GSA Technology Council

Hackers are beating down the door, insiders are robbing you blind and auditors are demanding proof of compliance with both internal security policy and external regulations. Meanwhile, the resources to needed to keep things locked down are stretched to the breaking point. Maintaining security has never been harder but the good news is that the solutions to address these issues have never been better. This session will discuss some of the key challenges in the IT Security space along with some solutions to help you get the upper hand. Join us for lunch on MONDAY APRIL 12!

The GSA Technology Council in partnership with thirteen area chambers will co-host the 2nd Annual Regional Business After Hours. The Greenville, Anderson, Clemson, Easley, Fountain Inn, Greer, Greenwood, Laurens, Mauldin, Oconee-Pickens, Simpsonville, Spartanburg and South Carolina Hispanic Chambers are all participating in this regional after hours event. The event will be held on Tuesday, April 6th, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Greenville Drive’s Fluor Field, located at 945 South Main Street in downtown Greenville.

Join Upstate professionals for fun and networking. Thirteen Chambers, area radio stations, and select organizations will have booths and displays to share their good news, happenings, and prizes! Last year’s event drew over a 1,000 attendees who took advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about the “great things” in business going on throughout the Upstate. This year, the Greenville Drive will be on the field during the evening as they practice for their first home game of the season on April 8th and to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of their first home game!

Our April learning lunch is on a different day and date. We’ll meet for lunch on Monday, April 12. Please mark your calendars. Detailed invitation to follow.

Once a month, we get Greenville’s creative, technological, and entrepreneurial juices flowing by bringing them together for unfettered, unprogrammed discussion at Barley’s Tap Room. Make some connections, advance your goals. Join us at Tech After Five.

Tech After Five

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

The last time we had Bob Geolas talk to us about the events at CU-ICAR was October 2006. A lot has happened since then. Marquee businesses now call the campus home. There have been recent announcements from Proterra as they plan to invest $68 million in creating an electric bus manufacturing plant and hiring 1300-2600 employees there. Clemson has graduated their first Phd in Automotive Engineering, and there are plans for an automotive technology incubator on the campus. Join us for lunch in March to learn all about these and other developments at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research.

GSATC Learning Lunch
Topic: What’s next for CU-ICAR
Presented by: Bob Geolas
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Once a month, we get Greenville’s creative, technological, and entrepreneurial juices flowing by bringing them together for unfettered, unprogrammed discussion at Barley’s Tap Room. Make some connections, advance your goals. Join us at Tech After Five.

Tech After Five

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

As every product in the world becomes configurable and extendable, at least one customer winds up knowing more than you do about how to make your product do some particular and very useful thing. It’s time to recognize the opportunities — and to sell, internally, the concepts of opening up the process of service and support — to treat your customers’ collective expertise as one of your biggest assets.

Join us for our February Lunch as we have Peter Coffee of SalesForce.com talk to us about lessons learned in creating communities of your customers.

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Want to make connections with other tech professionals or entrepreneurs? Your first best chance of doing that at Tech After Five is January 20! It’s the first Ta5 of 2010, so make sure you have reserved your spot! We’ll be meeting at Barley’s Taproom from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm and it’s a great opportunity to see what is going on in the Upstate’s tech economy.

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Zipit Wireless is a Greenville, SC based, venture backed company that focuses on delivering fully connected, wireless IP devices that use the company’s unique strengths in wireless connectivity, user-friendly device software, and server infrastructure to enable administration, and access to Internet services. Their latest product leverages their platform to connect social media to a real world appliance. It’s a photo frame that operates via WiFi, and is controlled over the web to bring all of the largest photo sharing sites including Facebook, Flickr, and many others to something that can hang on your wall. We’ll talk about the technology, get an in-depth demo, learn about the Main Street Greenville company that created it, and learn where they plan to go next with it all. Come see us in January for a powerful presentation.

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You may still register at the event. Onsite registration is $25. Cash or Check gleefully accepted. We will also accept credit cards, but it will require a bit of extra effort on your part.

What
Learning Lunch: How Zipit Framed Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr

When
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (ET)

Where
Embassy Suites
670 Verdae Blvd
Greenville, SC 29607

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Our annual gadgetfest is now a tradition! In it’s Sixth year running! The December meeting of the GSATC is a Learning Lunch / Holiday Celebration / Gadgeteer’s Dream. We have local gadgeteers presenting holiday gadgets they love and members of the audience may be asked to participate as well.