Category: Corp Blog

Intermediate Joomla! Workshop held August 5th, 2010 in Hadley, MA

Tamar Schanfeld of TNR Global led an all day Intermediate Joomla! Workshop on August 5th, 2010 in Hadley, MA.  Topics included: backups, security, search engine optimization, social networking, blogs, and more.

Participant feedback was very positive!   “Lots of info – very pleased,” “Exceeded expectations,” “A very patient instructor”.

Interested in taking a Joomla! workshop? Email us at info@tnrglobal.com and we’ll notify you of upcoming Joomla! classes and events. TNR Global also provides online training and small group training for businesses. Contact us today!

For those who were not able to attend – TNR will be posting a Joomla! tip of the day on our TNR Joomla! Blog.

TNR Global to present at Lucene Revolution Conference

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TNR Global has been selected to present at the Lucene Revolution conference in Boston, MA October 7-8, 2010. Michael McIntosh, Vice President of Enterprise Search Technologies at TNR, will speak on Friday, October 8th regarding the migration from commercial search platforms (focusing on Fast ESP) to Lucene/Solr open source search. He will discuss approaches to identifying core content areas of HTML documents such as Text-To-Tag Ratio Heuristics and Page Stereotype / Site Template Analysis, will review specific use cases that we have encountered as search integration experts and discuss available tools.

Lucene Revolution is the first conference dedicated to open source search in North America. The two-day conference is packed with technical sessions, developer content, user case studies, panels, and networking opportunities. Attendees will learn new ways to develop, deploy, and enhance search applications using Lucene/Solr. For more information, and to register, visit http://www.lucenerevolution.com.

Joomla! Workshop at MSBDC – Springfield, MA

On May 26, 2010, TNR Global Joomla! Services held a workshop “Create an Interactive Website for Your Small Business – A One Day Bootcamp” for the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center in Springfield, MA.   The workshop was taught by Tamar Schanfeld, Joomla! Project Manager and Natasha Goncharova, Managing Director at TNR Global.

The workshop covered the fundamentals of the Joomla! Open Source Content Management System, and provided participants with the foundations for creating a small business website of their own. Participants included Co-op Power Inc., Good Time Stove Company, Zaccheo Properties, and more.  See some of our students’ sites:

Three Sisters Sanctuary:  http://www.threesisterssanctuary.com.
Christine’s Cuisine http://christinescuisine.net
Zaccheo Properties http://zaccheoproperties.com/

TNR Global and STCC organized CloudCamp Western Massachusetts

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TNR Global was the co-organizer and a sponsor of CloudCamp Western Massachusetts that took place on April 20, 2010, 2:30pm-7pm, at the National Science Foundation funded National Center for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT Center) at Springfield Technical Community College. This event was co-organized by CloudCamp co-founder Dave Nielsen and the ICT Center.

Developers, decision makers, end users, and vendors from MA, CT, VT, and surrounding states participated and presented at the event. CloudCamp Western Massachusetts provided a central point for bringing together local academia and businesses. The ICT Center streamed live video of the event to other technology community colleges around the nation. http://www.cloudcamp.org/westernmass

Presentations can be seen here.

Pictures can be seen here.

The speakers included:
David Irwin, UMass Amherst CS Department
Alex Barnett, Intuit Partner Program
Rich Roth, CEO, TNR Global
Chris Bowen, Microsoft Azure
Jim Kurose, Mass Green High Performance Computing Center

Upcoming Joomla! Workshop by TNR Global — May 26, 2010

TNR Global will hold the second Joomla! workshop in Springfield, MA on May 26, 2010.

‘Create an Interactive Website for Your Small Business – A One Day Bootcamp’

Learn the basics of Joomla! – the popular open source content management system that lets you build complex websites without a programming or design background. Create a new website including event calendar, photo gallery, contact  form,and more. Learn to plan your site, enter and edit content and menus, and install extensions.

Minimum technical skills required:  comfort with Microsoft Word and your internet browser. Note: this workshop will not include e-commerce or shopping cart features.

Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Scibelli Enterprise Center, 1 Federal Street, Springfield (directions)
Cost: $75
Contact: Western Regional Office SBDC at 413-737-6712 or msbdc@msbdc.umass.edu.
(The MSBDC only accepts payment by check, but you may submit your registration online and mail a check.)

Registration is through the MSBDC
http://www.msbdc.org/wmass/training_reg.html

TNR Global is co-organizing CloudCamp Western Massachusetts

width= TNR Global is co-organizing and sponsoring  CloudCamp Western Massachusetts that will take place on  April 20, 2010, 2:30pm-7pm, at the National Science Foundation funded National Center for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT Center) at Springfield Technical Community College (1 Federal St, ICT Center, STCC, Springfield, MA 01105).   This event is co-organized by CloudCamp co-founder Dave Nielsen and the ICT Center.

Developers, decision makers, end users, and vendors from MA, CT, VT, and surrounding states are invited to participate: attend, present, and/or sponsor.   CloudCamp Western Massachusetts will provide a central point for bringing together local academia and businesses. The ICT Center will stream live video of the event to other technology community colleges around the nation.   http://www.cloudcamp.org/westernmass

See press release at:  http://www.prlog.org/10554291-cloudcamp-arrives-in-western-massachusetts.html
For more info, please contact Natasha Goncharova at corp@tnrglobal.com

Presentation – Search Engine Integration, Deployment and Scaling in the Cloud

Michael McIntosh, Senior Search Architect, TNR Global, will be presenting at the NYC Search and Discovery Meetup on January 20, 2010, 6:30pm.  The topic of his presentation is Search Engine Integration, Deployment and Scaling in the Cloud. Michael will share his hands-on experience with implementing an enterprise search system in the cloud.   Come join!

http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Search-and-Discovery/calendar/12238220/

Joomla! Workshop at MSBDC

On December 2, 2009, TNR Global  held a workshop “Create an Interactive Website for Your Business in One Day” for the Small Business Development Center in Springfield, MA.   The class was lead by Tamar Schanfeld, Joomla! Project Manager and Natasha Goncharova, Managing Director at TNR Global.

The workshop covered how to create a web site for small businesses using the open source Joomla! content management system. A wide range of small and medium business owners as well as non-profit organizations attended the seminar, including Crocker Communications, Community Health Center of Franklin County, Travellynne Services, Nelson Altman Catering, and more. Participants liked the seminar and gave positive reviews:

“Excellent workshop! Day went fast!”
“You were very patient and thorough.”
“It was a lot of material to cover in one day but they did a good job.”

TNR Global will continue holding similar seminars for businesses as well as for non-profit organization.   If you are interested in organizing a Joomla! seminar for your business association or organization, please call 413-425-1499 ext 2.