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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." - Alice Walker #MotivationMonday
In honor of International Firefighters Day, we’re re-posting one of our favorite podcasts that discusses free Hazmat Applications, including our own application: WISER! http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ68w

THMG097 - Free Online Resources, Part I - The Hazmat Guys
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity–IARPA–recently launched a program called Virtuous User Environment, or VirtUE, to protect users against cloud-based security vulnerabilities by tapping into practices that can be shared via the cloud. We are excited to share that IARPA has selected Next Century as one of the teams to work on this program. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ6Re

IARPA Targets Carbon Security Risk
"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions." - Stephen Covey #MotivationMonday
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - Napoleon Hill #MotivationMonday
This Thursday, April 19th, Next Century’s Ron Wilcom, will review high level concepts of processing big data in real time, how to deploy a Heron topology across a cluster on Kubernetes, how to develop a Heron topology in Java, and end with a live demonstration running on Next Century's OpenStack system! This talk is a follow on to Ron’s presentation on Heron last Spring. We can’t wait to learn more!
"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." - Les Brown #MotivationMonday
Itching for some friendly competition? We’ve got you covered! Game night is tonight at 5:30 PM at our HQ! Come enjoy a few beers and play your favorite games! Bring your friends and family! See you there!
Save the date! On Monday, April 16th, Next Century will be hosting our 20th board game night in our HQ! Employees and their friends are invited to enjoy some friendly competition with a variety of games, pizza, and cold brews. We hope to see you there!
"Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt #MotivationMonday