Cheyenne Software and SUNY Stony Brook form high-tech education partnership.ROSLYN HEIGHTS Roslyn Heights (rŏz`lĭn), uninc. residential village (1990 pop. 6,405), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. William Cullen Bryant lived and is buried in nearby Roslyn. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1996-- Learning Program Integrates Stony Brook Stony Brook may refer to: Massachusetts:
Degree @ Work for Cheyenne Employees and High-Tech Work Experience for Stony Brook Computer Science Students at Cheyenne Cheyenne Software Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CYE CYE Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV show) CYE Close Your Eyes CYE Check Your Email CYE Calendar Year End CYE Choose Your Event CYE Curtis Youngblood Enterprises ) has announced the Cheyenne/Stony Brook Partnership, a strategic technology-based learning program, with the Computer Science Department in the College of Engineering and Applied Science of the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Stony Brook. The partnership will allow Cheyenne employees to earn a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science at work and top Stony Brook Computer Science students to earn credits while interning at Cheyenne Software in Lake Success, N.Y. ReiJane Huai, chairman, president and 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. of Cheyenne Software, announced the Cheyenne/Stony Brook Partnership program last evening at the Business Leadership Award Dinner, where the Advancement for Commerce and Industry (ACI ACI American Concrete Institute ACI Arch Coal Inc ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council) ACI Automobile Club d'Italia ACI American Competitiveness Initiative ) presented him with the Long Island Business Leadership Award. The dinner, attended by over 800 people, was held at the Huntington Hilton in Melville, Long Island. Huai is a 1985 graduate of SUNY SUNY - State University of New York Stony Brook's Computer Science department, which is consistently ranked among the top 20 research departments in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Bruce Sasson, manager, human resources, Cheyenne Software Inc., said the Cheyenne/Stony Brook Partnership program has two components: the Master of Science @ Work program for Cheyenne employees and the Honorary Internship Program (HIP) for top undergraduate and graduate computer science majors at SUNY at Stony Brook. Sasson said under the Master of Science @ Work Program Cheyenne employees will be able to earn a MS degree while working. Some classes will be taught by the university's faculty at Cheyenne Software's site, but a portion of the course work will be conducted via video conferencing between Stony Brook and Lake Success. He said the course curriculum will be geared too meet the needs of Cheyenne and employees will be able to participate in the company's tuition reimbursement program. "At Cheyenne Software, our employees are our biggest assets and we must continuously invest in our assets through education programs, like the Master of Science @ Work, if we want to remain ahead of our competitors. This strategy gives us the ability to develop and retain the best talent in our industry," he said. Sasson said the Honorary Internship Program (HIP) is an excellent way for top computer science majors to study the real-world processes of software development with one of the industry leaders. The HIP requires students to have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.5 in Computer Science. Interns will gain 20 hours of hands-on work experience per week at Cheyenne for the entire academic year, learning such leading-edge MIS technologies as the Internet, storage technology and Local Area Network management. "The purpose of the HIP is to establish a strategic relationship with Stony Brook Computer Science grads, the program allows us to attract, recruit and select the best talent. Ideally, we would like to hire the best HIP interns as Cheyenne employees," Sasson said. About Cheyenne Software Inc. Cheyenne Software Inc. is an international developer of storage management, security and communication software solutions for the Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT, Novell NetWare, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Macintosh and OS/2 markets. Its products include Cheyenne(R) HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. , JETserve(R), InocuLAN(R), FAXserve(R) and its flagship product line, the ARCserve(R) family of network backup software, among other desktop and enterprise offerings. Cheyenne's products are distributed through reseller channels, retail, original equipment manufacturers and a direct force. Cheyenne can be contacted at 800-243-9462 (US or Canada) or 516-465-4000, or by visiting its Internet home page at: http://www.cheyenne.com. -0- Product and company names are used herein for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Microsoft, Windows 95, is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Visit the Microsoft WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. Industry home page: http:www.microsoft.com/industry. CONTACT: Cheyenne Software Inc. Patrick Karle, 516/465-5517 pkarle@cheyenne.com or State University of New York at Stony Brook Yacov Shamash, 516/632-8380 YAMASH@ccmail.sunysb.edu |
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