by Steve Earle | Apr 13, 2015 | Events, Marketing
This event dives more deeply into the issues and benefits related to collaborative innovation by bringing together a panel discussion featuring representatives from the full spectrum of the collaborative innovation ecosystem.
In today’s hypercompetitive environment, the speed by which a company can innovate is critical. Many organizations can’t afford to rely solely on their own innovative capabilities. Companies need to manage the tremendous risks associated with innovative activities.
Enter collaborative innovation. Â It is built upon the premise that companies should not “go it alone” when it comes to innovation, but instead should license intellectual property from other companies, academic institutions, customers, and even competitors. This form of collaboration allows companies to innovate by sharing both the risks and the rewards of innovation while also shortening the innovation cycle.
Moderator:Â
Bill Dykas, Linguasys
Panelists:Â
by Steve Earle | Apr 13, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Officially launched in August of 2010, the VMware User Group (VMUG) is an independent, global, customer-led organization, created to maximize members’ use of VMware and partner solutions through knowledge sharing, training, collaboration, and events. With over 100,000 members worldwide, we are the largest organization for virtualization users.
VMUG UserCons bring together a community, both locally and globally, where users can learn from VMware employees, a broad base of VMware partners, and most importantly, each other. VMUG UserCon is your direct connection to the VMUG support system that helps you improve your skills and advance your career.
by Steve Earle | Apr 6, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
This week sees one of the most important events on the South Florida calendar – The 9th Annual “State of the CIO”. This year the keynote address will be given by Manny Medina who is both a terrific speaker and a great local personality. There is still time to get your tickets for this fantastic once a year premier CIO networking and educational event.
by Steve Earle | Apr 6, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Join the CIO Council and learn about the trends that are shaping the future CIO.
The State of the CIO event provides a forum for an open exchange of ideas, collaboration on issues of mutual importance, leveraged vendor relationships, and focused community involvement
Visit the event website
Download Sponsorship opportunities
Speakers:
Keynote: Manuel D. Medina, Medina Capital
Manuel D. Medina is the founding and managing partner of Medina Capital. Medina has more than 30 years of experience as a highly successful businessman with expertise in areas including technology, finance, international business, and government contracting.
Panel Moderator: Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus, CIO Magazine
Gary Beach brings more than 30 years of information technology publishing experience to his role as publisher emeritus of IDG’s CIO magazine.
Paul Martine
CIO, Citrix Systems
Paul Martine is the V.P. of Operations & CIO of Citrix Systems, a position he has held since 2007
Benny Lago
Senior VP and CIO, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Benigno “Benny†Lago brings twenty years of IT experience to the role of Senior VP and CIO of the newly expanded Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Debbie Kartcher
CIO, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
As the chief information officer for the nation’s fourth-largest school district, Karcher plans and directs its information technology strategy
Joel Steigelfest
CIO, Cross Country Home Services
As the chief information officer at CCHS, Joel Steigelfest leads all aspects of the company’s information technology disciplines
Ronaldo Montmann
VP Information Technology, Broward Health
Ronaldo is responsible for the day-to-day management of application systems, technology infrastructure, telecommunications, data security, and customer service
Agenda:
By-Invitation only CIO Breakfast (Vendor Sponsored)
7:00 am – 7:30 am   Registration for “By-Invitation CIO Breakfastâ€
7:30 am – 8:30 am   Breakfast and Networking
General Session:
7:30 am – 8:30 am   Sponsor Setup
8:30 am – 9:45 am   Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits and Networking
9:45 am – 10:00 am   2015 CIO Council Kick-off
10:00 am – 10:30 am   Key-note Address
10:30 am – 10:45 am   Sponsor Introductions
10:45 am – 11:30 am   Panel Discussion & Q&A
11:30 am – 12:00 pm   Raffle (sponsor give-aways) and wrap-up
by joshuapiller | Apr 6, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Join the CIO Council and learn about the trends that are shaping the future CIO.
The State of the CIO event provides a forum for an open exchange of ideas, collaboration on issues of mutual importance, leveraged vendor relationships, and focused community involvement
Visit the event website
Download Sponsorship opportunities
Speakers:
Keynote: Manuel D. Medina, Medina Capital
Manuel D. Medina is the founding and managing partner of Medina Capital. Medina has more than 30 years of experience as a highly successful businessman with expertise in areas including technology, finance, international business, and government contracting.
Panel Moderator: Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus, CIO Magazine
Gary Beach brings more than 30 years of information technology publishing experience to his role as publisher emeritus of IDG’s CIO magazine.
Paul Martine
CIO, Citrix Systems
Paul Martine is the V.P. of Operations & CIO of Citrix Systems, a position he has held since 2007
Benny Lago
Senior VP and CIO, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Benigno “Benny” Lago brings twenty years of IT experience to the role of Senior VP and CIO of the newly expanded Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd
Debbie Kartcher
CIO, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
As the chief information officer for the nation’s fourth-largest school district, Karcher plans and directs its information technology strategy
Joel Steigelfest
CIO, Cross Country Home Services
As the chief information officer at CCHS, Joel Steigelfest leads all aspects of the company’s information technology disciplines
Ronaldo Montmann
VP Information Technology, Broward Health
Ronaldo is responsible for the day-to-day management of application systems, technology infrastructure, telecommunications, data security, and customer service
Agenda:
By-Invitation only CIO Breakfast (Vendor Sponsored)
7:00 am – 7:30 am Registration for “By-Invitation CIO Breakfast”
7:30 am – 8:30 am Breakfast and Networking
General Session:
7:30 am – 8:30 am Sponsor Setup
8:30 am – 9:45 am Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits and Networking
9:45 am – 10:00 am 2015 CIO Council Kick-off
10:00 am – 10:30 am Key-note Address
10:30 am – 10:45 am Sponsor Introductions
10:45 am – 11:30 am Panel Discussion & Q&A
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Raffle (sponsor give-aways) and wrap-up
by Steve Earle | Apr 6, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Newsletters
Join Mark Hinkle @ FLUX.ORG for a crash course in Cloud Computing Architectures. This crash course is designed to give an overview of cloud computing architecture and the open source software that can be used to deploy and manage a cloud computing environment.
Topics to be discussed in this session will include virtualization (KVM, LXC, and Xen Project), orchestration (Apache CloudStack, Eucalyptus, Open Nebula, and OpenStack), and storage (GlusterFS, Ceph, and others). The talk will also provide insight into how to deliver Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and what technologies can be used to compliment this evolving cloud computing paradigm.
Systems administrators and IT generalists will leave the discussion with a general overview of the options at their disposal to effectively build and manage their own cloud computing environments using free and open source software and understand the capabilities and benefits of a host of technologies.
