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Good Morning Readers, There has been a lot of bad economic news lately, including this morning's announcement that the unemployment rate in the U.S. rose in August to 6.1% from 5.7%.  Clearly not a good trend, even as oil and commodity prices fall...

Good afternoon Readers, Last night I was channel surfing and stopped on UWTV (Channel 27 on my Comcast system) and was both entertained and captivated by the program "Computer Science:  Past, Present and Future", which was a talk given by Ed Lazowska,...

Hello Readers, I am hoping you all had a relaxing labor Day weekend, enjoyed Bumbershoot, backyard BBQs, camping, labor rallies and the other activities that mark the "end of summer." Now all the kids are back to school--but wait, not in Bellevue where...

Hello Readers, Attached is a document listing the remainder of our candidate endorsements for the primary election, which is tomorrow.  We were able to get questionnaires out to most of the candidates in legislative districts 1 through 36. ...

Here are the candidate endorsements.  I have attached a link to the legislature's website so you can identify the legislative districts that are referenced in the attached document. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx...

Hello Readers,   Today we make the first ever WTIA candidate endorsements.  This is new for WTIA.  We have been politically active for many years through our Political Action Committee, through which we have made campaign contributions...

New Members   Industry Members HomeSavviDatacenter ExpertsVertex Software Inc.Unify Square, Inc.Xirrus, Inc.    Associate Members Woodland RecruitingChristensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLCXconomy    Individual &...

Good afternoon Readers, The Washington state House of Representatives is looking to hire an IT Consultant to evaluate how state agencies handle their IT tasks and projects.  Due to cost overruns in a couple high profile state agency IT projects...

Hello Readers, There has been some recent news regarding the searching of various types of tech devices, such as laptops, PDAs, Blackberrys, etc. by the DHS of travelers returning to the United States from other countries. While it is obvious that...

Hello Readers, I wanted to give kudos to the State Board of Education, http://www.sbe.wa.gov/default.htm, for their efforts to move the state's education system forward.  Yesterday, the SBE adopted Algebra II as the third year math requirement...

Hello Readers, A very interesting event is taking place on July 24-25 in Seattle titled the "Executive Summit Series".  Here is the link to get more information and to register:  http://www.execsummitseries.com/Seattle_Home.html   WTIA...

Happy Friday afternoon Readers, This weather is what we wait for in Seattle all year long; makes you forget about that cold June, doesn't it? I wanted to pass along some information given to me by Dwight Pelz, the Washington State Democratic Party Chairman...

New Members   Industry Big Canvas Cooler Planet CyberSecurity Institute F5 Networks, Inc. Force10 Networks Force10 Networks Macrosearch Inc. dba Macrostaff WowRack Technologies Individual Hal Hofherr Mark Houston Tom Lahti Hiram...

Hello Readers, In addition to being very active at the state level on public policy issues of importance to the technology community, WTIA also weighs in with our elected officials in the "other Washington" on important issues.  The federal R&D...

Hello Readers, The Hong Kong Trade Development Council is doing its annual "road show" of events in various cities highlighting the business opportunities in China.  Of course the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as "the" place from which to enter China. ...

Hello Readers, I wanted to pass on some interesting information about Washington state as it compares to the rest of the nation.  Every two years the Milken Institute puts out a "State Science and Technology Index".  John Cook recently featured...

Good morning Readers, The Executive Summit of the Internet Strategy Forum is back again this year with a great program.  Steve Gehlen, ISF's founder and Executive Director, has done a great job lining up some great topics and speakers for this year's...

Good afternoon Readers, I wanted to alert you to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics.  This decision revolves around "the ability of a patent owner to collect royalties from customers downstream...

Hello Readers, I wanted to touch on the topic of cybercrime today.  As you know just by reading the news today, cyberthreats and cyberattacks are all too common today.  These criminal activities require a lot of time, expense and...

At our February Industry Achievement Awards we recognized three students from the Technology Access Foundation’s (TAF) TechStart Program as “Technology Leaders of Tomorrow” with scholarships totaling $2,500.  TechStart is a free after-school program...

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Good afternoon Readers, One of the bright spots in K-12 education is the work the State Board of Education, http://www.sbe.wa.gov/default.htm, is doing to make a high school diploma meaningful.  They are taking a comprehensive look at...

Good Morning Readers, This is another effort to provide some perspective on various political races that are upon us in an important election year.  This year the office of State Treasurer is wide open as incumbent Mike Murphy is retiring after...

All weather signs to the contrary - Spring has arrived. With warmer weather and longer days comes an itch to get out of the office. With the wrap up of another successful Investment Forum the team around here is ready to raise a glass and celebrate....