Features Region: Southeast

On hold for the past year, some capital projects will resume in due time at this community hospital’s infotech department. Backup systems will be upgraded and servers replaced. Security monitoring always a concern at healthcare facilities, it too will be reassessed. But like an emergency department practicing triage, the IT staff at Hugh Chatham Memorial […]

There are lots of things that can be borrowed from the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System in Florida—but 80 laptops at once? It happened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, says Leon County CIO Michelle Taylor. In truth, the Dell laptops the library ordered to replace desktops were redirected because they had not […]

Digging at construction sites can be a case of “one strike and you’re out”—out of power, off the internet or even out of your home or office because of a gas leak. Especially in urban environments, there’s likely a crisscrossing underground network of steel water pipes, gas lines, PVC conduits and phone, cable and electrical […]

When Frank Quintana took his infotech background to the city of Miami Beach in the summer of 2014, it marked his first foray into the public sector. “My biggest professional challenge,” he told Toggle this past January. “I was comfortable with the tech, but it was a challenge to manage an extremely experienced team all […]

At first, the story of the family owned agricultural producer was obviously a successful one as it grew to five manufacturing and processing plants and 15 sales offices in three European countries. But success in a competitive market became harder to sustain and the company needed an independent review of its operations to prevent further […]

Every time CIO Sherri Yerk-Zwickl looks at the recently completed student union at Campbell University, it reminds her of the progress being made in the school’s IT Department. That includes many things, from 74 upgraded classrooms to a new phone system to the new Information Technology Advisory Committee that oversees tech across the three campuses. […]

Denys Diaz may not really want TowneBank to be operated remotely from its parking lots, but it could happen in a pinch, if need be. In fact, it could be run from just about any location. After four years of preparation, the bank’s core system and other critical software were replaced in early November. In […]

You’ve been working hard and enjoying your job, but there’s still that voice inside reminding you of untapped potential. Discovering how and where to begin the path to advancement isn’t always easy—even performance reviews may not illuminate a path to advance in one’s career. That, says Vinod Uniyal, is where the Your Learning talent development […]

Ask Avery Ma what he envisions in classrooms filled with young students and he might answer that he sees them swimming with dolphins or frolicking with whales—even if the classroom is in arid Arizona. Making this happen won’t require thousands of gallons of seawater or scuba suits and flippers for teachers and students, not with […]

Having recognized the growing consumer preference for contactless banking the ORNL Federal Credit Union commenced in fall 2017 with digital delivery channels. Three years later Steve McAtee says what seemed the smart approach now may be the only way, what with COVID-19 intensifying the need for any business to operate efficiently and not rely on […]