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Ft Lauderdale, April 14th, 2009
The South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) announces their upcoming monthly event “An Evening Dedicated to Alternative Sources of Financing”.
This program brings together, moderator John Igoe of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, along with panelists Cheryl Cook of the South Florida Regional Planning Council, William Mateo of Florida for ACCION USA, Nancy Rackear of U.S. Small Business Administration, and Andrew Rico of Silicon Valley Bank to discuss the latest knowledge and insight regarding lending programs stemming from the economic stimulus programs, as well as new lending programs and SBA resources.
“In today's tight capital markets, it is important to know what alternatives are available beyond the traditional venture capital and conventional paths,” says Chris Burgio, president of the South Florida Technology Alliance. “SFTA is also honored to recognize EAPD (www.eapdlaw.com)as the sponsor for this event.
The event will be held on April 23, 2009 at 5:30 PM, located at the Marriott North 6650 North Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale, Fl,. To register for this event online, go to: www.southfloridatech.org.
About the SFTA
With over 11 years of leadership as the most effective regional technology organization, the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) promotes the growth, success and awareness of the vibrant South Florida technology community. SFTA fosters an exciting network of companies, academia, capital resources, and government for the immediate and future success of technology- related interests in our region. (www.southfloridatech.org)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Co-Founders of DATACORP ... Max Miguel and Hugo Perez named “2009 Entrepreneurs of the Year”!!!
South Florida Technology Alliance members, Hugo Perez and Max Miguel, Managing Directors of DATACORP have been honored by Business Leader Magazine for 2009!
Anyone who knows these guys know they are the ones to know in the technology sector in our region. SFTA is proud to be able to count them among our valueable members.
Congrats, Hugo and Miguel!!
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
954.239.9739
P.O. Box 831046
Miami, Florida 33183-1046
http://www.southfloridatech.org/
http://jackiesfta.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/JackieatSFTA
Anyone who knows these guys know they are the ones to know in the technology sector in our region. SFTA is proud to be able to count them among our valueable members.
Congrats, Hugo and Miguel!!
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
954.239.9739
P.O. Box 831046
Miami, Florida 33183-1046
http://www.southfloridatech.org/
http://jackiesfta.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/JackieatSFTA
Thursday, April 9, 2009
to twit or not to twit?
SFTA was privileged to have Jay Berkowitz at our last event in March.
So you know, Jay is an expert in internet marketing, and a bit of a celebrity speaker (at least in South Florida). Both times that I have heard him present, I have walked away with a valuable tool(s) that I can use immediately to further my business.
Twitter was a free tool he offered up as a method of extending your brand recognition. So being the obedient listener that I am, first chance I got went to twitter and signed up for an account.
Now what?
So I am on a mission to figure out how this is all going to work together (blogging, linked in, facebook, twitter).
Stay tuned...feel free to use me as your guinea pig ;-)
So you know, Jay is an expert in internet marketing, and a bit of a celebrity speaker (at least in South Florida). Both times that I have heard him present, I have walked away with a valuable tool(s) that I can use immediately to further my business.
Twitter was a free tool he offered up as a method of extending your brand recognition. So being the obedient listener that I am, first chance I got went to twitter and signed up for an account.
Now what?
So I am on a mission to figure out how this is all going to work together (blogging, linked in, facebook, twitter).
Stay tuned...feel free to use me as your guinea pig ;-)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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.
"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
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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
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
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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!
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!
Monday, February 16, 2009
South Florida Technology Alliance Asks “Are You Feeling Green?”
For Immediate ReleaseFort Lauderdale, FL – February 16th, 2009
South Florida Technology Alliance Asks “Are You Feeling Green?”
On February 26th, the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) will host a C-level panel to define what Green Technology is and what it means to all businesses. Technical leaders will tell their stories and respond to audience questions on how to manage adoption of emerging green technologies.
“’Green’ has certainly become a major theme in the past year as energy costs roller coaster up and down along with the secondary affects these costs have on the products and services we use. Our culture has shifted as individuals and corporations take more and more responsibility for the impact we have on the environment,” says Michael Richtberg of Flagship Solutions Group and the Program Manager for this event.
Executive panelists include Chris Fleck of Citrix, Daniel G Bauer of Insight Research Corporation, Lenny Chesal of Host.net, Tim Van Epps Center for Innovation Leadership at the College of Engineering & C.S. at FAU, and Traver Gruen-Kennedy of Reset Holdings Corporation.
Providing different perspectives on energy, construction designs and retrofitting, new technology options, and economics, our subject matter experts help shine the light on green.
A portion of this event is being sponsored by Marriott ExecuStay (www.execustay.com) in Fort Lauderdale .
The SFTA delivers events which include robust networking and informative programs 10 times a year in South Florida. This month’s event will include a pre-event workshop titled How to Land a Job in a Tough Economy led by Deborah Vazquez, CEO of PROTECH (www.protechfl.com) in Fort Lauderdale.
The event will be held at the Sheraton Suites Cypress Creek at 555 NW 62 St in Fort Lauderdale. The workshop will begin at 4:30PM and the regular program and networking will begin at 5:30PM. Online registration is available online at www.southfloridatech.org.
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.
SFTA Contact:
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
Jackie@southfloridatech.org
Tel. 954.239.9739
South Florida Technology Alliance Asks “Are You Feeling Green?”
On February 26th, the South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) will host a C-level panel to define what Green Technology is and what it means to all businesses. Technical leaders will tell their stories and respond to audience questions on how to manage adoption of emerging green technologies.
“’Green’ has certainly become a major theme in the past year as energy costs roller coaster up and down along with the secondary affects these costs have on the products and services we use. Our culture has shifted as individuals and corporations take more and more responsibility for the impact we have on the environment,” says Michael Richtberg of Flagship Solutions Group and the Program Manager for this event.
Executive panelists include Chris Fleck of Citrix, Daniel G Bauer of Insight Research Corporation, Lenny Chesal of Host.net, Tim Van Epps Center for Innovation Leadership at the College of Engineering & C.S. at FAU, and Traver Gruen-Kennedy of Reset Holdings Corporation.
Providing different perspectives on energy, construction designs and retrofitting, new technology options, and economics, our subject matter experts help shine the light on green.
A portion of this event is being sponsored by Marriott ExecuStay (www.execustay.com) in Fort Lauderdale .
The SFTA delivers events which include robust networking and informative programs 10 times a year in South Florida. This month’s event will include a pre-event workshop titled How to Land a Job in a Tough Economy led by Deborah Vazquez, CEO of PROTECH (www.protechfl.com) in Fort Lauderdale.
The event will be held at the Sheraton Suites Cypress Creek at 555 NW 62 St in Fort Lauderdale. The workshop will begin at 4:30PM and the regular program and networking will begin at 5:30PM. Online registration is available online at www.southfloridatech.org.
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.
SFTA Contact:
Jackie Fernandez
Executive Director
South Florida Technology Alliance
Jackie@southfloridatech.org
Tel. 954.239.9739
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