They cannot be used for hot composting, for example, because the closed bin makes it difficult to maintain the required temperature. The containers also hold a limited volume of material. Harvesting from a closed bin can be challenging because the openings are only about 1 foot above soil level.
Information Technology Inc., the bank software company at 1345 Old Cheney Road in Lincoln, is changing its name to that of its corporate owner, Fiserv. ITI, founded in Lincoln in 1976 by Dale Jensen and Don Dillon, the current chairman of Fiserv, was acquired by Fiserv in 1995. Fiserv Inc., of Brookfield Wis., is a leading technology provider to the financial services industry.
Illumina was founded in April 1998 by David Walt, Larry Bock, John Stuelpnagel, Anthony Czarnik, and Mark Chee. While working with CW Group, a venture capital firm, Bock and Stuelpnagel uncovered what would become Illumina's BeadArray technology at Tufts University and negotiated an exclusive license to that technology. Illumina completed its initial public offering in July 2000.