ITWS students Matt Heffler, Brian Heller, Tom Rozanski and Joe Dougherty entered into the 2011 New York Business Plan Competition at the end of March. Their proposal was for Fire Department Solutions, a non-profit business to develop and sell management software and related services to fire departments; their software was created with support from the Rensselaer Center for Open-source Software . On April 28th they presented their project at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering in Albany in the Services/Non-Profit category. They had several meetings with Professors Miner, Hughes, and Kuruzovich regarding their slides and presentation content and found this extremely helpful. The team came in second place for their category and won a cash prize! Congratulations! Matt, Joe and Brian with their award. RPI's Press Release: Four Student Teams From Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Win Cash Prizes In New York State Business Plan Co...
Dear ITWS Community, Please join us for a Town Hall-style discussion with Professor Peter Fox, a candidate for the position of ITWS Program Director. Peter will make a short presentation and we will have a discussion afterwards. We will ask for your written feedback on the candidate at that time. It is important that as many members of the ITWS Community as possible participate in this process, so I hope to see students, staff and faculty there! Here are the details: When: Wednesday, August 29th Room: Lally 104 Time: 10 – 11 All are welcome! See you soon, -Laurie
WHAT IS THE RACKSPACE.COM PROGRAM? Rackspace loves startups, and they have partnered with the Foundry-RPI to provide $2000 in Rackspace Cloud credit per month for a period of one year for companies participating in the Foundry program. That is a great runway to be able to get your startup off the ground. WHAT IS THE FOUDRY-RPI? Foundry-RPI is a working group where students, alumni and community members meet weekly, get peer feedback, and execute on ideas in an environment in which it is both expected that you are trying to do awesome things and it is okay to fail. The Foundry does not invest in or take fees from students or participating companies. HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR THE FOUDRY-RPI? Send your contact info to SCTE@rpi.edu . You can find out more information on the Foundry-RPI at http://scte.rpi.edu/foundry. html Rackspace Startup Program offered to Foundry-RPI members RACKSPACE.COM Managed Cloud Hosting Committed to Open Standards Pl...
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