New Hampshire Business Review - June 1 2012

Remembering Gene Savage and Chester College

Upon learning of the death at age 77 of Eugene Savage of Durham, former University of New Hampshire and University System of New Hampshire administrator, teacher, director of admissions, legislative representative and all-around public citizen, Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, himself in…

Cloud computing is your IT destiny

In the dystopian movie, "Waterworld," the late Dennis Hopper played the Deacon who was leading his followers aboard the rusting hulk of the Exxon Valdez in search of dry land. During one of his "pep rallies" for the faithful, he…

Are smart meters spying on you?

As you may know by now, "smart meters" record consumption of electricity in intervals of an hour or less, communicate that information back to the utility for monitoring and billing purposes and enable two-way communication between the meter and the…

State ranks high for business friendliness

Just how friendly is New Hampshire to small businesses? Pretty friendly, according to yet another report that ranks the state's small business climate.New Hampshire is the nation's eighth-friendliest state for doing business and the fifth-friendliest state in which to start…

N.H. fares well in licensing surveys

Two surveys released this week both give New Hampshire relatively high marks when it comes to its licensing requirements and costs.The Institute for Justice, which describes itself as the nation's "only libertarian public interest law firm" surveyed all states' laws…