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Near Infinity today made a donation to the American Red Cross for victims of the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12. An estimated 3 million people have been affected by the earthquake, and the American Red Cross has released $10 Million to support relief efforts.
Near Infinity this year adopted 56 children and teenagers through Reston Interfaith's Adopt-a-Family Gift Drive, which provides personalized holiday gifts to Reston-area families in need. The donation made Near Infinity the organization's largest donor for 2009.
Near Infinity has participated in the Adopt-a-Family program since 2007, sponsoring a total of 96 children, and matching employee donations by 100 percent.
"Thanks to the overwhelming response from our community, all of the children who signed up to receive holiday gifts have been adopted," said Reston Interfaith.
Near Infinity CEO, Chris D'Agostino, was named one of SmartCEO Magazine's 2010 Smart100 CEOs, an elite group leading CEOs and their organizations in the Greater Washington D.C. area.
Each Smart100 company reports revenues in excess of $5 million annually and was selected for the CEO's leadership, strategic vision and character. The Smart100 also shares a philanthropic spirit by donating time, energy and money to local Washington area charities.
Chris and the other Smart100 winners will be featured in the February 2010 issue of SmartCEO Magazine.
On September 9, Joe Ferner open-sourced a new LINQ provider for Microsoft SharePoint. Near Infinity is actively using SharePoint Object Relational Mapper, or sporm for short, on two projects. Traditionally, SharePoint projects are difficult to unit test, use weak typing, and require complicated XML to query for data. Sporm is specifically designed to simplify unit testing, enable strongly typed objects, and support LINQ access to SharePoint objects.
Learn more at the sporm CodePlex site.
Near Infinity's CEO, Chris D'Agostino, was recently featured on "The Leaders Spot," an online and radio show featuring Washington DC area business leaders. Interviewed by host, Rebecca Blacksmith, Chris talks about Near Infinity's business, how the company is managing to grow during the economic downturn, and some of the things that make us unique.
For more on Mini Confluence, see www.miniconfluence.com.
Near Infinity Corporation announced today that it has been named as a finalist in the 2009 Helios HR Apollo Awards. The Apollo Awards, presented by Helios HR recognize Washington-area organizations that promote employee development.
The award honors organizations of all sizes that show marked success in developing an ongoing culture of employee support and development. This includes creating development opportunities for employees, providing the resources for managers and employees to participate in a robust performance management program as well as the quantifiable impact of their employee development initiatives on the organization.
"At Near Infinity, we put a lot of emphasis on employee development," said Karen Upton, Director of Human Resources for Near Infinity. "We do our best to ensure that employees are involved in the business and in the decisions that we make regarding their career development and continuous learning. We constantly strive to streamline our approach and to learn from others, and we feel honored to be nominated for this award alongside some great thought leaders in the area of employee development."
"We had a tremendous increase in nominations this year," said Kathy Albarado, president & CEO of Helios HR. "This growth illustrates that even during these tough economic times companies remain dedicated to creating an environment where employees are given the opportunity to learn and develop. We congratulate all of the finalists on their achievement."
Award finalists and winners will be recognized at a breakfast ceremony on June 5, 2009 from 7:30 am - 10:00 am at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church. Best practices in employee development will also be shared at the event. Program sponsors include: Jackson Lewis, The Potomac Companies, Foster, Soltoff & Love, Albo & Oblon, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Market Connections, Hinge, CSI, SpeakerBox, the Washington chapter of the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), NOVA SHRM, Dulles SHRM and Human Resource Association of the National Capital Area.
A complete list of finalists and registration information is available at http://www.helioshr.com/Apollo-Awards.php.
About Near Infinity Corporation
Near Infinity is not your average software development company. By focusing on a few simple principles-hiring only the most qualified and passionate technologists, using customer-centric Agile development practices, and persistently exploring and defining the most effective ways to apply new technologies-Near Infinity has developed a reputation for delivering great software, fast.
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Northern Virginia, the company has grown into a multi-million dollar software development firm. Our customers range from Fortune 500 companies to major federal customers in the U.S. Intelligence Community. Whether we're building traditional applications using our proven software best practices or delivering a creative solution to a cutting-edge problem, Near Infinity engineers consistently help our customers use technology to achieve their most critical business goals.