The Youngstown Business Incubator

The Youngstown Business Incubator, 241 West Federal St., is offering a workshop on Cloud Computing Innovation from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday.

The workshop

The workshop, free and open to the public with RSVP free lunch provided by the YBI Learning Lab Register, will provide a look at Alaritas and Microsoft and examine cloud, or Internet, solutions. The workshop is primarily for innovation-focused business leaders, architects, developers, and entrepreneurs.

John Lurtz, chief executive officer of Alaritas and workshop presenter, will discuss how Alaritas moves web applications and e-commerce solutions to the Internet and how new small businesses can get a free trial of Microsoft Azure with a Microsoft BizSpark account. For more information, contact Rose Shaffer at 330-599-4583.

The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce is having a ribbon cutting for a new downtown business, Elizabeth Renea's, a bridal shop that opened in December at 240 East State St. The event is Tuesday at 11 a.m.