• Wed. Jun 27th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

Flu pandemics, terrorism, hurricanes and other disasters dictate companies immediate response. Executives must plan for the worst while building enterprise resilience and managing costs. Join us and gain insight on these key issues:

Area IT executives best approaches to disaster recovery and business continuity planning:

Keynote Panel
Linking disaster recovery to business and compliance requirements
Business continuity and corporate governance synergies
The convergence of business continuity, security and emergency management trends

Questions? Contact: Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• Wed. Jun 20th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 11:00pm
• organization"s website
• Union Park, on Racine
• Address: 228 S. Racine (West Loop)
• Fee: $ 25
• Register Online

Web Ascent Events: Chicago

A Mashable-sponsored event led by Kristen Nicole, lead writer

When: June 20th 7pm until very, very late.

Where: Union Park (website)
228 S. Racine (West Loop)
Chicago, IL 60607

Why You Should Come: Because you get free cocktails and beer from 7pm - 8pm, and 1/2 price appetizers, $3 Chocolate Martinis, and $3 Blue Moon all night!

Enjoy the Keynote Speaker, Joyce Park, CTO and co-founder of Renkoo.com as well as many other prominent people in startups, VC funds, and the media.

If you’re Web 2.0 in Chicago, don’t miss this event!

• Tue. Jun 19th, 2007 @ 8:30am - Thu. Jun 21st, 2007 @ 4:00pm
• ZIGZAG Marketing
• Elmhurst/Oak Brook area hotel
• Address: Hotel to be determined
• Fee: $ 395-$ 1495
• RSVP website

Mergers, acquisitions and larger product portfolios are forcing the product management function to shift its mentality from single product solutions for horizontal markets to multi-product solutions for vertical markets. It is your fastest route to revenue growth.

If you are struggling to transform your product stovepipes into multi-product solutions, Product Management University can help. You will learn simple techniques for creating market specific solutions that align the product team, sales and marketing around the most lucrative market segments.

The best part is we make the training relevant to your unique circumstances and offer common-sense techniques that are simple to practice so you can use what you have learned and benefit immediately.

*NEW* - As an extension of our training curriculum, we are now offering the AIPMM Certification exam! The exam will take place Thursday, May 8th at 2:30 pm . For more information, please visit: here

Strategic Planning - June 19th: Learn simple techniques to identify which markets are most lucrative for you and create one plan that aligns products, sales, marketing, services and operations.

Product Planning & Development - June 20th: Align with the strategy and use a repeatable process for defining, designing, validating and building solutions for the most lucrative markets. It will help your top line far more than custom development for each customer.

Product Readiness & Rollout - June 21st: Your products will always be deficient. Learn how to get better at marketing, selling and servicing products you have today. You do not get paid for anything else.

About ZIGZAG Marketing:
ZIGZAG Marketing is a product management training and consulting firm for high technology product companies.

Questions? Contact: info@zigzagmarketing.com

• Tue. Jun 12th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 5:00pm
• Technology Advisors, Inc.
• Park Ridge, IL
• Address: Park Ridge Country Club, 636 N. Prospect, Park Ridge, IL 60068
• Fee: Free
• Please fill out registration form online prior to event

The Midwest SalesLogix User Group (MSUG) is a group of users that come together three times a year to learn about and discuss SalesLogix and other CRM related issues. The group was founded in 2002 for users who wanted to discuss these issues but did not have a forum to do so. Since then Technology Advisors has taken the lead to provide pertinent information at each MSUG meeting.

Those who attended have heard presentations and demonstrations on upcoming versions, how to improve sales success, and tips and tricks of performing a proper upgrade. They have participated in discussions of how to improve end user acceptance and what key information to measure in your CRM system. They have seen demonstrations from the top add-on vendors including people from Corum to discuss Mobile Technology and Scribe to discuss data integration.

See what you have been missing. Join other SalesLogix users at the next MSUG Meeting.

Agenda for June 12:

- Registration, Networking

- What is New in v7.2

- A 2 Year Vision of Sage Software

- Stronger Utilization of Your System with iReports

- Considerations When Upgrading v6.2 to v7.2

- Cocktail Reception/Meet and Greet

Questions? Contact: Email: msug@techadv.com or call: 847-655-3410

• Thu. Jun 7th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• wclug.org
• State Restaurant
• Address: 935 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• Non needed

Join one of the longest running Linux users groups in the Chicago area for food, drink and all things Open.

Questions? Contact: mjmccune at sbcglobal dot net

• Thu. Jun 7th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

As outsourcing becomes more accepted within an enterprise, the company perspective of its own boundaries begin to change. Companies are now transforming themselves into an extended enterprise model, whereby many of the functions of the companies are performed outside the company itself. In this seminar we’ll explore how top CIO’s and IT executives support the extended enterprise model while maintaining control over their projects, budgets, compliance risks, & corporate objectives. Following are the sessions you’ll experience as a participant in the event:

Learn from a keynote panel of top CIO’s and IT executives how they successfully support the concept of the Extended Enterprise.

Receive an executive briefing on the top trends facing the Extended Enterprise today
Learn how companies manage the risk and complexity of compliant sourcing in an era where suppliers are willing to accept responsibility.

In a Framework for the Outsourcing Decision process, you’ll learn how to identify your companies core competencies and determine which areas to outsource.

In Making Global Work, Work you’ll learn how to take advantage of the opportunities of global outsourcing, while minimizing the risk

Questions? Contact: Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

Anyone care for a trip out to SF? - Ed.

• Tue. Jun 5th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 6:30pm
• SVASE
• Microsoft Campus, Building 1, 1065 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043

On June 5th at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, join us to take the wraps off the new products, trends, opportunities and partners. Launch: Silicon Valley 2007 is designed to uncover and showcase products and services from the most exciting of the newest startups in information technology, mobility, security, digital media, next generation internet, life sciences and clean energy. Launch: Silicon Valley 2007 is the only event of its kind in the San Francisco Bay area, where you get a preview of the people, products and technologies that will shape the future. Companies interested in presenting their products at Launch: Silicon Valley 2007 should send an executive summary of no more than 2 pages to launchsv@svase.org by May 3, 2007 latest. For more info go to Launch Silicon Valley

Launch: Silicon Valley 2007 provides the platform for introducing your new product to people that can make a difference,who have the influence within their organizations to recommend investments, make buying decisions and build partner relationships. Attendees include venture capitalists and angel investors, executives from mature and growing technology companies, plus business and technology press and bloggers. It’s a unique opportunity to do real business and create real buzz in Silicon Valley. Don’t Miss It!

Questions? Contact: info@svase.org