Skyline Technology Solutions Employees Volunteered to Assist Maryland Food Bank

On 3/15/13 -- Skyline Technology Solutions employees volunteered to assist in the packing of 6,379 pounds of food which equates to 4,907 meals! Jill Kusner, the Maryland Food Bank Program Manager said in her thank you letter that because of volunteer groups like Skyline Technolgy Solution Engineers, Maryland Food Bank is one step closer to achieving their goal of ending hunger throughout Maryland.

Maryland Food Bank need your help! Grab some friends, colleagues, neighbors or family members and help us sort food or pack meals to feed hungry Marylanders. They have openings Monday – Friday in 3-hour shifts. Groups of 10 – 25 are preferred. Contact Jill Kusner at jkusner@mdfoodbank.org or 410-737-8282 to learn more.

Bello Machre Salutes Skyline Technology Solutions as a Platinum Sponsor at its 28th Golf Tournament at Queenstown Harbor

November 15, 2012 --- Bello Machre is a non-profit organization that provides homes and support to children, teens, adults, and seniors with developmental disabilities raised more than $75,000 at its 28th Annual Golf Tournament held Sept. 19, 2012 at Queenstown Harbor. Tony Diekemper, the CEO of Skyline Technology Solutions donated $7,500 to Bello Machre during the fund raising event.

The full story was published on Capital Gazzette News Web site.

Skyline Technology Solutions officially announces the launch of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) next generation of 511 Traffic Information System.

July 13, 2012 --- Skyline Technology Solutions officially announces the launch of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) next generation of 511 Traffic Information System. 

As a proud member of the Iteris Inc project team, Skyline is now responsible for the consolidation of legacy traffic camera video from the five VDOT Transportation Operation Centers from around the state and the redistribution of Live Streaming Video to the Public, Media, and Valued Partners of the VDOT and the State of Virginia.  This revolutionary architecture provides Live H.264 Streaming Video to the Public not only to the Virginia 511 website but also the 511 Mobile Apps for iPhone and Android devices.   The Media receives an exclusive web application for viewing the video as well as the opportunity to embedded the web video feeds into their existing Webpages and Mobile Apps.  If the Media requires High Quality Video feeds for their broadcasts they have the opportunity to purchase this service.  VDOT’s valued partners; which includes First Responders, other States and local jurisdictions; have access to a Secure Webpage to access the live video feeds to assist with information sharing and coordinated responses.

For more information contact Skyline Technology Solutions at 410-590-2018.

TATNET, INC. HAS JOINED THE KNOWTION GROUP FAMILY

APRIL 16, 2012 -- Skyline Technology Solutions (Skyline), a provider of a comprehensive set of innovative technology solutions for both public and private sector clients is pleased to announce that tatnet, inc. has joined the Knowtion Group family. tatnet, a web services company, was founded in 1995 to focus on building custom, web-based software and websites for clients across the country and internationally. Read the News Release (PDF)

SKYLINE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS SERVED AS A SILVER SPONSOR OF CRTC'S 2012 TECH AWARDS

MARCH 29, 2012 -- Skyline Technology Solutions, a Chesapeake Regional Technology Council (CRTC) member, recently announced its’ support of the CRTC by agreeing to serve as a Silver sponsor of CRTC’s 2012 Tech Awards event to be held on Thursday March 29th, 2012. Tech Awards is one of CRTC’s signature events with over 400 attendees from the Annapolis/Baltimore/Washington tech community. For more information on CRTC and/or attending the Tech Awards event, please visit www.chesapeaketech.org.

SKYLINE ANNOUNCED OUR NEW CORPORATE BRANDING "SKYLINE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS"

MARCH 2012 --  As Skyline has grown over the past 7 years we have expanded our solutions offering beyond our “Network Engineering” core competency.  Today, as SKYLINE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, we are an industry leading provider of Managed Services and Infrastructure Management.  Our expanding focus on the commercial market and intelligent transportation solutions with an expanding geographical foot print makes it a perfect time to introduce our new branding.  We look forward to serving our customers, the community and setting “NO LIMITS” for our future.

SKYLINE INTRODUCED OUR NEW UMBRELLA BRANDING OF THE "KNOWTION GROUP"

MARCH 2012 --  Skyline introduced our new umbrella branding of the “KNOWTION GROUP,” representing the culture, technical focus and unique blending of different organizations into one family of companies.  The family of companies, Skyline Technology Solutions, Earth Security, and Clearwave Solutions, leverage a common mission and management team to provide our customers focused technical expertise and seamless management across a broad base of solutions.  No one company can provide everything for every customer, but a family of companies working together as one can deliver the best from each organization.

SKYLINE PROVIDES NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGED SERVICE TO NOTABLE BALTIMORE-BASED FINANCIAL SERVICES LEADER

FEBRUARY 2012 -- Skyline was selected by a notable Baltimore-based Financial Services leader to provide “Network and Systems Managed Services and Support”. Skyline will complement the client’s remaining IT management/technical staff and will provide a full complement of managed services for this client including network monitoring/management and operations services, systems and network engineering. Additionally, Skyline will perform network security assurance and Business Continuity support for the firm’s Baltimore headquarters as well as its’ outsourced primary and secondary data center environments.

SKYLINE FEATURED AT THE CARROLL COUNTY'S FIRST SMALL BUSINESS CONFERENCE

JANUARY 2012 -- Carroll County Commissioners held the first First Small Business Conference at Carroll Community College and it featured several local business owners including Brian Holsonbake, the president of Skyline. During the event Brian Holsonbake shared Skyline's company value which is “It’s important to create a healthy environment for both employees and customers. Our goal is to focus on taking the customer’s pain away. The reason we are where we are, is that we’ve not followed “normal” business models. We put the development of people before revenue."

ICBN OUTSIDE PLANT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD

JULY 2011 -- The team of Skyline and Henkel's & McCoy — Prime Contractor (Blue Bell, PA) were one of four companies awarded a Contract for Construction on the Inter-County Broadband Network (ICBN). The One Maryland Broadband Network (OMBN), has granted $72 million of the $115 million federal grant fund to the ICBN in order to establish a single high-speed broadband network throughout the ICBN's 10 central Maryland counties and cities. The ICBN consists of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Harford County, Montgomery County and Prince George's County.

ICBN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING CONTRACT AWARD

JULY 2011 -- Skyline was one of four companies awarded a contract for the Design and Engineering Services for the installation of outside plant fiber infrastructure associated with the ICBN project. The four companies will work together to design and engineer the fiber backbone that will pave the way for the construction of the ICBN network. The project is expected to be completed by the August 31, 2013 deadline and connect over 1000 Anchor Institutions (Schools, Libraries, Government Building, etc.) across all jurisdictions in Maryland.