The Week Ahead
NBDPA event calendars are enhanced by
High School Computer Competition (HSCC)
& IT Showcase (ITSC)
Local Leaders Keynote National HSCC & ITSC
2010 Kick-Off events
Washington--The following Black Tie or Professional "IT" fund-raising events are recommended for BDPA Members, Stakeholders, and HSCC/ITSC student participants seeking grants, contracts, scholarships, internships or new career opportunities in 2010. Support for local chapter events defrays travel or lodging costs and provides budget relief for local high school students seeking scholarships at annual HSCC competition events or internships at National BDPA Technology Conferences. In 2010, all roads lead to Philadelphia, PA.
- BDPA Detroit 1st Annual Scholarship & Education Awards Banquet; Detroit, MI; November 12, 2009
- BDPA Washington Annual Fall Scholarship Awards Banquet; Washington, D.C.; November 12, 2009
- BDPA New Jersey Annual Awards Banquet; Newark, New Jersey; November 13, 2009
- BDPA Atlanta, HSCC Awards and Recognition;
Atlanta, Georgia; November 18, 2009
- BDPA Northern Delaware Annual Educational Showcase & Scholarship Banquet; Wilmington, DE; November 21, 2009
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Local BDPA Program/Community Meetings:
Chicago; Northern Delaware: New Jersey: New York; Washington, DC (Charles County CIG/NAACP)
Local Fund-Raisers/Banquets:
Detroit, Washington, and New Jersey
Next Week:
Atlanta and Northern Delaware
Missed one? In case we missed you, our newsletter archives and Acronym of the Day are updated each month for members, new BDPA chapter interest groups (CIGs) and new BDPA members.
Congress:
U.S. Senate
Reconvenes, Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 2:00 pm. Convenes to begin a period of morning business and resume consideration of H.R.3082, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill.
U.S. House of Representatives
The House has not posted a schedule for the Week of November 8th, 2009.
Community: Other BDPA/IT Events Near You
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 BDPA Washington, D.C.Annual Fall Scholarship Awards Banquet
2009 HSCC Sponsor: Compuware
 Keynote Speaker: Cynthia Miller
Senior Advisor, Chief Intelligence Community (IC) Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity (EEOD)Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
5:30 - 9:00 PM
Washington, D.C. Navy Yard Conference and Catering Center
RECEPTION BEGINS AT 5:30 PM WITH THE MAIN EVENT SCHEDULED TO START AT 7 PM.
NBDPA's Washington, D.C. Chapter, chartered in 1978, is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization primarily comprised of federal and private sector IT professionals; anyone having an interest in information technology; and those who support an emerging STEM workforce across all vertical markets. |
2009 BPDA Detroit
1st Annual Awards Banquet
"Retooling for a Better Tomorrow"
 Compuware Corporation
One Campus Martius
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Keynote Speaker: Dennis Archer
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2009 BPDA New Jersey
Annual Awards Banquet
"Strategically Aligning Today
for Tomorrow's Challenges"
The Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), New Jersey Chapter is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, which was organized to contribute to the development of professionals in the Information Technology industry and to extend this knowledge and experience to others in their respective communities.
The New Jersey BDPA Chapter is committed to delivering IT excellence to our members, strategic partners and community. We strive to be one of New Jersey's more prominent professional organizations. BDPA New Jersey is celebrating the successes of 2008 by hosting its Annual Awards Banquet. The purpose of the celebration is to recognize sponsors and individuals who have dedicated their time and resources to BDPA programs and services. The theme of this event is "Strategically aligning today for tomorrow's challenges."
We invite you to join us on Friday November 13, 2009 from 6 - 10PM at Prudential's Dryden Hall located on the 7th Floor at 751 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102
(Please note: This event is a BDPA function and NOT a Prudential Corporate Event).
The success of our chapter requires your support. As a BDPA supporter you will be able to make this day and our future programs memorable. In addition, you would be helping us close the digital divide which still exists in many urban communities. Your contribution is more than a charitable donation. It is an opportunity to build a relationship with future employees, clients and customers. It is an investment in tomorrow. |
2009 BPDA Atlanta
Awards & Recognition Program
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 PM EST
Commerce Club's Brown Room
on the 18th Floor
The Commerce Club
34 Broad Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303-2378
(404) 525-1661 |
BDPA Northern Delaware
Annual IT Educational Showcase
& Scholarship Banquet
Don't Be Afraid of the S.T.E.M.
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
Keynote Speaker: James H. Sills, III,
Chief Information Officer, State of Delaware
Saturday, November 21, 2009
5:00 - 10:00 PM
Sheraton Suites (422 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE)
RECEPTION BEGINS AT 5:00 PM WITH THE MAIN EVENT SCHEDULED TO START AT 6 PM SHARP
www.bdpa-de.org | 1.800.727.BDPA (2372)
The BDPA - Northern Delaware Chapter, chartered in 2007, is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization comprised of professionals working in the IT industry or anyone having an interest in information technology. |
Acronym of the Day
brought to you by
SAP
SAP, started in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany, states that it is the world's third-largest independent software vendor. The original name for SAP was German: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte. It means "Systems Applications and Products." The goal of the company was to provide large enterprise customers with the ability to interact with a corporate database in real-time. Today, the company states that its goal is "to offer the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of business performance and optimization solutions for companies of all sizes."
SAP's first software application was a financial accounting software suite that ran on a mainframe and was known for its stability. It eventually became known as the R/1 system. The "R" stands for real-time. During the 1980s, the company went international, and the second iteration of the R system (R/2) accommodated different languages and currencies. In the 1990s, the third iteration (R/3) moved from the mainframe to a client/server three-tier architecture composed of a database, software applications and a common graphical user interface (GUI). SAP used the name R/3 until the 5.0 release. At that time the name was changed from R/version to ERP Central Component (ECC). The most current version as of November 2009 is ECC 6.0.
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