Next month’s event "Leveraging ‘The Cloud’ in a Government Environment" will be held on January 30 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento. The day-long forum will feature educational content for all levels of public sector employees, with executive, management and technology tracks and more than 25 breakout sessions, round table discussions and keynote speeches. Technology Agency Secretary Carlos Ramos and OTech Director Ron Hughes will give opening remarks. Event host Public Sector Partners this week launched a website for attendees to learn more and register. Visit the site at http://www.pspinfo.us/Cloud2013/
This week, the California Technology Agency (CTA) was recognized in the ‘Best Practices’ category of the California Department of General Services’ annual State Agency Recognition Awards, the agency announced. CTA has increased contracts with Small Businesses and Disabled Veteran Owned Business Enterprises by more than 19 percent. "The more small businesses grow, the greater the increase in job opportunities and the more we enhance the competitiveness essential to keep California’s economy thriving," said Secretary Ramos in the announcement.
CTA also announced via Twitter (@CA_TechAgency) three IT security-related policy letters that can be found here.
Finally, if public safety communications is your thing, don’t miss the CTA’s State 9-1-1 Advisory Board meeting to be held from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, December 12 in Sacramento. The agenda is here.
Kiefer Consulting is looking for state partners who want to build creative new mobile apps as part of a Microsoft promotion to develop Windows 8 apps, including those designed for the new Surface tablet, according to the firm’s President Greg Kiefer. Microsoft and Kiefer will devote resources for new products to win a place in the Windows Store. "As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, we naturally want to take advantage of this great opportunity and pass on the benefit to our customers, California State agencies," said Kiefer via email.
Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc. is hosting "Managers Forum: Infrastructure Readiness for VMware" focused on how to prepare IT infrastructure for a move to desktop virtualization. The event will be held at Morton’s Steakhouse from 11:00 to 1:00 on Wednesday, December 12. Learn more and register here.
In other Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc. news, VP Chad Hodges was named a VIP member of Worldwide Who’s Who for excellence in IT operations and infrastructure, according to an announcement found on the World Wide Web.
Tweeted to the attention of Techwire.net , CGI’s Josh Nisbet is a finalist for the Sacramento Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 class of 2012. The annual event celebrates professionals under the age of 40 who are "making their mark" with success and community involvement. Techwire.net’s editorial board is strongly considering endorsing Nisbet’s candidacy, although we would have to disclose that CGI is a sponsor of the site. Regardless, no one deserves it more. If you know Josh, you know he is a rock star.
Poll question: Should government employees have access to Facebook while at work? Vote here.
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