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Blog // Connect Iowa

05/16/13

Iowa Businesses Benefitting from Broadband

By CIA Staff

By Dev Joshi, Research Analyst According to Connect Iowa’s 2011 Business Technology Assessment, nearly three-quarters of Iowa businesses (73%) use broadband service to handle their business functions. This translates into more than broadband-connected 59,000 business establishments statewide. This is a slight increase the previous year, when 72% of businesses in Iowa subscribed. Even with a high adoption rate among businesses in the state, there are still approximately 22,000 Iowa businesses that still do not use or benefit from broadband. Broadband service provides several key benefits for Iowa businesses, its workers, as well as the state’...

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05/14/13

WATCH: Iowa’s First Broadband Summit

By CIA Staff

Contributor: Amanda Laverman The first Iowa Broadband Summit: Empowering Communities was held Tuesday, April 9 in Des Moines and the video is now available! The event had more than 100 attendees eager to discuss the state of broadband and Iowa’s future. Connected Nation's Tom Koutsky opened with the Iowa Broadband Landscape. He touched on the Supply, Demand, and Consumer and Social Welfare of broadband. He also spoke of the importance of broadband as the world becomes an information economy full of knowledge workers. “Diffusion of knowledge exchange is becoming critically important,” said Koutsky. “Every generation has invested a significant...

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05/02/13

Altoona Chosen As The Next Site For A Facebook Data Center

By CIA Staff

Contributor: Amanda Laverman A Facebook facility is coming to Altoona! The community was recently chosen to be the site of the newest Facebook data center. The project involves a $299.5 billion investment to build a 476,000 square ft data center and potentially two more buildings later on. The center will be built using the very latest environmental and energy efficiency standards and will feature: A open-air cooling system, which utilizes air from the outdoors The latest Open Computer Project server designs Facebook’s own company server, Winterfell Potential use of wind energy and other renewable resources “We are so proud to add Facebook...

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04/26/13

Subscription of Home Broadband Service is Increasing Among Minorities in Iowa

By CIA Staff

Contributor: Dev Joshi, Research Analyst According to the 2010 United States Census, West Liberty Town of Muscatine County, IA became the first county in the state where more than half the residents are of a minority race or ethnicity. Over the past ten years, an increase in the state’s minority population has been noticed. As of the most recent Census estimates, minorities now represent more than one in ten Iowa residents. Today, Connect Iowa has released its latest research report on technology adoption among minorities in Iowa. The report, entitled “Minority Iowans: Adopting and Utilizing Broadband,” uses data from Connect Iowa’s...

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