Tech Talk

For most people, Facebook is a simple website they visit every day. However, behind the scenes, there is much more going on to keep the site operating smoothly and a large part of that infrastructure is coming to Iowa. As you most likely heard recently, Facebook confirmed its plans to build a massive data center in [...]

Iowa Network Services (INS) is proud to announce the winners of the netINS 2013 Scholarship Competition. The topic for this year’s essay was, “How does broadband connectivity and social media create economic opportunities in rural communities?” Out of the 64 Iowa high school seniors that entered the competition, these five winners received a $1,000 scholarship [...]

Iowa Network Services (INS) announced today the acquisition of Merit Resources, a Professional Employment Organization (PEO) that provides a full complement of employment services to small- and medium-sized businesses and Senior Living Communities in Iowa and throughout the nation. Merit is one of only 4 percent of PEOs that are accredited by the Employer Services Assurance Corporation (ESAC). [...]

If cost savings are the only factor in your decision, the choice is clear: Internet Protocol (IP) Business Trunking systems are the least costly by far. However, there is a trade-off. IP PBX (Private Branch Exchange) and Hosted IP PBX offer a much richer feature set than IP Business Trunking services. Many of the features are [...]

Across the country, rural fiber builds are helping with economic development. Today’s blog post highlights the work that one Independent Telecommunications Company has done to further business growth in Southeast Iowa. “Businesses in our area are starved for faster and more reliable Internet connections. Danville Telecom saw a need. The economic growth potential of a [...]