SQA reports yearly, quarterly results

PROVIDENCE – Technology staffing provider Software Quality Associates’ (SQA) has announced that revenues for the quarters ended Dec. 31, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2000 were $1,476,900 and $3,279,900 respectively. Gross profits for the quarters ended Dec. 31, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2000 were $432,700 and $961,500 respectively. SQA’s revenues for fiscal years ended Dec. 31, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2000 were $9,650,700 and $10,092,600 respectively. Gross profits for fiscal years ended Dec. 31, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2000 were $2,820,300 and $2,849,100 respectively.

SQA’s sales results in 2001 were primarily attributable to the economic slowdown in the New England region. Companies deciding to put off technology investments until 2002 directly impacted SQA.

<div class=”headline”>Nestor appoints Douglas Reilly chief operating officer</div>

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PROVIDENCE – Nestor, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Douglas L. Reilly to chief operating officer. Reilly will lead the engineering, operations and sales divisions in ongoing product development, installation, and promotion of the company’s suite of intelligent, video-based automated red light enforcement and grade crossing monitoring systems.

Employed at Nestor since its inception in 1984, Reilly has played a significant role in the development of many of the company’s products, from the initial tools for character recognition, the Ni1000 neural network chip and PRISM fraud detection systems to TrafficVision for highway monitoring and CrossingGuard, Nestor’s video-based automated red light enforcement and intersection safety system.

<div class=”headline”>Healthcare Automation announces new president</div>

WARWICK – William F. Hackett has joined Healthcare Automation Inc. (HAI), a provider of home-health management software, reimbursement services, and consulting, as president and chief executive officer. In his new role, Hackett will be responsible for overseeing the strategic planning and operations of the company growth of HAI.

<div class=”headline”>UNICOM to host day-long seminars on current issues</div>

WOONSOCKET – Technology consulting company UNICOM is bringing together five industry leaders under one roof to discuss issues surrounding network security and data storage. The first of the events will be held Feb. 28 in Lowell, Mass., the second on March 6 at UNICOM headquarters in Woonsocket. Presenters will include representatives from Cisco Systems, Network Associates and Compaq. To register or for more information on one of these events, go to: http://www.unicom-inc.com/allsegments/events.cfm or call Michelle Walker at (800) 556-2828, ext. 244.

<div class=”headline”>Terra Lycos U.S. president joins Molecular board </div>

WATERTOWN, Mass. – Internet services firm Molecular has announced the addition of Stephen Killeen to its Board of Directors. Killeen is currently the president of Terra Lycos US and is responsible for managing all the Internet channels in the Lycos US network, as well as sales, product development and marketing.

<div class=”headline”>Northern Light Technology drops free public access </div>

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Northern Light Technology, LLC, (www.northernlight.com), provider of search and content integration solutions for enterprises, has announced it is refining its business to focus more exclusively on the needs of enterprise customers. As of Jan. 16, the company stopped providing free Web search capabilities to the general public. Northern Light’s Special Collection, an online business library of over 70 million pages of full-text, authoritative content from more than 7,100 sources, will continue to be offered to enterprise customers and to the public from Northern Light’s Web site. Northern Light will continue to maintain and update its index of more than 350 million Web pages to provide enterprise customers with search of the Web using Northern Light’s patented classification technology, and will continue offering custom Web searching for enterprise customers.

<div class=”headline”>John Deere chooses software from Boothroyd Dewhurst</div>

WAKEFIELD – Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., has announced that agricultural equipment manufacturer Deere & Company (Moline, Ill.) has purchased a corporate license for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) software. Boothroyd Dewhurst said its software could enable Deere to reduce the cost of purchased parts in the company’s major equipment divisions. After an 18-month pilot program proved successful, Deere’s cost management group purchased the software as part of the group’s continuous efforts in strategic sourcing.

<div class=”headline”>Monster.com introduces Monster Office HQ </div>

MAYNARD, Mass. – Global online careers site Monster.com has announced the creation of Monster Office HQ, a centralized resource that helps employers manage the hiring process – from sourcing and screening to tracking, selection and reporting. Leveraging direct customer feedback as well as Monster’s industry knowledge, this online office incorporates Web-based tools and services that streamline the hiring process. Designed for HR professionals, Monster Office HQ’s “Folder View” allows users to create, store, manage and organize all the elements related to a job – including the company requisition, job description, job ad, Internet postings – and job seeker/resume pool, in one virtual location.