by Steve Earle | Mar 30, 2015 | Marketing, Newsletters
We’re happy to announce that WordCamp Miami is back for its SIXTH YEAR. WordCamp Miami has become one of the largest WordCamps (over 770 attended last year), and we are excited to bring another HUGE and FUN WordPress event to Miami. We even got a new venue to hold it all.
Mark your calendar: May 29-31st, 2015.
The primary days of the event will be held at Florida International University main campus which is located at 11200 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, FL.
We’ll be covering more information about event details, BuddyCamp Miami, speaker submissions, etc. in the coming days. If you haven’t already, subscribe to the WordPress Miami event list for these updates (plus some exciting possibilities for some of our local early-bird ticket buyers):
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by Steve Earle | Mar 23, 2015 | Marketing
According to a recent report published by Glass Door, 10 of the highest paying jobs are in the I.T. sector. This lines up quite well with the experience of many local employers who are resorting to some extraordinary lengths to attract and retain quality employees. Some companies are offering salaries up to 20% higher in order to remain competitive.
If your looking to hire or are interested in a new position in South Florida’s booming technology or Marketing sectors, SherlockTalent will be happy to assist you.
by Steve Earle | Mar 23, 2015 | Marketing, Newsletters
This year’s theme is “Breaking Barriers.†We have a line up of riveting, cutting edge and dynamic speakers that will teach you to stop making excuses, develop a strong mind, keep moving forward, claim your strengths, achieve more, define your character and embrace life. Breaking Barriers means breaking through to find out who you are meant to be and and what steps need to be taken to get there.
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To partner with TEDxBocaRaton is to open up a connection with an exclusive intellectual, innovative and passionate audience, stemming from all segments of Boca Raton and the tri-county area in South Florida.
As a valuable member of our community, we would like to invite your business/organization to be a part of our BREAKING BARRIERS TEDxBocaRaton event on March 26, 2015. TED events are held world-wide, offering live streaming of the talks and address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture. TEDx was created to further the spirit of TED’s mission. The program is designed to give communities, organizations, and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. This event promises to generate as much interest and participation as the first two, and we thought you might wish to be fully aware and supportive of it.
We are looking for local businesses and organizations to help us make this event truly special for our community.
As a leader, local business or trusted organization in the community, your involvement would help highlight the importance of recognizing TED’s mission of “ideas worth sharing.†Community events like this can provide favorable visibility for your brand, the opportunity to sponsor exhibits in the Event Laboratory and a plethora of benefits for your employees/ organization.  I will be following up with you within the next few days to discuss your interest.
For more information please contact Becky Woodbridge with any questions at 561.251.7059 or via email at becky@beckywoodbridge.com.
by Steve Earle | Mar 16, 2015 | Alex Funkhouser, Marketing, Newsletters
Florida gained 12,500 tech industry jobs in 2014, ranking it the third-best among the 50 states, trailing only California (+32,900) and Texas (+20,100).
According to the Cyberstates 2015: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. Tech Industry report published by CompTIA, tech industry jobs accounted for 5.7 percent of the entire private-sector workforce.
Growth was led by the IT services sector, which added 63,300 jobs between 2013 and 2014, and the R&D, testing and engineering services sector that added 50,700 jobs.
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by Steve Earle | Mar 16, 2015 | Job Opportunities, Marketing, Newsletters
Our Miami based client is seeking an IT Governance Risk and Compliance Analyst. You will be managing the security risk assessments for capital projects and service providers.
Responsibilities:
- You will be involved in identifying the risks presented by technological and process changes. This may include the review of architecture design, supporting processes/ procedures, etc. to ensure the proper controls are in place and risks are appropriately mitigated.
- Gathers relevant business, regulatory, process, and system information; validate/update process flows, risks, and controls; prepares accurate, complete, clear, and timely analysis and documentation that reflects an ability to identify risks and independently assess the adequacy and effectiveness of IT internal controls and their compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Maintain risk register and support continuous improvement of IT risk management processes.
- IT Risk Consulting: Works with management and associates to assess risks associated with technology solutions and ensures appropriate remediation strategies are employed. Consults with managers and associates to identify and assess current and emerging risks and strategic initiatives.
- IT Regulatory Examinations and Internal Audits: Supports IT Audits to ensure their success. Provide assistance to IT managers and associates in writing the effective controls and action plans for any deficiencies.
- IT Risk Metrics and Reporting: Leads the development of risk metric and reporting frameworks for Information Security. Delivers these metrics and reports on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
- Enterprise Risk Management: Manage the process for gathering enterprise risks (strategic/operational, financial and regulatory). Lead the initiative to analyze residual risk and benchmark against other risks across the Company. Compile feedback into a presentation for the ERM Committee, made up of key members of Executive Management.
by Steve Earle | Mar 16, 2015 | Marketing, Newsletters
Join us as we look at all aspects of cloud computing, not just storage. Please have expertise on, Platform, Infrastructure, Software-as-as-Service, public/private/hybrid clouds, various new cloud providers and services. Issues of security should include privacy and trust as well.
The conference will have three tracks focusing on Cloud Computing Security:
• Management track – This track will focus on what is important for managers: policy, cost, budget, strategic solutions, hiring, retention, security programs, risk management, interacting with senior management, etc.
• Technical – This track will focus on everything technical from attack to defense and everything in between.
• Legal & Compliance – This track will address specific issues related to compliance and regulations such as PCI, HIPAA, IT governance, audit, etc.
