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Articles in category: Information Technology

1. MassMutual to lay off 75 IT employees from Springfield operation Explore masslive.com (Apr 27 2011) Financial Services , Information Technology Mark E. Cybulski, director of corporate relations, said the layoffs were the result of a review of operations for its Enterprise Technology Organization, which is in charge of information technology systems. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   MassMutual   Springfield   The Republican

2. OriginLab to Release Origin 8.5.1 and OriginPro 8.5.1 Explore InfoTech Spotlight (Apr 27 2011) Information Technology We have two offices in Massachusetts: our corporate headquarters, located in Northampton and our development office, located in Wellesley Hills. OriginLab also has a subsidiary in Guangzhou China to offer support during business hours in Europe and Asia. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Northampton

3. 30 New England IT degree programs Explore masshightech.com (Apr 27 2011) Information Technology Industry demands for a technically trained workforce are causing information technology programs at higher education institutions to grow in popularity, outpacing other academic programs, according to Catherine Kendrick, director of corporate and distance market development at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Interest in master’s degree programs for IT has also increased as the pipeline of IT undergraduate students has grown, she said. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts

4. Holyoke Planning Board approves site plan for $168 million computing center Explore masslive.com (Apr 26 2011) Information Technology The Planning Board Tuesday voted 5-0 to approve the site plan for the $168 million high performance computing center to be built overlooking the first-level canal on Bigelow Street. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke   The Republican

5. Holyoke computing center partner Cisco Systems declares commitment regardless of problems Explore masslive.com (Apr 23 2011) Information Technology “Cisco is fully committed to the Green High Performance Computing Center initiative in Holyoke. We are very excited about the project’s recent and upcoming milestones and we look forward to continued collaboration with all of the project’s partners to ensure its ultimate success,” Power wrote. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Holyoke   The Republican

6. Holyoke planners to begin reviewing 90,000-square-foot plan for the high performance computing center Explore masslive.com (Apr 23 2011) Information Technology The Planning Board will begin reviewing the building plan for the $168 million high performance computing center at a public hearing Tuesday. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke   The Republican

7. Massachusetts, South Korea heat up ties in life sciences - Mass High Tech Business News Explore masshightech.com (Apr 21 2011) Information Technology , Life Sciences Governor Deval Patrick met with Mayor Oh Se-hoon of Seoul, South Korea. Additionally, the administration’s Secretary of Housing & Economic Development Greg Bialecki signed the MOU with Assistant Mayor for Economic Promotion Myunho Shin of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The agreement will identify opportunities for mutual job growth and research and development in the life sciences and technology sectors. It is also designed to increase trade and investment between the two governments, to establish contacts between research institutes and centers and develop joint vocational training and education initiatives. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick

8. Holyoke G&E Manager James Lavelle says high performance computing center will begin to take shape with building demolitions Explore masslive.com (Apr 18 2011) Information Technology Demolition is scheduled to begin within weeks on the Bigelow Street site that will be home to the $168 million high performance computing center, an official said. (Read Full Article)

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

9. Governor's trade mission: It's about long-term results Explore masshightech.com (Apr 11 2011) Energy , Information Technology , Life Sciences Unfortunately, even before the delegation returned, the media began to question the value of missions in general, and this trip in particular. It appears that the sole criteria used by many to judge the success of this trip are the number of jobs produced at the end of two weeks. This is incredibly short-sighted and does not acknowledge the fact that economic development strategies must be designed for the long term. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Clean Energy Center

10. Broadband grant will help 'last mile' - Berkshire Eagle Online Explore Home - Berkshire Eagle Online (Apr 9 2011) Information Technology A new grant opportunity from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) aims to make it easier for service providers and municipalities to bridge the gap between a new fiber-optic network being built and the "last mile" of connection to homes and businesses. The competitive grants of up to $50,000 are open to a range of groups, public and private, from major service providers down to small municipalities. "We’re expecting to get applications from a number of potential providers, big and small, to make it fair and open to the largest possible pool that we could," said Jason Whittet, deputy ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Massachusetts Broadband Institute

11. UMass scientists get award for software Explore WWLP 22 News Springfield (Apr 9 2011) Education , Information Technology Two University of Massachusetts computer scientists have won a $250,000 award to support development of their mathematics tutoring software. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst

12. BlueRISC's WindowsSCOPE Cyber Analysis Tool Suite Enhanced with Phantom Probe Agent Explore Press Release Distribution Online (Apr 4 2011) Aerospace/Defense , Information Technology BlueRISC, a leader in hardware-assisted security and cyber-defense solutions, enhances its WindowsSCOPE™ (http://www.windowsscope.com) reverse-engineering, cyber analysis and defense, and memory forensics tool suite by adding the ability to analyze any computer on a network or Cloud transparently through its industry-unique Phantom Probe Agent™ technology. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Blue RISC

13. Do You Have What Raytheon Wants? Explore From the EDC (Mar 24 2011) Information Technology , Manufacturing Associated Industries of Massachusetts (“AIM”) manages the Buy Mass program and website for the Commonwealth. AIM and the EDC have been working on a new program for Buy Mass, which will connect small and medium-sized local firms with large OEM’s in the state. The first OEM to participate will be Raytheon, which will send a team of Purchasing executives to Springfield on May 5. The EDC is tasked with identifying and inviting firms from western Mass to apply for inclusion in the program. Any interested firm should review the invitation -- http://www.aimnet.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Raytheon   Associated Industries of Massachusetts   Springfield

14. Editorial: Broadband a spark for region's economy Explore masslive.com (Mar 24 2011) Information Technology U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield - who along with U.S. Rep. John W. Olver, D-Amherst was instrumental in securing the federal funding for the expansion - hailed the project bringing the region into the big leagues. “Why should a child in the Boston suburbs have access to more electronic data than a child in the hill towns of Hampshire and Franklin counties,” Neal said. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Holyoke

15. Springfield to partner with Massachusetts Broadband Institute on MassBroadband 123 high-speed Internet Explore masslive.com (Mar 21 2011) Information Technology It’s all part of MassBroadband 123, a $71.6 million-project aimed at bringing high-speed Internet to 120 communities in western and north central Massachusetts, said Judith A. Dumont, director of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

16. BlueRISC Launches WindowsSCOPE Cyber Analysis Tool Suite for Windows Explore Press Release Distribution Online (Mar 17 2011) Aerospace/Defense , Information Technology BlueRISC Inc (http://www.bluerisc.com), a leader in hardware-assisted security systems that has leveraged a combination of its industry-unique security processor and software technologies to provide endpoint security for defense companies, has released WindowsSCOPE Pro 1.0 (http://www.windowsscope.com), its first commercial tool suite for reverse-engineering, cyber analysis and memory forensics on Windows based computers. (Read Full Article)

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17. Broadband initiative clears a big hurdle Explore Home - Berkshire Eagle Online (Mar 15 2011) Information Technology A state initiative to bring broadband to remote and underserved communities in northern and western Massachusetts announced Monday that it received federal approval integral to beginning construction. (Read Full Article)

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18. ‘Seemingly Bright’ Explore BusinessWest (Mar 15 2011) Information Technology The recent Jeopardy! contests featuring IBM’s Watson computer was a success on a number of levels, from television ratings to exposure for IBM and its products. In a quieter fashion, the show and the computer have shed some light on what’s known as question-answering, or QA, technology, and the important work being done in this realm by UMass Amherst and its Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval, which is hard at work finding new and better ways to search materials, extract information, and help people make sense of the information they retrieve. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst

19. Stealthy Panève chips away at $3.5M funding round - Mass High Tech Business News Explore masshightech.com (Feb 24 2011) Information Technology Stealthy Western Mass. startup Panève LLC has landed $3.28 million of a planned $3.5 million funding round, according to federal documents. Panève is a chipmaker working on a flexible processing unit that can handle data, graphics or whatever it is programmed to do. Panève, based in Hadley, is run by CEO Steven Franks and President Jef Sharp. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Qteros Inc.   Panève

20. Chicopee purchases new telecommunications equipment for schools Explore masslive.com (Feb 23 2011) Information Technology About $193,000 of the funds are coming from an account set up by Charter Cable company to benefit the city, and the remaining about $109,000 will come from the telecommunications revolving account. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Chicopee   The Republican

21. Social network to employment network? Explore masslive.com (Feb 23 2011) Information Technology A University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth study showed that 57 percent of the Inc. 500, a magazine list of fast-growing companies, use Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, which supplanted the out-of-fashion Myspace. UMass-Dartmouth researchers found that 83 percent of the Inc. 500 use these social media in one form or another, either to market themselves, advertise or recruit. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Chicopee

22. Connecticut technology center could help Massachusetts Explore masslive.com (Feb 22 2011) Aerospace/Defense , Information Technology “It just makes sense to talk with them,” said Allan W. Blair, the president and CEO of the Western Mass Economic Development Council. “They are well established and they have some particularly on-point work that they are doing with manufacturers.” (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Westfield   Allan W. Blair

23. Scibelli Enterprise Center offers two new programs to support start-ups Explore masslive.com (Feb 17 2011) Information Technology This is why two new programs being offered by the Scibelli Enterprise Center (SEC) are important to know about since they offer meaningful support for companies in their very earliest stages. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Armory   Springfield

24. Holyoke's high performance computing center envisioned as the flagship of the Paper City's renaissance Explore masslive.com (Feb 14 2011) Information Technology After hearing so much about the $168 million project for more than a year, people should see the high-performance computing center begin to rise on Bigelow Street in 2011. (Read Full Article)

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

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