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What’s New on TAG TV October 27 to 31, 2008?
Posted by Kimberly
From a Tech Week video review of last week’s news and the response to speech commands by virtual assistant Nichole to the evolution of the massively multiplayer game PlaneShift, the future of technology according to Google’s CEO and a humorist’s look at our place in the universe, a new show is featured every day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.
Monday: Tech Week 10/24/08 in Review
Get the low down on all the latest news and tech rumors from the past week. After a brief chat about the dollar and pound exchange, learn news about Motorola’s introduction of a $2000 phone, “Hacintosh” rumors and more. 6 minutes
Tuesday: Virtual Assistant Nicole Responds to Speech Commands
Virtual Nicole from Guile3D is used for a Massey University Smart-House experiment, as she searches the Internet via speech commands and more. 4 minutes
Wednesday: How a Massively Multiplayer Open Source Game Develops
Tech Talks explores the MMO PlaneShift game project development since 2001 and how the design was influenced by the strengths and weaknesses of the team structure and the community. 59 minutes
Thursday: The Future of Technology
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, speaks at Bloomberg headquarters on October 20, 2008 in New York City about the amazing technologies of now and the future of technology. 58 minutes
Friday: TGIF, Our Place in the Universe?
Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a story on TedTalks about aliens, physics, time, science, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love. 18 minutes
Other TAG TV Features: Tech Talk on TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!
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What’s New?
Silverton Bank a Finalist for Georgia Technology Award
Posted by Ariel Killen
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Silverton Bank, a leading national correspondent bank based in Atlanta, was recently honored as a finalist in the Mid-Sized Company category at the fourth annual Excalibur Awards, presented by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). Silverton Bank was nominated by Abel Solutions, Inc. for their TBBConnect product, an innovative Web-based communications solution and the main transaction processing system for over 600 community financial institutions nationwide.
Silverton Bank’s proprietary TBBConnect product offers financial organizations a highly secure system for managing their account information and conducting financial transactions such as ACH originations, FRB services, domestic wire transfers, and OFAC / SDN scanning, as well as international services, including funds transfers and foreign drafts.
“I was deeply impressed by the range and quality of the companies represented in the ceremonies,” said Earl Howell, Silverton Bank’s chief operating officer. “Getting into the finalist group is exceptional recognition of our technology, our staff and the business partners that make up Silverton Bank.”
Established in 2005, the Excalibur Awards were founded by TAG to recognize Georgia’s “techenabled” companies who demonstrate exceptional competency in utilizing technology to enhance their business. Nominees were judged on a variety of criteria, including the complexity of the problem, creativity of the solution, the return on investment and business results. TAG is a nonprofit organization made up of over 6,000 members representing technology leaders from over 1,500 Georgia-based companies.
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What’s New on TAG TV October 20 – 24, 2008?
Posted by Kimberly
From the story behind the new Macbook and Paula Abdul’s celebrity home technology makeover to some of Gartner’s top 10 strategic technology picks, how to be a Twitter super star and a funny Friday look at trailer park “technologies,” a new show is featured every day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.
Monday: The Technology and Design of the New Macbook
The process of turning a chunk of aluminum into a powerful computer is documented, including the technology and design behind the new Macbook. 8 minutes
Tuesday: A Celebrity Home Technology Makeover
American Idols Paula Abdul gets a home technology makeover on pc.com. 5 minutes
Wednesday: Gartner’s Top Strategic Technologies
What are some of the top 10 strategic technologies for companies presented at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Orlando 2008? 3 minutes
Thursday: How to be a Twitter Super Star
EPIC FU (Where tech and culture get it on) gives a run down on all the Twitter social networking tools needed to be a pro. 10 minutes
Friday: Kozy Corner Trailer Park Technologies
TGIF: The trailer park pastor and the city slicker compare technologies. 4 minutes
Other TAG TV Features: Tech Talk on TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!
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Identifying and Seizing Upon Market Trends
Posted by Kimberly
TAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs held their most recent meeting on October 2nd. Mike Eckert, former CEO of The Weather Channel and Pathfire, Inc., presented on the rols trends play in business planning. Too often technology start-ups fall into the trap of becoming “technologies chasing a market” and evolve into unsuccessful business endeavors. In today’s complex world, as entrepreneurs plan their technology start-ups, beyond only considering technology trends or their own assumptions, they must also consider other types of trends (aging population, mercurial economy, terrorism), or they run the risk of missing potential opportunities. As importantly, they also run the risk of missing business risks and threats.
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What’s New on TAG TV October 13 to 17, 2008?
Posted by Kimberly
From a virtual tour of the futuristic technologies built into the Bill Gates house and the Blackberry Storm features that may challenge the iPhone to “Laura,” the prototype robotic receptionist working at Microsoft, Discovery Channel’s look at the impact of technology on humans, and a funny TGIF look at grandma preparing for digital TV, a new show is featured every day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.
Monday: A Tour of the Bill Gates Home Technologies
A virtual tour of the Bill Gates home, created by the architects of the house, detail the incredible technologies built in that may someday be found in your home. 3 minutes
Tuesday: The New Blackberry Storm Revealed
MegWhat Tech Week in View for 10/10/08 reveals the features of the Blackberry Storm, the new ultimate-in-one-package device, that may challenge the iPhone. 2 minutes
Wednesday: Meet “Laura,” the Robotic Receptionist
Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie says the industry is on the “cusp” of making computing more “humanistic.” To demonstrate, he shares video of a prototype robotic receptionist at work at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond. 2 minutes
Thursday: Discovery Channel, Next World
What is the impact of technology on the future of humans? Are we becoming machines? Where do we end and the technology end? The Discovery Channel explores. 10 minutes
Friday: TGIF, Grandma Prepares for Digital TV
Watch a funny technology-vs-the-older-generation PSA about Grandma retrofitting her TV for the digital switch in early 2009. Preparing the remote control in the microwave? 2 minutes
Other TAG TV Features: Tech Talk on TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!
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What’s up with Twitter?
Posted by Tino
Since I am President of a technology association I often “dip my tow in the water” in respect to participating in some of the web 2.0 tools. I first became aware of Twitter about 6 months ago when I learned that someone was “following me”. My first reaction was to ask myself why is someone following me...are they some kind of stalker? Well; that wasn’t quite my reaction, but I suppose it could have been. Since then I have done an occasional twit, and actually follow a few people.
I am sure, with ample research, I could understand the original intent of Twitter, or someone may want to respond to my blog who is more in the know. If I had any say as to how it should work it would be more along the lines of people conveying information that is actually important. Maybe it’s just that I see myself as all business about business, but I don’t really need to know if you went out and bought an ice cream for lunch or if your washing machine broke down. This really could be a good tool if everyone could just agree to talk about things that make a difference.
Wouldn’t this be a good topic for Andy Rooney to discuss on 60 minutes?
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Tripp Rackley to Address Entrepreneurs on November 6th
Posted by Tino
When considering who are Georgia’s top, active, serial entrepreneurs, I would suggest that Tripp Rackley be given some consideration. Come hear his story firsthand at the next TAG/ATDC Entrepreneur Society meeting.
More about Tripp…
Each year, nearly 600,000 businesses are launched in the United States. Many will succeed, while others fail. How can you be sure that your start-up will be one of the lucky ones? Aside from being consumed with your budding idea and pulling long hours at the kitchen table trying to get it off the ground, what else can you expect as an entrepreneur and what are the secrets to building a successful business?
In his 13 year career, “serial entrepreneur” and Firethorn Chief Executive Officer Tripp Rackley has built two companies from the ground up, leading both to successful, profitable acquisitions.
His first venture, nFront, was an Internet banking solutions provider for financial institutions and was sold to Digital Insight (now an Intuit company), giving $750 million in value back to the nFront shareholders. Digital Insight’s acquisition of nFront brought together two of the leaders in Internet banking technology and ushered in a new era of e-commerce.
His latest venture, mobile financial services provider Firethorn, is poised to forever change the way consumers use their cell phones. The company allows consumers to perform banking transactions on their mobile devices with ease and convenience. Only in its second year since its public launch, Firethorn has already signed partnerships with more top financial institutions and wireless carriers and is certified on more handsets and platforms than any other provider in the industry. In 2007, Rackley led Firethorn to a $210 million sale to Qualcomm, Inc.
Join Rackley as he shares insight into building a successful start-up venture, avoiding the pitfalls along the way and increasing your odds of success.
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What’s New on TAG TV October 6 to 10, 2008?
Posted by Kimberly
From CIO interviews at the recent Information Week 500 Conference and how to get press coverage for your technology company to the state of Connecticut’s Tech Council’s award similar to TAG’s Excalibur and Geek Pad, the new Comedy.com series for this week’s TGIF entry, a new show is featured every day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.
Monday: The Most Important Skills for a Business-Technology Manager
TechWebTV spoke with a few CIOs at the recent InformationWeek 500 Conference about the most important skills for business technology executives to possess. 4 minutes
Tuesday: What are the Most Overrated Technologies?
Continuing with interviews from the Information Week 500 Conference, TechWebTV asked IT executives what are the most overrated technologies. What’s yours? 3 minutes
Wednesday: How to Get Press Coverage for Your Tech Company
Joe Connolly, Wall Street Journal Business Correspondent for WCBS News Radio 880 shares his view on what it takes to capture the ear of a reporter so they will share your story with the world for free. 5 minutes
Thursday: Another State’s Tech Award, Compare it to TAG’s Excalibur Award!
In honor of tomorrow’s Excalibur Awards program, look at one of the Connecticut Technology Council’s 2008 awards to a manufacturing company that used technology to create a state-of-the-art facilty and product, then compare Excalibur’s winners! 2 minutes
Friday: Geek Pad, a New Series from Comedy.com
TGIF: Enjoy the debut episode of Geek Pad, Comedy.com’s new technology and gadget series. In this episode, the kissable robot, Facebook for sale, the weighing seat, and a new service called Get Me Out Of Here. 38,000+ views in 5 days! 3 minutes
Other TAG TV Features: TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!
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TechJournal South is looking for the most influential people in the Southeast technology community.
Posted by Amanda Shook
TechJournal South is looking for nominations of some of the most influential people in the Southeast technology community.
They might be CEOs, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, leaders of tech-related organizations, or behind the scenes folks not everyone knows about.
They should be people who have deep influence in a given market (Atlanta, Northern Virginia, Florida’s high tech corridor, NC’s Research Triangle) or are influential throughout the region.
The nominations must be received by Oct. 15. Send replies to TechJournal South Editor Allan Maurer at .
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