Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Amerco Buys 660-Unit Self-Storage Complex in Atlanta
- Bluffton storage company serving as toy drop-off site
- The cloud computing revolution
- CE Andrews Elected to U-Store-It Trust’s Board of Trustees
- Monsey company gives food for needy at New City church
- FlatRate Moving & Storage Helps Jobless New Yorkers Downsize

Amerco Buys 660-Unit Self-Storage Complex in Atlanta
CoStar Group MD 
Hampton Road in Atlanta for $2. 75 million or about $4166 per unit.

Bluffton storage company serving as toy drop-off site
Hilton Head Island Packet SC 
comp –> islandpacket. com | Bluffton storage company serving as toy drop-off site.

The cloud computing revolution
ComputerWeekly.com UK 
Take-up momentum”Consumer adoption will naturally be faster than enterprises or small-to-medium businesses but if you look out five years and ask how many large companies will use some type of cloud-based service to deliver certain content solutions to certain constituencies I think it will be the vast majority” Yarmis says. He indicates that uptake is now moving into the “early majority” stage and by 2013 he expects “the wave will really accelerate dramatically”. In the SME space at least such adoption is likely to be helped by initiatives such as Microsoft’s Live Mesh which will help reduce the fear factor and demonstrate some of the benefits. Live Mesh enables users to synchronise back-end files folders and web-delivered content such as news feeds across multiple local devices whether they are on- or offline. Dale Vile managing director at research firm Freeform Dynamics explains “Microsoft will help give cloud computing some credibility and acceptance. Many smaller businesses are afraid of cloud because they fear putting all of their eggs in one basket.

CE Andrews Elected to U-Store-It Trust’s Board of Trustees
International Business Times NY 
He also serves asChairman of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of the NationalCapital Area. About U-Store-It TrustU-Store-It Trust is a self-administered and self-managed real estateinvestment trust focused on the ownership operation acquisition anddevelopment of self-storage facilities in the United States. The Company’sself-storage facilities are designed to offer affordable easily accessibleand secure storage space for residential and commercial customers. According to the 2008 Self-Storage Almanac U-Store-It Trust is one of thetop four owners and operators of self-storage facilities in the UnitedStates. Contact:U-Store-It TrustTimothy MartinChief Financial fficer(610) 293-5700.

Monsey company gives food for needy at New City church
Lower Hudson Journal news NY 
“We could afford to be compassionate and to be sensitive toward needy people. I thought it would be nice if we could get some food together. “DeVivo 74 a son of Italian immigrants started his moving and storage business about 40 years ago. His two sons Fred and Aldo DeVivo along with Rob Klebetz now run the company. When Benny DeVivo shared his idea of giving out food everybody in the family and the company came together to support it said Norma Benny’s wife. The company bought 100 Christmas meals which each include ham instant potato mix rice beans peas pancake mix popcorn hot chocolate and candies and the DeVivo family members and Enterprise employees put them into boxes. Kohl’s department store donated stuffed animals and books for families with young children.

FlatRate Moving & Storage Helps Jobless New Yorkers Downsize
MarketWatch 
About FLATRATE MVING & STRAGE: Since its inception in 1992 FlatRate Moving & Storage has grown to be NewYork City’s largest moving and storage company by maintaining integrityinnovation and professionalism. In addition to mastering the difficult art ofmoving in one of the most hectic cities in the world – NYC – FlatRate’sintroduction of the flat rate move – free from hidden costs hassles and thequestionable practices often tied to moving companies – changed the face ofits industry. And with distinct levels of service ranging from an EconomyPackage to the luxury Elite service the company offers a solution foreveryone. Today FlatRate provides its superior services and expertisethrough branches in California Florida New Jersey and Washington D.
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