Centaur_Solutions,_Inc._Invades_New_Orleans

Centaur Solutions, Inc. Invades New Orleans Over the past few years New Orleans’ politics have lured software and technology business to the Crescent City. Although the job market has opened up for those seeking employment, most new employers are seeking employees with computer skills more demanding than checking email. Centaur Solutions, Inc. (CSI) is a software training and consulting corporation located in New Orleans, Louisiana. CSI is attempting to tap into the city’s lack of technology professionals. The owner/founder of CSI has been an instructor for the University of New Orleans’ Metropolitan College for several years. During which time he has taught numerous New Orleans professionals with little or no computer skills, including seminars for local businesses. Beginning my research with locating the current market demand for CSI in New Orleans, I decided to gather information on the action this city plans to take. According to former mayor Marc Morial, “New Orleans may not be synonymous with the information technology driven new economy, but it will be by 2020.” Technology companies have the freedom to set their roots wherever they choose, but research shows they’re looking for communities with plenty of amenities (NOWIB 2003). New Orleans is offering these industries a new home filled with affordable housing, new, orleans, jobs, csi, technology, skills, training, potential, industries, workforce, while, require, employers, years, workers, within, technical, research, qualified, market, louisiana, job, industry, high, employees, economic, demand, current, consulting, computer, college, although, 2003, university, through