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• Climate, Agriculture, and AI

  Different regions of the United States have different climates, something I have experienced firsthand ever since I have moved to the Southeast. As we know climate can have an impact on agriculture, urban, and environmental systems. This is why my interest was piqued when a report crossed my desk about very specific climate indicators in [...]

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• 2025: The State of Construction Technology

  It is always interesting when new reports come out about the state of construction technology. As we edge closer to the end of the year, we are going to start to see new predictions about what’s already here and what is coming for construction technology. While some of the reports maybe be ambitious, it helps [...]

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• Future of Manufacturing: Myriad Solutions

  Most of us in the manufacturing industry know the challenges: supply-chain disruptions, rising costs, the need for greater sustainability, the rising demand to produce faster than ever before, and of course the ongoing labor shortage. This is why we are embarking on a blog series about the future of manufacturing. Some might be saying I [...]

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• Productivity Series: All about Scheduling

  For many, mid-August to September is a good time to reset. The hustle and bustle of summer is coming to a close. For some, school is starting back up. For everyone, the end of the year is nearing, and many are considering how to shore up business processes for the end of the year and [...]

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• Fact of the Week – 8/11/2025

  #Factoftheweek Is your information secure? That is the million—I mean billion—dollar question. Worldwide end-user spending on information security is anticipated to skyrocket. Let’s review the numbers: 2024: $193 billion 2025: $213 billion 2026: $240 billion This is significant growth. Security software is the fastest growing segment because more companies continue to move from on-premises to [...]

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