Secretary Bialecki, Mass Tech Collaborative Announce $150,000 To Support
Workforce Development And Technological Innovation In State’s Manufacturing Sector
CHICOPEE – Wednesday, October 12, 2011 – Secretary of Housing and Economic
Development Greg Bialecki and officials from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
(MTC) today announced that the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County (REB-HC)
has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the MTC to support the Precision Manufacturing
Regional Alliance Project (PMRAP) in strengthening the precision manufacturing industry.
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State program promotes collaboration with Israeli firms
Boston Herald | Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Gov. Deval Patrick and Israeli officials are accepting applications under the Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Partnership — the collaboration between Israel and the Bay State to encourage entrepreneurship in life sciences, clean energy and technology sectors between the two countries. Read more >>
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Mass., Israel seek companies to apply for $2M in partnership grants
Mass High Tech | Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Massachusetts and Israel are looking for life sciences, cleantech and clean energy companies to participate in a previously announced partnership between the two regions, and they’ve got $2 million to support the initiative and those companies. Read more >>
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Bay State Tech Gets Its Day In The Sun
Worcester Business Journal | April 5, 2009
What does the information technology sector, the state's second largest industry employing about 178,000 workers, need to continue to grow and thrive in Massachusetts? Read more >>
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IT Executives Gather In Franklin To Discuss Future
Milford Daily News | April 5, 2009
FRANKLIN — Business executives yesterday told state officials Massachusetts needs to invest in its information technologies sector and education to ensure industry growth and success. Read more >>
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What's up with nanotech?
Ultrasmall wonders are opening big new frontiers, despite fading of the initial excitement
Boston Globe | March 29, 2010
LOWELL — When the University of Massachusetts Lowell launched its nanotechnology center six years ago, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs were dreaming big dreams about small things, like miniature generators to replace batteries and microscopic robots to repair human tissues. Read more >>
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Nanotechnology may spark next New
England manufacturing revolution
Mass High Tech | January 6, 2010
The tiny parts used in nanotechnology-based manufacturing have the potential to bring a big boost in jobs to the Bay State, sparking a manufacturing renaissance that brings to mind the heyday of the textile industry. Read more >>
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How can Massachusetts seize the opportunity to become the premier Technology Hub?
Swissnex Boston (Consulate of Switzerland) | December 9, 2009
To answer the question, five local partners (Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, Massachusetts Network Communications Council, Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, TechAmerica New England, Massachusetts High Technology Council, TechNet) organized a panel discussion moderated by Secretary Gregory Bialecki (Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development) around the topic: “Capturing Transformative Opportunities in Digital Technology”. Read more >>
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Massachusetts Highlights Technology Sector Key To Innovation Economy
University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute study underscores technology sector as key component of state’s innovation economy.
the Gov Monitor | December 7, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick today joined leaders from the state’s digital technology sector to discuss the findings of “The IT Industry: Hub of the Massachusetts Technology Economy,” a report from the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute. The event took place at the Communispace Corporation and was attended by more than 150 technology industry leaders. Read more>>
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Study: Software leads tech growth in Mass.
Mass High Tech | December 7, 2009
Technology company CEOs, industry group to officials and academia gathered at Communispace Corp. in Watertown this morning to listen to the findings from a UMass study on Massachusetts’ tech economy and to hear Gov. Deval Patrick’s keynote address on the state of the IT sector in the commonwealth. Read more>>
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Report details importance of tech in Mass.
Boston Globe | December 7, 2009
A report from the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, released today, gives a snapshot of how important information technology is to the Bay State. Read more>>
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Patrick Releases IT Industry Study
Worcester Business Journal | December 7, 2009
The state's information technology industry is strong and growing, according to a study released by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute and Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday. Read more>>
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UMass report details local IT economy
Boston Business Journal | December 7, 2009
A state-sponsored report of Massachusetts’ information technology industry shows the sector makes up over 5 percent of the state’s workforce and results in roughly $65 billion in spending. Read more>>
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In Watertown appearance, Gov. Deval Patrick promises continued information technology growth
Watertown Tab | December 7, 2009
While other industries are hard hit by the recession, the information technology sector in Massachusetts is remaining stable, as the state is becoming a global leader in drawing in IT firms and employees. Read more>>
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Businesses uneasy without Kennedy
Health, tech firms relied on senator
Boston Globe | September 1, 2009
The death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy is raising concerns about the future of programs he championed that benefited the state’s major employers, particularly in the fields of health care, higher education, and technology. Read more >>
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I have no idea whether the scene depicted above is accurate. But that’s the vision planted in my mind by the announcement earlier this month that the state of Massachusetts and a coalition of corporate and academic institutions—MIT, Boston University, the University of Massachusetts, Cisco, and EMC—had banded together to plan a High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) for Holyoke, MA. Read more >>
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High Tech for a Historic City—A 21-Year-Old Web Entrepreneur’s View of the Big Computing Center Planned for His Home TownCivic leaders, economic visionaries, and passionate residents often claim that their city is the next to rebound. I say with confidence that my city is next in line for metamorphosis. Some find their new meaning through the arts and other organic movements, but in most recent accounts, it seems, a few deserving cities are staged for a comeback with the help of high-tech industry. Holyoke, Massachusetts, is one of these cities. Read more >>
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Patrick Administration Announces Collaborative Plan To Build High-Performance Computing Center & Research Program In Holyoke
Governor's Press Release | June 11, 2009
HOLYOKE – Thursday, June 11, 2009 – Governor Deval Patrick, MIT President Dr. Susan Hockfield, UMASS President Dr. Jack M. Wilson, Boston University President Dr. Robert Brown, Joseph M. Tucci, Chairman, President & CEO of EMC, and John T. Chambers, Chairman & CEO of Cisco Systems today announced a collaboration that will lead to the development of a world-class, high-performance computing center in Holyoke, and a statewide collaborative research program. The center will be powered by a combination of green and cost-competitive energy, making it a cost-effective and environmentally sound facility. Read more >>
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Massachusetts Collaborative to Build Green HPC Center
Unprecedented collaboration will position the Commonwealth as leader in next generation of computing technologies and support the state's innovation economy
HPCwire | June 11, 2009
HOLYOKE, Mass. June 11 -- Governor Deval Patrick, Dr. Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Jack M. Wilson, President, University of Massachusetts, Dr. Robert Brown, President, Boston University, Joseph M. Tucci, Chairman, President & CEO, EMC, and John T. Chambers, Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems today announced a collaboration that will lead to the development of a world-class high-performance computing center in Holyoke, and a statewide collaborative research program. Additionally, the center will be powered by green alternative energy. This announcement positions Massachusetts as a leader in the application and development of the next generation of computing technologies, and will create an innovation economy district in Holyoke powered by green and cost-competitive energy. Read more >>
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Computer center heading to Holyoke
WAMC | June 11, 2009
HOLYOKE, MA (WAMC) - The state of Massachusetts and a group of universities and technology companies have agreed to work to develop a high-performance computing center in the city of Holyoke. WAMC's Paul Tuthill reports... LISTEN NOW >>
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Computer center a coup for Holyoke On a scale of 1 to 10, Gov. Deval L. Patrick rated it a 12.
The governor was rating the $80 million to $100 million high-performance computing center planned for Holyoke.
Patrick was not exaggerating. We should all be up on our feet shouting "hooray" for the project. Read more >>
The IT Sector Dialogue — the mood
Mass Innovation Nights | June 17, 2009
Believe it or not, we actually had time for something else last Wednesday. The IT Sector Dialogue event gathered the leaders in the Massachusetts high tech community to discuss how we can make a difference in the state’s economy and the IT sector’s competitiveness. Held at the Cambridge Microsoft offices (beautiful space), the event gathered a veritable who’s who in Massachusetts-based technology, government and academia. (I’ve worked in the industry for more than 20 years and spent the day recognizing names and faces.) Read more >>
DIGMA aims to help grow state's design economy
Boston Globe | June 11, 2009
The Design Industry Group of Massachusetts, or DIGMA, has announced its launch with the help of a $150,000 grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s John Adams Innovation Institute. Read more>>
DIGMA Aims To Boost Bay State’s Design Economy
Xconomy.com | June 11, 2009
Design isn’t just about deciding which shade of taupe to paint City Hall or whether to make a water bottle square or round. It can mean the difference between comprehension (think iPhone) and confusion (think butterfly ballot). Read more>>
DIGMA launches to promote Bay State design industry
Mass High Tech | June 10, 2009
The John Adams Innovation Institute has given $150,000 to create a design industry organization called the Design Industry Group of Massachusetts (DIGMA). Read more>>
Massachusetts backs seed-stage business plan competition
Mass High Tech | June 10, 2009
Gov. Deval Patrick announced the formation of a business plan competition for entrepreneurs, called the MassChallenge Venture Funds Competition, Wednesday at the IT Collaborative Workshop at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in Cambridge. Read more>>
Governor Patrick Announces $1 Million Business Plan Competition
Xconomy.com | June 10, 2009
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today announced the creation of a $1 million annual business plan competition designed to attract more high-growth startups to the state. The competition, which will get underway next year, will be modeled on similar contests at MIT and other universities, but will be open to all teams of entrepreneurs willing to headquarter their companies in Massachusetts, Patrick said. Read more>>
Patrick Administration Announces Support For A Statewide Initiative To Encourage Entrepreneurship
MassChallenge Venture Funds Competition aims to ignite a renaissance of startup activity in Massachusetts
CAMBRIDGE, MA (Wednesday, June 10, 2009) – The Patrick Administration today announced support for the creation of a new initiative designed to foster collaboration and help entrepreneurs launch new businesses throughout Massachusetts. Read more>>
State boosts design and 'digital' sectors
Mass High Tech | June 5, 2009
For years, we have called for the tech community to stand up, look around and realize that the parts need to work together to equal something more than their sum. And in fits and starts, there have been some successes — the biotech community rallied around the global BIO forum in 2007 and the state stepped up and pledged $1 billion to build on the state’s strengths (even as that billion is being whittled down in the legislative budget process, as we reported last week.) Read more>>
Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Study on
Economic Impact of IT Industry in Commonwealth
Governor calls for industry collaborative to support IT sector growth
BOSTON – January, 27, 2009 – Today, Governor Deval Patrick met with academic, business and civic leaders with a stake in the information technology (IT) sector to discuss how to better position the Commonwealth’s vibrant IT industry to compete in the global economy and to announce the commission of a study to examine the information technology (IT) industry’s economic contributions in Massachusetts. Read more >>
$12 Million Research Matching Grant Program
Government leaders join to launch “the next generation
of innovation” in Massachusetts
BOSTON – Monday, February 11, 2008 - Governor Deval Patrick, Representative Michael Capuano, Senate President Therese Murray, and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi gathered today to support the launch of a new $12 million research investment program funded and administered by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). Read more>> Visit MLSC site>>