News
2/19/12 - Fiber critical for growth in Dan River Region
Check out the Danville Register & Bee article form the February 14th Tech Bunch for Lunch. Fiber critical for growth in Dan River Region
2/16/12 - Request for Proposals - SPTC Website Development
The Southern Piedmont Technology Council (SPTC) is
accepting proposals for the development of a new SPTC Website. RFP’s are
due no later than March 9, 2012.
1/19/12 - Internship opportunities
Local radio station
internship opportunity
This internship is unpaid, but does offer great experience as well as
the opportunity for professional connections. The radio station is
looking for someone either for the front office or for someone to work
in the more IT/technical area of the station. If a front office
intern is selected, the student will be expected to handle basic office
duties such as answering phones, working on spreadsheets, coordinating
mailings, greeting customers, and other clerical duties. If a more
technical intern is selected, the student will be working in the actual
radio station and would be exposed to commercial writing, PSA writing
and voice recording, handling Facebook for the station, and keeping
track of song logs. Please have any interested students submit a resume
to Angie McAdams via email or by phone, 434-797-8520,
amcadams@dcc.vccs.edu
Technical, Paid Summer Internship
At Noblis summer interns apply their technical and
analytical skills toward solving our nation's most challenging problems,
while also learning and applying new skills in their areas of study and
interest.
Great Pay:
Earn an attractive hourly wage, working full time (Monday - Friday, 40
hours/week) over the 8 week program (Monday, June 4 through Friday, July
27, 2012).
Apply Online
12/14/12 -
Danville Welcomes New Supercomputer
Danville, VA - There are 12 in
the entire world, and one of them is in Danville. It's a next
generation supercomputer capable of some of the most detailed
and intricate data research in the country, and it's been years
in the making.
ABC 13 Article
12/13/11 -
Supercomputer arrives in Danville
Danville could become an innovation hub
now that a supercomputer moved in, enabling better private
sector access to the technology.
Register & Bee Article
11/10/11 -
Technology Stars Awards Banquet
The
Southern Piedmont Technology Council celebrated the area's
Technology Stars on November 10, 2011 honoring our region's
technology-related achievements.
Learn
more about the winners!
11/10/11 - Tech Summit
Thank you for making the inaugural Tech Summit a success. Over 100
people attended educational seminars and panel discussions at the event
and were able to network with area IT professionals and industry
experts.
View the video from the Tech Summit
8/29/11 - 2011/12 KnowledgeBank Total Compensation Survey for Mid-Atlantic Technology Companies
The SPTC invites your
participation in the Total Compensation Survey of Mid-Atlantic
Technology Companies. The 21st annual survey is dedicated to serving the
needs of technology firms throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, with a
particular focus on small-to-medium companies that are interested in
obtaining competitive salary and incentive bonus rates for 40 benchmark
jobs, ranging from the Chief Executive Officer to Programmer Analyst,
Senior Software Developer, Network Engineer, and Technical Support
Specialist. Benchmark job descriptions are provided to assist in making
appropriate matches. The survey is the most comprehensive assessment of
total compensation practices for technology firms in the Mid-Atlantic
region. To participate in the survey
click here
8/28/11
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Call for Award Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the
Technology Stars Awards in eight categories. If you know a commendable
organization, department, project, or individual, please nominate them
for one of these prestigious awards. To submit a nomination, fill out
the
nomination form
and return it the SPTC by October 7, 2011.
Electronic submittals are strongly encouraged. You can also mail or fax
your applications. The applications will be evaluated based on how the
nominee: impacts the community, raises awareness of the region, markets
the region to other areas of Virginia and the nation and demonstrates
their support of the SPTC’s mission to make the Southern Piedmont one of
Virginia's premier technology regions.
07/13/11 - Tech council ready to aid in Danville economic development
6/17/11 -
Officials
hope Danville supercomputer will attract more high-tech companies.
Danville will soon be home to a supercomputer, effectively establishing
the Center for Applied High Performance Computing in Danville’s River
District. Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Thursday that Noblis, a science
and technology strategy nonprofit, and Cray Inc. will invest $2.5
million to establish the center, which will be located in Old Belt No. 1
in the Historic Tobacco Warehouse District.
Charles Gause, president of the Southern Piedmont Technology Council,
called the extremely sophisticated computing system a “tremendous
advantage” for the region in attracting companies working in computer
science.
“This exciting and important announcement substantiates Southern
Virginia’s continued investment in technology — establishing the
region’s position in supercomputing,” Gause said.
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