Date: January 28, 2010
Time: 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Show map
Fort Lauderdale Marriott North
6650 N Andrews Ave
Ft Lauderdale, Fl

Contact: Jackie Fernandez
Phone: 954.239.9739
Email: jackie@southfloridatech.org

**Online registration for this event is now closed.  You may register at the door: SFTA Members and Partners $20.00 and Guests $50.00

We start this month at 4:30 with our Pre-event workshop featuring Microsoft Click here for more details

SFTA Presents the 2010 State of the Technology Industry Report

• Get a glimpse of what 2010 holds by hearing directly from Gartner Research and CIOs representing major South Florida-based companies in key vertical industries.
• Learn about the principal technical, business and social concerns on CIO’s minds surrounding Cloud-based initiatives.
• Gain insight on technology trends during the next three to five years and the challenges or opportunities they present for your business.

Brought to you by SFTA Platinum Sponsor:

Keynote address by

Akshay K. Sharma
Gartner Research
Research Director

Roles and Responsibilities
Akshay Sharma is a research director in the Carrier Network Infrastructure group of Gartner Research, leading the Research Agenda for Converged Infrastructure Worldwide. Current research interests include mobile infrastructure (radio and core), mobile broadband, cloud-based Telco 2.0 initiatives, WiMAX/Wi-Fi, PacketCable, VoIP, IMS, FMC, and trends in core network distributed softswitch architectures.

Silver Event Sponsors:

Panelists Include:

Bill Hicks CIO & SVP of Shared Services, Ultimate Software

Rudy Ibarra, CIO,  St Thomas University

Sergio Garcia, SVP and CIO, Bank United

Doug Cormany, SVP and CIO, Preferred Care Partners

Come early for our special pre-event workshop: "Cloud Computing".  Click here for more details.