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What is MEP?

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a nationwide network that provides business and technical assistance to small and medium-sized manufacturers. Since 1988, this public-private partnership

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HPC-NY: A Great Resource for NY Manufacturing SMEs

If you’re a small to medium manufacturing (SME) company in New York State, you may want to learn more about the services offered by the High Performance Computing Consortium of New York. The consortium, or HPCNY as it is more commonly called, is a partnership between NYSERNet and world-renown supercomputing centers at academic institutions across the state.

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MEP Centers Celebrate Manufacturing Day

Manufacturing Day is a celebration of modern manufacturing that’s meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturing talent. On the first Friday of each October, manufacturers open their doors to students, teachers, and community members. This year, over 65 Manufacturing Day events are scheduled across New York State, including ones with five of the state’s MEP centers on October 7, 2016.

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How Would You Handle A Cyber Attack?

What if all of your employees walked into the office one morning, turned on their computers, and a screen popped up with a message “Your Files Have Been Encrypted, Pay $25,000 in 24 hours or all of your files and the files on your network will be destroyed”?
That’s exactly what happened when a small manufacturer in the Utica area was the victim of a ransomware attack. Ransomware is a virus that encrypts all of the files on your hard drive. If a “ransom” isn’t paid, then your files will be deleted in 24 or 48 hours. It’s like a digital ticking time bomb and there is nothing you can do at that point. As a manufacturer, you likely have sensitive employee information, contracts, and CAD designs that contain IP unique to your business on the network.

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