By Beau RuffFinanciallysuccessful people often contemplate the highest and best use of their assets.In some cases, those same individuals have decided that the natural objects oftheir bounty (i.e., the children) already have enough resources, or that momand pop have otherwise adequately provided for their children. Alternatively,some of these successful people...

By Andrew KirkThemultitude of desktop apps to help business owners run their companies arenothing short of miraculous, but how many of those apps have good mobileversions? Andhow many of those “there’s an app for that” ideas are actually worth thedownload and time to learn? You’renot alone in wondering. There are...

Number of employees you oversee: About 4,500. Brief background of your business:Pacific Northwest NationalLaboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national lab proudly operated byBattelle since its inception in 1965. PNNL’s talented scientists, engineers andsupport professionals draw on signature capabilities in chemistry, earth sciencesand data analytics to advance scientific discovery,...

By D. Patrick JonesMosteveryone knows that the tech pulse is strong in the Tri-Cities. The problem is,it’s hard to find the pulse in official data. The same challenge applies for presenceof the technology sector in Benton-Franklin Trends.Where in the trends site might we find some coverage? Consider data from the...

Mission Support Alliance is using industry bestpractices and 3D modeling software to help design a new water treatmentfacility on the Hanford site. The Hanford contractor’s 3D modeling is a vital designtool, enabling timely completion of complex projects. In this approach, alsoknown as building information modeling, or BIM, the designers “build”...

By George HefterOn Jan. 14, 2020, three widely-used Windows Operating Systems reach the end of their useful lives and will no longer receive updates and security patches from Microsoft: Windows 7, Server 2008 and Small Business Server 2011 (which is based on Server 2008). This so-called “end-of-support” doesn’t mean that...

By Andrew KirkSeven members of Jim Godfrey’s family were workingtogether at a family-owned business—but not their family’s. It was time to rectify that, he said, so he opened HornRapids RV Service & Sales Inc. on July 12. All three of Godfrey’s sons started working with himwhen they were 14 at...

Darin Warnick has a five-word solution to all theworld’s problems.“Just go ride a bike.”From global warming and bad traffic, to stress and badhealth, all of it can be solved by climbing into the saddle, pushing thepedals, grinding the gears and basically biking away your worries.“The bike is a simple solution...

Packaging Corporation of America plans to hire 100 people, open in mid-NovemberConstructionis underway on a $26 million cardboard box manufacturing plant that eventuallywill employ 100 people in the Horn Rapids Industrial Park in Richland.PackagingCorporation of America, an Illinois-based company, expects to open the plant inmid-November.The city of Richland sold 42 acres...