<![CDATA[  Information Technology Professional Association - Meetings]]>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:15:33 +0700Weebly<![CDATA[November 19th- Brian Tanner, Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Crimes]]>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:16:25 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/11/november-19thbrian-tanner-computer-hacking-and-intellectual-property-crimes.htmlBrian Tanner is the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Crimes Coordinator (or“CHIP”) for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia. The Southern District includes 43 counties in southeast Georgia, including the cities of Savannah, Augusta, Brunswick, Waycross, and Dublin. As the district CHIP, based in Savannah,Brian is responsible for prosecuting cases involving computer crime and violations of federal trademark and copyright law, acting as district legal counsel on computer-related legal issues, and providing training and support tothe district’s other federal prosecutors on technology matters.He graduated from Georgia Tech in 2001 and the Emory University School of Law in 2004. Following law school,he worked for the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins LLP, an international law firm,litigating cases involving copyright,trademarkand securitieslaw for clients including AOL, Careerbuilder.com and Orbitz. In 2006, he joinedthe U.S. Attorney’s Office in Savannah as an Assistant United States Attorney. He currently prosecutes a wide variety of federaloffenses in addition to computer crimes, including embezzlement,identity theft, and insurance and electionfraud.

]]><![CDATA[NEW MEETING LOCATION!!!]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:31:11 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/10/new-meeting-location.htmlNovember 19th will be the first meeting held at The Exchange.
6710 Waters Ave
Savannah, GA
31406

912-525-1148





]]><![CDATA[October 15, 2008 - How Search Engines Analyze Your Website]]>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:25:53 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/10/october-15-2008how-search-engines-analyze-your-website.htmlPlease join ITPA on October 15th as Joe Ippolito, President and Owner of Riverhorse Internet Marketing presents "How Search Engines Analyze Your Website."

]]><![CDATA[September 17th- The Creative Coast IT Connection]]>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:43:11 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/09/september-17ththe-creative-coast-it-connection.html

Charles Bennafield will join us for a discussion on the current efforts belonging to The Creative Coast and SEDA.  The newly founded organization, The Creative Coast IT Connection will develop, nurture and retain IT Talent throughout the creative coast!

]]><![CDATA[August 20th Speaker - Patrick Gray IT Inovations]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:46:33 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/07/august-20th-speakerpatrick-gray-it-initiatives.htmlPatrick Gray is the founder and President of the Prevoyance Group, located outside Charlotte, NC. Prevoyance Group focuses on providing IT Strategy consulting, which covers the "softer side" of IT, focusing on issues such as organizational structure, CIO/C-suite relationships and helping businesses make sense of technology trends. Past clients include CA, Gillette, Nissan, OfficeMax, Pitney Bowes, SAP and several other Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. Always exploring new ways to generate more value from IT, Patrick has published a multitude of articles and has been quoted numerous times in major publications such as the New York Times, CIO Magazine, and InfoWorld, and several in-flight magazines that have graced seatback pockets around the world. Patrick recently celebrated the publication of his first book: Breakthrough IT: Supercharging Organizational Growth Through Technology, published by John Wiley & Sons. Also active outside the consulting world, Patrick is also a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Connected Minds, an organization dedicated to capturing often-neglected perspectives of historical events.

]]><![CDATA[June 18: Storage]]>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:02:00 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/06/june-meeting.htmlITPA's June meeting will be held on Wednesday, 18th.  The topic is Storage and we have a speaker from Lefthand Networks joining us.  Please come and share in the knowledge to be gained from this meeting, we look forward to seeing you there.

]]><![CDATA[May 28: Election of Officers]]>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:30:33 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/04/may-21-election-of-officers.htmlDue to scheduling conflicts, our May meeting will be on the fourth Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn at 5711  Abercorn (next to Fresh Market center).  Lunch starts at 11:30.  We will be electing new officers for the next two years.  We have sent out nomination information to members. 

]]><![CDATA[April 18: VMware]]>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:39:15 +0700http://www.itpasavannah.org/1/post/2008/04/first-post.htmlApril's meeting will be at the Fairmont Restaurant  on Fairmont and Abercorn (behind Circuit City).

Our guest speaker for this meeting is Cleve Collins from  VMware .

Cleve will cover overall concepts of virtualization, benefits and how to get started with VMware solutions.



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