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Columbus Chapter American Marketing Association September Luncheon
When: Thursday 10-Sep-2009 11:30 AM
Where: BoMA
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Columbus Chapter American Marketing Association Marketers Job Transition Group Meeting
When: Tuesday 08-Sep-2009 7:00 PM
Where: Former Fitch Offices
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Fisher Executive Education Welcomes the Disney Institute to Columbus
When: Wednesday 09-Sep-2009 8:00 AM
Where: Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau H-4 Center
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IBA Columbus Sept Meeting: Peer-to-peer business owner support and solutions
When: Wednesday 09-Sep-2009 7:00 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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Dublin Chapter of International Bootstrapping Association - Inaugural Meeting
When: Thursday 10-Sep-2009 7:00 AM
Where: Dublin Entrepreneurial Center
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Win 7 Application Compatability Factory
When: Thursday 10-Sep-2009 8:30 AM
Where: Microsoft Corporation
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Seminar from PTMS: Become an SEOverachiever
When: Thursday 10-Sep-2009 10:00 AM
Where: People To My Site
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Become an SEOverachiever
When: Thursday 10-Sep-2009 10:00 AM
Where: People To My Site
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Social Media Symposium at Franklin University
When: Thursday 10-Sep-2009 5:00 PM
Where: Franklin University
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Columbus Chapter American Marketing Association September Business To Business Special Interest Group
When: Tuesday 15-Sep-2009 7:30 AM
Where: Sterling Commerce
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Central Ohio VMWare Users Group meeting
When: Tuesday 15-Sep-2009 9:00 AM
Where: Platform Lab
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The Powder Coating Forum
When: Wednesday 16-Sep-2009 9:00 AM
Where: The Embassy Suites Hotel - Cleveland
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CORT Furniture Tent Sale
When: Wednesday 16-Sep-2009 9:00 AM
Where: CORT
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Securing Web Applications using Acunetix WVS
When: Wednesday 16-Sep-2009 11:00 AM
Where: TechColumbus
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Business Breakfast: Enhancing the Consumer Experience Through Technology and Design (Part 1)
When: Thursday 17-Sep-2009 7:30 AM
Where: TechColumbus
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Using Competitive Intelligence to Predict Your Competitors’ Pricing Strategy
When: Thursday 17-Sep-2009 9:00 AM
Where: Sterling Commerce
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Technology Forum and Golf Outing
When: Thursday 17-Sep-2009 1:15 PM
Where: Kinsale Golf Club
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Luncheon: Advancements in Stem Cell Research with Dr. Vincent Pompili
When: Friday 18-Sep-2009 11:30 AM
Where: The BlackWell Hotel
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CIOhio
When: Friday 06-Nov-2009 7:30 AM
Where: Hyatt Regency Downtown
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2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards
When: Thursday 04-Feb-2010 5:30 PM
Where: Greater Columbus Convention Center
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Spotlight
NCT Ventures Completes NCT Fund1 at $23+ Million

Central Ohio venture capital firm, NCT Ventures which is led by serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Rich Langdale announced this week the final closing on NCT Fund1 is complete. The fund’s total amount now exceeds $23 million and includes an additional $1.5 million grant from the Ohio Department of Development. With this closing, NCT anticipates making at least nine additional investments over the next three years adding to the fund’s already diverse portfolio of companies. [Read More]


Tech News
Business Strategist Gary Hamel and Huntington’s Steve Steinour to Headline CIOhio on November 6

Keynote speakers for the 2009 TechColumbus CIOhio conference have been announced and include Gary Hamel, author, speaker and one of the world’s leading experts on business strategy.  Steve Steinour, chairman, president and CEO of Huntington Bancshares Inc. and The Huntington National Bank will share his observations about the state of the financial industry and the critical role of technology. [Read More]

U.S. on Cusp of Entrepreneurial Boom – Study Suggests Baby Boomers Will Lead the Way

A new study published by the Kauffman Foundation indicates the U.S. might be on the cusp of an entrepreneurial boom.The report contends that although the U.S. will, at some point, recover from the current recession, the overriding question is whether the country will return to the high growth and productivity rates of the post -1995 decade, or will it experience a sustained period of sluggish growth? The primary determinant of this outcome will be the nation’s level of entrepreneurial activity. In terms of job creation, innovation, and productivity, entrepreneurs drive growth. [Read More]

Cardinal Health Spins off CareFusion as Independently Traded Public Company

The spinoff of Cardinal Health’s subsidiary CareFusion Corp. as an independently traded public company on the New York Stock Exchange was completed September 1, 2009. [Read More]

3X Systems Backup Appliance Earns High Marks from Industry Reviewer

Technology writer and IT product reviewer David Strom recently featured a screencast product review of Columbus-based 3X Systems Backup appliance.  Strom praised the appliance for providing simple and effective offsite backups, being easy to setup, operate and scale up.  “The 3X Systems Backup appliance is a great way to automatically backup a collection of PCs and servers across the Internet at a reasonable cost,” writes Strom. [Read More]

Platform Lab Announces September Tech Events

Platform Lab hosts a variety of events and activities for the Central Ohio tech community. The September line up has recently been announced and can be viewed on the Lab’s Web site.   [Read More]

Member News
NexTech Materials expands manufacturing capability and distribution network

September 1, 2009 Lewis Center, OH - To meet the demand of its materials customers, NexTech recently expanded its ceramic manufacturing capacity and introduced a new line of premium ceramic powders through its fuelcellmaterials.com division. The product of years of development experience at NexTech, the Premium Powder line is tailored to provide improved ceramic processing behavior at lower temperatures. The products go through rigorous quality control systems and are provided with detailed and thorough characterization data that are unparalleled in the fuel cell industry. [Read More]

CentraComm named to Everything Channel Fast Growth list

 Findlay, Ohio, September 1, 2009 – CentraComm, a leading managed IT security and network services provider, today announced that it has once again been recognized by Everything Channel on the Fast Growth 100 list, moving up the list 27 positions over its 2008 ranking. The Fast Growth 100 recognizes the fastest growing Solution Providers in the industry today, with growth rates in excess of 55 percent. [Read More]

AltaSim Technologies Joins the Global Fight Against Malaria

Columbus Ohio, August 31, 2009 – Innovative passive solar mosquito trap nears distribution in developing nations.AltaSim Technologies joined with inventor Tom Kruer of Gizmotech, to develop a mosquito trap for use in developing countries. The trap will help prevent the spread of malaria without the environmental impact of insecticides. Estimates show that malaria causes over 1 million people die per year with a child dying every 30 seconds. Beyond the human toll, the economies of affected countries may lose billions of US dollars per year causing a downward spiral of poverty. [Read More]

Member News
Senior Analyst – Client Technologies

OhioHealth was recently named one of FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for 2009. Ranked #19, OhioHealth is the highest ranked organization in Ohio and the second highest ranked healthcare system in the nation. We could not have done it without our dedicated staff. Working together for the greater good. That is a team effort. That is OhioHealth. [Read More]

Sr. Web Developer

We are seeking an experienced senior web developer professional who has a combination of ASP.Net, C#, Java and as well as strong product design, web development, heavy database applications, for applications software projects including research and analysis. Qualifications [Read More]

Field Service Engineer

Our client utilizes a unique service strategy which revolves around the deployment of "hot spares" to support their portfolio of mission critical clients. Our client offers outstanding pay and benefits to superior field engineers in hardware systems maintenance. Our client is the fastest growing independent maintainer of mid-range servers from IBM, SUN and HP/Compaq/DEC. [Read More]

Client Technologies Technician

No one does it alone, but individual efforts can definitely stand out. At OhioHealth, it takes but one professional to have a great impact. And through our "Power of One" program, our team has a formal channel to recognize their peers for outstanding work. That's a team effort. That's OhioHealth working together, to further our mission. [Read More]

Sr SharePoint Developer

We're looking for a Senior SharePoint Developer. Sound like you?  We need someone that's got: [Read More]

Territory Sales Manager to join our advertising and sales team in the greater Columbus area.

Tickled Pink Magazine, is the publisher of Columbus' first women's magazine. Tickled Pink Magazine is now searching for a Territory Manager to join its advertising sales team in the greater Columbus area The Territory Manager is responsible for working with the community for the sale of all advertising in a specified territory. [Read More]

Interactive Project Manager - Full-time

The project manager is a full-time client facing position and will manage the full lifecycle of web based projects from requirements gathering to application testing. 3-5 years experience managing web based development projects and experience gathering technical requirements including the development of functional specifications is necessary. If interested and qualified then please contact mwhitman@teambuildersearch.com and include “project manager” in the subject line. [Read More]



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