Moving and Storage Business News

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- Hawaii Self Storage wins humanitarian award
- Storage VAR Snags Security Startup
- Former Business Incubator Director Creating “Mini” Self Storage …

Hawaii Self Storage wins humanitarian award
Bizjournals.com NC 
The company is one of four companies to win the Humanitarian of the Year award and will receive it Monday at the Venetian Hotel Resort Casino in Las Vegas at the Inside Self-Storage World Expo. “As a locally owned and operated business Hawaii Self Storage understands the importance of giving back to our community and that’s why we have multiple programs aimed at helping the people of ahu” said Daniel Ho Hawaii Self Storage president in a statement. Hawaii Self Storage will receive a $2000 grant from the magazine to use toward the company’s Community Pride initiatives.

Storage VAR Snags Security Startup
CRN NY 
“And as data gets mobile having just a view of it from inside the data center is not enough” he said. About 40 percent to 45 percent of GlassHouse’s business comes from managed services and the solution provider expects about 50 percent of its new security practice to also come from managed services Scannell said. However he said the company expects to roll its new security offerings into its existing core consulting clients first. CSSG was self-funded as a startup in August 2008 said Robbie Higgins co-founder of CSSG and now the vice president of security services for GlassHouse. Higgins who had been involved with professional and managed services at Motorola started CSSG because he saw the need to bring security expertise to a wide range of customers. Motorola on the other hand tended to focus its services offerings on its own customer base. Scannell and Higgins have known each other for about a dozen years and spent time together at Motorola Scannell said.

Former Business Incubator Director Creating “Mini” Self Storage …
PR Web (press release) WA 
As a result of the increased awareness and interest in this industry Meyers has also launched a real estate training company to fuel his passion for teaching and mentoring entrepreneurs since his exit from the incubator. He now spends most of his time speaking at Industry Trade Shows and hosting his own seminars webinars and for several other real estate investment groups nationwide. "I saw an opportunity to capitalize on the fact that so many people were interested in the Self Storage business yet there were virtually no resources to get the information on how to go about it" said Meyers. "I have been pleasantly surprised by the demand for my products and services and the pace at which we have grown. The traffic on our website.
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