Photo: Aaron K. YoshinoIn 2017, the state of Hawaii defended itself against 45 million unique attacks to its cyber security each day, says Todd Nacapuy, the state government’s chief information officer. This year that number jumped to 65 million a day, which poses the question: Are you and your company “relentlessly prepared” for today’s cyber realities? “Relentlessly Prepared” was the…
In 2017, the state of Hawaiʻi defended itself against 45 million unique attacks to its cyber security each day, says Todd Nacapuy, the state government’s chief information officer.
Kamal Jemmari spent long hours in the kitchen with his mother – but via Skype video conference. Jemmari was in Honolulu about to open a new restaurant and his mother was in Morocco where he grew up. “I tried to cut corners but she got mad at me,” laughs Jemmari, citing the example of when he shortcut a layering technique…
Spectrum Reach just introduced a new product for Hawaii advertisers that makes connecting with ideal customers easier than ever before. Our exclusive TV planning tool puts our entire world of data intelligence to work right before your eyes. The result is a highly-optimized TV campaign that reaches targeted audiences like never before. The way TV is bought and sold hasn’t…
Many people make the common mistake of thinking that Eddie Flores, Jr.’s first business was L & L Drive-In, but real estate is where it all began for the 71-year-old As a high school student from a poor family, he did a book report on “How I Turned $1,000 into a Million in Real Estate in My Spare Time,” which inspired…
“Why does a doctor’s office do all this IT stuff?” the prospective account asked Rosa White, CFO and co-founder of DRFortress. It wasn’t the first time someone mistook the name of her company for Dr. Fortress. White says DRFortress is the largest data center and cloud services provider in Hawaii. “More than 50 percent of the top businesses in Hawaii…
This talk story features Honolulu City Councilmember Trevor Ozawa, who received the inaugural Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association Award for Leadership In the Industry: Young Achiever It’s become a tradition for Honolulu City Councilmember Trevor Ozawa to volunteer his time to the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Charity Walk by greeting participants and working the bbq. The 35-year-old has been grilling Portuguese…
Actually you need both to recruit the right employees for the right jobs. This three-part feature first looks at the problem of recruiting in a low-unemployment economy, then focuses on traditional – and still crucial – recruiting tactics, and then at innovative recruitment strategies adapted to Hawaii’s unique job market. The Problem Every year, Hawaii’s Department of Education hires…
Paradise Helicopters, a tour company that offers flights over Hawaii Island, Oahu and Lanai, is helping communities affected by the Kilauea eruption. “Paradise is actively working with County of Hawaii regulatory agencies to offer relief assistance in coordination with ongoing efforts by emergency responders,” the company says in a news release Tuesday. There are restrictions on the airspace above and…
TIME: Wednesday, 1:31 p.m. LOCATION: Fertility Institute of Hawaii PHOTOGRAPHER: David Croxford Watching through a microscope, Jamie Kim moves oocytes, female human egg cells, through a series of three dehydrating solutions. Kim, senior embryologist at the Fertility Institute of Hawaii, says dehydration reduces the shock that cells experience when submerged into liquid nitrogen and instantly frozen. The rapid freezing virtually eliminates formation…
Recap video: Alexis Panoncillo On Friday May 4, Hawaii Business held the 31st Annual SBA Awards and Editor’s Choice Awards luncheon at the Prince Waikiki. The celebration brought together the best of small business from all across the state of Hawaii. Categories: Small Business
New apprenticeships in tech, healthcare, cooking and business are attracting local applicants with a tried-and-true mix: a paid job plus classes to improve your skills. And tuition is almost entirely covered by federal grants. Guy Shibayama says an apprenticeship saved his life. Now he’s working to give others the same opportunity while helping local businesses find trained candidates for hard-to-fill…
The celebration brought together the best of small business from all across the state of Hawaiʻi.
On Friday May 4, Hawaii Business held the 31st Annual SBA Awards and Editor’s Choice Awards luncheon at the Prince Waikiki. The celebration brought together the best of small business from all across the state of Hawaii. Voice of Jane A. Sawyer, District Director U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Hawaii District Office Shot & Edited by Alexis Panoncillo var videoPlayer = new Vimeo.Player(‘vimeo-player1’); videoPlayer.on(‘play’, function()…
Our department is great about sharing food with each other. What we hate are colleagues from other departments grabbing our food before everyone on our team has had a bite. Q: I read your advice about the food pushers, those colleagues who always bring in food and insist you eat it. Fine, whatever. Our problem is different. We have a…
The third generation is taking the family business in new directions while preserving traditional favorites Longtime Customer Sherman Tom enthusiastically sums up Young’s Fish Market in four words: “The great culture of their business; the delicious food; wonderful customer service; and a definite value for your bucks. “You can just feel the positive synergy of everyone – great karma,” says…
“When Henry Opukahaia, a Native Hawaiian, was traveling in New England in the 1800s, he was instrumental in inspiring the creation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the United Church of Christ. It was this board that originally sent missionaries to Hawaii,” recounts Toni Bissen, executive director of the Pua Foundation. In 1993, the UCC formally…
Christina Kishimoto, who took the DOE’s helm in August, believes the most important outcome for Hawaii’s 185,000 public school students is that they’re able to turn their passions into concrete ways forward. She talks about her main goals, assessing students, school safety, teacher recruitment and other issues. Q: What are your top goals Kishimoto: Upon coming here, I met…
NAME: Scot Ling AGE: 56 JOB: Bail bondsman/fugitive recovery agent and owner, 4Freedom Bail Bonds, based in Kailua-Kona, with agents on Oahu and Maui START: Ling was born and raised in Kailua on Oahu but attended UH Hilo. He eventually received his associate degree in criminal justice through the University of Phoenix. His parents had been social workers, and his father was the…
The container ship mahimahi is more than two football fields long. It’s shown below, cozied up to the dock at Matson’s Sand Island terminal on a sunny Thursday afternoon. The Mahimahi backed in from Aloha Tower the night before, pushed and pulled by two tugs. The whole operation was commanded by a harbor pilot who sometimes stood on the “wing” of…
Profiles of five local small businesses that are making waves this year.
When this magazine published its “Power Issue” in October 2009, we asked “Who Runs Hawaii?” The answer, of course, was complicated, but we managed to sum it up in a two-page chart listing the main players and in our lead headline. I’m proud of that chart because it not only showed power centers of different-size bubbles, indicating varying degrees of…
From left to right: Steve PetranikThursday, January 1, 1970, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm The inaugural Small Biz Academy Hilo featured an iconic panel of business leaders to a full house on Hawaii Island. Over 200 people packed the Grand Naniloa Hotel’s Crown Room to hear Central Pacific Bank Executive Chair of the Board John Dean, Hawaiian Telcom Chief Administrative…
MATSON containers carry just about everything the people of Hawaii need from the outside world. Read the article, which tells the story of that operation in words, pictures and numbers. Shot by: Jeff Hawe Produced by: Jeff Hawe & Alexis Panoncillo Song: “Decay Tower” By roljui via Youtube Audio Library var videoPlayer = new Vimeo.Player(‘vimeo-player1’); videoPlayer.on(‘play’, function() ); Categories: Video