Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- NJ Div. of Consumer Affairs slaps moving companies
- New chamber chairman discusses Asheville growth
- Cisco Won’t Take on Amazon in Cloud
- Twin Automotive Creates New Partnership With U-Haul Company

NJ Div. of Consumer Affairs slaps moving companies
newjerseynewsroom.com
The firm also will pay $5323. 50 in civil penalties and cost reimbursements to the state. The consent order with A Atlantic Plus is the seventh settlement that the division has reached with moving and storage companies this year. ?The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day traditionally is the busiest time for moving and relocating. We urge consumers to know their rights under New Jersey law before hiring a moving company? said Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman. ?We continue to monitor the industry and act against those who attempt to take advantage of consumers. ?All companies conducting moves within New Jersey are required to be licensed with the division’s Regulated Business Section.

New chamber chairman discusses Asheville growth
Asheville Citizen-Times
Local businesses took center stage in the rest of the night’s awards like Robie Campbell’s Go Mini’s Portable Storage in Arden. Campbell was awarded the HomeTrust Bank Small Business Leader of the Year Award for businesses with 15 or fewer employees. Go Mini’s delivers units to homes for onsite storage or moving. His branch in Arden was recently named the top franchise among 220 territories in the U. Mexico and Canada where the company has a presence. Campbell said the key for surviving a recession as a small business is changing your priorities to meet the changing needs of customers.

Cisco Won’t Take on Amazon in Cloud
PC World
Cisco will leave the business of selling raw capacity to others while supplying the infrastructure for those kinds of companies Warrior said. With Cisco-based cloud infrastructures available for hire enterprises will be able to hold on to some of their own resources while tapping into public clouds and smoothly moving data applications and computing workloads between the two according to Warrior. Cisco’s Unified Computing System which combines the company’s new blade server platforms with networking and storage elements is a step toward that capability she said. It’s a pre-integrated architecture that removes the burden of manual integration from the enterprise IT department according to Cisco. The company has already sold UCS to some customers Warrior said. Cisco doesn’t intend to have a completely closed system between enterprise and cloud-provider networks she added. Where the infrastructure on one end isn’t Cisco’s the company’s goal is to work with other vendors’ systems she said.
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Twin Automotive Creates New Partnership With U-Haul Company
PR Newswire (press release)
Since 1945 U-Haul has been the undisputed choice for the do-it-yourself mover with a network of more than 15650 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers’ patronage has enabled the Company to maintain a fleet size of 96000 trucks 75000 trailers and 35000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than 387000 rooms and more than 34 million square feet of storage space at more than 1075 owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the consumer’s number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. UHaul supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard barbecues as one of the nation’s largest retailer of propane. Contact: Joanne Fried Kelie Hale U-Haul Public Relations (602) 263-6194 (602) 263-6772 fax Website:.