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SUMMARY:Business Insight Series
DESCRIPTION:Online Registration is CLOSED - Walk up registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. 8/22/14 at Cowboys Golf Club.\n\n\n\nFormerly the Leadership Breakfast Series\, the Chamber's breakfast series of seminars returns in 2014 with the Business Insight Series.\n\n\n\nTopic: Cloud Computing for Small to Medium Businesses\n\n\n\nThe Business Insight Series is designed for individual employees\, managers or business owners who are interested in improving or developing their business skills.\n\n\n\nIf your business is in insurance\, banking\, car sales\, real estate\, manufacturing\, retail or any small\, medium business to include a non-profit organization\, then please read on. The cloud services industry grew to $45 billion worldwide last year and helping to drive that was more than 6 million Small to Medium Businesses (SMB) purchasing their first cloud service. According to research firm\, Parallels\, the SMB cloud market in the U.S. is now $18.9 billion with a forecast to grow 19% through 2015.\n\n\n\n"The Cloud" is a fictitious term used to define the sometimes mythical place where personal or enterprise data is stored. We all probably encounter the cloud daily from our phones\, Google drive\, Skydrive\, iCloud and many more.\n\n\n\nDuring this session our subject matter experts will share the ins and outs of cloud computing and how it can lower your IT worries and budgets. This is not a technical session. This is a solution session on how technology can advance your business.\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\n\n	The Cloud Industry perspective direct from Microsoft \n	What Cloud Computing is and is not \n	How Technology Services can help your business\, so you can spend time growing your business \n	The value of moving to the cloud \n	The types of services local IT providers can offer\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers & Panel Members: \n\n\n\nMicrosoft Corporation - Scott Evans and Rohit Patil are Technical Account Managers based in Las Colinas\, Tx. Scott and Rohit are subject matter experts who work with clients in the small to mid-size arena. As a Technical Account Managers for Microsoft\, they are dedicated to understanding customer support needs. Their role serves as a critical link overseeing technical integration\, platform adoption\, cloud service\, and optimization of Microsoft technologies.\n\n\n\nMark Johnson - Retired CIO/CTO of Verizon International operations and founder of Bearings North\, a business technology solutions group. Mark and his team represent a partnership of more than 95 years of technology and business experience. Bearings North specializes in helping small and midsize organizations realize the operational efficiencies and cost advantages of cloud-based technologies\n\n\n\nRick Boggs - Founder and President of A Prompt Computer Services. Established in 1999 in Grapevine\, TX\, A Prompt is a managed services provider for small to mid-size business. Providing hardware\, software\, network support as well as cloud based services to our clients.\n\n\n\nMike Cambell - Experienced IT Executive known for building proactive solutions for the most complex technical environments. Mike is the Director of Sales and Operations of THUMBTECHS which offers its clients complete Managed IT services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with round-the-clock monitoring at a monthly flat rate online Since 1995\, THUMBTECHS has serviced small to mid-sized businesses of all verticals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.\n\n\n\nCarlos Merla - Retired Microsoft Corporation Director\, entrepreneur\, V.P. of Services for Data Glove Inc. a technical consulting firm for off and on-shore development. Founder of the Merla Leadership Group and Managing Partner of the Center for Professional Advancement
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><em><strong>Online Registration is CLOSED </strong>- <u>Walk up registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. 8/22/14 at Cowboys Golf Club.</u></em><br />\n<br />\nFormerly the <strong>Leadership Breakfast Series</strong>\, the Chamber&#39\;s breakfast series of seminars returns in 2014 with the <strong>Business Insight Series</strong>.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><strong>Topic:</strong> Cloud Computing for Small to Medium Businesses</span></span><br />\n<br />\nThe Business Insight Series is designed for individual employees\, managers or business owners who are interested in improving or developing their business skills.<br />\n<br />\nIf your business is in insurance\, banking\, car sales\, real estate\, manufacturing\, retail or any small\, medium business to include a non-profit organization\, then please read on. The cloud services industry grew to $45 billion worldwide last year and helping to drive that was more than 6 million Small to Medium Businesses (SMB) purchasing their first cloud service. According to research firm\, Parallels\, the SMB cloud market in the U.S. is now $18.9 billion with a forecast to grow 19% through 2015.<br />\n<br />\n&quot\;The Cloud&quot\; is a fictitious term used to define the sometimes mythical place where personal or enterprise data is stored. We all probably encounter the cloud daily from our phones\, Google drive\, Skydrive\, iCloud and many more.<br />\n<br />\nDuring this session our subject matter experts will share the ins and outs of cloud computing and how it can lower your IT worries and budgets. This is not a technical session. This is a solution session on how technology can advance your business.</p>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><em><strong>What You Will Learn: </strong></em></span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;">The Cloud Industry perspective direct from Microsoft </span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;">What Cloud Computing is and is not </span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;">How Technology Services can help your business\, so you can spend time growing your business </span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;">The value of moving to the cloud </span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;">The types of services local IT providers can offer</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br />\n<u>Speakers &amp\; Panel Members: </u><br />\n<br />\n<em><strong>Microsoft Corporation -</strong> Scott Evans and Rohit Patil are Technical Account Managers based in Las Colinas\, Tx. Scott and Rohit are subject matter experts who work with clients in the small to mid-size arena. As a Technical Account Managers for Microsoft\, they are dedicated to understanding customer support needs. Their role serves as a critical link overseeing technical integration\, platform adoption\, cloud service\, and optimization of Microsoft technologies.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Mark Johnson</strong> - Retired CIO/CTO of Verizon International operations and founder of Bearings North\, a business technology solutions group. Mark and his team represent a partnership of more than 95 years of technology and business experience. Bearings North specializes in helping small and midsize organizations realize the operational efficiencies and cost advantages of cloud-based technologies<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Rick Boggs</strong> - Founder and President of A Prompt Computer Services. Established in 1999 in Grapevine\, TX\, A Prompt is a managed services provider for small to mid-size business. Providing hardware\, software\, network support as well as cloud based services to our clients.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Mike Cambell</strong> - Experienced IT Executive known for building proactive solutions for the most complex technical environments. Mike is the Director of Sales and Operations of THUMBTECHS which offers its clients complete Managed IT services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with round-the-clock monitoring at a monthly flat rate online Since 1995\, THUMBTECHS has serviced small to mid-sized businesses of all verticals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Carlos Merla </strong>- Retired Microsoft Corporation Director\, entrepreneur\, V.P. of Services for Data Glove Inc. a technical consulting firm for off and on-shore development. Founder of the Merla Leadership Group and Managing Partner of the Center for Professional Advancement </em></p>\n
LOCATION:Cowboys Golf Club 1600 Fairway Dr. Grapevine\, TX 76051
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URL:https://business.grapevinechamber.org/events/details/business-insight-series-08-22-2014-166774
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