebook. It could even be the U.S. government that’s considering Iowa for a $1.2 billion data center, say industry experts. “It’s all very cloak-and-dagger stuff,” says Clyde Evans, West Des Moines’ economic development leader. The city, already home to a $200 million Microsoft center, has fielded interest recently…

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Lightedge Solutions signs lease in Kansas City area Lightedge Solutions, drawn by Google, signs lease in Kansas City area

A Des Moines-based information technology company with its eyes on Google Inc.’s incoming ultra-fast network has selected a permanent sales office space in Corporate Woods in Overland Park. Lightedge Solutions Inc.  has signed a three-year lease for roughly 2,500 square feet at 9393 W. 110th St., effective April 1. Four employees will move into the…