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Cal Net Technology Group Announces NPA Award Nomination of CEO Zachary Schuler

April 16, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Zachary Schuler, Who Founded Southern California`s Leading SMBI.T. Consulting
Firm in 1995, is Nominated for the Prestigious Network Professionalism
Association Award for Professionalism

LOS ANGELES–(Business Wire)–
Cal Net Technology Group, Southern California`s leading I.T. consulting and
computer services company, has announced the nomination of Chief Executive
Officer, Zachary Schuler, for the Network Professional Association (NPA) Award
for Professionalism. The awards will be publicly announced during Interop Las
Vegas on April 28, 2010 with a dinner celebration.

NPA`s eighth annual Awards for Professionalism program honors individuals for
their outstanding achievements as professionals within the network computing
industry. The winners` professional profiles and achievements are to be
displayed as leading examples of professionalism.

“I am truly honored to have been nominated for this award,” remarked Schuler.
“Since founding Cal Net Technology Group in 1995, I`ve strived to position our
company as reliable and professional. It`s a great feeling to be recognized for
something you`ve worked hard to achieve.”

Walter Otto, general manager of G/L Veneer Company, Inc., who nominated Schuler,
added: “Zachary Schuler is more than deserving of this honor. As a client of his
company, I have personally experienced his dedication to professionalism,
integrity, and innovation.”

Awards for Professionalism winners demonstrate the best balance of professional
responsibilities including technical competency, ethics and proper professional,
education and industry credentials, community and industry contributions,
leadership and professional affiliation. Each award winner receives a specially
designed personalized trophy and gifts.

About Cal Net Technology Group

Founded in 1995, Cal Net Technology Group provides small-to-midsize companies in
Southern California with technology consulting and IT computer services. When
clients choose Cal Net Technology Group, they don`t simply hire an IT
professional; they gain an insourced IT department. Better than a stand-alone
in-house IT department, Cal Net Technology Group deploys ongoing IT services and
project management solutions to help companies communicate effectively and
protect their critical data while saving time and money. Its signature services,
TECManage and CoManage, give clients cost-effective options to manage the entire
IT function or specialized services, such as IT systems conversions and
modification. Learn more at www.calnettech.com or call 866-999-2638.

SGC
Rebekah Iliff
Rebekah@SmartGirlsConsulting.com
310-770-8338

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Donate your computer’s idle time to find cure for HIV, Parkinson’s, breast cancer

June 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 21 (ANI): Your computer can be put to good use even when its not in use, for now it’s possible to donate the idle time to cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV, Parkinson’s, arthritis, and breast cancer.

University of Delaware’s “Docking@Home” project, led by Michela Taufer, assistant professor of computer and information sciences, allows people to donate their computer’s idle time to perform scientific calculations that will aid in creating new and improved medicines to thwart these major diseases.

Taufer explained that researchers should create molecular models and simulate their interactions to reveal possible candidates for effective drugs, which could then be put under laboratory testing. And such a simulation is called “docking”.

As there are infinite combinations of molecules and their binding orientations, simulating them requires tremendous computing power.

Supercomputers often have a long waiting line or are too expensive to use for extended periods, said Taufer.

Thus, researchers have turned to citizen volunteers for help, which enables them to distribute the hundreds of thousands of computing tasks across a large number of computers.

Although the research is still in the validation stage, the process is aimed at studying new drugs.

“We are transforming a process in nature into computer steps-an algorithm,” explained Taufer.

To volunteer your computer’s idle time to do scientific calculations, it takes only a few simple steps highlighted on the project Web page (http://docking.cis.udel.edu/).

One can install a free, open-source software program called BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing), developed at the University of California, and link up to the Docking Server at the University of Delaware to become part of the network.

The computer’s idle cycles are accessed automatically when it is not in use.

Currently, the 6,000 volunteers worldwide who currently are involved in UD’s Docking@Home project are contributing to the completion of some 30,000 docking tasks per day, said Taufer. (ANI)

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