Air Force seeks 18,000 iPads for cargo flight crews

Check this out.  I assume that other Federal organizations will follow suit.  The iPad has revolutionized so many industries around the world.  I do know there are a lot of organizations that are starting to target  (or should be targetting) developing iPad or other tablet apps that enable the DoD and Services for various applications.  http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120206_6067.php?oref=rss

A Sample of Huntsville Alabama’s Recent Headlines

A sample of our city’s recent headlines follow:

• Huntsville was named one of the country’s Top 10 Places to Live – Relocate-America.com, April 2010
• Forbes names Huntsville one of the nations’ Top 10 Places for Business and Careers – Forbes, April 2010
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 10 Smartest Cities in the World – Forbes, December 2009
• Huntsville was rated the country’s Highest Ranking Metro for Risk Adjusted Return – Moody’s Economy.com, November 2009
• BusinessWeek names Huntsville the Second Best Recovering Job Market –  BusinessWeek, November 2009
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 10 Best Performing Cities in the Country – Milken Institute, November 2009
• Huntsville was named the Country’s Top Mid-Sized City to Launch and Grow a Business – Fortune Small Business, November 2009
• Huntsville Ranks 4th Among America’s 20 Strongest Building Markets – BusinessWeek, September 2009
• Huntsville was named one of the nation’s Top 10 Places for Tech Jobs –  U.S. News & World Report, September 2009
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 5 Best Cities for Recession Recovery – Forbes, July 2009
• Huntsville was named nation’s Best City in 2009 – Kiplinger’s Magazine, July 2009
• Huntsville was named one of Money Magazine’s Top 6 Places to Find a Job – Money Magazine, May 2009
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top 5 Cities for Defense Jobs – Forbes, April 2009  iii
• Huntsville was named the country’s Leading Metro for Consumer Lending Growth – Wall Street Journal, March 2009
• The City of Huntsville receives Standard and  Poor’s highest possible “AAA” bond rating for strength of the local economy – Standard and Poor’s, January 2009
• Huntsville was named one of 10 Great Cities for Salary Growth – Yahoo!hotjobs, January 2009
• Madison County was named the country’s Best Place to Live to Weather the Economy – Forbes, November 2008
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 50 Best Places to raise children in the U.S. – BusinessWeek, November 2008
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 5 locations in the U.S. for aerospace companies – Expansion Solutions, October/November 2008
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s “10 Best Cities for Job-Seeking Retirees” – U.S. News & World Report – September 2008
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 5 Cities for Job Opportunities – SmartMoney.com, September 2008
• Huntsville was named the Number One Mid-Market in the South – Southern Business Development Magazine, June 2006 and August 2008
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Top 5 Mid-Sized Cities for Doing Business – Inc.com, July 2008
• Huntsville is one of the Country’s Top 10 Technology Cities, Ranking 3rd in the Country for Concentration of Technology Workers – Cybercities 2008, June 2008
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top 10 Places to Live – Relocate-America.com, May 2008
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Leading Greenest Cities – Poplar Science, March 2008
• Forbes Projects Huntsville to be one of the  Fastest Growing Metros in the Country –  Forbes Magazine, January 2008
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Top 5 Technology Cities – Computerworld, October 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the country’s Top Adventure Towns –  National Geographic Adventure, September 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the country’s Top 10 Metros for Business Vitality – Wall Street Journal, June 2007
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Top 5 Cities for Professional Workers –  Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, June 2007 iv
• Huntsville is one of the country’s Top  10 Metros for Scientists and Engineers –  Expansion Management Magazine, May 2007
• Huntsville was named one of Forbes’ Leading Cities for Business – Forbes Magazine, May 2005 & May 2007
• Huntsville was named the #1 Small City of the Future – Foreign Direct Investment Magazine, April 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top 10 Cities for Job Growth and Affordability – MSN/Sperling, March 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top 10 Job Growth Markets – Manpower, March 2007
• Huntsville was named one of America’s Hottest Cities –  Expansion Management Magazine, February 2007
• Huntsville is one of the Country’s 15 Great Cities for Job Seekers – Careerbuilder.com, January 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top Entrepreneur Hot Spots – Entrepreneur Magazine, September 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Top Metros for Business Opportunities – Expansion Management Magazine, July 2006
• Huntsville was named the Country’s Best Value for Salaries and Cost of Living – Salary.com, June 2006
• Huntsville is one of the Country’s Top 10 Communities for Best Overall Standard of Living – Expansion Management Magazine, May/June 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the Country’s Hottest Midsize Cities – Inc. Magazine, May 2006
• Huntsville was named the Top Mid-Sized” Military Community of Excellence” in the Country – Expansion Magazine, Special Issue, April 2006
• Financial Times’ publication recognizes Huntsville’s Biotech Brain Gain –  Foreign Direct Investment, April 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 10 Green Cities in the U.S., The Green Guide, April 2006
• Huntsville ranks as one of the country’s Best Locations for Scientists and Engineers, Expansion Management Magazine, April 2006

Huntsville Business Development

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http://www.huntsville.org
http://www.huntsvilleal.gov/ecodev/index.php
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Huntsville Alabama Federal Business Environment

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