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| As part of the IT Career Awareness Program (ITCAP), more than 30 students from central North Dakota high schools toured Microsoft Fargo in December. Students were exposed to the types of jobs available, including IT, business and accounting. They also received information on the type of degrees needed and internship opportunities.
“The students were excited at the opportunity to tour a North Dakota IT company,” said Wade Kadrmas, ITCAP coordinator. “The tour opened their eyes to the job opportunities, provided information on what classes to pursue and most importantly got them excited about IT.”
If your company would be interested in hosting a tour for students, parents or educators, contact Kadrmas at 701-328-3178. |
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| Williston State College, along with the ND Department of Career and Technical Education (CTE), has secured a $5,000 grant to hold a Computer Information Systems (CIS) Collaboration Retreat for ND community college instructors. ITCND members are invited to attend the Jan. 26-27 retreat, which will be held at the MDU Resource Group headquarters (1200 West Century) in Bismarck.
The objective of the retreat will be to develop common college course numbering that aligns with high school courses and to establish credit transferability from associate to baccalaureate programs. Industry is invited to provide input on courses, as well as workforce needs. North Dakota’s four-year and tribal colleges are also invited to attend.
The retreat is free to attend and will begin at approximately 1 p.m. on Jan. 26 and conclude by noon on Jan. 27. ITCND members interested in participating must RSVP or 701-355-4458 by Jan. 15.
If you have questions regarding the meeting, contact CTE IT Supervisor Ray Hintz at or 701-328-1720. |
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| ITCND, along with the Fargo CIO Exchange, is hosting the 2010 North Dakota IT Symposium which will be held May 12, 2010, in Fargo.
The North Dakota IT Symposium is a full day gathering of the region's top IT and key business management executives from all industries. The Symposium will feature strategic-level presentations and best-practices, as well as break-out sessions from regional industry leaders.
ITCND will be providing recommendations for one keynote speaker and two breakout speakers, as well as two or three participants for a chief information officer panel. The ITCND Networking Initiative Committee would like your suggestions before providing recommendations.
Please send suggestions to Deana at 701-400-5494 by Thursday, Dec. 17. The committee will then review the suggestions and provide recommendations to EFM Events, which is coordinating the event.
Visit here for information on the event as details are confirmed. |
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| Cross Products, Inc. - Minot, ND
Cross Products, Inc. provides software and business consulting services. It specializes in small- to medium-scale projects that address process and data flow deficiencies as well as legacy software replacement. Additionally, it provides custom software solutions (client and web-based) built with the latest of Microsoft's suite of professional development tools including Visual Studio .NET and SQL Server. Additional services include database design, management and tuning. Cross Products also provides system and data integration and complete lifecycle development of enterprise solutions, as well as BI support utilizing OLAP.
Future opportunities for Cross Products and the IT industry in the state: We hope to see more high tech manufacturing entrants in the state, including those that support "green" technologies. Also, increased R&D ventures and joint ventures would present significant IT opportunities that would ripple throughout the state.
Current challenges facing Cross Products and the IT industry in the state: As software professionals, we find our lack of marketing resources and skills to be a significant challenge. We have also observed that to many businesses in the state the utilization of contract consultants is regarded as unviable in favor of full-time employees. Our biggest challenge is demonstrating to local businesses that contracted projects (hourly and/or fixed-price) are both a viable alternative and augmentation to traditional full-time human resources for well-defined IT projects of all levels of complexity.
Learn more about Cross Products here or contact James Cross at 701-839-6640 for more information.
If you are interested in having your business featured in an upcoming "Member Bits & Bytes," email ITCND. Requests will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Identify future opportunities for your organization and the IT industry in the state.
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