Hannover, Germany.

CeBIT is the world’s leading ICT event, with a target audience that extends across the business and scientific communities to government and public administration. At the next show, which runs from 6 to 10 March 2012, there will be a special focus on the key issues of trust and security under the tagline “Managing Trust”. “Trust and security in the digital world are matters of common interest to the state, the business community and consumers. ‘Managing Trust’ describes the process of building trust as a basis for progress and growth”, says Ernst Raue, the member of the Board at Deutsche Messe with overall responsibility for CeBIT. “The greater the degree of trust and confidence in the solutions and applications marketed by the international ICT industry, the faster the world economy will grow. Trust is not a so-called ‘soft factor’, but a vital cornerstone of economic activity, which needs to be developed and strengthened.”

"You can get trained for good jobs right here in Choctaw County," says Scott Dees, new Industrial Maintenance instructor atAlabama Southern Community College.

For the past 12 years, Dees has used his industrial skills as an employee at Georgia Pacific's Naheola mill. Today, he is working to teach those same skills to high school students who will be entering the job market in the near future, and to provide a more qualified workforce for Choctaw County. His hope, he says, is to give local young people the opportunity to train for jobs that they will not have leave the area to find - jobs that will provide good salaries for those who do not intend to pursue four-year degrees.