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Pawtucket's Embolden wins N.Y. contract

mattmikula — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:37:45 -0400

"Pawtucket-based Embolden Design Inc., a Web development and consulting firm, has been hired by New York Community Trust, the country’s second-largest community foundation, to lead the continuing development of its online community."

Full Story: Pawtucket Web firm wins N.Y. contract
Source: Providence Journal, August 28th, 2008

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Verizon launches FiOS in Glocester, Smithfield

mattmikula — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:53:56 -0400

"Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) today began offering its FiOS fiber-optic television service in Glocester and Smithfield."

Full Story: Verizon launches FiOS in Glocester, Smithfield
Source: Providence Business News, August 27th, 2008

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MAKE Road-trip: Providence's AS220

CoreyCantrell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:07:24 -0400

"Last weekend I went up to AS220 in Providence Rhode Island. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I knew it would be interesting. All I really knew about the group was what I had read on their website and some things Brian Jepson had told me at HOPE and other events."

Full Story: MAKE Road-trip: AS220
Source: Make Blog Post, August 27th, 2008

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Five Questions With: Edward Coderre

CoreyCantrell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:46:29 -0400

"Edward Coderre is the CEO and creative director for The Digital Ark, a digital-preservation firm which Coderre founded with his wife Diana in 2005 in Newport, partly because of the city’s extensive preservation community."

Full Story: Five Questions With: Edward Coderre
Source: Providence Business News, August 27th, 2008

D3Logic and Sefas team for document technology

CoreyCantrell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:43:28 -0400

"The business-outsourcing firm D3Logic has entered into a new partnership with Sefas Innovation that the company says will strengthen its document-output capabilities."

Full Story: D3Logic, Sefas team for document technology
Source: Providence Business News, August 27th, 2008

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Bryant University wins safety-technology award

CoreyCantrell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:31:55 -0400

"Byrant University has won the 2008 Campus Technology Innovators award for emergency preparedness."

Full Story: Bryant wins safety-technology award
Source: Providence Business News, August 27th, 2008

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Lincoln's Lighthouse Computer Services launches R.I. criminal-tracking system

CoreyCantrell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:24:47 -0400

"Lighthouse Computer Services Inc. today announced a statewide system to enable enforcement authorities in Rhode Island to coordinate their tracking of convicted criminals."

Full Story: Lighthouse launches R.I. criminal-tracking system
Source: Providence Business News, August 26th, 2008

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Woonsocket's Location Inc. Updates Search Engine

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:37:27 -0400

"NeighborhoodScout, a nationwide neighborhood search engine for homebuyers, movers and real estate professionals, launched its version 2.0 on August 13. Location Inc., a Rhode Island-based IT company, launched the first version of NeighborhoodScout.com in 2002 to a positive nationwide response."

Full Story: Location Inc.’s Neighborhood Search Engine Launches v2.0
Source: RIEDC, August 25th, 2008

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Innovator Spotlight: Providence's SIMULIA

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:30:58 -0400

"What might inspire a company to develop some of the best and most innovative simulation software in the world? Could it be Boeing Helicopters using their product to analyze stress and fatigue on helicopters? The University of Alabama studying earthquakes and their effects on Tsunamis or Adidas using the software to develop innovative, high-performance athletic shoes?

Earthquakes, helicopters and athletic shoes are but a few of the real-world challenges that keep SIMULIA, based in Providence, developing and providing the most sophisticated realistic simulation software in the world. Their technology solves some of the toughest engineering problems and offers solutions that few other companies in the world can match."

Full Story: Innovator Spotlight: SIMULIA
Source: RIEDC, August 26th, 2008

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Rhode Island Receives Top Marks in Two Economic Development Studies

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:23:52 -0400

"Two reports, measuring business cost and economic development climate, gave Rhode Island and Providence high marks in categories such as research and development, education climate and environmental efforts."

Full Story: Rhode Island Receives Top Marks in Two Economic Development Studies
Source: RIEDC, August 1st, 2008

RIEDC Awarded Special Achievement in GIS Award from ESRI

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:18:02 -0400

"The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation has received the Special Achievement in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Award for Leadership with Geospatial Technology from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) at the organization’s annual International User Conference in San Diego."

Full Story: RIEDC Awarded Special Achievement in GIS Award from ESRI
Source: RIEDC, August 14th, 2008

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Telecommuters, others eye planned co-working space in Providence

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:12:47 -0400

"Co-working is coming to Providence this fall – and part of the credit goes to RI Nexus, the R.I. Economic Development Corporation’s Web portal for the local information technology and digital-media industry."

Full Story: Telecommuters, others eye planned co-working space
Source: Providence Business News, August 25th, 2008

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RIEDC, Cox Communications, Raytheon, Rite-Solutions and Teknor Apex Launch Summer Teacher Training Initiative

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:03:01 -0400

"In an effort to encourage yearlong teacher professional learning opportunities in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) announced today the creation of Leadership Initiatives for Teaching and Technology (LIFT2) - Rhode Island, a statewide pilot program that allows teachers to work for a summer at a company where they explore real world industry applications of STEM."

Full Story: RIEDC, Cox Communications, Raytheon, Rite-Solutions and Teknor Apex Launch Summer Teacher Training Initiative
Source: RIEDC, August 12th, 2008

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PBN's 40 Under Forty Profile: Jack Templin

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:18:50 -0400

"Jack Templin is well known in the Rhode Island information technology community as the co-founder of the Providence Geeks and RI Nexus. But the path he has taken to get there is worth reviewing."

Full Story: A pbn special section: 2008 40 under forty
Source: Providence Business News, August 4th, 2008

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PBN's 40 Under Forty Profile: Pamela O'Hara

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:08:02 -0400

"While co-founding BatchBlue Software in Barrington in 2006, Pamela M. O’Hara wrote the company’s business plan, recruited a technical team – many of whom were culled from Amazon.com staff – and recruited local, national and international product testers."

Full Story: A pbn special section: 2008 40 under forty
Source: Providence Business News, August 4th, 2008

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