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City hires internal candidate for information technology director; one commissioner fights back decision against | WDHN

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DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The city approved 4-1 to make Jessica Kerns the new information technology director for the city of Dothan. Although it was approved, it didn’t go over smoothly for District 3 commissioner Bradley Bedwell as he claimed the city promoted within and didn’t open the search to outside candidates. “My vote didn’t have anything to do with the qualifications of the internal applicant the current software isn’t working and we didn’t do our diligence and we did not add any external applicants to the pool, so I can look at the taxpayers if this doesn’t work out…
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With patent restriction over, JF Technology set to regain foothold in US market

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This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly on May 13, 2024 – May 19, 2024 A decade after becoming embroiled in a patent infringement lawsuit in the US, one-stop test engineering and test interface solutions provider JF Technology Bhd (KL:JFTECH) is revisiting its US market strategy now that it is no longer bound by a patent restriction. JF Tech co-founder and managing director Datuk Foong Wei Kuong says the group is now exploring options to re-establish its business presence in the US, as American customers are actively looking for a more competitive high-performance test contacting solution. “We were…
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Historic preservation has gone digital: Area high school students use technology to digitally preserve buildings

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Historic preservation has gone digital Area high school students use technology to digitally preserve buildings Local high school students are recreating a world that, until now, has only been a part of the past. The nonprofit Perennial Project held its first Portals Showcase Tuesday at Brownsville Area Middle School, where students from five districts presented exhibits using cutting edge three-dimensional technology to show historical buildings and landmarks as they once were. Perennial Project founder Joe Barantovich said bringing this technology to Brownsville seemed like the most natural thing to do, since the town has so many historic structures, and the…