As originally posted at Wired.com by Margaret Rhodes When Ella Nance graduated college with a bachelor’s in advertising, she landed a job as an analyst helping hospitals decide what equipment to purchase. Her company generated a lot of reports, and built digital tools to help hospital...
As part of ChaTech’s commitment to investing in the technology workforce, we award scholarships to area college students in information technology majors. This year, we expanded the list of colleges and universities whose students are eligible to apply. The newly added schools are: Chattanooga State, Cleveland...
ATLANTA, February 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta-based data center services firm dcBLOX Inc. has opened its newest facility in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. The new facility is the second next-generation data center location for the company, which secured more than $15 million in funding in 2016. dcBLOX...
The 2017 schedule of ChaTech events includes a total of 15 Connect Programs as well as socials and fundraisers. This year, our Connect Programs (formerly our Connect Luncheons) are offered at different times of the work day and in different locations to better serve...
ChaTech welcomed four new Board members at its January Board meeting. Individually, each one brings a wealth of expertise, and together, their diverse backgrounds increase the capacity of the Board. All have jumped in with great ideas and a genuine willingness to serve the organization....
NASHVILLE (January 27, 2017) – TierPoint LLC announced that it is significantly increasing its capacity to serve the Nashville community through a $20 million expansion of its state-of-the-art data center, the only Tier 3 certified data center in the region. TierPoint is partnering with Compass Data...
In 2015, a group of Chattanoogans began speaking about the need to fill jobs in our community. Knowing that 80% of living wage jobs in Hamilton County will require some education beyond high school, and that only 33% of Hamilton County students are on...
I’m starting my fifth week on the job as ChaTech’s Executive Director. Some days, my brain is overflowing with details and information, and I struggle to keep it in some kind of order. Other days, I feel like I’ve got a grasp of the facts...
Record Success for CxO Auction On November 10, 2016 ChaTech hosted its 5th Annual CxO Auction at Stratton Hall. The CxO Auction raises funds for programming and scholarships. The term CxO refers to any C-level technology officer of a company (ex: chief information officer, chief technology...
By: Rosemarie Hill, Labor and Employment Chair, Chambliss Law and David Hunter, Business and Tax Attorney, Chambliss Law Congress is considering the Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act (EESO) (H.R. 5719, S. 3152) which aims to bolster employee ownership and spur innovation in startup companies....