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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tech Citizenship
Local techs lending a hand
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AT&T execs drop off a building to raise cash for Boy Scouts
Steve Krom, vice president and general manager of AT&T Inc. in New England, rappelled off the Brady Sullivan building at 1000 Elm St. in Manchester, N.H. last month as part of AT&T’s role as a presenting sponsor for the Xtreme Descent fundraiser to help support the Daniel Webster Boy Scout Council, a non-profit scouting organization that serves New Hampshire’s youth.
Krom and Matt Montour, area retail sales manager for AT&T New Hampshire, were among more than 80 event participants. Montour is also a lifelong Granite State resident and Eagle Scout. There are eight AT&T-owned retail locations in New Hampshire.
The Brady Sullivan Building rises 24 stories above the Manchester skyline. Each rappeler had to raise a minimum of $1,000 to rappel, or approximately $41 per floor. As part of the event, AT&T offered a number of free mobile services to help those that are rappelling share their experience with friends and family.
AT&T’s relationship with the Daniel Webster Boy Scouts began last year with the Moose Parade, and “Sunny the Moose” still stands in the lobby of AT&T’s New England headquarters.
Harvard gets gift of AutoVirt cloning software
AutoVirt Inc. of Nashua, N.H., has presented Harvard’s University Information Systems Department with a gift of its AutoClone Software, a Windows file data replication product. Harvard’s IS department received its copy of AutoClone as a beneficiary of AutoVirt’s Corporate Gifting Program, under which employees of AutoVirt have the opportunity to designate the charity and/or educational institution of their choosing to receive AutoVirt’s products and product support free.
Harvard’s IS team said that it greatly appreciated AutoVirt’s gift, and is using the product for the department’s standard copy program with results that meet the business needs of the department.
AutoVirt provides distributed file system virtualization and management software for Windows. Its flagship product, AutoMove, helps optimize and manage Windows storage environments without end-users losing access to data, even when physical disks are offline due to failure or disruptive storage management projects.
Formatech develops new “Fillanthropy Program”
Pharmaceutical support firm Formatech Inc. of Andover has launched its “Fillan-thropy Program,” under which Formatech will donate an aseptic fill and finish manufacturing service each month for selected therapeutic candidates that are entering human clinical trials.
Formatech is now accepting applications for the new program. Eligible companies must be developing a clinical candidate that is delivered as a sterile injectable product. To participate in this program, companies are encouraged to contact Jeffrey Bernard, director of business development, at jbernard@formatech.com.
As an established contract manufacturer with more than 16 years of service, Formatech said it envisions a world where all companies with promising new drug therapies have the opportunity to conduct a full clinical development program.
Aseptic fill and finish is the process in which liquid drug substances are aseptically filled into pre-sterilized vials and stoppered and sealed. The filling process is performed under current good manufacturing practices in a cleanroom environment.
Converge trains math and science teachers
Peabody-based Converge Inc. provided summer “externships” for math and science teachers from Danvers Middle School and Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield.
For five weeks this summer the teachers commuted to Converge’s headquarters in Peabody. There they spent time in departments where math skills are put into practical use inside Converge. Teachers collaborated with Converge’s quality control and customer service teams, learned about strategic business issues, and applied math skills in helping resolve the issues.
The teachers could then bring practical applications back to the classroom so that students can see math and science applied to real life business situations.
The externship program is part of a joint effort by local businesses, the North Shore Workforce Investment Board and Salem State College to help teachers bring on-the-job lessons back to their classrooms.
Participating teachers earn graduate education credits from Salem State’s Graduate School of Education. Teachers also participated in workshops at Salem State to develop and refine curriculum.
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