Hello Tech & Innovation Community Members,

As 2021 comes to a close, I am reflecting on the way the Tech & Inno community continued to grow and come together over the year. We produced live and on-demand events focusing on technologies such as low-code and cloud optimatization as well as on management and leadership skills for mid-level and senior-level managers. We also continued with our ongoing networking series for engineering leaders.

We are busy planning out for 2022, where we will offer a variety of events - both virtual and in-person. Stay tuned!

We've also profiled so many amazing community members over the year, which you can view on our Tech & Innovation Community page. If you know of a company or individual that should be featured in our Tech & Inno profiles, let me know.

Happy and healthy holidays and New Year!

Best regards,
Sara Fraim
Vice President
MassTLC
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  • Pega Webinar: Understanding the Impact of Cloud on Modernization: The pressure is on to shift more core systems and applications to the cloud. But what is the most effective way to modernize applications for the current digital landscape? Learn more and register here.

  • CES 2022: Had enough of the video calls? Ready to break free? Now’s your chance. Registration for CES® 2022 – the world’s most influential technology event — is open! Save $200 off your ticket with early-bird pricing available through December 8. Learn more and register here.

  • The Blue Innovation Symposium: The Blue Innovation Symposium (BIS) is the premier event in New England for connecting the marine technology industry for education, networking, and facilitating partnering opportunities. The conference brings together a broad spectrum of representatives of the marine technology industry from the US and beyond. Learn more and register here.

  • Cloud Cost Optimization (on-demand): Gary Sloper, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Macronet Services, goes beyond simply lowering your costs and delves into the importance of a partnership between engineering and finance and the new role of fin ops. Watch here.

  • Leveraging Low Code (on-demand): Check out our on-demand program, Leveraging Low Code, featuring Luis Giraldo, RVP of Value Consulting Americas, OutSystems; Deb Gildersleeve, CIO, Quickbase; and Sunil Muduli, Advisory Manager, KPMG. Watch here.
Industry News and Resources
  • The Importance of Accessible Design. "I’ve heard it from countless design leaders—since the accessibility requirement came into the picture it’s as if the world is against us, and we’ll never design freely again. Somehow, all of our creativity is drained and we’re doomed to ugly, compromised interfaces for the rest of our careers. It’s the death of good design." Read on for why this thinking is mistaken and for ways to incorporate accessibility into your design practice.

  • The ALS Therapy Development Institute Leads The Charge In Clinical Research & Treatment Development. The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALSTDI) operates the most comprehensive drug discovery lab focused solely on ALS. Funded entirely by donations, ALSTDI was the first nonprofit biotech in any disease state to attempt to move a drug invented in its own lab and into clinical trials. Read more.

  • Public Health Agencies Release “Guiding Principles” for Good Machine Learning Practice. The U.S. FDA, Health Canada, and the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) jointly issued a guidance document outlining 10 guiding principles surrounding the development of Good Machine Learning Practice (GMLP) to help ensure that medical devices that use artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are safe and effective. Read more. 

  • Open Source for Better Observability. Monitoring cloud-native systems is hard. You’ve got highly distributed apps spanning tens and hundreds of nodes, services, and instances. You’ve got additional layers and dimensions—not just bare metal and OS but also node, pod, namespace, deployment version, Kubernetes’ control plane, and more. Read more.

  • 5 Sustainable IT Practices for Your SaaS Applications. With web browser-accessed applications reaching record levels, employees are now spending most of their productive work time inside a cavern of business web applications. Read more. 

  • Securing the Enterprise Network for the Office Anywhere. Organizations of all sizes are turning to mobile to drive productivity and to respond to employees’ demand for flexibility. The office is now anywhere, and organizations must adopt a new approach towards security at the edge. Read more.
Thank You to Our Co-Chairs
Lovee Garg
Director, Engineering & Product Development
Pluralsight
Shira Haddad
VP of Engineering
CareAcademy
Care
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CTO
Examity
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