South Florida Technology Alliance Supports ITWomen Charitable Foundation

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- ITWomen announced today its receipt of a generous donation from the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) in support of the ITWomen Charitable Foundation's scholarship fund.

"This much appreciated donation from the SFTA proves that despite the challenging economy, great people will support worthy causes," said Victoria Usherenko, founder and president of ITWomen.

ITWomen is the premier South Florida organization dedicated to the advancement, advocacy, and development of professional women in technology. As part of its community outreach, the organization has also established the nonprofit ITWomen Charitable Foundation to provide college scholarships for young women who desire to study technology.

"SFTA is pleased to support ITWomen, a key strategic partner organization, in this worthy endeavor. Our membership sponsors and the technology companies doing business in South Florida all recognize the importance of growing technology talent locally," said Chris Burgio, SFTA President.

The SFTA donation, along with others, will provide scholarship support to a woman entering a technology-based course of study at a college or university in the fall of 2009. ITWomen has provided scholarships totaling over $100,000 to 26 students in the past 5 years.

About ITWomen:
ITWomen is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide:
Innovative programs for networking, mentoring and professional
development
Education and training informed by future trends in skill sets and
employment
Increased visibility and recognition for women's contributions to
technology
Outreach to encourage young women in high school to enter technology
fields.

About SFTA
With over 11 years of leadership as the region's most effective technology organization, the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) promotes the growth, success and awareness of the vibrant South Florida technology community. Through events, networking, programs and education, the SFTA provides south Florida's technology-related companies, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, governments and related organizations with an active forum to grow the business of technology. www.southfloridatech.org

Media Contact
Jackie Fernandez, Executive Director of South Florida Technology
Alliance
Jackie@southfloridatech.org
954.239.9739

Quality Technology Services Becomes South Florida Technology Alliance Platinum Sponsor

Quality Technology Services Becomes South Florida Technology Alliance Platinum Sponsor[ PR Newswire · 2009-03-17 ]

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) announced today that Quality Technology Services, one of the nation's largest privately held providers of data center facilities and managed services, has become a Platinum Sponsor for 2009. With more than 2 million square feet of data center space strategically located throughout the United States, QualityTech delivers industry leading power and cooling density as well as a dynamic network and world-class managed services.

"We are honored QualityTech has chosen to sponsor the alliance," said Chris Burgio, SFTA president. As a non-profit organization, SFTA relies entirely on corporate sponsorships and memberships to fulfill its mission to grow the awareness and success of the South Florida technology market. "With so many alternatives contending for resources today, QualityTech's sponsorship is a highly coveted endorsement of the SFTA's mission and direction," Burgio said.

"In April of 2008, QualityTech made the decision to enter the Miami marketplace and build a ground-up Category five hurricane-resistant data center facility. Once plans for the facility fell into place, we knew we needed to concentrate on getting our name out," Said Dan Kurtz, executive vice president of Marketing for QualityTech. "The decision to join forces with SFTA simply made sense. Like QualityTech, SFTA, with a finger on the pulse of the technology community, is at the heart of evolving the technological landscape and committed to introducing the South Florida community to innovative technology solutions."

About the SFTA...
With over 11 years of leadership as the region's most effective technology organization, the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) promotes the growth, success and awareness of the vibrant South Florida technology community. Through events, networking, programs and education, the SFTA provides south Florida's technology-related companies, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, governments and related organizations with an active forum to grow the business of technology. For more information about the SFTA, visit www.SouthFloridaTech.org.

About Quality Technology Services...
Quality Technology Services (QualityTech), a leading provider of Managed Services, Data Center facilities, and Professional Services to businesses, manages and operates more than 2 million square feet of data centers with a market value of over half-a-billion dollars. Services are delivered via a national footprint of secure state-of-the-art data centers, a high-performance backbone and content delivery network, and an ITIL-certified world-class services organization. QualityTech provides enterprises the ability to deploy, manage and scale their mission-critical IT operations for optimum performance and cost-efficiency. For more information about Quality Technology Services, please visit www.qualitytech.com or call toll free 866.210.8238.

SFTA Contact:
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
Jackie@southfloridatech.org
Tel. 954.239.9739

Quality Technology Services Contact:
Christina Lamb
Director of Marketing
Quality Technology Services
christina.lamb@qualitytech.com
913.312.5512

A Big Thank You to the South Florida Technology Alliance!

At our December 4th Holiday Party, the board of the SFTA and its membership honored me with a gift certificate to a day spa.

I finally had the chance yesterday to take advantage of it with my daughter Mandy who is home from FSU for spring break. What a great experience and a such a wonderful place!

I would like to highly recommend Madison's Avenue By the Bay Spa located at:

18001 Old Cutler Road
Village of Palmetto Bay, Fl.
(305)234-8881
www.madisonsavenuebythebay.com

This is the most charming place and Belinda and Amanda Watson, who own and operate the spa, are wonderful.

Check out their website and I hope you will schedule a visit.

Thanks to the whole SFTA and its leadership for one of the best gifts of my holiday season!