Market Velocity launches equipment donation
program
Atlanta-based Market Velocity said customers using the
HP Trade-In program have the option of donating used equipment to
charity through the National Cristina Foundation (NCF).
NCF
offers computers and other equipment to organizations that provide
support to people with disabilities and persons who are disadvantaged.
Market Velocity provides a web-enabled solution that allows customers to
look up values for existing technology, choose options for trading,
donating or recycling and arrange proper disposition.
To
participate, customers must first determine whether their equipment is
eligible. Lists are provided online at the HP Trade-In program site.
Customers submit a request to donate and NCF finds a recipient. Once
the recipient is located, customers are notified to ship the equipment
and then receive a tax receipt letter within 30 days allowing them to
take a tax deduction.
The HP Trade-In program is available
online at www.hp.com/go/tradein. For equipment that can't be traded in
or donated to NCF, HP operates environmentally safe recycling facilities
that process more than 3 million pounds of obsolete equipment every
month.
MDA to buy EMS Tech
unit
Atlanta-based EMS Technologies Inc. has found a buyer for
its Space & Technology/Montreal division.
The wireless, satellite
and defense technology company said it has an agreement to sell the unit
to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) of Vancouver, Canada,
for an undisclosed price. EMS did say cash to be received at closing is
expected to enable it to cut its debt by about $20 million.
The
deal is expected to close before the end of the year.
Wi-Fi comes to Hartsfield-Jackson
Travelers
at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will now have
high-speed wireless access to the Internet by using Concourse
Communications' Wi-Fi Internet Zone service.
In September,
Concourse had more than 60,000 unique Internet sessions across all of
its Wi-Fi enabled airports. With the addition of Atlanta and the Chicago
airports, that number will grow to more than 100,000 monthly
sessions.
ETI upgrades VideoDirect
system
Norcross-based ETI Software Solutions Inc., which makes
automated, flow-through service activation software, added digital ad
insertion support to its industry-leading VideoDirect ad insertion
system.
ETI's latest enhancement to VideoDirect addresses the
growing requirements for ad insertion functionality for digital tier
channels. ETI's VideoDirect 6000 Server works in conjunction with
networks deploying either analog, digital program insertion (DPI) or a
combination of both.
AIU-Dunwoody begins game
program
Atlanta-based American InterContinental University
Dunwoody (AIU), announced the launch of its Game Design and Development
Program, which it says is one of only a handful of such programs offered
in the state of Georgia.
AIU-Dunwoody's curriculum for game design
and development incorporates classes within the Visual Communication
Department as well as the Information Technology Department, providing
students with a blended and well-rounded education in the field.
Throughout the first year of study, students are introduced to
the basic interplay of mechanics, dynamics and aesthetics that determine
how video games function. Core curriculum includes C++ Programming, 3D
Rendering, Design Theory and Digital Audio &
Video.
Intergraph, TerraGo team
up
Atlanta-based Intergraph Corp. and TerraGo Technologies
asaidversions of MAP2PDF have been jointly developed for Intergraph
product lines, GeoMedia and Digital Cartographic Studio (DCS). In
addition, the two companies have entered into a worldwide distribution
agreement that allows Intergraph and its partners to resell MAP2PDF for
Intergraph products.
MAP2PDF is a leading mapping product that
allows GIS professionals to share complex, georegistered, geospatial
data with non-technical professionals across the enterprise in the Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF).
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