Hubert Joly also reportedly plans to expand Best Buy’s private-label business and is considering leasing consumer electronics to homeowners and then generating fees from connecting and updating devices.
Technology
Roughly 25 products in Target stores nationwide and more than 300 products on Target’s website now feature reviews written by editors at technology news website CNET.
Copenhagen, Denmark-based Secunia, whose software portfolio helps corporate and private customers manage and control vulnerabilities across their IT networks, plans to open its Minneapolis office at the beginning of 2013.
Eden Prairie-based IrriGreen, having advanced from the Cleantech Open’s North Central Region competition, will compete Thursday and Friday on the national stage for a grand prize of $250,000 in investments and services.
The awards honor those who play a significant role in discovering new technologies that educate and improve the lives and futures of people living in Minnesota and all over the world.
A spokeswoman for Activision Publishing, Inc., said that the local division is expected to release fewer games based on third-party licenses as compared to 2012 and that the realignment will better reflect “our slate and the market opportunities.”
During its “Nerd Drive,” the company will award prizes to people who refer job candidates and help it reach a goal of hiring 100 new employees in as many days.
The company said that Kris Tufto, who has served as interim president and CEO since August, will assume those positions on a permanent basis; meanwhile, third-quarter financial results suggest that the struggling company may be turning itself around.
Minnesota attorneys discuss creating relevant guidance for online work life.
Amid dismal quarterly earnings, Imation also said that it will explore “strategic alternatives” for its consumer electronics brands and businesses as it increases its focus on data storage and security; an analyst said that although Imation has “the resources to be successful,” he doesn’t see such businesses as highly attractive to potential buyers.
The company has consistently increased its employee base during the last several years and has now expanded its St. Paul office by more than 30 percent to accommodate the growth.
A local company with technology to protect the power grid from doomsday
scenarios may be gaining traction in the market. But without sales or
real-world evidence of risk, will Emprimus be taken seriously?
The company plans to complete a direct public offering, and its shares will be traded via the “over-the-counter” market.
Weber succeeds Scott Christian, who abruptly resigned in June after about a year on the job; the leadership transition comes at a time when XRS is shifting away from onboard fleet-management systems and toward the use of mobile devices.
Jim Muehlbauer, who joined Best Buy a decade ago, will depart the company by the conclusion of its fiscal year; meanwhile, founder Richard Schulze is reportedly making progress toward a buyout bid.
More than 60,000 technology training videos created by Little Falls-based Atomic Learning will be available to Best Buy employees and some Geek Squad customers.
A new partnership, through which Geek Squad service plans are being sold on EBay, comes after similar deals that Best Buy struck with Target and Verizon.
Through the new partnerships, the network will soon offer courses that help entrepreneurs develop solid business plans and introduce a new pool of C-level software and IT veterans to those enrolled in its certification program.