Take Action, Wear Pink (Eyeshadow)
By Camillia E. “National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day” was on October 13th on Friday ActioNet combined our monthly birthday celebration with our Wear Pink! awareness initiative. I took it upon myself to try to add more than just a little bit of pink so I planned to wear a pink shirt, socks, and eyeshadow!… Read more »
Dreamforce 2018 – A Heightened Experience
by Hooman (Hugh) K. I’ve attended a few conventions and tradeshows in my lifetime and I have to admit, as a first time Dreamforce attendee, I was quite impressed and at times overwhelmed. Having evolved over the last twelve years, Dreamforce is less of a convention and more of a San Fran cultural event that… Read more »
ActioNet Wear Pink in Support of Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
By Janice R October 13 was designated by Congress back in 2009 as “National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day”. Metastatic Breast Cancer refers to Stage IV breast cancer, where cancer cells spread to other parts of the body including the bones, liver, lungs or brain. This has already hit home for me. In 2011 one… Read more »
ActioNet’s Team Spirit!
By Tamika C. September is a month of change! Summer to Fall, Baseball to Football! Back to School! ActioNet knows change is best handled when executed as a Team! ActioNeter’s showed their team spirit by wearing their favorite team jerseys while celebrating those who have September birthdays. Just like those teams, ActioNet calls the plays… Read more »
ActioNet Boston Cheers on the Red Sox
ActioNeter Lisa Snapped a Photo of the Field from her Seat By Tracy S. On Tuesday, 11 September, ActioNeters from the Boston, MA area gathered at Cask n’ Flagon Restaurant before transitioning to historic Fenway Park to enjoy a major league baseball game. We feasted on an excellent buffet meal, which included steak tips, bourbon… Read more »
ActioNeters Team Up to Give Back in Back-to-School Drive
ActioNeters Worked Together to Collect Dozens of School Supplies for the Drew Model School Back-to-School Drive By Mengie W. It’s amazing that summer slipped by before we know it. Even as the time flew by, we did not forget ActioNet’s commitment to the community. As we do every year, ActioNet employees came through again with… Read more »
ActioNeters Participate in Agile Challenge and Microsoft Hackathon
By Michelle V & Chris S On July 25th 2018, ActioNeters across the D.C. Metro area banded together to form the ActioNet A-Team in order to compete in the “Great Agile Challenge”. This was the very first “hackathon” event and was hosted at Microsoft’s HQ in Chevy Chase, MD. Competing Agile Teams were given only… Read more »
“We Don’t Need No Stinking Patches”
By Cindy H. Though this makes a nice movie line (it was actually “we don’t need no stinking badges” from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), it does not make a nice attitude for security patches. It seems that as soon as a product is released, it is followed by a software patch or service… Read more »