IT Lunch Meet
Shop Talk for IT ProsThe
next lunchtime
get-together
is scheduled for Tuesday, July 17th.
Drop in at Brooksie's Barn
between 11:00 and 1:00 pm.
(email for
more
info...) |
Everybody say it’s about time!
Our sponsor this time is Cyberoam (www.cyberoam.com)
which offers a unique twist on Unified Threat Management (UTM) for
internet security in the form of a gateway appliance. Dave McAlister of
Marketlink will be introducing the Cyberoam to us on Tuesday.
We’ve got some interesting swag to part with too! You’ve got to be there
to get it, though. Tell someone about the best (and *only*!)
IT association in West TN and drag them along to get a taste first hand.
You won’t find as many geeks in one room anywhere else all day long!
(You know your significant other is tired of hearing you talk about
work!)
Introduce yourself to someone new while you’re there…they may be someone
that can help you in the ‘biz’ one day!
Here's a map to
Brooksie's Barn.
(here's
a nifty map of Alcatraz, in case you needed one.) |
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April 17th, 2007:
Dave
McAlister of Marketlink Technologies. Dave came all the way
from Franklin, TN to share some of the benefits of
Zetera's "Z-SAN" network storage
solutions.
March 13, 2007:
Our last Lunch Meet was sponsored by
Portfolio Recovery Associates (website).
PRA is considering possibilities for relocating their current
software development shop and are seriously considering Jackson as the
new home. This shop would employ 10 to 20 developers, primarily .NET and
other Microsoft technologies, but would be a huge victory for the local
community to score another substantial IT-focused business.
The Jackson Technology Group was fortunate to be one of the groups
with which PRA wanted to share their ideas. To that end, they
bought lunch and described their operations and ambitions for the
Jackson area. They got to meet meet both potential job candidates and career influencers in the
area and expressed their appreciation at the opportunity meet us and the
overwhelming response to their interests. Their job descriptions
are posted here.
If you missed it, more than 45
area IT folks filled the loft at Brooksies to take in the grub,
the garb, and the gab. We even took pictures, but the girl from whom
we borrowed the digital camera hasn't ponied up the pics yet.
Anyway, here's some highlights:
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We gave away copies of
Windows Vista Ultimate, Office 2007 Professional, and other
nifty hardware and software courtesy of Microsoft and
Culminis
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food was on the fine folks
from Portfolio Recovery Associates (www.portfoliorecovery.com)
as well as chit-chat about their ambitions for a new IT shop in
town
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a fine round of networking
amongst peers during and after the Lunch Meet
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speakers navigating the
treacherous 'projector screen o' death' (no one got stabbed,
which is always a good thing)
February 20, 2007:
If you missed the last IT Lunch Meet, you
missed a good one! Not only did Paul Raney of Blue Coat Systems regale
us with his internet filtered wit and wisdom while Matt Y. let us know
what "Pepe" the dog really thinks of home network installers. 'Twas a
hoot, for sure!
December 5, 2006:::
This IT Lunch Meet was sponsored by Wala Systems (www.walasystems.com),
makers/marketers of the ArcMail email management system. Check out this
piece about their Defender mail appliance:
DefenderDataSheet.pdf.
November 7, 2006:
Thanks to Laura McAlister and Jimmy Blakeney from Novell
for the meal
and the exposure to what Novell is up to post-Netware. It was a very
interesting conversation!
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