Seeing the Cloud from both Sides

Thursday, March 25
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sheraton Parkway North
600 Hwy 7 East. Richmond Hill, ON



It's clear that cloud computing has arrived, but organizations remain confused about the exact definition of cloud, its tangible benefits and associated risks.

Join us as Phillip Morris, CTO HPC, Platform Computing provides an overview of the current state of cloud computing, the evolutionary path of the technologies that led to cloud and the challenges and risks that must be addressed for market-wide adoption.

Attendees will learn from several real-world case studies that outline the benefits of cloud, including improved performance, lower costs, better ROI for IT departments and the revolution of advancing IT responsiveness to evolving business needs.






YTA Web 2.0 Bootcamp Remixed

Leveraging the User Generated Content Revolution
Bootcamp Breakfast Session
Tuesday, March 9
7:30 am - 10:00 am
15 Allstate Parkway, Markham



There has been much talk about the new web, web 2.0, social media, user-generated content, Twitter, Facebook, online video, blogs, wikis -- and how all of this is good for your business.

So how do you use Web 2.0 to your advantage?

We have the answer - join us for the YTA Web 2.0 Bootcamp Breakfast, where Jonathan Burns, Chief Marketing Innovator at Strategy Cube, will present the 'what is' of Web 2.0 but especially useful, the 'how to' that will gain you recognition and market presence.

As a tech business leader you will learn the skills needed to quickly make web 2.0 work for your business, including:

  • How to determine which web 2.0 applications will really add value to your business
  • How to find, develop and implement web 2.0 applications to the greatest effect and tips to make it easy to do again and again
  • How to create a YouTube video of your business value proposition and create a web 2.0 tool to improve Google search results.



YTA BOARD MEMBER
In-PROFILE

Stephen Chait
YTA Board Member

A champion for the Greater Toronto Region Tech Cluster and strong supporter of the York Technology Association, Stephen Chait is a valued member of the Association's Board of Directors.

Stephen Chait has served as the Town of Markham's Director of Economic Development since 1995. Under his direction, and with the leadership and support of Markham's Mayor and Council, Markham has been awarded numerous domestic and international marketing awards for its successful High-Tech Capital campaign, and for its leading edge strategic plan Markham 2020.

Stephen is a Past President of the Economic Developers Association of Canada, and sits on several business and community advisory boards in Markham and York Region. The Town of Markham is a founding sponsor of the YTA and regards the association as a cornerstone of the high-tech cluster in the GTA.

Connect with Stephen at schait@markham.ca or 905-475-4871.

Member Spotlight

CRMfusion Inc. develops software that assists thousands of worldwide organizations in reaching their data quality goals. Their data quality software integrates with the world leading cloud computing platform offered by salesforce.com with whom they share thousands of mutual customers around the globe.

Offering toolsets such as Demand Tools, Dupe Blocker and People Import, CRMfusion helps administrators clean duplicate objects and import contacts in a professional and cost effective way.

CRMfusion has provided software and customer service to the York Technology Association, greatly improving the accuracy and efficiency of the Association's new database using salesforce.com.

For more information contact CRMfusion at sales@crmfusion.com or visit their website at www.crmfusion.com.


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Peer Group Profile: Technology Service Executives

Services Executives sell and deliver the relationship value in whatever technology or sector they may be in.

At the YTA Services Executive peer group, members meet to address topics unique to the business stage and interests they face, including:

  • Penetrating new marketplaces (geographic or industry);
  • Raising new capital, acquiring/divesting/merging; and
  • Performance metrics and best practices in service functions.

This YTA P2P is made up of CEOs, owners and senior operating executives from both service and technology companies that come together to connect, discuss common yet unique issues in their businesses, share best practices and expand their business network of trusted peers.

The Services Executive Peer Group is co-facilitated by Colin Fidler of Platform Computing and Craig August of RBC Royal Bank. You can connect with Colin and Craig at cfidler@platform.com or craig.august@rbc.com.

Learn more about YTA Peer Groups and sign up for one today at www.yorktech.ca/peergroupmeetings.

 

March 2010

York Tech Board of Directors

YTA Chair
Kevin Tribe, CEO
Tequity Inc.

YTA Vice Chair
Marie Wiese, Marketing CoPilot
CoPilot Group

YTA Secretary
Jordan Dolgin,
Dolgin Professional Corporation

YTA Treasurer
Peter Ott,
Peter Ott & Associates Inc.

YTA Directors:

Jim Brown, Sales Manager
Colliers Realty

David Burnett, CEO
End to End Networks

John Cameron, CEO
Aizan Technologies

Stephen Chait, Director,
Economic Development
Town of Markham

Stephen Chan, CEO
Dapasoft

Steve Charikar, CIO
Seneca College

Don Cousens, Consultant
Honorary Board Member

Johanna Delroy, National Director
Marketing, Compugen

Allan Faux, Partner
Deloitte

Andrew Ford, Sales CoPilot
CoPilot Group

Rudy Joss, CEO & Chairman
Spyder Capital

Mike Kavanagh, Partner
KPMG

John Kitchen, COO
ESRI Canada Inc.

Alex Li, CEO
Kiji Soft Inc.

Ted Madden, CEO
TM & Associates

Sean O'Donnovan, Founder
FunnelBuilders

Joe Olivier, VP Knowledge Based
Industries, RBC Financial

Dan Pelletier, CEO
Biznovations

Greg Secord, VP Investor Relations
Open Text Corp.

Ray Simmons, CEO
CableTest Systems Inc.

Andrew Sprague, Lawyer
Miller Thomson

Michael Stephens, VP Marketing and
Product Development, Atria Networks

Mark Usher, Partner
Wellington Financial

Michael Wade, Professor
Schulich School of Business