Attachmate Hosts High-Tech Take Our Daughters To Work Day Event; Company Shows Girls How to Design, Build, and Market an E-business Web Site.BELLEVUE Bellevue (bĕl`vy  ).1 City (1990 pop. 30,982), Sarpy co., E Nebr., a suburb of Omaha, on the Missouri River; inc. 1855. , Wash.-(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999--Attachmate Corporation, one of Washington's best companies to work for and a leading employer on the eastside, today announced it will host 70 girls between the ages of 9-15 during its second annual high-tech Take Our Daughters To Work Day Thursday, April 22, 1999. Research indicates adult encouragement can change the course of a girl's life. Attachmate's participation in this day empowers girls to envision the possibilities for their future in the high-tech world. e-Business 101. The day's events will focus on e-business. The girls were first introduced to e-business by registering for the day by participating in the online registration process. On Thursday, the girls will work in teams to plan, design, and develop an e-business Web site as well as how to market the site. Additionally, the girls will have the opportunity to interview 12 female Attachmate(R) employees about their careers. All aspects of the day will expose them to product management, development, and marketing. Phyllis Campbell, US Bank president, is the day's keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speaker. "Girls at this stage in their lives often give up on anything that sounds like `science.' As a high-tech company, we're interested in capturing these girls' minds and imaginations," said Mary Harwood, Attachmate vice president of corporate marketing and relations. "Attachmate believes that in their personal and professional lives the girls will rely on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the as a tool and resource. Attachmate is striving to help them understand how this resource can be harnessed for business purposes." How it all got started. Take Our Daughters To Work started in 1993 as a citywide program in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of by the Ms. Foundation to help girls remain strong and confident. The program went national with an outpouring of enthusiasm from adults. Millions of girls have gone to work with an adult in the last five years. For more information on the Ms. Foundation for Women and Take Our Daughters To Work Day, call 212/742-2300 x422 or check out www.ms.foundation.org. Year-round community dedication. Attachmate and its employees make significant contributions of time, money, and resources to help improve communities across the country. Attachmate is committed to supporting a wide and diverse array of recognized non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. . Its employees support organizations such as the United Way, American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, , Leukemia leukemia (l kē`mēə), cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues (bone marrow, lymphatics, liver, spleen) characterized by excessive production of immature or mature Society of America, the National MS Society, and the
Puget Sound Puget Sound (py`jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c. Blood Bank -- hosting six drives annually. Its employees
volunteer their time for reading programs, neighborhood improvement, and
environmental support. Company sponsorship and employee participation in
these programs contributed to making Attachmate one of the five best
large companies to work for in Washington in 1997 and 1998, as reported
by Washington CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. magazine.
For more than 16 years in Bellevue, Attachmate has established itself in the high tech industry and the local community. As the second largest software company in the state of Washington, Attachmate employs over 1700 people -- with approximately half of the employee population at its Bellevue headquarters. About Attachmate Attachmate Corporation provides e-business solutions that leverage host information and applications for managing enterprise host access to more than 10 million enterprise users worldwide. With 80 offices in 30 countries, Attachmate delivers a comprehensive framework of host access management products, Web-to-host technologies, worldwide consulting solutions, and global strategic partnerships. For more information about Attachmate products and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" , contact Attachmate worldwide headquarters in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. at 425/644-4010 or www.attachmate.com. (c)1999 Attachmate Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Attachmate is a registered trademark of Attachmate Corporation. Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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