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Articles in category: Information Technology

1. Strategic Choices | BusinessWest Explore BusinessWest (Jun 4 2013) Information Technology In 1998, when Jason Mark was teaching a class on Internet strategy, he told students that, before they used any type of technology to create a website, they needed to identify their goals and what they were trying to accomplish. “Even though there is so much different technology that developers can use today, the exact same process still needs to take place,” said the co-founder of Gravity Switch in Northampton. “People need to know what their goals are, and businesses should not assume that technology will fix all their problems. If it were that easy, their competitors would have already ... (Read Full Article)

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2. State awards $1.1 million in Vocational School Equipment grants Explore masslive.com (Jun 3 2013) Education , Information Technology , Manufacturing The 64 vocational technical programs in Massachusetts represent more than 44,000 students. These schools offer hands-on learning in a number of innovative educational programs to support a range of career fields, especially growing work force sectors, such as advanced manufacturing, clean energy and information technology. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Timothy P Murray

3. Holyoke to get $80,000 annually as voluntary payment and scholarship fund from tax-exempt computing center Explore masslive.com (May 25 2013) Education , Information Technology The tax-exempt high performance computing center downtown would pay the city $80,000 a year in lieu of taxes under a new agreement. The payment in lieu of taxes, or “pilot,” is much less than the $500,000-a-year Mayor Alex B. Morse sought in a January letter to the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, as the entity is formally known. Yearly payments under that plan were to escalate to more than $1.5 million by 2022. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Holyoke

4. Report on FDI Forum Explore From the EDC (Apr 19 2013) Information Technology , Manufacturing Over 75% of inbound FDI into the US comes from eight countries -- six in Western Europe, Canada and Japan. The EDC maintains relationships with our peers and government officials in all of them, and particularly strong relationships in all of them except Japan. They are a growing source of leads for our Prospect Management system. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Michael Graney   Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts

5. Massachusetts get your Business Online - with Google Explore From the EDC (Apr 17 2013) Information Technology Small  businesses took advantage expert advice from Google at a training at the Springfield Marriott.  (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts

6. Holyoke CareerPoint job search and interview forum draws 90 young people; Springfield online workshop held for small businesses Explore masslive.com (Apr 15 2013) Education , Information Technology In Springfield, workplace help of another sort came in a Google-sponsored conference that showed small business owners how to improve their online presence. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Holyoke   Congressman Richard E. Neal

7. Google offers search engine optimization training for Springfield-area business | masslive Explore masslive.com (Apr 5 2013) Information Technology Google is coming to Springfield.  The Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts is working with the search-engine Google to offer free training to small businesses from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 15, at the Springfield Marriott, 2 Boland Way, Springfield. (Read Full Article)

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8. Massachusetts Broadband Institute opens fiber-optic link from Springfield to Otis and Sandisfield Explore masslive.com (Apr 4 2013) Information Technology Gov. Deval L. Patrick and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, were in attendance.  "I have fought hard to bring broadband technology to western and central Massachusetts for many years," Neal said in a prepared statement. "There is simply no reason why every resident, businesss and school in the region should not have reliable high speed internet access. More than one million people will benefit from this important broadband expansion project." (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

9. State lights first section of statewide broadband connection Explore bizjournals (Apr 4 2013) Information Technology Today, and in support of this mission, MBI, a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, proudly lit the first segment of the new 1,200 mile MassBroadband 123 network to 51 out of 120 community institutions from Springfield to Sandisfield, Mass. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Massachusetts Technology Collaborative   Springfield

10. Massachusetts Get Your Business Online with Google Explore From the EDC (Apr 2 2013) Information Technology The EDC is partnering with Google to offer a free training for small business on how to take your business from offline to online on April 15 at the Springfield Marriott. Google will provide guidance on how to build a free website, register a domain name and create an online business listing. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts

11. Getting IT Done | BusinessWest Explore BusinessWest (Mar 21 2013) Information Technology For most of his life, Bean — honored by BusinessWest in 2008 as one its youngest-ever 40 Under Forty honorees — has been firmly in charge. And with a gradual shift from candy to computers, he began writing a unique business success story in the Pioneer Valley — one that is constantly growing and evolving. (Read Full Article)

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12. International Prospect Activity Increasing Explore From the EDC (Mar 14 2013) Information Technology , Medical Devices The EDC has maintained an international business development initiative focused on western Europe. We initially focused on inbound FDI and, while that remains a core objective, we are currently managing more requests for trans-Atlantic partnerships, joint ventures and contract manufacturing for the North America market. We sell the region’s companies and industry sectors as much as we sell the region as a strategic location. With risk sentiment still running high on both sides of the Atlantic, classic Greenfield FDI (and Greenfield investment inside the US, for that matter) is limited. But our pipeline has been filling with opportunistic European ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Greenfield   Michael Graney   Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts

13. Wave Corp. takes in $1M in private placement Explore bizjournals (Mar 14 2013) Information Technology Last November the company reported $7 million in revenues for the three months ending in September, down 26 percent year-over-year and down 10 percent from the second quarter. The company blamed the decline on a $1.6 million decrease in OEM royalties versus the prior year period, and a $3.2 million decrease in OEM bundling revenue since the beginning of 2012. (Read Full Article)

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14. Girls gather to build Lego robots at Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke Explore masslive.com (Mar 10 2013) Education , Information Technology Nearly 40 middle-school girls in eight teams gathered Saturday at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center to build Lego robots and showcase them in a competition that measured for teamwork, design, programming and performance. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Holyoke

15. Steve Nelson: A thirst for broadband Explore Home - Berkshire Eagle Online (Mar 1 2013) Information Technology Today in Western Massachusetts the crisis is not the flow of water but the flow of information. Many people can only get Internet connections which are just a trickle compared to the high-speed Internet service offered elsewhere by cable and phone companies. But they do not serve many rural areas because they don't see any profits to be made there. To bring service to people in those areas, the Patrick administration created the Massachusetts Broadband Institute. Using state and federal funds, MBI (Read Full Article)

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16. European Companies Soliciting Western Mass Partners Explore From the EDC (Mar 1 2013) Information Technology In both cases, Massachusetts’ reputation was a big plus in convincing them that this is the best state to locate. Our job at the EDC is to get them to consider western Mass as well as Boston. The fact that each firm spent a few days here indicates that we are at least in the game. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Michael Graney   Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts

17. High-performance computing center, other developments help Holyoke ride wave of success Explore masslive.com (Feb 12 2013) Information Technology The $165 million Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center opened in November on Bigelow Street between Cabot and Appleton streets. Partners in the research facility run by colleges and private firms include world-famous institutions Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield   Northampton

18. University of Massachusetts biostatisticians use new data analysis approach to 'advance genetic knowledge of many diseases' Explore masslive.com (Feb 6 2013) Education , Information Technology Foulkes, who directs the Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at UMass Amherst, explains that MixMAP draws on a principled statistical modeling framework and the vast array of summary data now available from genetic association studies to formally test at a new, locus-level, association. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst

19. New Springfield to Sandisfield broadband network will be up by March Explore masslive.com (Jan 24 2013) Information Technology A new broadband network running from Springfield to Sandisfield will be up and running by March, according to the Massachusetts Broadband Institute. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Comcast   Springfield

20. Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center asked by Holyoke to make payments in lieu of taxes Explore masslive.com (Jan 2 2013) Information Technology The city has asked the tax-exempt high performance computing center to begin providing yearly payments in lieu of taxes to begin at $500,000 this year and escalating to more than $1.5 million by 2022. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke

21. Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield College unite information technology programs Explore masslive.com (Jan 2 2013) Education , Information Technology "The agreement between STCC and Springfield College is historic because it gives bilateral pathways for STCC students to continue their education by earning a bachelor's degree at Springfield College and it allows Springfield College students to gain access to the computer networking and security curriculum and expertise offered at STCC," said Brian Candido, computer information technologies program chairman and associate professor at STCC. "It is a true win-win scenario for all students and faculty at both institutions." (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield College   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

22. E Ink plans to expand into new markets in 2013 Explore bizjournals (Dec 31 2012) Information Technology , Manufacturing Peruvemba says the firm employs about 250 people in Massachusetts today, in Cambridge and South Hadley (Read Full Article)

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23. Holyoke marks grand opening of $165 million Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center Explore masslive.com (Nov 16 2012) Information Technology Words like "crazy" and "milestone" were used to highlight the significance Friday of this city becoming official home to a $165 million high performance computing center. With iconic partners like Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, such a collaboration leading to the center's grand opening defied skeptics who might have dismissed such a project as crazy, MIT President Emeritus Susan Hockfield said. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke

24. Holyoke's $165 million high performance computer center prepares for ribbon Explore masslive.com (Nov 14 2012) Information Technology "Our investments in education, innovation and infrastructure have come together to support the creation of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center here in Holyoke," said Patrick. "This landmark project is a testament to what is possible when government, academia and business work together, and it will serve as an economic development model for the state and the nation for generations to come." (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke

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