Category: Anniversary
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BDPA at 50: Industry Executives and Delegates Assemble to Commemorate the Association’s Golden Anniversary
ATLANTA, Georgia—National BDPA, Inc. (BDPA), founded in 1975 and formerly known as Black Data Processing Associates, in collaboration with major tech industry partners, proudly announce the return of this flagship event, BDPACON25, to Atlanta—a city long recognized as a powerhouse of research and development (R&D), HBCU excellence in technology, innovation, and digital workforce transformation. Celebrating…
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Celebrating Microsoft’s 50 years
Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, shared the following remarks at Microsoft’s 50th anniversary today. It’s so wonderful to be here with all of you celebrating 50 years of Microsoft. And it’s especially exciting to be doing it at a time like this. For me, though, it starts with Bill [Gates] and Steve [Ballmer], who are…
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Defense Industry and Cybersecurity Executives share success stories to honor Youth Achievements in Tech
BDPA-DC awardees for 2017 include (L-R) Brandon Craig, 2017 Member of the Year; Dr. Margaret Wood, President and CEO, WOOD Consulting Services, Inc., 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year; Ms. Elizabeth Lindsey, CEO of Byte Back, 2017 President’s Community Award; and Lieutenant General Robert S. Ferrell, U.S. Army (Retired), Vice President, Federal Strategy at World Wide Technology, Inc., 2017…
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Apple’s iPhone reaches 10-year Milestone
Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘… the best is yet to come’ Cupertino, CA—January 9 marks the tenth anniversary of iPhone’s blockbuster debut. At Macworld 2007 in San Francisco, Steve Jobs introduced the world to iPhone as three products in one — “a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications…
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National BDPA Celebrates 30-Year High School Computer Competition (HSCC) Milestone
ATLANTA—The National High School Computer Competition (HSCC), powered by BDPA, was founded in 1986 by Dr. Jesse L. Bemley (inset), a National BDPA Life Member from Washington, D.C. What started as a two-team event between Washington, D.C. (BDPA-DC) and Atlanta, GA (BDPA Atlanta) HSCC Teams has grown to over 20 teams of various high school students…
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BEYA and HSCC Celebrate 30-Year Milestones
PHILADELPHIA, PA—During this special week of February 15th through 21st 2016, America celebrates Career Communications Group’s (CCG) anniversary and milestone honoring their 30th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Gala at the Philadelphia Marriott. Launched in 1986 by Dr. Jesse L. Bemley (right), National BDPA also marks its 30th year of advancing young men…
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Wikipedia by the Numbers, Happy 15th Birthday!
by KEITH WAGSTAFF | NBC News On January 15, 2001, a website called Wikipedia was launched. Since then, the crowd-sourced, online encyclopedia has completely changed how people find information quickly, replacing books and CDs (remember “Encarta?”) with millions of entries written by ordinary people. Select here to discover more by the numbers…
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Industry Icons Receive Community and Technology Awards
Maryland Cyber Program Manager captures 2015 Corporate Member of the Year from local BDPA Chapter BOWIE, Maryland—LaToya C. Staten (above) receives a 2015 Corporate Member of the Year award from National BDPA’s Washington, D.C. Chapter for expanding and sharing technology inclusion, outreach, and awareness programs with Maryland’s colleges and universities. Ms. Staten is a certified small business…
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Former HUD and Education Department CIO receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Industry Icons and Community Volunteers honored by local BDPA Chapters WASHINGTON — During an annual community and technology awards ceremony, Jerry Williams (left) receives an industry Lifetime Achievement Award from National BDPA’s Washington, D.C. Chapter (BDPA-DC). The chapter is celebrating its 37th year advancing technical careers in underserved communities ‘from the classroom to the…
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U.S. Navy Celebrates 240 Years
BDPA Student Members launch high-tech careers with America’s Navy Durham, NC —Ensign Raven Stevenson becomes National BDPA’s first High School Computer Competition (HSCC) alumna to receive a Commission in the United States Navy and U.S. Armed Forces. Her “First Salute” was captured live during Naval ROTC Commissioning ceremonies for the Class of 2013 at Duke…