Dan Polk featured in City Magazine
As an NDSCS college student, Dan Polk saw potential in learning “more than the average bear.” One lesson: a strength overused can be a weakness. “I got into trouble for hacking,” he laughed. “They came to the conclusion that it was in everybody’s best interest to hire me.” So, turning lemons into lemonade, he started the University’s computer help desk. “It was huge for me. Building something from nothing was exactly what I wanted.”
Read the article from the January 2012 issue of City Magazine
Article about the future of cloud computing by Dan Polk featured in City Magazine
Silicon Plains acquires HitekOne Website Hosting Accounts
On December 1st, 2011, Silicon Plains entered into an agreement with the owners of HitekOne (a now defunct web hosting and design company) to transfer hosting and ownership of a number of websites, domains and associated content to Silicon Plains. This is great news for all involved as the owners of HitekOne move on to other opportunities. For former customers of HitekOne, the transition should be relatively seamless and services that may have been offline in the past will be restored by the SP team.
We’re working through the list of contact people for each website and domain. If we haven’t talked with you yet, please use our contact form to let us know if you are still having issues with the transition, and welcome aboard!
Silicon Plains recognized as one of the Top 10 Young Professional Workplaces
The Bismarck-Mandan Top 10 Young Professional Workplaces award recognizes local businesses committed to recruiting and retaining talented young professionals. This year’s recipients were selected from a pool of 22 nominees, the largest competition since the award’s inception in 2007. The 2011 recipients are Barr Engineering, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bismarck State College, Capital Credit Union, Coventry Health Care, Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, NDSU Extension Service, National Information Solutions Cooperative, SIA Marketing, and Silicon Plains, LLC.
Silicon Plains featured in City Magazine
I think it’s fair to say that, to most people, computer-speak is about equivalent to gibberish. We only know what we need to know to make our computer work for us. But what if it’s not working for us in the way we want it to? Who can give us advice about that?
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Silicon Plains acquires Techworks Mobile
As of January, 2011, Silicon Plains has acquired all customer accounts formerly serviced by Techworks Mobile. For those of you previously serviced by Dave and his team, don’t worry – we’re not making any changes! Your rates and service techs will not change in the immediate future. We’ll be contacting each of you to deliver the news. Welcome aboard!
Also a big Thank You to Dave and the team at Techworks Mobile for their assistance during the transition and continued service as Silicon Plains continues to grow. We’re proud to call you co-workers and look forward to a long relationship.
Silicon Plains becomes regions only A+ Authorized Service Center
Silicon Plains, LLC, a regionally-based company specializing in business computing and software development, has been recognized for its commitment to quality service and professionalism by the leading trade association for the world’s information technology industry.
Dan Polk featured as Western ND’s Entrepreneur of the Month – July 2011
Though large companies like NISC may have great access to the resources that appeal to young professionals, a smaller business like Silicon Plains, LLC relies on a unique environment for job satisfaction among its employees… “We try to make it like a Silicon Valley company. We’re very forward-driven thinkers,” Polk adds. Silicon Plains gives employees the option of working from wherever and whenever they want. It’s apparently working, as the company asserts it has become known regionally as the place to call for timely and economical IT support.
Dave Rittmiller (Service Manager) wins Y.E.S.S. Award (Young Entrepreneur Success Story)
Dave (30) and Angela (27) Rittmiller met at work in 2000. Dave was a systems analyst, and Angela was in charge of quality assurance for a local telemarketing company. Over the following nine years they married, started a family and settled into daily life. When they decided to begin their own business, they were sure that if there was going to be an easy part to launching a new venture, it would be working together. “Since we met at work,” Angela told us, “We knew that we worked together very well; we have always made a great team.” Dave And Angie’s company, Techworks Mobile, has since been acquired by Silicon Plains.
Luke Graner (Creative Director) gets some recognition for his music
Recently Luke has been featured in an article by Great Plains Examiner writer Kelly Hagen. Hagen interviewed Luke and a former bandmate Neal Peterson about Graner’s unique performance style and his recently released album, “Will” (available online).
The highly regarded North Dakota documentary series, “Daily Dakotan” — produced by filmmaker Matt Fern — featured Luke and his family in the second episode of the series. Fern captures the dad of four and his wife as they run a house of six on the day of a gig. Check out the episode
» visit the Great Plains Examiner website » visit Luke’s Facebook music page » more from the Daily Dakotan on YouTube
Luke Graner wins Y.E.S.S. Award (Young Entrepreneur Success Story)
Luke Graner strikes us as a twenty-first century Renaissance man: an artist, a musician, an entrepreneur and a stay-at-home dad. A college football player who grew up in Minot, Graner took “the road less traveled” by obtaining a bachelors degree in design from Minnesota State University, Moorhead. He explained, “My good friend, Neal Peterson, was in an art class where they did a bunch of cool graphics projects, and he suggested I take the class, so I tried it out and I was convinced.” Luke has since come to work full-time for Silicon Plains as Creative Director.
