Proponents of FGCU Innovation Hub meet with state officials (The News-Press)
A team representing the FGCU Innovation Hub is in Tallahassee this week.

Utell® Hotels & Resorts Celebrates 80 Years of Innovation (dBusinessNews.com)
SCOTTSDALE, DALLAS and LONDON (March 10, 2010) – The world’s largest and most experienced hotel representation service, Utell® Hotels & Resorts , is celebrating 80 years of innovation for customers in 2010. This unprecedented anniversary is marked in the first two months of 2010 by the addition of several distinguished international hotels to the Utell portfolio, which portend another 80 years ...

Robert F. Brands: Accountability: The Rudder of Innovation in a Changing Business Environment (The Huffington Post)
Whether an independent endeavor or one pursued with the counsel of an Innovation Coach or consultant, accountability within a team is like the principle that guides a group of mountaineers.

SonoSite to Present at WBBA Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----SonoSite, Inc. , the world leader and specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, today announced that John Bowers, Senior Vice President of U.S. Business Unit and Strategic Development, will present at the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference.

CipherLab 9600 Series Industrial Mobile Computer Receives Product Innovation Award (DataCollectionOnline)
CipherLab, a leading innovator in Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) for the retail, warehouse and distribution markets, today announced that its 9600 Series Industrial Mobile Computer has won a 2010 Product Innovation Award. This annual competition by Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley technology research and advisory guide, recognizes groundbreaking products by some of the ...

Putin takes charge of technology and innovation commission (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has taken charge of a government technology and innovation commission designed to boost the country's modernization, according to a resolution posted on the government's web site on Wednesday.

Innovation center? How Israel became a 'Start-Up Nation.' (The Christian Science Monitor)
The recent New York Times bestseller Start-Up Nation drew much attention to Israel as a global innovation center. Israel has more Nasdaq-listed companies than all Europe, but is this success sustainable? Venture capital funding fell sharply in 2009.

Lancope's StealthWatch Wins Best in NetFlow and in Network Visibility for 2010 Product Innovation Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlow collection and analysis and provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading information technology research and advisory guide, has named StealthWatch the Best in NetFlow and Best in Network Visibility for the 2010 Product Innovation Awards.

Akoo CEO Niko Drakoulis Joins Northwestern University's Kellogg Innovation Network as Delegate for KIN Global 2010 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO----The Kellogg Innovation Network at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management today announced that Akoo , the world’s largest social TV network, has become a member company and that Niko Drakoulis, Akoo’s Chairman and CEO, will serve as a delegate for the KIN Global 2010 summit.

Lake Land College looking to innovation in strategic plan (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
MATTOON — Lake Land College’s 2010-12 strategic plan has placed a focus on enhancing innovation, assessment and quality, enrollment, and the college’s internal culture.