Berytech Community

During the second week of May, Berytech organized a series of group sessions, workshops and individual meetings revolving around the launch of a media cluster.
The sessions were animated by Mr. Alain Tubiana, Managing Director of image cluster ICONOVAL, and member of the board of the French National Clusters Association.
His work in Lebanon was divided into four parts.
The first day was dedicated to the Berytech team, Mr. Tubiana shared his knowledge around cluster models and discussed sustainability issues while Berytech shared with him the work that has been done since August of 2011 consisting of reports and presentations about the local media industries. 

As the successor to the current Internet Protocol, IPv4, IPv6 is critical to the Internet’s continued growth as a platform for innovation and economic development. Organized by the Internet Society, and building on the successful one-day World IPv6 Day event held on 8 June 2011, World IPv6 Launch represents a major milestone in the global deployment of IPv6.

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Lappeenranta - at the Crossroad of Europe, Russia, the Baltic Region, in Finland – the hub between Europe and Asia, is hosting the 21^st EBN annual Congress & the 3d EU-Russia Innovation Forum, from 13 to 15 June 2012 (www.ebncongress.eu). Discover 10 good reasons why Lappeenranta is the place to be!

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What good will it be if you gained the source code of the world and yet lost your very self?

Loving your own work and being successful is a major source of high self esteem.
Geeks by definition, are so passionate about their work and tend to prioritize professional life over any other aspect of their lives.
You may have noticed that the majority of geeks suffer from weak communication skills. This can be noted through bad articulation or projection of speech, and when most often they tend to prefer the usage of text messages over phone conversations.

Thus, it is crucial that a balance should be made in order to maintain a high level of performance, live a longer happier life and achieve all your geeky goals and dreams.

Enough philosophizing, below are some of my experience based recommendations in order to healthily survive your geeky IT lifestyle, Organize your life, your time and maintain your connections: Read the rest of this entry →

From April 26 to 29, 2012 Berytech will be at the Business Entrepreneurship Forum in BIEL (held in the sideline of

Forward), talking to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs about innovative ways in which we can support projects and startups.

This much anticipated event will gather for the first time peers from the entrepreneurship ecosystem, friendly, familiar faces such as the good people from Amideast/Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute, Endeavor, Altcity, MIT Enterprise Forum, etc. So there’s a lot to see! Don’t miss out on the chance to stop by Berytech’s booth and chat with our team members (Booth L8-M7).

Berytech will also be holding it’s second Seed up your Startup competition in a pitching festival that will take place live over two days on April 26 and 27. The contestants will not only pitch in a public forum, but the audience will have its own say by voting, using specially provided handheld devices, for the most meritorious projects. Winners will walk away with a comprehensive incubation program and up to $25K in seed money.

It’s happening at the Business Entrepreneurship Forum, and we’re not planning to miss any of it. Are you?!

For more info about the Pitch Fest http://tinyurl.com/chuk443

NFC is a set of short-range wireless technologies that allow communication and exchange of data between devices by touching or bringing them within a radius of more or less 10 centimeters. NFC is an extension of the RFID technology. It requires 13.56 MHz frequency and has short working range which makes it more suitable for secure communication between devices.

NFC allows a device, usually a mobile phone, to collect data from another device or NFC tag at close range. In many ways, it’s like a contactless payment card that is integrated into a phone. In other ways, it’s similar to Bluetooth, except that instead of programming two devices to work together, they can simply touch to establish a connection. Read the rest of this entry →