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• Marlborough Sale Shakes MetroWest Market

  By Brandon Butler, Worcester Business Journal Staff Writer

  The sale of The Campus at Marlborough — a complex of three fully-leased, high-quality office buildings totaling 530,000 square feet — for $103 million to a Houston-based investment real estate firm marks the latest major development in the erratic MetroWest commercial real estate market.

  Hines Global REIT purchased the three buildings and empty land that could house up to 650,000 square feet of new development from Bel Marlborough I and Bel Marlborough II LLC, groups associated with Boston real estate investment firm Eaton Vance.

  The sale of The Campus adds to the complexity of the market in Marlborough. Adjacent to The Campus is the former Hewlett Packard manufacturing plant and next to that is the Fidelity campus, both of which will be vacant by the end of next year, leaving more than 1.2 million square feet of empty space along I-495.

  "Marlborough seems to be talked a lot about nowadays," said Christopher Tosti, executive vice president and partner at CB Richard Ellis, which is marketing the HP site. "There is a lot going on there."

  Tosti and other officials in MetroWest are playing down the notion that The Campus sale will disrupt the market. Because the building is fully leased, the sale does not have any direct impact on other nearby properties.

  "They’re apples and oranges," Tosti said.

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• In Littleton, A Site Gets A Second Life

  HP to demolish former manufacturing plant…

  Demolition in sight for former HP plant vacated by relocation.

  Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday it plans to demolish a massive, two-building former manufacturing plant on its Rockrimmon Boulevard campus in northwest Colorado Springs early next year after moving employees into a newer adjacent building.

  The Palo Alto-based technology giant did not divulge plans for the space after demolition. The 365-acre site next to Ute Valley Park will still house a 300,000-square-foot office building housing a research group, sales, marketing and other operations as well as a 250,000-square-foot corporate data center.

  "HP continually evaluates its facilities in order to better use space and provide employees with a more collaborative work environment. As part of that effort, we consolidated space at our Colorado Springs campus and moved employees into an adjacent building. We expect to begin demolition of two buildings by early 2012,” the company said in a statement released in response to questions about the two buildings.

  The two buildings total 778,000 square feet of space and were built for Digital Equipment Corp. in 1979 to manufacture high-capacity disk drives used in mainframe computers. Compaq Computer Corp. acquired Digital in 1998 and merged with HP four years later.

  http://www.demolitionnews.com/2011/12/03/hp-to-demolish-former-manufacturing-plant/

  Demolition of Building s 6 and 7

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• Dec Alum (79-92) Ted Sares’s newest and fourth book titled Shattered will be released by Tate Publishing to book stores throughout the country within the next several weeks. However, Ted says he will have an advance supply and plans to market the books initially to niche targets in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states. This change in genre marks a sharp departure from Boxing for Sares, but true crime and urban noir are where his major interests now lie. However, Sares continues to write for the prestigious web site Boxing.com and remains one of the most respected boxing writers in the United States.

  Shattered deals with many sensitive subjects and covers some incidents that occurred in the northeast. Many may resonate with New England readers.The result is a collection of essays that describe how a community's innocence can be shattered at any time and without any warming. Sares said he does not approach crime writing from the stance of one taken in by the glamorous mythos that criminals often wear like a shroud. On the contrary, he strives to strip away any lingering patina of romanticism from the aura of gangsters or killers. Indeed, it is the victims of crime whom he wants us to see in all their humanity, truth, vulnerability, and tragedy.

  Ted is working on a fifth book that will deal with urban and country noir, but it will not be completed any time soon.

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• Ken Olsen Memorial Service
  Sat. May 14, 3:30
  Gordon College, Wenham, MA

  We have posted the latest issue of the Digital Alumni newsletter so that those who were not able to attend the Olsen Memorial Service at Gordon College on May 14 can read the remarks made by Peter Koch on behalf of the Digital employees at the Memorial service. The remarks are the same as the lead article in the newsletter.

  The Digital Alumni, Inc. is an organization dedicated to the interests of former employees of Digital Equipment Corporation. It was founded in 1993 to provide a network for a special group of people who shared a common bond, work culture and a desire to stay in touch.

  Our goal is to provide ways for alumni to share information and remain connected to one another, both personally and professionally. Membership is open to any former employee of Digital Equipment Corporation.

  Audio of Memorial Service (260 MB)

  Video of Memorial Service (800 MB)

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• Coming 'Round Again!

  INSPIRATION – really loving it…

  "Are you as inspired today as you were under the best of Ken and the Mini-Computer wave?"

  A growing tribe of ex-DECies describe the experience of At-Hand Apps, LLC as such a re-creation of that inspiration.

  "There is another amazing wave of digital life-enhancing technology coming." enthuses founder Robert Gray. "The tsunami will make search, and the whole centralized Internet, seem oh so primitive and old-school."

  Former DEC badge holders Gray, Jim Burrows, Mark Granoff, Todd Trimble, Janet Egan, Karl Puder and others have organized publisher, developer and marketer At-Hand Apps for a "marathon run" into this territory. "The rest of the planet is making sprints." says Gray, " They are mostly rushing small cute apps to market. Many are making a quick buck, but their apps generally do not demonstrate what is possible or the real transformation coming. We believe we have the big picture and have resources to do more."

  Read the rest of the story...

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• Does anybody have the data sheet and/or the specs for the DECchip 21554?

  The document(s) may be faxed to PLX Technology, 408-962-3426, Attn: Art Whipple or sent to PLX Technology, 870 W. Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Attn: Art Whipple, or to make special arrangements or inquiry, please reply to this email or call me at 408-859-8474.

  Thank you so much.

  Cyd Mathias
  Office of the CFO,
  PLX Technology, Inc.

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• Ken Olsen

  We have just received word that Ken Olsen passed away yesterday, February 6, 2011 in Indianapolis surrounded by his family. Ken has been in hospice care for the past few weeks. Funeral services are private but there will be a public service at Gordon College at a later date to honor this great man. There will be an obituary in the Boston Globe later this week.

  We express our sincere condolences to the Olsen Family at the loss of this man whom so many loved and admired.

  Peter Koch
  The Digital Alumni

  Boston Global article on Ken Olsen's passing.

  Letter from Gordon College President Judson Carlberg, A public memorial service will be held at Gordon College on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at 2:00 p.m.,

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• Entrepreneurial Training Program

  If starting a new business is high on your list of priorities, then attending the Northern Essex Community College Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) information session should be on your calendar. The information session, which reviews all aspects of the 20-week program designed for would-be-business people, is free and will be held on Friday, January 7th, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at NECC Riverwalk, 360 Merrimack St., Bldg 9, Entrance K, Lawrence, MA.

  The ETP is designed to assist students to prepare and implement a specific, comprehensive business plan tailored for their business and to provide the skills and knowledge with which to successfully implement that plan.

  This intensive, comprehensive, non-credit, 20-week program covers all aspects of starting and operating a business. The curriculum includes sessions on market research, marketing tools, product/service differentiation, networking, sales techniques, presentation skills, financial management, as well as legal and insurance issues, human resources, time management, and more.

  Instructor Paul Jermain of Jermain & Company, combines intensive classroom work and guest presenters, as well as one-on-one consulting to assist each entrepreneur during the start-up phase of the business. Classroom training is followed by business plan presentations, independent work and 1:1 consulting to assist in implementing the business plan.

  The next session will begin March 1, 2011, with classes at NECC Riverwalk. Please note all interested individuals must attend an information session, complete an application and interview for acceptance into the program.

  This program is MA Section 30 approved. Some dislocated workers and others may qualify for tuition assistance. Call Diane Zold-Gross at 978-659-1221 or email at dzoldgross@necc.mass.edu or Dianne (Dee) Lahaye at 978-659-1222 or email dlahaye@necc.mass.edu for details, directions, and to reserve your seat. You may also call Workforce Development and Community Education about this program and other non-credit courses and programs at 978-659-1200, or visit our website at:http://www.necc.mass.edu/noncredit/index.php

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• KEN OLSEN DOCUMENTARY

  Don Boggs, who is completing the Ken Olsen Documentary to be aired on PBS is working on an idea to close put the program. To pull this off he is asking that Digital Alumni who still have their badges to scan them and email them to him as soon as possible. The badges can be photographed or scanned.(straight on) and emailed to Don at gm@wgme.com. He would like these to be 600 dpi if possible. He is trying to build a Digital logo out of these badges.

  I hope we can get a good response to this request.

  Peter Koch

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• To my Fellow DEC Employees.

  Fifty two years after co-founding Digital Equipment Corporation with Ken Olsen, I have finally written my autobiogrpahy entitled "Learn, Earn and Return". It covers the period of my life when I was learning about computers at the University of Illinois and M.I.T., Earning during my nine years at DEC, and my life as a venture capitalist. The returning part of the book deals with giving my time and assets to a variety of Non-Proifts including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Illinois and many others. The book is at the printers now and will be available by the end of November. More information is available at locustpress.com, where it can be purchased on line for $30 plus S.&H. of $5. I will provide a personally signed book plate with all pre publishing orders placed with Locust Press.

  Hope you enjoy reading it.

  Harlan E. Anderson

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• Hi all .... was back in New England for my 50th HS reunion in Littleton a few weeks ago.

  On one rainy day I drove through Maynard and had to take a few nostalgia pictures. The "Mill" ( now known as Maynard's"Clock Tower Place") looked great. DEC's old headquarters is now home to Monster.com and many other small businesses. New parking garage by Bld #21 ....our old Bld #5 looked the same. The mill pond has a park in place of the old weed patch. Ken's old Bld #1 has great new landscaping. Downtown Maynard has a few new stores and restaurants but the "look and feel" hasn't changed since the 60's.

  Click here for pictures.

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• Jim Mickol developed a composit of some of his DEC experience and has sent it along to share with fellow Alumni. He says he will have others in the future and willsend those along as well. Enjoy!!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccenszwRl6Y#GU5U2spHI_4

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• DEC ALUMNI IN EDUCATION

  We are looking for stories – any stories - about DEC Alumni who are or have been involved in education at any capacity. We would like to hear about the work being done, whether in the classroom, in the boardroom, in finance, in enrollment – any area of education. Are there trends you see or changes you would like to see. Media have been highlighting areas where we need to improve if we are to maintain our competitive edge globally. Is this your experience?

  In the next issue of the newsletter, which will come out in early spring, we would like to do a lead story on how DEC alumni have impacted education in the US and how DEC alumni see education today.

  The values we learned and practiced at DEC definitely carry over to other lines of work, especially in education. We would like to hear about your experiences in this regard.

  We would like to hear about your experiences, your joys and successes as well as any hard learnings that came out of your experience in education.

  If there are any of the DEC engineers who went into education at the end of their DEC careers through the DEC sponsored Engineers into Education program, let’s hear from you. What were/are your experiences. This was a ground breaking program at the time. Is this something other companies should consider?

  If anyone has any questions, let us know.

  We hope to get a number of stories that we can relate.

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• DEC ALUMNI SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT NETWORK

  Many DEC Alumni have pursued careers as small business owners. Wouldn't it be wonderful to bring together a group of small business owners who share the values and experience of the DEC culture for collegial support? This is the idea behind the DEC Alumni Small Business Owners Support Network that is now being formed by DEC Alumni Linda Marks and Sharon Woodruff.

  The group will meet at a Monthly Networking Lunch where we will have an opportunity to introduce ourselves to one another and share our ideas for success. The networking lunch will take place at a central location in the 495/MetroWest area.

  For more information, or if you would like to join, contact LSMHEART@aol.com or (617)965-7846. We will send you a new member survey to learn about your business, your needs and your interests.

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• ACCESS TO DIGITAL PENSION INFORMATION

  All former Digital employees who would like to access information about their pension funds can obtain this information online at the following URL: www.netbenefits.com.

  All formaer Digital employee retirement accounts were transferred by HP to Fidelity Investments. Use the URL and follow the instructions for setting up individual access.

  For additional information or to have questions answered you can call Fidelity Investments at 800-457-4015

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• Wanted - Retired Engineers in Eastern MA