by Steve Earle
The Cool Side of the Cloud. Join me tomorrow night, August 27th, at the SFTA for a C-Level panel discussion “The Cool Side of the Cloud”. We’ll skip the boring stuff and get straight into some of the exciting things companies are going with the cloud. What has that implementation meant for their companies as they face the ever increasing demands of customers? Have you registered for the CIO Council Fall Golf Classic? On September 19th, the CIO Council Fall Golf Classic will bring together South Florida’s CIOs, Sponsors and golfers for a day of fun and networking in support of the CIO Council Scholarship Fund. Whether you register as a sponsor, foursome, single or lunch participant, you are in for a great day of connecting. Look who’s sponsoring – are you ready to Tee Up? Click here to view the PDF brochure: CIOC-2014-Golf-Invitation Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by joshuapiller
With 200+ registrations rolling in, Tonight’s 2nd Annual Tech Night at the Ballpark is set to live up to its reputation as the Hottest Summer Tech Event in South Florida. There will be a sponsors raffle with great prizes like Best Buy Gift Cards, Training Courses and Software licenses. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE THERE TO WIN!!! Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
With 200+ registrations rolling in, Tonight’s 2nd Annual Tech Night at the Ballpark is set to live up to its reputation as the Hottest Summer Tech Event in South Florida. There will be a sponsors raffle with great prizes like Best Buy Gift Cards, Training Courses and Software licenses. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE THERE TO WIN!!! Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
It’s that time of the year again! Time to strut your stuff and show the community what you’ve been working on! Join us as we celebrate some of South Florida’s newest Startups, supporting local companies is key to this continued growth. Do you have a startup you’d like to Demo in front of hundreds of of people? Great! Let us know about it here. Presenting Companies (3 of 10) Hello Show (Website) Hello Show is an automated appointment scheduling tool and messaging platform for real estate agents and their clients. CanUStart (Website) CanUStart solves the problem of hiring urgency. Our system pre-qualifies applicants applicants for more immediate hiring decisions. Kloset Karma (Website) Fashion Exchange Social Marketplace mobile app that uses points as the currency, and allows users to exchange clothing pieces for points they can use to get brand new outfits within their social circles and communities without the need to spend money by extending the life cycle of clothing items and fashion accessories. Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add... read more
by Steve Earle
Resumes are flowing into GetMyInterns.org and now is the time for employers to be adding internship opportunities to their summer schedule. Please register your company’s Internship Positions today at GetMyInterns.org Promote GetMyInterns.org Promotional Buttons, Banners and Embed codes are now available for this important program. Please visit the Button Page and add to your website and upcoming newsletters. The Future When you participate in a summer internship program, your company will benefit from the efforts of enthusiastic, prepared, and highly conscientious workers and get the chance to train and recruit future employees. Productive Workforce Interns strengthen the companies in which they work and develop a more productive workforce in our community. Support Your Schools Support your community by giving back to students and take pride in knowing that your company made a difference in the lives of many young people. Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by joshuapiller
Resumes are flowing into GetMyInterns.org and now is the time for employers to be adding internship opportunities to their summer schedule. Please register your company’s Internship Positions today at GetMyInterns.org Promote GetMyInterns.org Promotional Buttons, Banners and Embed codes are now available for this important program. Please visit the Button Page and add to your website and upcoming newsletters. The Future When you participate in a summer internship program, your company will benefit from the efforts of enthusiastic, prepared, and highly conscientious workers and get the chance to train and recruit future employees. Productive Workforce Interns strengthen the companies in which they work and develop a more productive workforce in our community. Support Your Schools Support your community by giving back to students and take pride in knowing that your company made a difference in the lives of many young people. Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
I’m proud to share that the Miami Dade High School System has officially announced that they will be launching 100,000 HP and Lenovo Windows 8 devices for elementary school children along with some 7th and 9th grade students. I have been involved with the school system since starting with Microsoft in the summer, and couldn’t be more proud to see them moving in this direction! You can check out the article here Thank you, James Quick, Microsoft Original article The Miami-Dade County school district announced Thursday that it will launch a 1-to-1 computing initiative this spring, providing Hewlett Packard and Lenovo Windows 8 devices to students throughout the 350,000-student school district. This announcement comes after a 1-to-1 computing initiative was delayed last year due to concerns about similarly ambitious efforts around the country having run into problems, perhaps most notably in the Los Angeles school district, where a highly publicized technology rollout has faced a series of setbacks. This digital transformation will put 100,000 HP and Lenovo Windows 8 devices in the hands of elementary school children, along with select 7th and 9th grade students. In addition to the HP and Lenovo devices, the plan calls for 10,000 interactive boards to be added to classrooms in the district. Microsoft Corp. will provide Office 365 software for all district students to use along with Skydrive, a cloud-based storage system. Microsoft will also provide technical support to ensure that the wireless devices run education applications properly. “This is a long-term commitment,” said Margo Day, vice president of U.S. Education for Microsoft Corp., in an interview with Education Week. “We wanted to... read more
by Steve Earle
The ITPalooza team wants your feedback on ITPalooza 2013 so we can make next year’s event better. Submit your responses, and you’ll automatically be directed to the ITPalooza Facebook page. See if you’re in the pictures! Tag and get tagged! Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
Greetings, This year ITPalooza raised over $45,000 in toys and cash donations to non-profit groups including the Marines Toys for Tots foundation, the Miami-Dade County Public School’s STEM Advisory Board, the computer museum at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer & Information Sciences and others. Over 1,500 IT professionals attended a full day of tech education sessions and tradeshow. The President of Nova Southeastern University, Dr George Hanbury (middle) and Dean of the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, Dr. Eric Ackerman (left). The STEM Advisory Board strengthens our public school students’ career and college readiness. Genesis raised over $400 at ITPalooza for her planned People to People European Heritage trip this coming summer. She accepted $5 donations and gifted a handmade bracelets. Andrea & Genesis at the toy drop-off area. Please share the good news, and thank you for your support! Alex Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
We need your help to Tag photo’s on the ITPalooza Facebook page. If you have a Facebook account, please Like ITPalooza and start tagging! There are over 330 picture capturing the event’s excitement throughout the day and evening. Many thanks to Cameron McLaughlin and Dave Lord for the majority of the pictures. Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by joshuapiller
Good friend of the South Florida IT community, Dave Lord of Regulus Consulting, posted this great ITPalooza Photo Essay on his blog. If you visit events around South Florida you will have seen Dave sitting at the back of the class taking pictures of the speakers, presentations and audience. Dave maintains his Information Technology Portal here: http://itpregulus.com/ Dave can be reached by email at: mcsedave@gmail.com Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
Good friend of the South Florida IT community, Dave Lord of Regulus Consulting, posted this great ITPalooza Photo Essay on his blog. If you visit events around South Florida you will have seen Dave sitting at the back of the class taking pictures of the speakers, presentations and audience. Dave maintains his Information Technology Portal here: http://itpregulus.com/ Dave can be reached by email at: mcsedave@gmail.com Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
As of yesterday morning, over 1,000 IT professionals have already registered. Have you? Now is the perfect time to register for South Florida’s premier User Group Meetings and Tech Party. ITPalooza is a day of Networking, Learning, Connecting and Community Giving hosted by our friends at NSU’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences. Come for the workshops, come for the sessions, come for the party! Agenda: 8:30am – 5:30pm: Hands on developer workshops 12:00pm – 5:00pm: MTA Practice Tests and MTA Exams 1:00pm – 5:00pm: Jobs Opportunities Room 1:00pm – 5:00pm: Break-out session – 60 Speakers, 54 Sessions, 13 Tracks 5:00pm – 9:00pm: ITPalooza Courtyard Party, VIP Tent, ITPalooza Band Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
To avoid the throngs of young groupies and paparazzi, The ITPalooza House Band is putting in the practice hours at a private undisclosed location somewhere in the Boca area. Band leader and drummer Lenny Chesal was quoted as saying “The band is in great shape and we’re looking forward to rockin’ the house at ITPalooza” For the paste several weeks, rumors about the bands new line up and guest artists have been flooding the news desk. One of our undercover reporters was able to catch up with Lenny at a charity function “We have a great new percussionist, he adds a lot of zest to the line up” Said Chesal before he was driven away by a large black limo. Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
ITPalooza is this Thursday so I thought you might appreciate a few tips on getting the most out of your ITPalooza experience. Before the event Tip #1 – Register for FREE Tickets Eventbrite. Tip #2 – Stock-up on unwrapped toys for the Marines Toys For Tots Drive. Tip #3 – Sign-up for a free account at the ITPalooza website and register for sessions you’d like to attend. Tip #4 – Follow  / Share ITPalooza’s FaceBook page. Tip #5 – Tell all your friends! ITPalooza is for you and all your techie friends, so please post up a storm! The Big Day Tip #1 – The first 500 people through registration will receive a FREE ITPalooza T-Shirt. Tip #2 – Bring your PRINTED TICKETS, PARKING PASS and UNWRAPPED TOYS to the registration desk. Tip #3 – Bring your laptop or tablet if you want to take notes or follow the presentation links. The campus has good public WiFi. Tip #4 – Review the printed program and schedule and confirm your session’s room numbers and times. This is important because rooms and times may change. Tip #5 – If you intend to do some networking, please remember your business cards, it will help you make a good impression. Tip #6 – take lots of pix and share them to ITPalooza’s Facebook page Steve Earle, ITPalooza Webmaster Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca... read more
by Steve Earle
Okay, it’s not really for dummies, it’s more for the curious and those wanting to take their first steps into blogging on WordPress.com or managing self-hosted WordPress sites. Please Join me and the other inquisitive explorers in room 3028 at 3:00pm. You can register for my session here – if you haven’t already, you will need to sign-up for a an account. Here are a few of the things we will discuss: WordPress.com or WordPress.org What about hosting Choosing a theme What is a Responsive website Posts and pages What about back-ups Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
by Steve Earle
IBM is presenting the Global CEO Study made in 2013. This is the six biennial CEO study, building on their insights and findings over the last 9 years. Perspectives from the CEOs on IT Spend and overall IT enablement in their businesses. If you are a CIO or Sr. IT Executive and you have not received your invitation, please contact Alex@SherlockTech.com Speaker: Shelley Mosley is a Healthcare Client Solutions Executive in the General Business area of IBM. Shelley focuses on identifying overall solutions to meet healthcare clients’ business needs. Shelley has 20+ years of healthcare and public policy experience. Since 2000, Shelley has led clinical transformation and EMR projects at large Integrated Delivery Networks in both the US and Canada. Since joining IBM in 2006, Shelley led a team through clinical transformation and EMR install for a client of 17,000 staff and 2,700 physicians. Prior to joining IBM, Shelley spent six years as the Director of Trillium Health Centre’s Project Management Office (PMO) leading both the enterpirse PMO and the PMO for Trillium’s $100M Transforming Healthcare into Integrated Networks of Knowledge (THINK) initiative of 43 IT-enabled projects. This included oversight of all projects to ensure delivery through the fostering of project management best practices and methodologies. Earlier in her career, Shelley spent 11 years with the Ontario Public Service, primarily with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. In a regional management role, Shelley guided health systems management for a population of 1M with lead responsibility for over $900M in annual base funding for institutions and providers. She worked with all health system stakeholders to build an integrated... read more
by Steve Earle
ITPalooza, South Florida’s biggest and best User Group Meetings and Tech Party is just 10 DAYS AWAY. Registration is STILL FREE, and we are expecting record crowds this year. In this week’s newsletter you will find several Session Highlights and I encourage you to visit the schedule page and start planning your day at ITPalooza. Here are some numbers so far. We have 52 Industry Professionals offering their experience at 54 Sessions across 13 tracks, all supported by 81 sponsors and User Groups. Categories .NET Agile Announcement Clinic Cloud Commercial Course Conference developer engineer Entertainment Fundraising Geek Networking Hackathon Information Session Internship ITPalooza Java Job Fair Mobile Open House PHP Ruby Ruby/RoR Sponsored By SherlockTech SQL Supported by SherlockTech Training Camp User Group Web Development Webinar Tags Boca Bradenton Broward Area CIO Council Fort Lauderdale Area Jacksonville Jupiter Key West Miami Area Orlando Palm Beach Area Tampa Tampa Bay Area Washington DC Webcast wordcamp wordpress Posterboard Agenda Posterboard October 2025 Oct 2025 There are no upcoming events to display at this time. October 2025 Oct 2025 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to... read more
