TechWeek, 9-Oct-2009

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DEC presents...Successful Selling by the SBDC! Session 1
When: Tuesday 13-Oct-2009 9:00 AM
Where: Dublin Entreprenurial Center
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Marketing Through The Apocalypse-- Columbus Chapter of the American Marketing Association
When: Tuesday 13-Oct-2009 11:30 AM
Where: BoMA
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Building PMICOC’s Future–Roundtable Discussion with members of the PMICOC Leadership Team
When: Wednesday 14-Oct-2009 8:00 AM
Where: Platform Lab
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CompTIA MSP Business Simulation Experience
When: Wednesday 14-Oct-2009 8:30 AM
Where: CompTIA Headquarters
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NCR Employees Recruitment Event
When: Wednesday 14-Oct-2009 3:00 PM
Where: Columbus
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Ohio Early Stage Summit V
When: Wednesday 14-Oct-2009 5:00 PM
Where: Columbus Renaissance Hotel
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International Bootstrapping Association Columbus Central Meeting
When: Wednesday 14-Oct-2009 7:00 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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Business Breakfast Bootcamp: Networking and Professional Development
When: Thursday 15-Oct-2009 7:30 AM
Where: TechColumbus
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PDMA Cincinnati Chapter Annual Conference
When: Thursday 15-Oct-2009 8:00 AM
Where: The METS Center
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DEC Presents... Jelly at the DEC
When: Thursday 15-Oct-2009 9:00 AM
Where: Dublin Entrepreneurial Center (DEC)
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Innovative Greenhouse: Cultivating Entrepreneurial Innovation at Kenyon College
When: Thursday 15-Oct-2009 5:00 PM
Where: Kenyon College's Pierce Hall
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TechColumbus New Member Mixer
When: Thursday 15-Oct-2009 5:30 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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e-track Luncheon: Value Proposition "No Pain, No Gain"
When: Friday 16-Oct-2009 11:30 AM
Where: TechColumbus
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Union County Entrepreneurial Incubator Open House
When: Monday 19-Oct-2009 4:30 PM
Where: Union County Small Business Entrepreneurial Incubator Office
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Central Ohio VMWare Users Group meeting
When: Tuesday 20-Oct-2009 9:00 AM
Where: Platform Lab
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Columbus Region Logistics Council Networking Event – Technology
When: Tuesday 20-Oct-2009 4:00 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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TEDx Columbus: Global
When: Tuesday 20-Oct-2009 5:30 PM
Where: Wexner Center for the Arts
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Central Ohio ISSA Monthly Meeting
When: Wednesday 21-Oct-2009 8:00 AM
Where: Platform Lab
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Greenland's Ice and Global Warming Report with Dr. Jason Box, Glaciologist
When: Wednesday 21-Oct-2009 12:00 PM
Where: Athletic Club of Columbu
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FY2010 Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Materials Program (OTFAMP) and FY 2010 Ohio Third Frontier Sensors Program (OTFSP) Bidder's Conference
When: Thursday 22-Oct-2009 3:00 PM
Where: TechColumbus
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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
Last Call For Nominations for the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards

Don’t miss this last chance to recognize a company or individual for their excellence in innovation by nominating them for the 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards. Monday, October 12 marks the close of nominations.  The awards committee is accepting nominations in nine company award categories and four individual award categories including Outstanding Woman in Technology and Inventor of the Year.  [Read More]


Tech News
IPOs Triple in Third Quarter

Hoover’s, Inc, a Dunn and Bradstreet Company, released its IPO Scorecard for the third quarter 2009 and the results are encouraging.  Seventeen U.S. companies, representing $5.5 billion in capital raised, went public during the quarter.  This is a dramatic increase over third quarter 2008 when only five companies went public raising $917 million.  The week of September 20th was the busiest week for US IPOs in almost two years with seven companies going public and collectively raising more than $3 billion.  [Read More]

FTC Establishes New Rules for Endorsements in Social Media and for Research Results from Corporate Funded Institutes

The Federal Trade Commission has announced new regulations that pertain to endorsements posted in social media and research findings published by corporate funded institutes.  The agency has established that those who offer endorsements for cash or in-kind payment on their blogs or in social media posts must disclose these payments to the readers.  It further ruled that advertisers using studies by research institutes they help fund must disclose the financial ties between the institute and the advertiser.  [Read More]

Conference Examines How Personalized Medicine Will Transform the Healthcare Model

Citing the therapies that result from advances in personalized medicine as the next “killer apps” in healthcare, dozens of renowned leaders in this emerging field were in attendance at last week’s Personalized Healthcare National Conference hosted by the OSU Medical Center.  [Read More]

Recent Story Highlights GotGame's Startup Success

MarKel Snyder, founder of local technology startup, GotGame?Media was recently featured in a story in  Black Enterprise which focused on funding alternatives for minority businesses.  The article showcased Snyder’s work with the TechColumbus business incubator as one alternative for minority entrepreneurs.  [Read More]

“Augmented Reality” Represents Latest Advances in Mobile Apps

The latest advances in mobile and cell phone applications are being based on a concept known as “augmented reality.’  Augmented reality takes advantage of a cell phone’s GPS and compass features and its access to high-speed wireless networks to mash up super-local Web content and overlay it with your physical location.  For instance, just by holding your phone up, you could see on its screen all the available apartments on the block you’re walking on.  You could see photos other people have taken of the park you’re passing or find the nearest bus [Read More]

Member News
CABLE TV LEADER DAN BEMIS TAKES THE REIGNS OF I.T. SECURITY FIRM CENTRACOMM TO LEAD CABLE TV INDUSTRY FIGHT AGAINST DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACKS ACROSS BROADBAND NETWORKS

Findlay, Ohio – October 6, 2009 – CentraComm President and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Bemis, is leading a new effort for cable TV operators to address increasing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks across their broadband networks.  DDoS perpetrators use malware to infiltrate and manipulate global networks of computers into launching large scale, coordinated attacks intended to saturate a target machine or website with external communications requests, ultimately restricting or preventing functionality.  The most common cyber warfare tool utilized today, D [Read More]

Fidelity Voice and Data Enters Columbus Market

Cleveland, Ohio (October 6, 2009) – Fidelity Voice and Data, a high quality business class voice and data service company, announced today its entry into the Columbus marketplace. [Read More]

AltaSim Technologies Appoints New Research Engineer

Columbus, Ohio, October 5, 2009 – AltaSim, a leader in multiphysics technologies, announces the appointment of Luke Gritter to the position of Research Engineer. Gritter comes to AltaSim from Accurate Automation Corporation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he specialized in analytical, experimental and computational methods to develop innovative technologies. [Read More]

Member News
C# Developer

Our client, a successful Columbus company, is seeking intermediate level programmers to join their growing IT organization.  The company places a high value on technology and views it as key to their growth.  [Read More]

Senior & Junior Software Developers

Expesite,a dynamic progressive company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio is seeking professional Senior & Junior Software Developers. A background & knowledge of systems administration is desirable, but not required. [Read More]

Senior Business Analyst

TechColumbus is seeking a full-time business analyst.  The position will focus on funding-related functions currently performed by the VP of Venture Development, the Senior Director of Funds Management, and the Ohio TechAngels (OTA) Director, resulting in enhanced venture development work, higher value assistance to portfolio companies, and a more streamlined, efficient funds management process. [Read More]

PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER

This position involves supporting a global product line for a software company.The ideal candidate has 4+ years experience and can interact with engineering, sales, development, testing and marketing teams as well as customers.  In addition, the candidate should possess the ability to identify opportunities for new products and features. [Read More]

Senior Network Engineer

As a network engineer at CentraComm, this position will provide on-site and off-site implementation and consulting services for a variety of information security and networking products and services as well as proactive technical support and pre-sales assistance to the sales and marketing team. Offering support for intensive managed security, networking, and hosting solutions through both direct and indirect contact with the customer is required. Handle customer inquires in a prompt efficient manner. [Read More]

IT Security and Network Services Territory Sales Manager

As territory sales manager at CentraComm, this position will directly market and work with channel partners to sell managed services focused on security, networking and hosting. This is a hunter role to commercial accounts within an assigned geographic territory to develop and manage new accounts. Utilize relationship building skills and solution selling to develop “C” level contacts and conduct face-to-face meetings with prospective customers to determine product / service needs. [Read More]

Research Scientist

As a Research Scientist, you will help develop remote sensing data processing solutions while working in conjunction with government agencies, industry partners and research institutions based in the Washington D.C. area.   Responsibilities include: [Read More]

Sr. sharepoint Developer

Everest Technologies is a leading Information Technology solutions provider based in Columbus, Ohio with off-shore development facilities in India. Everest provides top quality systems development and integration services to industrial, commercial, and governmental clients. We have a requirement for Sr. Sharepoint Developer position in Columbus, OH Qualifications [Read More]



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