As an enterprise software provider, TAS receives a high volume of Request for Proposals (RFPs). I always find it interesting to compare the specific questions on an RFP to others that we have completed. As you might guess, the vast majority of RFPs have a significant amount of overlapping questions mostly focused on end user features.
Given the collective technology experience of everyone at TAS within the retail real estate sector, I can say with confidence that while many RFPs contain familiar but necessary questions, there are a lot of important questions retailers are not asking.
I felt that it would be beneficial to cover some of these important questions, so retail organization seeking real estate site selection software can potentially include them in their next RFP process.
How is my loyalty card data anonymized in the system?
This question is very important from a security and analysis standpoint. From a security standpoint, you want to make sure that no individually identifiable information is being sent outside your firewall. From an analysis standpoint, you need to determine if the level of aggregation works for your retail concept. For example, if you are a convenience store operator and the system requires you to aggregate your loyalty card data to block groups, does this work for you? Is a block group too large?
Does the system support Role Based Security?
This question is really asking about the configurability of the system. Role Based Security allows you to assign users to groups based on similarity. These groups can then be configured for items such as reports, thematics, map layers, etc. It is vital that you understand exactly what elements can be configured by role, as it will affect the long-term viability of the system. For example, can you configure what data items people see when they click on a store based on their role? Can you control read/write access to specific layers by role? What other types of features can be configured by role, get a full list! A highly configurable system will ensure that it can adapt to your future needs.
Does the system support the creation of a full audit log of all changes made by end-users?
An audit log shows you all changes that have occurred in the system and typically includes old value, new value, and the user name of the person that made the change. It is vital that the system has this functionality if you want to allow users to make edits to data. It will allow you to see exactly what users are doing and, more importantly, restore specific data if something got messed up.
Does the system support locking down users to viewing/editing data only in certain locations?
One of the trends we are seeing is retailers giving their preferred developers/brokers access to their system. In order for this to be successful, it requires a highly configurable Role Based Security infrastructure (so you can control what they see) and a highly configurable system for setting Geographic Based Security. Geographic Based Security allows you to lock down where a person can interact with a specific data set. In the context of preferred developers/brokers, it will allow you to control what geographies they can interact with data such as proposed sites.
How does data flow into and out of the system?
It's rather strange that most RFPs don't ask this question as it is extremely important. A system built around the uploading/downloading of Excel files, even if automated, will only work for a small team and it will be very difficult to share changes back to the system of record so others can benefit from your field verified data. If your fine working in your own data silo, then Excel import/export is fine. If you have grander dreams, you need something better.
Does the system provide a mechanism for viewing and editing relational data from within a single form or does the data need to be "flattened"?
If the system can only view/edit data from one table at a time, take our advice and run away fast! You will outgrow this system extremely quickly and it will be a nightmare to maintain as your future needs change. You will need to do a ton of data preparation on your side to take data from different places and build a very wide flat file. Let's not even talk about the pain that will happen if you want to update other systems based off of any changes you make to the data. Run away fast!!!
What is the vendors' customer satisfaction score for their technical support team?
This question goes above and beyond the typical questions like: what's covered under technical support, how many hours are provided, what forms of technical support are offered (phone vs email), etc.. Does the vendor have a formal way of measuring the effectiveness of their technical support department? If not, how do they know how things are going? We measure our support team on a number of variables including average open time of support tickets, the number of customer touches per ticket, and customer satisfaction upon closing of the ticket.
What kind of history do the vendor's employees have in the retail real estate space?
At its core, this question is asking if the vendor understands the space. Given that you will be establishing a long-term relationship with the vendor, it's important that they understand what you do on a day to day basis. If key employees at the vendor do not have industry experience, can they truly be relied on to architect a solution for a problem that they themselves have never faced?
How often is the vendor's data center environment reviewed by a third party security consultant?
The only constant regarding computer environments is change. It is extremely important that the vendor's data center environment is monitored by a third-party security consultant on an ongoing basis to minimize the chance of the environment being hacked.
Has the vendor's code base been investigated by a third party for security vulnerabilities?
What would happen if you recommended a solution that was hacked at a later time? Well, there's a pretty good chance you would lose your job. Don't lose your job, ask this question up front.


(July 26, 2004) Safety Harbor, Fla. — OnScreen Technologies Inc. has completed its Phase II Design with Solectron Corp., including two critical engineering design phases that will be used as the foundation for the launch of the company's next-generation LED video displays.
(July 26, 2004) City of Industry, Calif. — Leveraging its leading electronics materials brands, Henkel Technologies announces a global initiative to market its industry innovations under a single, comprehensive banner and distance itself from the competition.
(July 23, 2004) Wilmington, Del. — Companies from around the world have won honors in the 2004 DuPont Plunkett Awards competition for innovation with DuPont fluoropolymers.
(July 23, 2004) Milwaukee — Manufacturing OEMs and end users think similarly about how to improve their relationship, according to a new study conducted in early 2004 by Rockwell Automation.
(July 23, 2004) Binghamton, N.Y. — Universal Instruments Corp. announces a change at the top of its management structure.
(July 23, 2004) Ashburn, Va. — ZESTRON America announces three recent additions to its Applications Technology Department.
(July 22, 2004) Longmont, Colo. — PMJ Cencorp, an operating division of PMJ Automec Oyj announces its sales for the first half of the year have doubled year-over-year, and the outlook for the remainder of the year is extremely strong, with all sectors of the industry showing higher levels of demand for automated depaneling.
(July 22, 2004) San Francisco and Eatontown, N.J. — Fabrinet has signed a volume supply agreement with Opnext Inc.
(July 22, 2004) Arlington, Texas — Sparked by an economic upturn, the NEPCON electronics manufacturing tradeshow will be returning to Texas in October 2004.
(July 21, 2004) San Jose, Calif. and Tampa, Fla. — Venture Outsource Group announces that Precision Communication Services has enrolled in the firm's Circle of Providers program.
(July 21, 2004) Troy, N.Y. — For the second consecutive year, GlobalSpec has been recognized with the InfoCommerce Group's Model of Excellence Award.
(July 21, 2004) Scottsdale, Ariz. — According to In-Stat/MDR, Intel, the world's leading semiconductor manufacturing company, is in the midst of many changes in its microprocessor product portfolio and manufacturing strategy.
(July 21, 2004) Manchester, N.H. — Joseph Fjelstad, a co-founder of Silicon Valley startup SiliconPipe, which is dedicated to extending the limits of copper-based electronic circuit technology, will deliver the keynote address at PCB Design Conference East 2004 on Tuesday, October 5, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel Manchester here.
(July 20, 2004) Natick, Mass. — Cognex Corp. announces revenue for the second quarter ended July 4, 2004, of $54.5 million, and net income of $10.9 million, or 23 cents per diluted share.
(July 20, 2004) Midland, Mich. — A new Web site from Dow Corning provides product, application and solution information on a full range of silanes, which can be used as adhesion promoters, coupling and crosslinking agents, hydrophobers, and surface modifiers.
(July 20, 2004) Redwood Shores, Calif. and Singapore — Wherify Wireless Inc. is using Flextronics International Ltd. to develop and manufacture Wherify's next generation code division multiple access (CDMA) GPS locator phone.
(July 20, 2004) Billerica, Mass. — GSI Lumonics Inc. announces the receipt of a new order for multiple WaferTrim systems from a U.S.-based integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer.
(July 19, 2004) San Mateo, Calif. — According to ElectroniCast Corp.'s Multifiber Transmit Link and Components Forecast, global consumption of multifiber transmit link components will rise from $53.4 million in 2003 to $407 million in 2008.
(July 19, 2004) Redmond, Wash. — Prototron Circuits has added staff to its New Hampshire and San Diego offices.
(July 19, 2004) Minneapolis — For the first time at a traditional SMTA event, dial-in options will be available for the Lead-free Soldering Symposium during SMTA International.
(July 16, 2004) Jersey City, N.J. — Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials will implement a tin surcharge covering the dramatic increase in the cost of tin on all invoices for ALPHA solder paste at such time that the London Metal Exchange price exceeds $9,500/metric ton.
(July 16, 2004) Phoenix — Duraswitch announces that Steve Hanson, former CEO of ON Semiconductor Corp. and 28-year veteran of Motorola Inc., has been named to its Board of Directors.
(July 16, 2004) South Portland, Maine — Fairchild Semiconductor has reported results for the second quarter ended June 27, 2004.
(July 16, 2004) Forest Grove, Ore. — Merix Corp. reported financial results for the quarter and year ended May 29, 2004.
(July 15, 2004) LaFox, Ill. — Richardson Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with ABRACON Corp.
(July 15, 2004) Herzlia, Israel — Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announces that the current edition of MSI Magazine, in its 12th annual survey of the world's leading software vendors, ranks Tecnomatix as No. 8 in the "Top Ten Plant Operations" segment of its 2004 Top 100 Software Vendors list.
(July 15, 2004) Stamford, Conn. — FEINFOCUS announces the launch of its new, revamped Web site.
(July 15, 2004) Poway, Calif. — Production Solutions Inc. has appointed Protec Sales as a manufacturer's representative serving Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.
(July 14, 2004) West Haven, Conn. — Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics, has appointed Aaron Storms as managing director of Enthone Latin America.
(July 14, 2004) Utica, N.Y. — Indium Corp. of America is now represented in the New England area by Jim McLenaghan, president of Creyr Innovation LLC.
(July 14, 2004) Hudson, Mass. — IntegraTECH Solutions Corp has appointed Rick Wicker as its vice president of sales.
(July 14, 2004) Amsterdam, The Netherlands — European delegates from the electronics industry gathered here at the end of June for the second jointly sponsored IPC/Soldertec Lead-free Electronics Conference, "Towards Implementation of the RoHS Directive."
(July 13, 2004) Arlington, Va. — The monthly order index compiled by the Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association (ECA) continued its steady upward climb in June for the 11th consecutive month.
(July 13, 2004) West Haven, Conn. — Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics, has appointed Joe Renda OEM marketing manager, Enthone PCB Chemistry.
(July 13, 2004) Minneapolis — The SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium that took place May 19 through 20, 2004, at the Minneapolis Airport Marriott in Bloomington, Minn., was a new program for SMTA and a great success.
(July 13, 2004) Sao Paolo — Universal Instruments has opened a direct sales and support office in Brazil to increase support for its growing customer base in the region.
(July 12, 2004) Myrtle Beach, S.C. — AVX Corp. expects to meet or exceed analysts' earnings per share consensus estimates for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.
(July 12, 2004) Allentown, Pa. — FlexLink Systems Inc. has appointed Nino DiPietro to vice president, finance.
(July 12, 2004) Utica, N.Y. — Indium Corp. has hired Paul Salmon as director of marketing for Indium of Europe.
(July 12, 2004) Salt Lake City — Parvus Corp has been certified to the new ISO 9001:2000 standard.
(July 9, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries recently presented Mateusz Czerw, Eric Li and Edwin Moy with $500 scholarships from the IPC Electronics Assembly Scholarship Fund, an endowment the association established to support the electronics program of Curie Metropolitan High School, Chicago, Ill.
(July 9, 2004) Oosterhout, The Netherlands — Vitronics Soltec announces the schedule for their Third Annual European Seminar Tour, entitled "Lead-free Soldering: How Ready Are You . . . Really ?"
(July 9, 2004) Myrtle Beach, S.C. — AVX Corp. has received the Corporate Environmental Achievement Award (CEAA) from the American Ceramic Society, the world's leading organization dedicated to the advancement of ceramics.
(July 9, 2004) Sunnyvale, Calif. — Honeywell announces that Gary Freburger has joined its Electronic Materials business as director of operations and Six Sigma.
(July 8, 2004) Breda, Holland — Cobar Solder Products, the new North American offspring of Cobar Europe BV, has received several shipments of VOC-free soldering fluxes and various solder pastes in recent weeks, filling its Londonderry, N.H. warehouse facility, and already is shipping soldering materials to customers throughout the Americas.
(July 8, 2004) Torrington, Conn. — DYMAX Corp. has appointed Darrell Ripley as managing director of its Asian sales and operations.
(July 8, 2004) Matthews, N.C. — InteliCoat Technologies has earned certification to ISO 9001:2000 quality system standards for its facility here and the coated products it produces.
(July 8, 2004) Fremont, Calif. — Intellect Lab announces a 5 percent rebate in the form of Schmartboard prototyping boards.
(July 7, 2004) Stamford, Conn. — FEINFOCUS announces Guido Rademaker, Ph.D. and Thomas Pukall have joined the application engineering staff.
(July 7, 2004) Minneapolis — The SMTA Annual Conference, SMTA International, taking place Sunday, September 26 through Thursday, September 30, at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., is co-located with the Assembly Technology Expo (ATExpo) and features free events for all attendees on Tuesday and Wednesday.
(July 7, 2004) UK — Soldertec Global is offering individuals or organizations involved with the development of lead-free technology the opportunity to apply for one of this year's Lead-free Solder Awards.
(July 6, 2004) Flemington, N.J. — DEK has formed a new distribution agreement that will enhance service and support for its Irish customers.
(July 6, 2004) Lake Mary, Fla. — FARO Technologies Inc. is ramping up production of the FARO Gage in order to meet increasing demand.
(July 6, 2004) Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. — The next Indium Corp. Pb-Free QuickStart seminar will be held on July 27 through 28 here.
(July 6, 2004) Poway, Calif. — Production Solutions Inc. has reported sales during the second quarter of 2004 that were up more than 78 percent over the same period last year.
(July 2, 2004) Quebec City, Canada — EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has reported sales growth of 35.4 percent to reach US $20.5 million in the third quarter ended May 31, 2004, from US $15.1 million in the third quarter of 2003 and 21.2 percent growth from US $16.9 million in the second quarter of 2004.
(July 2, 2004) Hollis, N.H. — J P Sercel Associates (JPSA Laser) announces the appointment of Mike Lusczyk to manager of the company's newly formed Electrical Engineering (EE) Group.
(July 2, 2004) Norcross, Ga. — Siemens Dematic has formed a consortium with major technical universities across the country.
(July 2, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has sold its 63 percent ownership in U.S. Robotics to the management of the company.
(July 1, 2004) Richardson, Texas — ASSET InterTech Inc. has opened a technical support office in Hong Kong, in order to support the growing number of users of its boundary-scan test and programming technology in Asia.
(July 1, 2004) Buffalo, N.Y. — NanoDynamics Inc. has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the United States Air Force (USAF).
(July 1, 2004) Cambridge, Mass. — SatCon Technology Corp. announces that its Electronics division received new contracts in excess of $3.3 million during this past quarter.
(July 1, 2004) Ashburn, Va. — Due to increasing customer demand and its ever-growing market, ZESTRON America has signed TechSystems International to be the sole provider of ZESTRON's products and services in Southern California.
(June 30, 2004) Hong Kong and Pleasanton, Calif. — ASAT Holdings Ltd. has opened a new sales office in Tokyo.
(June 30, 2004) Houston — BP Microsystems is standardizing its automated product offering on the Windows XP operating system platform.
(June 30, 2004) Utica, N.Y. — Indium Corp.'s Adrian Low has achieved SMTA Certification in the SMT Process.
(June 30, 2004) Scottsdale, Ariz. — While the first half of 2003 was not terribly promising for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) suppliers, business activity picked up considerably in the fourth quarter of 2003, and has remained strong through the first half of 2004, reports In-Stat/MDR.
(June 29, 2004) Helsinki, Finland — The Board of Directors of Elcoteq Network Corp. has decided to start evaluating options for strengthening the company's shareholders' equity as part of the its growth and globalization strategy.
(June 29, 2004) Troy, N.Y. — GlobalSpec, The Engineering Search Engine, and Dice Inc., the leading provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals, announce a strategic partnership to establish the first-ever engineering job search on GlobalSpec.
(June 29, 2004) Buffalo, N.Y. — NanoDynamics Inc. announces that Alan Rae, Ph.D. has joined the company as vice president of market and business development.
(June 29, 2004) Minneapolis — In response to the demands of increasing industrial globalization, the SMTA has established a new Global Membership type.
(June 28, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces the findings from its monthly Interconnect Manufacturing Services (IMS)/Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
(June 28, 2004) St. Louis — Watlow has named Ed Bailey information systems relationship manager for Winona. He will report to Paul Smith, chief information officer.
(June 28, 2004) Plainview, N.Y. — Aeroflex Inc. announces it will divest its shock and vibration control device manufacturing business located in Bloomingdale, N.J., and will seek a strategic buyer.
(June 28, 2004) Columbus, Ohio and Tokyo — Battelle has entered into an alliance agreement with the Japan Research Institute Ltd.
(June 25, 2004) Round Rock, Texas — DuPont Photomasks Inc. announces that Kevin P. Hegarty has been named to the company's Board of Directors.
(June 25, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces the appointment of Lars-Olof Wallin as its new representative in Europe.
(June 25, 2004) Palatine, Ill. — Chris C. Richardson, who retired last month as chairman, president and CEO of the Schneider Electric North American Operating Division, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Schneider Electric.
(June 25, 2004) Hopkinton, Mass. and Bangalore, India — Valpey-Fisher Corp. has added SM Electronic Technologies Pvt Ltd, to the Valpey Fisher global distribution and rep network as their exclusive authorized distributor for all Valpey Fisher Corp. product lines to the Indian market.
(June 24, 2004) Santa Clara, Calif. — Advantest Corp. announces that for the 16th consecutive year, the company has been rated as one of the world's top equipment suppliers in the annual customer satisfaction survey conducted by VLSI Research Inc.
(June 24, 2004) Cambridge, Ontario, Canada — ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. has opened Canada's first full-scale solar cell manufacturing plant and unveiled its revolutionary new photovoltaic technology that will soon be produced in commercial quantities from the highly automated 193,000 sq ft facility located in this southwestern Ontario city.
(June 24, 2004) Santa Ana, Calif. — Express Manufacturing Inc. (EMI) announces that the company is participating in strategic programs aimed at promoting the growth of the electronics business with and in China.
(June 24, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces that Burt Rutan, founder and CEO of Scaled Composites and designer of SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded rocket ship to carry a human into space, will be the final keynote speaker at its co-located IPC SMEMA Council's APEX/IPC Printed Circuits Expo/IPC Designers Summit exhibition.
(June 23, 2004) Munich, Germany — The 2004 European Electronics Industry Awards will be held here on November 9, 2004, in conjunction with electronica.
(June 23, 2004) Okemah, Okla. — To support its expanding full service, end-to-end contract manufacturing services to the defense and aviation industries, AMS (American Manufacturing Services) has moved to significantly larger facilities here, a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone).
(June 23, 2004) North Sutton, N.H. — Labsphere and Laser 2000 have expanded their alliance in Europe.
(June 23, 2004) Methuen, Mass. — Parlex Corp. has been awarded contracts totaling more than $1 million from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) to supply rigid flex circuit assemblies for production of the Gamma Ray Large Camera Space Telescope (GLAST).
(June 22, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has reported sales of $3 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2004, up 5.3 percent from $2.9 billion in the second quarter and up 29 percent from $2.4 billion in the third quarter of last year.
(June 22, 2004) Norwalk, Conn. — The Assembly Technology Expo 2004 Conference will feature state-of-the-art education developed specifically for manufacturing professionals by several industry associations.
(June 22, 2004) Midland, Mich. — Dow Corning Corp. has named Thierry Materne, Ph.D., global technology and business development manager for the company's new Surface and Interface Solutions Center (SISC) in Seneffe, Belgium.
(June 22, 2004) Franklin, Mass. and Graham, N.C. — JNJ Industries Inc. has appointed Randall Clark and Clearsource Inc. to represent JNJ's products in North and South Carolina.
(June 21, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — The IPC Designers Council will host two Designers Learning Symposiums from August 24 through 25, 2004, in Albuquerque, N.M. and from November 9 through 10, 2004, in Montreal, Canada, for printed circuit board (PCB) designers throughout North America.
(June 21, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has been chosen to provide manufacturing services for Nortel Networks' new multiservice provider edge (MPE) 9000 series of Internet protocol (IP)/multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) multiservice edge products.
(June 21, 2004) Norwalk, Conn. — When thousands of manufacturing professionals converge at Assembly Technology Expo (ATExpo) this September it will mark the 25th anniversary as the industry's leading trade event.
(June 21, 2004) Concord, Calif. — March Plasma Systems has named Terumitsu Tsuji as its business manager and Yuji Takai as regional sales manager for Japan.
(June 18, 2004) Myrtle Beach, S.C. — AVX Corp. has filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
(June 18, 2004) Arlington, Va. — Abstracts for technical papers and reservations for exhibit space are being accepted for CARTS-Europe 2004, to be held October 18 through 21 in Nice, France.
(June 18, 2004) Utica, N.Y. — Indium Corp. has promoted Leo M. Devine to market development manager for wave solder products.
(June 18, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Force Computers embedded computing business to Motorola Inc.
(June 17, 2004) Irving, Texas — Elcoteq Network Corp. has added three surface mount manufacturing production lines at Elcoteq America's facility in Monterrey, Mexico.
(June 17, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries has reported the findings from its co-located IPC SMEMA Council's APEX/IPC Printed Circuits Expo/IPC Designers Summit Attendee Survey.
(June 17, 2004) Herzlia, Israel — Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announces that Eolane has finalized an agreement through a Tecnomatix Sales Channel partner, Accelonix France to deploy eMPower for Electronics solutions across all of Eolane's manufacturing sites in France.
(June 17, 2004) Salem, N.H. — StockerYale Inc. has completed the placement of a $5.5 million convertible note with current institutional investors led by Laurus Master Fund Ltd.
(June 16, 2004) Sunnyvale, Calif. — Honeywell announces that the company will be implementing price increases between 4 to 14 percent for part of its Electronic Chemicals product line.
(June 16, 2004) Portsmouth, R.I. and Columbus, Ohio — International Manufacturing Services Inc. (IMS) has appointed DM Associates Inc. as the company's representative in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and western Pennsylvania.
(June 16, 2004) Morton, Ill. — Preco Electronics has launched its plan to incorporate Six Sigma principles throughout the company.
(June 15, 2004) Houston — BP Microsystems has begun to implement a program in conjunction with the Chinese government to strengthen BP's presence in the Asian marketplace.
(June 15, 2004) Mentor, Ohio — Libra Industries announces that Ron Rehberger has been named director of client services, effective immediately.
(June 15, 2004) Carlsbad, Calif. — Machine Vision Products Inc. (MVP) will open a new European headquarters.
(June 15, 2004) Herndon, Va. — The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) announces five new members.
(June 14, 2004) Herndon, Va. — The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative's (NEMI's) Component and Board Marking Project has made recommendations for the identification of electronic components and board assemblies that have been modified for use in lead-free assembly processes.
(June 14, 2004) South Portland, Maine — Fairchild Semiconductor announces that all of its manufacturing facilities worldwide producing automotive products have achieved the automotive standard ISO/TS16949 certification.
(June 14, 2004) Boca Raton, Fla. — NRC Electronics Inc. has joined with Design Chain Associates and EPTAC Corp. to present a half-day "Introduction to Lead-free" seminar on the impact of the EU RoHS and WEEE lead-free directives.
(June 14, 2004) Santa Clara, Calif. — Manugistics Group Inc. announced at its Electronics and High Tech Summit that Sanmina-SCI Corp. will extend its use of Manugistics solutions worldwide to drive further improvements across its materials planning, supplier collaboration and logistics processes.
(June 11, 2004) Phoenix — Avnet Electronics Marketing, the largest operating group of Avnet Inc., announces that Phil Gallagher has been promoted to president, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, effective July 5, 2004, concurrent with Avnet's fiscal year 2005.
(June 11, 2004) Detroit and Garden Grove, Calif. — DPAC Technologies has received the "Best of Show" product award at Sensors Expo for the Airborne wireless LAN node module.
(June 11, 2004) Allentown, Pa. — FlexLink Systems Inc. recently participated in the Forum for Innovation in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(June 11, 2004) St. Louis — Watlow has launched its newly redesigned Web site, featuring a new look complete with new graphics, enhanced toolbars for improved navigation and updates to the content.
(June 10, 2004) Key Largo, Fla. and Milan, Italy — Automated Production Equipment (APE) has signed an exclusive agreement with IEMME SpA to distribute APE equipment in Italy.
(June 10, 2004) San Francisco — Eoplex Technologies has closed a $4.3 million Series B funding round led by Labrador Ventures with investments from Draper Fischer Jurvetson and Draper-Richards.
(June 10, 2004) San Diego — KIC will be a co-presenter at the Indium Pb-Free QuickStart Seminar.
(June 10, 2004) Boston and Salt Lake City — Teradyne Inc. announces that Harman Music Group has selected a Teradyne Assembly Test Division test system as their transmission X-ray tester of choice.
(June 9, 2004) Washington, D.C. — IMAPS (International Microelectronics And Packaging Society) announces that Alec J. Barbiaz will be the keynote speaker at the 37th International Symposium on Microelectronics to be held November 14 through 18, 2004, at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif.
(June 9, 2004) Utica, N.Y. — The Indium Corp. of America has promoted three members of its engineering team.
(June 9, 2004) Franklin, Mass. and Valrico, Fla. — JNJ Industries has appointed DACO Technologies Inc. to represent its products in Florida.
(June 9, 2004) Billerica, Mass. — Transition Automation is introducing an electronic newsletter featuring technology to improve stencil-printing quality and production yield.
(June 8, 2004) Arlington, Va. — The monthly order index compiled by the Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association (ECA) continued its upswing in May for the 10th consecutive month.
(June 8, 2004) Wilsonville, Ore. and San Jose, Calif. — Mentor Graphics Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire 0-In Design Automation Inc.
(June 8, 2004) Minneapolis — As emerging technologies help to stimulate the recovering economy, the SMTA has once again organized the popular Emerging Technologies Summit during SMTA International to address the latest trends in electronics manufacturing and assembly.
(June 7, 2004) Niles, Ill. — Ircon Inc. has added additional personnel to help strengthen their sales force in several key markets.
(June 7, 2004) Several companies in various areas of the electronics assembly industry have launched lead-free educational events to discuss the different aspects of assembly that the technology touches.
(June 7, 2004) Edinburgh, Scotland — A leading-edge design center that will provide a critical link in the commercialization of Scottish micro and optoelectronic research has been officially opened by Scotland's First Minister Jack McConnell.
(June 7, 2004) Minneapolis — The Opening Session and Annual Meeting during SMTA International, which is taking place September 26 through 30 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Chicago, Ill., will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 28 and 29, respectively.
(June 4, 2004) Downers Grove, Ill. and Toronto — Cimnet Systems Inc. announces a sale of Engenix and Paradigm software to Coretec Inc.
(June 4, 2004) Allentown, Pa. — FlexLink Systems announces the expansion of their E-services interactive information resource, now able to give users all the information that they need to plan, configure, buy, and install FlexLink's conveyors and automated solutions for assembly and manufacturing processes.
(June 4, 2004) Herndon, Va. — The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its electronics manufacturing roadmap with a special banquet the evening of June 22 at NEMI headquarters here.
(June 4, 2004) Lake Success, N.Y. — Park Electrochemical Corp. has promoted Eddie Mok to Asia Pacific director of OEM marketing and technology and Leena Gulia to senior OEM marketing engineer.
(June 3, 2004) Helsinki, Finland — Elcoteq Network Corp. will expand its operations to Bangalore, India during 2004.
(June 3, 2004) Westford, Mass. and Bethlehem Pa. — Mack Technologies has partnered with Ovation Products to standardize on Grid-Lok fully automatic tooling for all DEK screen printers at their Westford, Mass. facility.
(June 3, 2004) Hong Kong — Jennie Hwang, Ph.D., president of Cleveland-based H-Technologies Inc. and an SMT Advisory Board member, has been appointed advisor to the Hong Kong Productivity Council.
(June 3, 2004) Hollis, N.H. and Tokyo — JPSA Laser and its representative, Hakuto Co. Ltd., announce the sales of JPSA Excimer and UV-DPSS laser systems to Japan.
(June 2, 2004) Camarillo, Calif. — phoenix|x-ray Systems + Services Inc. has published their latest business activity report.
(June 2, 2004) Minneapolis — SMTA is again co-locating its annual conference, SMTA International, with the Assembly Tech Expo (ATExpo) show this fall at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill.
(June 2, 2004) Weymouth, Dorset, UK — Tecan has opened the doors to its new sales and technical support facility in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., in order to ensure the best local support for its increasing customer base in the U.S. and the rapidly emerging markets of Mexico and Asia.
(June 2, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries and Conductor Analysis Technologies Inc. (CAT Inc.) have announced that their joint Process Capability, Quality and Relative Reliability (PCQR2) Benchmark Database now includes 11 active subscribers, with the recent addition of PCB supplier Tyco Electronics Printed Circuit Group and a major North American original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
(June 1, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces the findings from its monthly Interconnect Manufacturing Services (IMS)/Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
(June 1, 2004) Billerica, Mass. — GSI Lumonics Inc. has received an order for multiple WaferTrim M310 systems from a U.S.-based integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer.
(June 1, 2004) Downers Grove, Ill. and Toronto — Cimnet Systems Inc. announces a sale of its Paradigm S/ERP (specialized enterprise resource planning) software to StrataFLEX Corp.
(June 1, 2004) Boca Raton, Fla. — Design Chain Associates LLC. (DCA) and NRC Electronics Inc. have entered into a strategic alliance.
(May 28, 2004) Spring House, Pa. — Synapsis Technology Inc. and UGS PLM Solutions have signed an agreement making Synapsis a certified reseller of UGS PLM Solutions' Teamcenter portfolio, the world's most widely used suite of PLM solutions.
(May 28, 2004) Willow Grove, Pa. — Tyco Electronics, a business segment of Tyco International Ltd. is offering Q-Series and APS-1H customers the ability to upgrade their machines to the Windows XP operating system.
(May 28, 2004) Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Melville, N.Y. — AVX Corp. has received recognition from Arrow Electronics, a world leader in electronics distribution.
(May 28, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has completed the sale of its Kavlico sensor products business to Schneider Electric, an international manufacturer of electrical distribution, industrial control and automation equipment.
(May 27, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — Led by its members, IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries carried high the banner for a fair, open and rules-based international trading system at its recent Capitol Hill Day, the industry's premier lobbying event.
(May 27, 2004) Herndon, Va. — The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative's (NEMI) Tin Whisker User Group has released a draft proposal of tin whisker acceptance test requirements.
(May 27, 2004) Palatine, Ill. — Mary Frances Cox has been appointed vice president of operations at Schneider Electric North American Operating Division.
(May 27, 2004) Franklin, Mass. and Horsham, Pa. — Speedline Technologies Inc. and Aegis Industrial Software Corp. announce the availability of Aegis' iMonitor remote monitoring software for use with Speedline's leading Camalot dispensing, MPM printing and Electrovert reflow oven equipment for the electronics manufacturing industry.
(May 26, 2004) Rocky Hill, Conn. and North Billerica, Mass. — Axsys Technologies Inc. has acquired all of the stock of Telic Optics, effective April 8, 2004.
(May 26, 2004) Providence, R.I. — Cookson Group plc announces that Raymond P. Sharpe has resigned as a director and will leave the company for a position within the private equity sector.
(May 26, 2004) Randolph, N.J. — Glenbrook Technologies shipped its 1,000th "serial number" real-time X-ray inspection system on May 12, 2004.
(May 26, 2004) Norcross, Ga. — Siemens Dematic Electronic Assembly Systems Inc. has appointed Gregg Schoenrade as senior sales engineer for the south central United States.
(May 25, 2004) Eindhoven, The Netherlands — Assembléon is substantially expanding its own sales and service organization in Asia to provide the highest level of quality in all aspects of its business.
(May 25, 2004) Cambridge, Ontario, Canada — The Board of Directors of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. has appointed Ron Jutras, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer as chief operating officer.
(May 25, 2004) Midland, Mich. — Dow Corning Corp. has established a new global research center to pioneer the development of innovative technologies and applications for organosilane and silicon-containing chemicals.
(May 25, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has repurchased approximately $950 million of its zero-coupon senior convertible notes due November 2020.
(May 24, 2004) Norwalk, Conn. — Assembly Technology Expo will feature a keynote address by actor John Ratzenberger, producer and host of the Travel Channel's John Ratzenberger's Made in America series, that honors the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of American manufacturing.
(May 24, 2004) Cambridge, Ontario, Canada — ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. has reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2004, including sharp increases in revenue, operating earnings, automation systems order bookings and order backlog.
(May 24, 2004) Kowloon, Hong Kong — Enthone Inc., a Cookson Electronics company, announces that Shenzhen Huamei Electroplating Technology Ltd. was voted "Best Brand" in a survey conducted by the Market Information Centre of People Daily (Beijing, China).
(May 24, 2004) UK — The World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) has released its 2004 Yearbook.
(May 21, 2004) Myrtle Beach, S.C. — At a recent Board of Directors meeting, AVX Corp. appointed Joseph Stach to its Board of Directors.
(May 21, 2004) Boston — NEPCON East/Electro and Assembly East 2004 attracted 4,013 manufacturing industry professionals, representing a 14 percent increase from the 2003 event.
(May 21, 2004) Minneapolis — As speakers at the Ninth Annual Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (February 10 through 12, 2004, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii), individuals promoted international technical exchange and joined in a diverse forum for extensive networking among microelectronics professionals.
(May 21, 2004) Lake Forest and San Jose, Calif. — Valor Computerized Systems announces that eDFX Services Inc. selected Valor's Trilogy 5000 pre-production engineering solution to expand its service offering with high-end DFM (Design For Manufacturing) capabilities.
(May 20, 2004) Arlington, Va. — The monthly order index compiled by the Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association (ECA) continued its upward trend in April, marking the ninth month in a row in which the 12-month moving average has risen.
(May 20, 2004) Wokingham, UK — KIC has appointed SmartTec as its exclusive distributor for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
(May 20, 2004) Carlsbad, Calif. — Machine Vision Products Inc. (MVP) will display its new GEM Series Compact automated optical inspection (AOI) system at NEPCON UK.
(May 20, 2004) Lake Success, N.Y. — Park Electrochemical Corp. announces that, effective immediately, its Nelco, SAS subsidiary located in Mirebeau, France is being integrated into the company's Neltec group of businesses.
(May 19, 2004) Campbell, Calif. — Camstar Systems Inc. has added two senior managers to its marketing and sales team.
(May 19, 2004) Helsinki, Finland — Elcoteq Network Corp. has joined the WiMAX Forum.
(May 19, 2004) Herzlia, Israel and Germany — Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. has entered into an agreement with EXAPT, a leading German CAD/CAM provider, to offer a scalable, integrated NC (numeric control) verification solution for manufacturers ranging from low-end tool-path simulation up to high-end, total workspace simulation based on post-processed, machine-specific programming.
(May 19, 2004) Los Angeles — Teledyne Technologies Inc. announces that Teledyne Electronic Safety Products has been awarded a $2.4 million contract by the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
(May 18, 2004) Kenosha, Wis. — George Wood has joined Pro-mation Inc. as sales manager of the Americas for the Selective Soldering Division.
(May 18, 2004) Santa Clara, Calif. — Taiwan Sunball International Ltd. will rename the company Profound Material Technology Co. Ltd. and will begin operating under its new corporate name effective immediately.
(May 18, 2004) Fremont, Calif. — Bliss Industries has introduced "Ask Ken Bliss," a Q&A Web site resource that focuses on lean manufacturing.
(May 18, 2004) Allentown, Pa. — FlexLink Systems will host a press conference at MD&M East, billed as the world's largest trade show for medical device manufacturing, on Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at 2 p.m. in the FlexLink exhibit booth, #2659 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
(May 17, 2004) Myrtle Beach, S.C. — AVX Corp. reports that net sales were $315.8 million in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2004, and $1.1 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.
(May 17, 2004) Washington, D.C. — The International Microelectronic and Packaging Society (IMAPS) and the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) will jointly sponsor The International Conference on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technology.
(May 17, 2004) Carlsbad, Calif. — Machine Vision Products (MVP) has updated its Web site.
(May 17, 2004) Franklin, Mass. — Speedline Technologies Inc. announces two sales engineering appointments.
(May 14, 2004) Carlsbad, Calif. — Asymtek Product Manager Steve Adamson and Plexus Senior Staff Process Engineer Todd Woods will be co-presenting the paper, "Medical Device Assembly using Jet Dispensing for Underfill and Encapsulants," during the upcoming SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium in Minneapolis, Minn. on May 19, 2004.
(May 14, 2004) Midland, Mich. and Belgium — Dow Corning Corp. and Belgium's Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center (IMEC) will present a technical paper on wafer-level packaging during the 54th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) held next month in Las Vegas, Nev.
(May 14, 2004) San Diego — KIC has developed a Web site inside China specifically for electronic manufacturers in this growing market.
(May 14, 2004) Columbus, Ohio — Brian Baughman has joined EWI as an applications engineer.
(May 13, 2004) Thief River Falls, Minn. — Digi-Key Corp. has added Tim Sanghera as vice president of semiconductor products.
(May 13, 2004) Midland, Mich. — Dow Corning Corp. has launched a partnering approach specifically designed to help electronics industry customers solve business problems and seize emerging opportunities.
(May 13, 2004) Geel, Belgium — Alcatel Bell's 2004 Technology Day, held at the Alcatel Bell facility here on June 10, will feature Indium Corp.'s Ning-Cheng Lee, Ph.D. as keynote speaker.
(May 13, 2004) St. Louis — Watlow has appointed Steve Sandercock as tubular, process and multicell (TPM) product manager.
(May 12, 2004) Herndon, Va. — The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) is hosting an open workshop to review year-to-date progress on the 2004 NEMI roadmap.
(May 12, 2004) Palatine, Ill. — Howard E. Japlon has been appointed senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Schneider Electric North American Operating Division.
(May 12, 2004) San Jose, Calif. — DEK announces the installation of next-generation laser cutting equipment in its Guadalajara, Mexico stencil manufacturing facility, which the company says is a direct response to current and anticipated customer requirements.
(May 12, 2004) Stamford, Conn. and Des Plaines, Ill. — FEINFOCUS and Kester recently teamed up to offer their expertise to electronics assemblers through a series of technical seminars on reliable and cost-effective implementation of lead-free assembly operations, process issues, inspection and reliability technology.
(May 11, 2004) Santa Clara, Calif. — MEMS (microelectromechnical systems) has become one of the hottest topics discussed in the industry today. MEMS revenues are forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15 to 20 percent over the next few years, while units shipped are forecast to grow at a CAGR of 25 to 30 percent.
(May 11, 2004) Rhode Island — AIM announces the expansion of its sales and support network with the appointments of additional manufacturers' representatives and distributors.
(May 11, 2004) Townshend, Vt. — Janos Technology Inc. has hired Robert Winkler to take on the newly created position of systems sales engineer.
(May 11, 2004) Yavne, Israel — Valor Computerized Systems reported an improvement in its revenue for the first quarter of 2004.
(May 11, 2004) Cleveland — The YWCA of Greater Cleveland honored Kent State University sophomore Amanda Yoho with the Dr. Jennie S. Hwang Award, an award of $2,000, during its annual YWCA Women of Achievement Awards Luncheon yesterday.
(May 10, 2004) Montreal, Quebec — Coreco Imaging is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
(May 10, 2004) Concord, Calif. — March Plasma Systems has established direct operations in Japan.
(May 10, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces a call for papers for its IPCWorks 2004 technical conference, which takes place October 28, 2004, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
(May 10, 2004) Yavne, Israel — Orbotech Ltd. announces its consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004.
(May 7, 2004) Columbus, Ohio — Yu-Ping Yang, Ph.D. has joined EWI as a senior engineer.
(May 7, 2004) Göteborg, Sweden — FlexLink AB has released its first quarter 2004 financial reporting.
(May 7, 2004) Palo Alto, Calif. — New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World SMT Equipment Software Market, reveals that revenue in this market totaled $236.9 million in 2003 and is projected to reach $425.4 million by 2010.
(May 7, 2004) Des Plaines, Ill. — Kester's second phase of their Kester University Program is commencing on May 21 in its facility here.
(May 6, 2004) Midland, Mich. — The Epoxy Products & Intermediates business of The Dow Chemical Co. is increasing prices of epoxy resin products in North America.
(May 6, 2004) Boca Raton, Fla. — NRC Electronics has appointed Michelle Flaherty as international sales correspondent.
(May 6, 2004) Melville, N.Y. — Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. announces that Irving Lubman, the company's chairman of the board and chief operating officer, has determined to retire from such offices effective June 1, 2004.
(May 6, 2004) St. Louis — Watlow has appointed Dean McCaskill as managing director for the Asia region.
(May 5, 2004) Juarez, Mexico — AIM announces that Victor Madero has been appointed to the position of technical sales manager for Mexico for AIM.
(May 5, 2004) Midland, Mich. — Dow Corning Corp. has expanded into the $1 billion specialty organic materials market with the launch of Dow Corning PI-2000 highly conductive silver ink, an organic polymer for the electronics industry.
(May 5, 2004) Scottsdale, Ariz. — Although Bluetooth-enabled devices have not quite entered the true mainstream yet, they are poised to take that next step, finds In-Stat/MDR.
(May 5, 2004) Alameda, Calif. — Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) has released Version 9.0 of the Global Pricing Workshop, which gives reliable prices for electronics manufacturing and design services in nearly 20 countries.
(May 4, 2004) Londonderry, N.H. — Polyclad Laminates Inc., a Cookson Electronics company, has named Scott Trevino OEM marketing manager, responsible for all OEM marketing and services activities on the West Coast.
(May 4, 2004) Ogdensburg, N.Y. — Cyber Technologies USA announces the appointment of two new manufacturer's representative organizations to represent the company's line of precision laser-based non-contact metrology systems in the Midwest and Southern California, respectively.
(May 4, 2004) Philadelphia — Rohm and Haas Co. has reported first quarter sales of $1.8 billion, a 14 percent increase over the same period in 2003, reflecting strong demand in most businesses, along with the favorable impact of currencies.
(May 3, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces the findings from its monthly Interconnect Manufacturing Services (IMS)/Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.
(May 3, 2004) Redmond, Wash. — Data I/O Corp. announces the establishment of a wholly owned foreign enterprise (WOFE) in China.
(May 3, 2004) Cambridge, Ontario, Canada — ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. has been selected to supply automated manufacturing systems to a major multinational health care company under an order valued at approximately US $34 million.
(May 3, 2004) Boca Raton, Fla. — NRC Electronics has hired Cory Dana as its new director of product marketing.
(April 30, 2004) Utica, N.Y. — Indium Corp. is celebrating its 70th year in business.
(April 30, 2004) Amsterdam — The second International Conference on Lead-free Electronics, jointly sponsored by IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries and Soldertec Global, will be held at the RAI International Exhibition Congress Centre here from June 21 through 23.
(April 30, 2004) Herzlia, Israel — Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announces its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004.
(April 30, 2004) Sunnyvale, Calif. — Honeywell announces the acquisition of the Thermal Solutions product line of Intri-Plex Technologies Inc. (IPT).
(April 29, 2004) Herndon, Va. — The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) will sponsor a tin whisker workshop and a component supplier/large user meeting at the upcoming IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) in Las Vegas, taking place June 1 through 4.
(April 29, 2004) Herzlia, Israel and Korea — Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announces that electronic manufacturing solution provider Samsung Computers has implemented eMPower solutions from Tecnomatix Unicam, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd., in its first Chinese computer manufacturing facility.
(April 29, 2004) Wausau, Wis. — Wilson-Hurd is celebrating a century of production and service.
(April 28, 2004) Scottsdale, Ariz. — With the telecom industry apparently emerging from the abyss in which it has resided for the past few years, In-Stat/MDR is cautiously optimistic with regards to the market for MEMS-based components in optical networks.
(April 28, 2004) Acton, Mass. — National Quality Assurance USA announces its accreditation through the Electrostatic Discharge Association to provide audit services against the ANSI/ESD S20.20-1999 Standard for the Development of an Electrostatic Discharge Control Program.
(April 28, 2004) Elk Grove Village, Ill. — Sonoscan Inc. announces that Ed Foley has joined the company as vice president, sales and marketing.
(April 28, 2004) Montreal — Teradyne Inc. announces that Delta TechOps, a division of Delta Air Lines, has selected Teradyne's Next Generation Automated Test System (NxGen ATS) to support Delta's fleet of Boeing aircraft.
(April 27, 2004) San Jose, Calif. — Barkam Engineering provides technical assistance on as needed basis to companies that do not maintain a full-time engineering staff.
(April 27, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces that the 2004 International Printed Circuit and Electronics Assembly Fair, jointly organized by Hong Kong Printed Circuit Association (HKPCA) and IPC, will be held December 8 through 10, 2004, at Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Centre in Dongguan, China.
(April 27, 2004) Montreal — Coreco announces the opening of its first office outside of North America.
(April 27, 2004) Horsham, Pa. — Dynatech Technology Inc. has named Jonny Nichols as eastern regional sales manager, solidifying its organization since becoming the exclusive North American distributor for Samsung Techwin SMT equipment.
(April 26, 2004) Carlsbad, Calif. and Alpharetta, Ga. — To obtain optimal process solutions for their customers, Asymtek teamed with Cookson Electronics' Semiconductor Products Division on a new project to jet underfill.
(April 26, 2004) Palo Alto, Calif. — New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World Electronic Components and Packaging Market, reveals that revenue in this market totaled $8.25 billion in 2003 and is projected to reach $17.10 billion by 2010.
(April 26, 2004) Nuremberg, Germany — A group of world leaders in lead-free soldering and assembly will put on a daylong series of seminar presentations at the Hilton Hotel here on June 16.
(April 23, 2004) Myrtle Beach, S.C. — AVX Corp. has concluded discussions with local administration and labor union representatives in France in connection with plans to exit the ferrite component market in Europe and to close a related factory in Beaune, France.
(April 23, 2004) Griffin, Ga. — NACOM Corp. has been named "Large Manufacturer of the Year" for the state of Georgia.
(April 23, 2004) Columbus, Ohio — Grant Wilson has joined EWI as medical/microelectronics market leader.
(April 23, 2004) Franklin, Mass. — Speedline Technologies Inc. has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Georgia Institute of Technology for the license of patent-pending closed-loop printing technology.
(April 22, 2004) Stamford, Conn. and Switzerland — FEINFOCUS has agreed to be acquired by COMET AG.
(April 22, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries and its California Circuits Association (CCA) applaud Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent signing of California's Workers' Compensation Reform Bill, which promises to save up to $7 billion a year for the state's employers.
(April 22, 2004) Natick, Mass. — MicroE Systems has successfully transitioned from the 1994 ISO 9001 standard to the more rigorous ISO 9001:2000 standard.
(April 22, 2004) Foxboro, Mass. and Herndon, Va.— Alan Rae, Cookson Electronics vice president of technology, has been named director of research by the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI).
(April 21, 2004) Palo Alto, Calif. and Thief River Falls, Minn. — Agilent Technologies Inc. and Digi-Key Corp. have signed a distribution agreement.
(April 21, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that its popular IPCWorks conference will take place October 24 through 27, 2004, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
(April 21, 2004) Milpitas and Fremont, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has completed the sale of SMART Modular Technologies Inc. and other affiliated SMART Modular Technologies companies to Texas Pacific Group, Francisco Partners and Shah Management.
(April 21, 2004) Torrance, Calif. — Technical Devices Co. has seen substantial growth across the board during the first quarter of 2004.
(April 20, 2004) San Francisco — Design Chain Associates LLC announces a new service to help electronics OEMs speed their transition to component-level compliance with the European Union's Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2002/95/EC.
(April 20, 2004) Minneapolis — The 10th Annual Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium will be held in Hawaii from January 25 through 27, 2005.
(April 20, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the resale by selling security-holders of the company's 0.50 percent Convertible Senior Notes due 2034, and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes.
(April 20, 2004) Herzlia, Israel and Turin, Italy — Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announces that TESCO T.S., one of Italy's top automotive production design companies, has signed a contract for the implementation of eMPower software.
(April 19, 2004) Herzlia, Israel — Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. will demonstrate the features and benefits of its eMPower, Xfactory and FactoryLink product lines at Germany's Hannover Fair from April 19 through 24.
(April 19, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — In response to industry's recent challenges in securing quality property and casualty insurance at affordable rates, IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries has selected Sentry Insurance as its preferred insurance provider for its more than 875 U.S.-based EMS, IMS/PCB manufacturing and supplier member companies.
(April 19, 2004) Townshend, Vt. — Janos Technology Inc. unveiled the full scope of an enterprise-wide makeover, including its new corporate vision "The Power of Focus" at the Defense and Security Symposium (DSS) last week.
(April 19, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has completed the sale of its Stream International call center business to the parent company of ECE Holdings Inc., a leading global provider of outsourced technical support and customer service and funded by H.I.G. Capital.
(April 16, 2004) Santa Clara, Calif. — Advantest America Inc., a subsidiary of Advantest Corp. has appointed Dennis Malloy vice president of sales.
(April 16, 2004) Minneapolis — In a new full-day SMTA workshop, "Implementing Lead-free Assembly at Your Facility," noted process expert and holder of the prestigious SMTA Founder's Award Ronald C. Lasky, Ph.D., Indium Corp. senior technologist, Dartmouth College visiting professor and SMTEditorial Advisory Board Member, will deliver information, experience and knowledge on establishing a lead-free process.
(April 16, 2004) Kenosha, Wis. — Pro-mation Inc. has completed a two-year performance study on 20 select PCB handling products.
(April 16, 2004) UK — Tin Technology will be exhibiting at NEPCON 2004 at booth U404, offering the electronics industry hourly, half-day and full-day pre-booked inspection time on its new XiDAT 6600 X-ray imaging system.
(April 15, 2004) Arlington, Va. — The monthly order index compiled by the Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association (ECA) continued its slow upward movement in March, creating hopes that profits will follow.
(April 15, 2004) Teddington, UK — Colin Lea, a scientist at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) here, recently was honored with a celebration of his 60th birthday and 33 years with NPL.
(April 15, 2004) Natick, Mass. — According to a recent report by Venture Development Corp. (VDC), "The U.S. Aftermarket for Computer Accessories — Fifth Edition," the total U.S. unit volume shipments of USB computer cables reached nearly 28 million units in 2003.
(April 15, 2004) San Jose, Calif. — Venture Outsource Group president Mark Zetter has been invited to be a guest instructor and develop curriculum for a graduate course at The Orfalea College of Business-Industrial Technology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
(April 14, 2004) Santa Clara and Hayward, Calif. — Advantest Corp. announces that MetricTest has been named its authorized distributor of electronic measuring instruments in the U.S. market.
(April 14, 2004) Washington, D.C. — AeA's new paper, "Offshore Outsourcing in an Increasingly Competitive and Rapidly Changing World," finds that offshore outsourcing is just one part of today's world.
(April 14, 2004) Northbrook, Ill. — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announces that the Chinese currency manipulation crisis will be its top priority during Capitol Hill Day, which takes place Wednesday, May 12, 2004, in Washington, D.C.
(April 14, 2004) Milpitas, Calif. — Solectron Corp. has commenced an offer to exchange up to 41.8 million, or 95 percent, of its outstanding 7.25 percent Adjustable Conversion-Rate Equity Security Units (Equity Security Units).
(April 13, 2004) Allentown, Pa. — FlexLink announces two new appointments, driven by the company's growth and expanding commitment to customer service excellence.
(April 13, 2004) Tokyo — Omron celebrated a manufacturing milestone earlier this year as the 500 millionth MY mini power relay rolled off its production lines.
(April 13, 2004) Castronno, Italy and Hong Kong — Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials (formerly known as Shipley Co.) has formed an agreement with Grandmake Technology Ltd. (GMT).
(April 13, 2004) Ashburn, Va. — ZESTRON America announces new sales representation across the U.S. and Canada.
(April 12, 2004) Helsinki, Finland — Competition authorities have given their approval to the arrangement announced on February 27, 2004, whereby Elcoteq will divest its industrial electronics business activities.
(April 12, 2004) Allentown, Pa. — FlexLink announces the official opening of its new manufacturing facility here with a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 23, 2004.
(April 12, 2004) Milford, Mass. — American Power Conversion (APC) has partnered with electronics manufacturing services (EMS) contract manufacturer Milford Manufacturing Services (MMS).
(April 12, 2004) Wake Forest, N.C. — SMT Resource Group LLC has purchased the manufacturing equipment from 3Com's plant in Ireland.
(April 9, 2004) Hollis, N.H. — JPSA Laser announces the availability of UV laser refurbishment services for UV Excimer lasers.
(April 9, 2004) Oosterhout, The Netherlands — Vitronics Soltec recently hosted 30 top French customers for a two-day seminar on lead-free soldering at the company's new manufacturing facility here.
(April 9, 2004) New Albany, Ind. and Philadelphia — Key Electronics has purchased the entire scope of Aegis Industrial Software Corp. software to support all factory information management, from NPI through manufacturing execution, quality, traceability and line monitoring.
(April 9, 2004) Aliso Viejo, Calif. — Raptor Networks Technology Inc. has established a strategic relationship with Express Manufacturing Inc. (EMI).
(April 8, 2004) Quebec City, Canada — EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. reports sales growth of 14.4 percent year-over-year and 5.8 percent quarter-over-quarter for the second quarter ended February 29, 2004.
(April 8, 2004) Des Plaines, Ill. — Kester and Metcal will present a series of Lead-free Technology Seminars scheduled to take place throughout 2004.
(April 8, 2004) Herndon, Va. — The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) and the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) have entered into a formal agreement that outlines key areas of collaboration between the two organizations.
(April 8, 2004) Morton, Ill. — Preco Electronics has received ITM Process Certification for Class 2, Electronics Assembly.
(April 7, 2004) Zurich, Switzerland — DEK has added new customer resources to its Internet support facilities at dek.com.
(April 7, 2004) Wakefield, Mass. and Portsmouth, R.I. — The Howard C. Jappe Co. has been appointed the New England manufacturer's representative for International Manufacturing Services Inc. (IMS).
(April 7, 2004) Industry, Calif. — Henkel Technologies was named a recipient of Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel's success.
Polyclad Laminates Manufacturing Expansion Completed in Elk Grove, Calif.
(April 7, 2004) Londonderry, N.H. — Cookson Electronics celebrated the expansion of its Polyclad Laminates state-of-the-art electronics material manufacturing facility in Elk Grove, Calif.
(April 6, 2004) Carlsbad, Calif. — Asymtek, together with fluid suppliers Dow Corning, Dymax, Emerson & Cuming, Henkel Technologies, Humiseal, and Shin-Etsu will present a two-day conformal coating and microelectronics dispensing seminar from April 27 through 28 in Westford, Mass.


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Kilowatt kids pose for a photo during the 2011 Kilowatt Kids Camp.
will take place from 8:30 am until 11:30 am at CEC offices in Idabel and Hugo in June. (See dates, below.
Camp instructors use games and activities to help kids understand where their electricity comes from. Campers also learn why energy conservation is important and what they can do to conserve energy around their home. They also take home important life-saving safety lessons.
Enrollment forms are available at any CEC office or online at www.choctawelectric. coop. For more details about Kilowatt Kids Camp, please call Jia Johnson or Brad Kendrick at 800-780-6486, ext 248.
hoctaw Electric Cooperative employees are making plans for the 2012 CEC Kilowatt Kids Camp.


IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Open Mats for this spring will now be on Tuesdays from 2:45-4:00. This change is due to the number of conflicts that seem to be occurring on Wednesday evenings. Wrestlers please make every effort to attend, (anyone doing a spring sport should continue to make that your priority on Tuesdays). Strength Training will continue on MWF from 6-6:45 am.


Congratulations to Brazoswood Junior Dustin Stallberg! He competed with the wheelchair basketball team "Hotwheels" at the National Championships in Chicago and placed 2nd in the nation.
Dustin plays on a team run by TIRR Memoring Hermann Adaptive Sports which was developed to give athletes with all types of disabilities an outlet to continue playing sports both competitively and through intramural programs, including: Basketball, Rugby, Hand Cycling and Ultimate Frisbee.
TIRR Memorial Hermann Junior Hotwheels Wheelchair Basketball team was founded in 1997, first competing in the 1997-98 basketball season with only five players. As the seasons have continued they have had over 75 wheelchair athletes participate on the Hotwheels basketball team.
According to the TIRR team roster webpage, Justin loves the competitiveness of basketball and when asked what he likes best about being of the team he reflected on communicating as a team and having a second family.
What a fantastic accomplishment in a national event. Thank you Dustin for inspiring all of us. We are proud of you.


Dr. Dre got some backlash over an Instagram post about his daughter's acceptance into the University of Southern California this weekend. He wanted to make sure people knew*she got in on her own merits*and he's not embroiled in the recent admissions scandal. But the music mogul neglected to mention he's donated millions to the school.
Dr. Dre posted a photo of himself with his daughter, Truly Young, holding her USC acceptance letter. "My daughter got accepted into USC all on her own. No jail time!" the caption read. The message was a jab at celebrity parents like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, who face criminal charges in a*massive college admissions scam.
Loughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, are accused of paying $500,000 as part of a bribery plot to help their daughters gain admittance to USC. The couple is among dozens of parents, test administrators and college coaches who were involved in a widespread effort to rig college admissions processes — an investigation*dubbed "Operation Varsity Blues."
The academy's goal*is to "nurture unbridled creativity" in undergraduate students interested in the intersection of the arts and design; engineering and computer science; business management; and communication.


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I'm super excited today. You know why? Because it's release day, that's why!
Do you like baseball? Do you like romance? Well, you are in luck, friend. My latest release is a contemporary romance set in the world of professional baseball. Let me tell you what, it was darned difficult to write without breaking any MLB trademarks. But it's totally worth it. This is the first in the Hard Ball series, which will release at key points during this years' baseball season. Long Relief should tide you over until opening day. Double Header will be out before the All-Star break, and Triple Play might distract you from you woes if your team doesn't make it to the post.
Here's the blurb for Long Relief, available today:
Successful entrepreneur Maggie Harper has lived and breathed baseball since birth. But when her father, once a legendary player, later a team owner, leaves her the Grand Rapids Bengals in his will, she's in over her head. Orchestrating a successful season is foreign territory, complicated by a sizzling one-night stand with a player who definitely wants something more. After pitching a disastrous game that cost the Bengals the championship pennant, veteran pitcher Chris Thomas knows his days as a player are numbered. There are more important things to be worried about than the sexy new team owner, but Maggie's hot-and-cold act is driving him to distraction. A woman has never come between him and the game before, but now he has to make a choice between his love of playing ball and his love of Maggie. When their entanglement is discovered, the stakes are even higher. Caught between doing what's right for the team and what's right for them, Maggie and Chris have to decide what's more important, a championship season, or a chance at love.
To read an excerpt, and to own this fine book, hop on over to Resplendence Publishing!
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Karenna Colcroft said...
Marie Rose Dufour said...
Congrats! Romance and baseball, it can't get any better than that!
Congrats on the release. I love baseball/sports stories!
Taryn Elliott said...
Congrats on the release!

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On Thursday, the Supreme Court announced that it was evenly split in the case of United States v. Texas, meaning that the expansion of deferred action programs that the Obama Administration announced in 2014 will remain blocked from going in to effect. The original Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that was announced and implemented in 2012 is not affected by this ruling. However, as it stands, neither DAPA nor the expansion of DACA look likely to be implemented during Obama's presidency.


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Home Uncategorized InfiniEDGE opens tech center
InfiniEDGE opens tech center
InfiniEDGE and nStrumental have moved into the first building of what will eventually be part of an eight-acre tech park in Prairieville. The software development and graphic design firms owned by Bra…
InfiniEDGE and nStrumental have moved into the first building of what will eventually be part of an eight-acre tech park in Prairieville. The software development and graphic design firms owned by Brad and Czarina Walker celebrated the grand opening of their new $1 million two-story digs yesterday with a Super Bowl-themed party for 125 guests. The couple plan to start construction on the first of three more buildings sometime in 2010. They're also considering the addition of a training facility on some additional acreage behind the park. The site has generated a lot of interest, but unfortunately, not for any tech firms yet. "We have medical companies and doctors left and right wanting to move in here because St. Elizabeth Hospital is building a facility down the road," Brad Walker says. "But we've halted that. We're saving it for technology." Brad is meeting next week with an architect to design a floor plan for the next building. He adds that the firms, which were operating out of an old house on the site, are "real excited about the opportunity to grow" in their new 6,100-square-foot offices. InfiniEDGE and nStrumental added 14 employees last year, bringing the staff to 40. The new facility has room for 24 software developers, double what InfiniEDGE currently employs. – Penny Brown Font
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Nele and Josh found themselves with a broken van stuck in Sooke British Columbia. A little seaside town at the edge of the rainforest on Vancouver Island. They were on a road trip they had planned across North America. Sooke though beautiful, doesn't offer much in the way of tourism, but with a little luck and a few friendly Canadians they ended up having the best few days by the sea.
They said to each other then, if they ever got married they would come back to Sooke.
Fast forward a few years and a few continents, Nele and Josh flew back to Sooke from New Zealand with an elopement planned. Josh and Nele's father waited on the dock in suits as the locals caught crabs, and the seagulls circled. White sails were tied to the sailboat we would eventually board, and Nele met Josh smiling at the sight of each other.
The ceremony began with a surprise guest. A seal who curiously decided to float by, and making this party of four a party of five for a few minutes.
The afternoon that followed was magic. We sailed the inlet around Whiffen's Spit and out to the Pacific, cutting the wedding cake and throwing the flowers on top like a bouquet out to sea. Nele popped the champagne, and sat close to Josh, keeping warm. It was light hearted and beautiful, and exactly what they wanted.
The evening took us all from the ocean to the top of the mountains with a dinner of foraged foods and local wine, and I left the four of them to enjoy the view.


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Agile Business Analyst - BBC Sport Data
As a Business Analyst for the BBC Sport team within BBC Product, you will be part of a world class team, transforming the ways people enjoy sport and live events online through ground-breaking technology.
The Sport team are tasked with delivering a new vision for online content that reinvents free-to-air-sport for the digital age. This means delivering products for huge events including the Olympics and the World Cup, developing our Live coverage and Sports Data offerings, and ensuring our 24/7 sports news service remains the go-to source for millions of users. We do this across web, mobile and connected devices, delivering quality in good time for large sporting and national events. This is both challenging and massively rewarding.
BBC Sport's Product team is a collaborative, dynamic team, with a track record in delivering new technical solutions and products. Our Business Analysts are at the heart of what we do, working with Product Managers, Engineers and Designers and in partnership with Sport's editorial staff, to shape the next generation of digital sport coverage.
By working with Sport, you will help build out the wider BBC's vision to create the world's best digital services, using cutting edge technology and collaborating with other teams such as News, Children's and Weather. We aim to drive reach and engagement with new audiences through a new, exciting pan-BBC approach. You will be at the centre of this and will champion faster, simpler ways of doing things, working together and delivering data, web and app propositions of the future.
Working on the BBC Sport team you will help shape the direction for the product set, working to the Executive Product Manager.
You will translate Product vision into discovery and development tasks and fine tune requirements with developers, designers, UX and testers so they're clear, accurate, actionable and measurable.
You will play a key role in helping the team deliver value quickly, mitigate risk and hit quarterly objectives by identifying priorities and planning & managing workload.
You will work with technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating idea generation, sharing knowledge and building strong working relationships around a shared set of objectives.
You will be responsible for analysing data about product usage, identifying behaviours and insights to support decisions and recommendations.
You will need to collaborate with other teams inside and outside of the BBC to ensure the solutions you arrive at work for the BBC as a whole.
Experience of agile BA techniques, user stories, BDD/TDD, analysing audience data, running requirements workshops, preferably in an agile deadline driven environment
Experience of presenting effectively to non-technical stakeholders at all levels
Experience can include user-facing products, back-end systems or understanding and using API's
Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with developers, UX, delivery etc
Relevant sport domain / major event / sporting calendar knowledge is desirable but not essential
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Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
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CG is a USD 2 billion engineering conglomerate with an impressive and diverse portfolio of products, solutions and services ranging from high-end power and industrial equipments and solutions, to consumer products and home appliances, addressing myriad needs. Enjoying a reputation of stature for over seven decades, CG, which originates in India, has transformed itself into a global corporation. With a permanent footprint and manufacturing facilities in nine countries across Asia, Europe and North America, CG is fast emerging as a first choice supplier of high quality, "smart" electrical, industrial and consumer products and solutions all over the world.


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Check Out New Artist VENUS
Ade Hatta Harahap was born in Bekasi, and descended from Harahap and Indonesia. He started playing piano at the age of 12, [23] but became interested in Electronic Dance
Music when he was 27 years old. [10] He first gained recognition by releasing his Alesso EP in 2021. [9] In early 2020, Sebastian Ingrosso from Monstercat contacted Venus and asked if he wanted to work together. Monstercat introduced him to the DJ and helped him produce songs. [12]
Since then, the Monstercat label has acted as a mentor to VENUS, who called the elder Venusian a "friend". Top Dance/Electronic Albums, Dance/Electronic Albums [11]
Despite having studied for DJs in 2021-2022, VENUS made her debut on the DJ mix song list from the top 23 at number 30 in the same year. [12]
One of the first songs produced by VENUS with the first label Monstercat was the 2021 song titled "Home" which reached number 23 on the Mixcloud charts. [13] The song will later be renamed "Home (prefect human)" with additional features from the label Spinnin Records. [1] The 2021 Audient Remix from "Day Dream" by Audien debuted at # 23 on The Hype Remix and was one of the most widely played EDM songs in 2022. [14]
Since then, his popularity has continued to increase. Monstercat named him one of the "EDM remixes to Watch in 2019", [6] and he recorded Monstercat Radio 20 Mix in May 2021. He played for a crowd of 400,000 on streaming, and accompanied ZERO COOL on his music album on the chosen show NoFace Records. [citation needed] By the end of 2021, VENUS had released an original mix called ZERO COOL's "Album" Top Billboard
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Northern Ireland is one of the UK's fastest growing 'knowledge' economies – outpacing overall GVA four-fold.
According to the latest Catalyst Inc 2018 Knowledge Economy Report, the sector here – which includes areas such as tech and STEM roles – grew by 6.3% during 2018.
Overall, the 'knowledge economy' accounted for 5.9% of output, an increase of 1% point on previous year, while employment has increased by 2% over the year (4.7% of total employment).
The biggest chunk of the sector deals with exports, making up 35% – with £4 of every £5 of sales is outside EU.
The research also says if Northern Ireland "achieved the aspirations for the knowledge economy, there would be circa 80,000 jobs and £3.2bn GVA added to our economy".
Steve Orr, chief executive of Catalyst Inc, said: "How do we make NI the place to be, a beacon for world class talent and investment?
"We must make NI a place that attracts word class researchers, engineers, entrepreneurial talent and investment at the same time as helping create opportunities that are accessible locally across a range of skills levels.
Ian Sheppard, managing director Northern Ireland at Bank of Ireland UK, said: "In highlighting the significant potential contribution that the 'knowledge economy' can deliver for Northern Ireland, the report heightens the need for a fresh injection of impetus by all stakeholders.


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package io.netty.handler.ssl;

import java.util.List;

import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;

import org.eclipse.jetty.alpn.ALPN;
import org.eclipse.jetty.alpn.ALPN.ClientProvider;
import org.eclipse.jetty.alpn.ALPN.ServerProvider;

final class JettyAlpnSslEngine extends JettySslEngine {
    private static boolean available;

    static boolean isAvailable() {
        updateAvailability();
        return available;
    }

    private static void updateAvailability() {
        if (available) {
            return;
        }

        try {
            // Try to get the bootstrap class loader.
            ClassLoader bootloader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getParent();
            if (bootloader == null) {
                // If failed, use the system class loader,
                // although it's not perfect to tell if APLN extension has been loaded.
                bootloader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
            }
            Class.forName("sun.security.ssl.ALPNExtension", true, bootloader);
            available = true;
        } catch (Exception ignore) {
            // alpn-boot was not loaded.
        }
    }

    JettyAlpnSslEngine(SSLEngine engine, final List<String> nextProtocols, boolean server) {
        super(engine, nextProtocols, server);

        if (server) {
            final String[] array = nextProtocols.toArray(new String[nextProtocols.size()]);
            final String fallback = array[array.length - 1];

            ALPN.put(engine, new ServerProvider() {
                @Override
                public String select(List<String> protocols) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
                        String p = array[i];
                        if (protocols.contains(p)) {
                            session.setApplicationProtocol(p);
                            return p;
                        }
                    }
                    session.setApplicationProtocol(fallback);
                    return fallback;
                }

                @Override
                public void unsupported() {
                    session.setApplicationProtocol(null);
                }
            });
        } else {
            ALPN.put(engine, new ClientProvider() {
                @Override
                public List<String> protocols() {
                    return nextProtocols;
                }

                @Override
                public void selected(String protocol) {
                    getSession().setApplicationProtocol(protocol);
                }

                @Override
                public boolean supports() {
                    return true;
                }

                @Override
                public void unsupported() {
                    getSession().setApplicationProtocol(nextProtocols.get(nextProtocols.size() - 1));
                }
            });
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void closeInbound() throws SSLException {
        ALPN.remove(engine);
        super.closeInbound();
    }

    @Override
    public void closeOutbound() {
        ALPN.remove(engine);
        super.closeOutbound();
    }
}

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"Trying to get anything done here – it's like a maze". It's a comment I have heard regularly over many years working in organisations. I suspect you have heard similar. We experience tangled networks of procedures, structures and processes that belie the clear circuitry of organisational charts and hierarchies. The Circumlocution Office of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend or Kafka's The Castle offer distorted premonitions of the modern labyrinthine organisation. Both Arthur Clennam and K become enmeshed in unknowable bureaucracies where clarity is vigorously suppressed. As the shocked Junior Barnacle – interrupted in his eating of mashed potatoes and gravy – remonstrates: '…you mustn't come into the place saying you want to know, you know'. Knowledge is the ultimate taboo.
The maze is a reviled place. A quick search through the Business books section on Amazon shows the metaphor deployed in not wholly positive ways: Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, The Maze of Banking: History, Theory, Crisis; Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders. They suggest difficulty, challenge, prohibition. As Kociatkiewicz and Kostera observe 'the labyrinth stands for all that is absurd, unnecessary, undesired in contemporary organizations' (Kociatkiewicz and Kostera, p.66).
But the maze is more subtle, more liminal than that. At heart, it represents a paradox. Think a moment of the maze designer. With pen poised over parchment, his world is that of symmetry, elegance, order, aesthetics, cohesion and logic. For the protagonist or navigator however, these experiences are alchemised into confusion, uncertainty and despair. The calculating draughtsman shapeshifts into a trembling Theseus, Harry Potter or a pursued Danny Torrance in The Shining.
But the maze is liminal in other ways. In their excellent The Neo-Generalist, Mikkelsen and Martin suggest the 'individual at labyrinth's centre is emblematic of personal journeys, personal narratives' (Mikkelsen and Martin p.61). The maze is a site of transformation. Attali describes how, for pilgrims breaking their journey to Compostela at Chartres cathedral, the circular stonework labyrinth on the floor of the nave represented the winding, arduous journey from sin to salvation: 'the perilous path of the mortal on the way to Paradise' (p. xiv). In contrast to K's Castle or the Circumlocution office where knowledge is either censored or feared, here the prize is self-awareness and understanding.
And for Attali, such successful navigation relies on the skills of the ancient maze explorers: 'perseverance, unhurriedness, curiosity, playfulness, trickery, flexibility, improvisation and self-mastery' (Attali, p.75). Mazes slow us down (Kociatkiewicz and Kostera, p.67), they enable us to wander, to get lost, to become a nomad (Attali, p. 76). And as nomads or pilgrims, we create the time and opportunity to make sense of what is around us; to play with alternative possibilities; to resist the lure of premature solutions or the easy to find exit.
So maybe this is the narrative we should propagate in our organisations. The maze as a metaphor of hope and celebration. And, if we redeem its story, then perhaps redemption may be our own well-deserved reward.
Attali, J. (1999). The Labyrinth in Culture and Society. North Atlantic Books.
Mikkelsen, K. and Martin, R. (2016). The Neo-Generalist. LID Publishing Ltd.
Posted on May 13, 2017 by Liminal Narratives	This entry was posted in Mazes, Sense making, Spaces, Tricksters. Bookmark the permalink.
Maybe we need a slow thinking movement to match that of slow food, Lyn. Intrigued to see a link between our airport conversation and Brian Eno's experience in Cologne – not quite a non-place for him, I suspect. There's also a link, I reckon, to Oblique Strategies. Designed as a way to slow things down in the studio and move musicians away from their usual tricks and riffs, you could describe them as creating a thought maze: encouraging people to go down side passages of creativity without necessarily knowing where they will end up.


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