Minneapolis, MN, February 27, 2006 — http://www.testedandproven.com/11607-webinar.html - DDL, a leading package, product and material testing laboratory, is hosting a series of free webinars on how upcoming revisions to the ISO 11607 standard will impact packaging professionals.
ISO 11607 is the foremost guidance document for validating packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices. The proposed revisions will mean a change in compliance requirements for package testing and validation.
“DDL wants packaging professionals to be aware of the upcoming changes to the ISO 11607 standard,” said Patrick Nolan, COO of DDL. “Understanding the imminent revisions could mean the difference between pass and fail when it comes to package validation.”
The first webinar, “ISO 11607 Revisions,” presented by Patrick Nolan, COO of DDL Inc, will cover the following:
- Background on the ISO 11607 standard
- Overview of the proposed revisions
- How the revisions will affect requirements for
o Quality Systems
o Sampling Plans
o Documentation
o Sterilization
o Labeling
o Storage & Transport
o Test Methods
- Details and implications of revisions to Clause 6.
Minneapolis, MN, February 16, 2006 –- http://www.watermarklearning.com – Watermark Learning, a leader in Project Management and Business Analysis skill development, has been selected to speak about project management techniques at the PMI Global Congress Asia Pacific conference, February 29 – March 2, 2006, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Watermark Learning Principals, Elizabeth Larson and Richard Larson, will co-present “It’s Not Like Selling Pots or Pans…or is it?” to an audience of project managers from organizations all around the World. Their presentation outlines how to use industry standard sales techniques to sell Project Management within an organization.
“The need for effective Project Management within an organization is imperative to improve productivity and effectiveness,” said Elizabeth Larson, Watermark Learning Principal & CEO. “However, we find that project management is often overlooked and it therefore becomes necessary to sell the project management concept to upper management.”
Watermark Learning is recognized globally as a thought-leader in business analysis and project management, and is a founding member of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) as well as a Project Management Institute® (PMI) Global Registered Education Provider.
Elizabeth Larson and Richard Larson have over 30 years of experience in the project management industry and have presented to nearly 10,000 people on 3 different continents.
Minneapolis, MN, February 16, 2006 — http://www.minco.com - Minco, a designer and manufacturer of critical components for critical applications, was among the top companies honored for best technologies for RTDs (resistance temperature detectors) in CONTROL Magazine’s 14th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
Minco received 6% of the votes in the best RTD supplier category to rank among the biggest names in the process industry in CONTROL Magazine’s annual unaided reader survey.
“We are honored to accept this award,” said Tony Peet, Minco Vice President, “especially since it’s voted on by process industry professionals that actually use these products.”
Minco RTDs are widely used throughout the process industry, building automation and HVAC, and military and aerospace applications. Minco’s diverse line of RTD packages, ranging from standard probes and assemblies, to flexible Thermal-Ribbons and Thermal-Tabs, to miniature embedment and stator sensors, are manufactured to deliver precision accuracy and reliability in a variety of harsh environments.
“We always strive to manufacture industry-leading, reliable RTDs that can be used in a multitude of applications,” said Marty Knutson, Minco Marketing Manager, Sensors and Instruments Division. “We’re very excited to learn that professionals in the process industry think likewise”.
Computech Resources, a certified IBM Premier Business Partner opens Technology Innovation Center that allows customers to experience and evaluate technology solutions prior to purchase.
DE PERE, WI - Feb. 14, 2006 – www.computechresources.com – Computech Resources, a leading IBM Premier Business Partner and IT Consulting Services firm, is hosting a grand opening event to launch their new IBM Business Partner Innovation Center on February 22, 2006 in De Pere, Wisconsin.
The Grand Opening will feature Keynote Speeches from Robert E Vik – IBM. Mr. Vik is Program Director of the On Demand Sales Office. He is responsible for bringing IBM resources such as – research, technology, consulting, hardware, software, financing and sales – together to help IBM customers gain a competitive advantage.
Jean S. Bozman - Vice President, Global Enterprise Server Solutions, IDC will also speak. Ms. Bozman has spent many years covering operating and server operating systems including Unix, Microsoft Windows NT Server, Novell NetWare and Linux. Prior to IDC, Ms. Bozman held positions at ComputerWorld, Information Week and News Day, a Pulitzer-Prize winning daily newspaper in New York.
