Back in 1998 when we launched Sycamore Networks, the optical industry looked like it was ready to really take off. New companies, technologies, innovations were being formed at a rapid rate. Also new analyst firms and media outlets emerged to cover the burgeoning market opportunity. Unfortunately the excitement was premature and the industry went into somewhat of a lull period….
CHEN PR and Scratch Marketing and Media brought together a world-class panel matched with a very hot and timely topic to deliver a lively MIT Enterprise Forum Innovation Series event last night. The evening was sold out and the discussion among Kevin Davies, Dr. George Church, Jamie Heywood, Colin Hill and Dr. Mike Pellini was fascinating and at times very…
CHEN PR works with the Innovation Series Committee of MITEF to help drive ideas, attendance and interest for the monthly events, which range in topics from Green Buildings to Sports Marketing to Biotechnology. We are very involved in the upcoming event, “The Future of the Personal Genome” on February 8 at the MIT EG&G Education Center. Harvesting genetic information has…
At the MassTLC event recently held, CHEN PR clients were well represented as finalists: Andy Ory, Acme Packet as CEO of the Year, Publicly Traded Company (leader in providing session delivery networks to global enterprises and service providers – grew revenues 63% in 2010) Chris Randles, SpaceClaim as CEO of the Year, Privately Held Company (leader in direct modeling software…
Consumers are downloading TV shows, movies, music and photos on-demand to their computers at ever increasing rates. They want to watch what they want, when it’s convenient for them. IPTV is at the forefront of driving the convergence of TV and the computer. Next week affords an opportunity to hear a renowned group of speakers address the transformation at MIT Enterprise…
The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Annual Awards ceremony was held last night. Four of CHEN PR’s clients were finalists, including Acme Packet (CEO of the Year and Company of the Year); Boston-Power (Deal of the Year and CEO of the Year); Digital Lumens (Product of the Year); and SpaceClaim (CEO of the Year). Acme Packet won Company of the Year for…
Last evening was a perfect night to bring together colleagues and friends to reconnect with each other and to spend time with Sam Whitmore while he was on the east coast. The venue, one of CHEN PR’s favorite haunts Joe Sent Me in Waltham. Weather made being outside a pleasure and we are fortunate to have terrific colleagues across the…
This morning, lighting energy efficiencies took a dramatic step forward with the unveiling of Digital Lumens, another MA-based clean tech innovator. The energy costs and consumption numbers are pretty staggering when evaluating what is required to light large facilities, such as warehouses. Lights pretty much illuminate every area, whether it is occupied or not at annual costs of around $1…
We’re hosting a “Help a PR PRO Out” event here at CHEN PR’s building this coming Friday for HAPPO job seekers and potential employers. Doug Haslam is spearheading the event and we welcome the opportunity to share pizza and discussion for any who wish to attend (limit of 50). Just click on the link and register. Hope to see you…
An interesting discussion was held this morning through the MassTLC on Measuring Social Media campaigns, led by K.D. Paine. Social media as we all know and experience daily has had an enormous impact on how companies communicate with their customers, future employees, prospects and competitors. Vehicles such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to name a few are an integral part…