Slow and steady: tech firm surviving in a tough economy. (Digerati Update).Roosevelt Giles has shuttered his online distance learning portal and publishing house, SkillLearning.com, but that doesn't mean his company, Information Management Systems Inc. (www.imsinc .com), is closed as well. Far from it. Since being named a Digerati The "digital elite." People who are extremely knowledgeable about computers. It often refers to the movers and shakers in the industry. Digerati is the high-tech equivalent of "literati," which refers to scholars and intellectuals, or "glitterati," the rich and famous. in the February 2000 issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine, Giles has been hard at work growing his business. IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. provides network design, consulting services, and certification to its growing list of clients. And since September 11, the Atlanta-based company has added the IBS IBS Irritable bowel syndrome, see there and the Department of Defense to its impressive list of clients, which includes Delta Air Lines, American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , General Motors, and E*Trade. "Our job is to create less work for the client and to make it easy for them to perform their job while reducing costs and enhancing their competitive advantage," says Giles. He adds that since the events of Sept. 11, companies have been re-evaluating their systems and are focusing on issues such Internet security, disaster recovery, and knowledge management, areas in which IMS will begin providing new and enhanced services. The company has seen an increase in annual earnings from $14 million in 2000 to $18 million in 2001. "Given the current state of the economy, the company is doing well," says Giles. The company also won the 2001 Corporation of the Year award from the Atlanta Business League. Giles is a regular speaker at trade shows, sits on numerous committees, and is working on his second book on Nortel technology. Giles' first book, Cisco CCIE See Cisco certification. Study Guide, was, and still is, a bestseller with more than 50,000 copies sold. With offices in Atlanta, Seattle, Orlando, Johannesburg, and Malaysia, Giles has grown his company from 53 to 75 employees. He plans to expand the company's focus into proof-of-concept testing and Internet security auditing and consulting. He is now looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. "win-win" strategic partnerships and has teamed up with firms in Kansas City and Dallas to "leverage our skill set." |
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