July 31st, 2007
Caltech IRC’s new online community, The Technology Marketing Center, presents a free, one-hour, live interview via webinar with former EVP Business Development and Marketing at a $ 400M tech company. Don’t miss this opportunity (10 AM PST) to learn about Jeannine Sargent’s corporation-wide effort to improve marketing process and effectiveness.
Questions? Contact: 626-395-4045
Social Bookmarking Links:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
July 28th, 2007
This is a little off topic… but man! I could use a speed reading refresher. Too much to do! - JAW
Too much to read? Not enough time? Learn practical skills to increase your reading speed & comprehension. Sat, July 28, 2007
REGISTER HERE: http://irisontheweb.com/072907chicaltn.htm
The Iris Organization
312-402-IRIS (4747)
info@irisontheweb.com
www.irisontheweb.com
Questions? Contact: Paul Nowak
Social Bookmarking Links:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
July 26th, 2007
You\’re invited to an evening of networking, learning and fun! Jeanne Harris, Director of Research at the Accenture Institute for High-Performance Business, will share key messages from her new book Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and will explain how many successful organizations are using data creatively to beat the competition.
High-performance businesses are now building their competitive strategies around data-driven insights that are, in turn, generating impressive business results. What’s their secret weapon? Analytics: a sophisticated quantitative and statistical analysis, and predictive modeling supported by powerful information technology and data-savvy senior leaders.
Also, take a tour of Accenture’s Customer Innovation Network. The Accenture Customer Innovation Network is an interactive facility demonstrating the leading-edge concepts and technological innovations that empower customer centricity in the changing marketplace. The center integrates video, solution demos, case studies and expert question-and-answer sessions on a variety of industry-relevant topics.
Interested in learning how high-performance businesses are differentiating from the competition with this research and taking a tour of Accenture’s Customer Innovation Network? Space is limited, so register today.
Questions? Contact: Karmen Williams, karmen.d.williams@accenture.com
Social Bookmarking Links:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
July 26th, 2007
- Thu. Jul 26th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 1:30am
- BNC
- Weber Grill
- Address: 539 N State Street in Chicago (corner of State & Grand), Chicago, IL
- Fee: 18
- Sign Up On Line
Please join us for the next meeting of the BNC IT Special Interest Group. The purposes of this event are to give Chicago area Information Technology professionals opportunities to develop long term relationships with other IT professionals, to share & receive knowledge from your fellow networkers and to develop a group of individuals who can help each other professionally.
All attendees will be charged a fee of $18.00 which covers the cost of appetizers (veggie salad, Margarita pizza and Weber Sampler (Rib Fingers, Beer Can Chicken Tenders, Steak Skewers & BBQ Shrimp served on Onion Curls), your soft drink or tea/coffee and tax & tip. Payment will be collected on line at http://bncinfotechrsvp.eventbrite.com. Once you have paid the attendance fee, I will send you an email confirming your RSVP.
Space is limited so make your reservation early. Once we have filled all seats, your name will be put on the wait list. If someone cancels, people on the wait list will be sent directions on how to guarantee their RSVP. If you have made a reservation and cannot make it, please be sure to cancel so that someone on the waiting list can attend.
Like the last one, we will be doing Speed Networking after the first 30 minutes. The first 30 minutes will be used for networking and eating.
Please bring your business cards and/or hand bills which you can share with the other attendees when you move from table to table. Send me your contact information along with your purpose for attending the luncheon/meeting and an interesting factoid about yourself. This information will be included on the attendee list which is distributed to all attendees.
Questions? Contact: IT_luncheon@breakfastnetworkclub.org
Social Bookmarking Links:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
July 24th, 2007
Agenda
- 5:00pm - 6:30pm Pizza and Networking
- 6:30pm - 6:45pm Membership Meeting (future topics you want to see)
- 6:45pm - 8:00pm Presentation
- 8:00pm - 8:30pm Discussions
Presentation Topic
- What is Ruby (with a perspective for Java Developers)
- What is Rails?
- Why Rails?
- Demo some of our Rails projects
- Talk about deployment/scaling (Rails caching),
- Talk about JRuby, show an example Rails app and how to deploy it to Websphere
Presenters
Blaine Dolph is the Lead Architect for the Chicago Innovation Center and Rails Community Leader for IBM.
David Zayas is an Application Architect for the Chicago Innovation Center. After 8 years leading Java EE based projects, David has been Java-free for the last year and half, leading the charge on the most recent Ruby on Rails projects for the Center, Transition to Teaching and SME Toolkit.
Tom Sokalski is an application developer at the IBM Center for Solution Innovation in Chicago. He switched to Ruby on Rails around a year ago and is planning on sticking around for a while. You can contact Tom at tmsokals@us.ibm.com.
Questions? Contact: bernie@mesatech.com
Social Bookmarking Links:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
July 17th, 2007
This lunch-and-learn seminar will discuss emerging technology-based solutions to current manual and time-intensive processes associated with paper documents.
Purpose:
To educate business professionals who are currently dealing with escalating labor and other hidden costs and how automated solutions can solve this and more.
Speakers:
Kathryn Morales of Fujitsu, Scott Lewis of Computhink, and Mary Wagner-Webb of AnyDoc Software, Inc.
Discussion topics will include reducing the inefficiencies caused by misrouted and lost documents, eliminating the hidden costs associated with manual data entry and ending the need for costly physical document storage and retrieval.
Full Lunch provided. Questions? Lauren@computhink.com 630-705-9050, Ext. 242
Social Bookmarking Links:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
July 12th, 2007
TECHcocktail #5, the big one year anniversary event! Be sure to RSVP here
Social Bookmarking Links:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
