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Lenovo turns to software partnerships to expand server business

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Lenovo is expanding software partnerships as it tries to break into a server market dominated by Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell.

Its first such partnership expansion, announced Tuesday, is with VMware on virtualization products. Lenovo will bundle ThinkServer products with VMware’s vSphere with Operations Management.

The servers with VSOM are targeted at customers of small and medium-sized businesses who want higher performance and server utilization rates, said Sean Gilbert, senior alliances manager at Lenovo.

Lenovo has been pursuing the server market for a few years now with single- and dual-socket rack and tower offerings. However, Lenovo offers only basic hardware while competitors and market leaders like HP, Dell and IBM sell servers that combine homegrown hardware, networking, storage and software products.

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Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization Takes Center Stage with Logility at INFORMS Conference

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Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization Takes Center Stage with Logility at INFORMS Conference

Experts Outline Best Practices and Share the Benefits of an MEIO Approach

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Logility Inc., a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, is taking multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) to center stage at the INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research in San Antonio, TX April 7 – 9, 2013. Three MEIO authorities will present and provide insights into how inventory optimization can transform an organization’s ability to balance cost and service levels to reduce working capital tied up in inventory.

Sean Willems, PhD, associate professor, Operations Management, Boston University School of Management and chief scientist at Logility will outline how to successfully implement both tactical and strategic MEIO projects through a proven implementation methodology based on more than a decade of deployments around the world. Sean’s session, “A Guide for Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization Projects: Lowering Inventory while Improving Service Levels,” is Monday, April 8 at 1:50 pm.

Chris Russell, vice president at Logility, will discuss how MEIO works in an extended supply chain and the advantages of utilizing inventory optimization in manufacturing, procurement, distribution, and lean manufacturing environments. Chris’ session, “The Journey to the Top of the Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) Maturity Curve,” is scheduled for Monday, April 8 at 10:30 am.

Jeff Pittman, senior business consultant at Logility, is set to lead a workshop to help attendees understand inventory optimization planning and strategy as it applies to the end-to-end supply chain. Jeff will discuss how MEIO helps businesses gain insight into the uncertainties inherent within demand and supply networks and how the solution can help position inventory in its proper forms and levels within the supply chain to maintain optimal service levels. Additionally, he will explore how inventory optimization helps minimize the impact of uncertainty in supply and demand, allowing better use of assets. This workshop, “Inventory Optimization and Supply Chain” will occur Sunday, April 7 at 1:00 pm.

Additional information on the INFORMS Conference can be found at www.informs.org.

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Kyle Miller Joins Whitestone REIT as Vice President of Operations

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Kyle Miller Joins Whitestone REIT as Vice President of Operations

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR ) (“Whitestone” or the “Company”), a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns and operates Community Centered PropertiesTM, today announced the addition of Kyle A. Miller as Vice President of Operations. Miller was previously the Senior Vice President, Development & Investment, for Trammell Crow Company, a national real estate and investment company wholly owned by CB Richard Ellis. Additionally, he is currently a lecturer in Real Estate Finance at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, where he was selected to the University of Houston Real Estate Advisory Council.

As VP of Operations, Kyle will oversee the Company’s corporate operations activities nationally, including new construction and implementation of Whitestone’s Community Centered Property business strategy of Creating Communities in underserved ethnic neighborhoods in major cities, and cities with growing populations and strong demographics, particularly in the south and southwest parts of the United States. Mr. Miller will be a member of the senior management team and have a leadership role in directing and optimizing property management and leasing activities.

Kyle graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering and received his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He served in various roles as an aviator in the United States Navy, ultimately attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. During his nine years of military leadership, he had responsibilities in Operations Management, Training and Development, Aviation Maintenance and as a Flight Instructor. As a Mission Commander he planned, briefed and led over 65 combat missions in support of ground forces in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and was selected as a Naval Fighter Weapons School TOPGUN instructor. Following graduate school, Kyle joined Trammell Crow Company in Houston, Texas and spent seven years in real estate as a Senior Vice President, Development and Investment.

“Kyle has proven management and leadership capabilities, and we welcome him as a member of our senior management team,” said James C. Mastandrea, Whitestone REIT’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Kyle’s experience in successfully leading complex operations, ability to work with people, and his extended knowledge of processes, systems, and real estate will be an asset to Whitestone as we enter the next stage of high level rapid expansion and profitable growth.”

About Whitestone REIT

Whitestone REIT (NYS: WSR) is a fully integrated real estate company that …read more
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