ChatOps - Communicating with the speed of DevOps
1719_ 5/4/15 - AppliedTrust brings practical expertise to IT operations, and they can help you tackle the challenges of compliance, cost-cutting, stability, or any other operational issues that are hampering your organization’s IT department.
       Strategic planning and architecture are critical building blocks of any well-performing IT environment, but the way in which your environment operates and how your resources perform on an ongoing basis are the true measures of success. It’s essential that your organization’s IT operations align with your strategic vision and defined architectures, and that they are continually measured and improved upon in order to maximize your company’s effectiveness while minimizing your expenses.
      With many years in the technical trenches, AppliedTrust engineers have extensive experience in helping organizations improve their IT operations. Whether it’s defining and implementing a change management process, or developing configuration standards to ensure a consistent server environment, determining the life cycle of your IT assets, or providing hands-on 7x24x365 management of critical platforms, AppliedTrust can help you get the job done efficiently and effectively. Throughout the process, we’ll focus on knowledge transfer to ensure you team has the skills and the tools necessary for ongoing success.
      To give an actionable next step to any team of any size, that wants to do ChatOps, IRC is a technology that’s been around since the 80s. It’s great and it’s free. More modern solutions include HipChat.com and Slack.com. Those solutions both have free options and are available to any team with a web browser. So really, ChatOps and the benefits of DevOps are in the reach of any team. This is a technology within reach, if you can use email, you’ll be comfortable with this. To learn more about how AppliedTrust can assist with your IT operations, give us a call at (303) 245-4545 or contact us online.
RELATED LINKS: AppliedTrust Home || We Are Hiring || IT Security || AppliedTrust Channel History || KEYWORDS: ChatOps, Trent Hine, Ned McClain, AppliedTrust, Secure DevOps, Communicating, Software, Extraordinarily Integrated Way, Startup to the SMB, Enterprise, > bytes=6556842
LISTEN TO: Trent Hein & Ned McClain, AppliedTrust

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Covering Brand Identity Strategies and Marketing Tips
1721_ 5/4/15 - "Good Design Is Good Business: Business Builder Updates" is a free monthly E-newsletter that has an emphasis on information about creating and building your visual identity and positioning your business in a competitive market. Topics are geared toward helping entrepreneurs, business owners and those involved in building a successful business from the ground up. The publication is two years old and is created by Mike Hamers of Lightspeed Commercial Arts. Besides having his work represented in a number of graphic design books, Mike has won dozens of national graphic design awards for logo and stationery design, consumer packaging, book cover design, "Best Use of Typography" and font creation. Topics include: Color is the Key to Brand Identity, How To Write Winning Tag lines for Successful Brand Positioning, How To Make Your Website User-Friendly, How To Make a Landing Page that Converts, Effective Infographics, Why Fonts Matter, and more. You can access the full text of all issues on Mike Hamers’ website, www.Lightspeedca.net and click on 'Newsletters'. Get it emailed directly to you – use the Sign-up button near the bottom of that page or email your request to Mike at mike@Lightspeedca.net.
RELATED LINKS: Free Newsletter Subscription || Lightspeed Home page || In the News || KEYWORDS: Michael Hamers, LightSpeed Commercial Arts, Good Design IS Good Business, Positioning, Brand Identity, Newsletter, Graphic Design, Marketing,
Article by: Michael Hamers, LightSpeed Commercial Arts

1715_ 4/27/15 -
They have a powerful membership and dynamic programs
ACG Membership is open to middle market business executives, investors and service providers involved with corporate growth, divestitures and M&A activities. Their goal is to build a membership organization promoting an affinity relationship among our members and a sense of member ownership of, and pride towards, ACG. ACG Global - 14,000 members worldwide, "ACG is everywhere!" ACG Denver is the largest, most dynamic chapter "No one focused on the Middle Market, business owners were frustrated - until ACG filled that void. And we fill that void for the entire country and beyond. Now ACG is the voice of the Middle Market." We are a member organization and...Check them out...they have a powerful membership, dynamic programs...in other words, information, and connections that can really help your business growth and profits...
RELATED LINKS: ACG Denver || ACG Denver Channel || ACG Global || ACG Membership || KEYWORDS: Middle Market, Business Executives, Investors, Service Providers, Corporate Growth, Divestiture, M&A Activities, Association of Corporate Growth

Architecture is key to maximizing the value of your data
1717_ 4/27/15 - Alignment of your architecture to specific use cases is key to maximizing the value of your data. We are here at C-Level @ A Mile High, sponsored by CTA, the Colorado Technology Association, and we are talking with Dale Wetmore, Senior Account Executive with Cloudera Solution Architects. Dale explains, "Our goal is to ensure your infrastructure outperforms standards at every stage of the Big Data lifecycle. Cloudera Solutions Architects draw on the most significant Hadoop knowledge base, documenting hundreds of deployments across all industries to configure your cluster to use-case specifications and fine-tune to avoid downstream issues. Listen for more information about the various applications of Big Data and more...
RELATED LINKS: Cloudera || CTA C-Level @ A Mile High || Colorado Technology Association || PodCast Directory || KEYWORDS: Dale Wetmore, Cloudera, Solution Architects, Big Data, CTA C-Level @ A Mile High, Colorado Technology Association, Hadoop cluster, Tech Industry, bytes=2847454
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Accelerating the global eco system
1711_ 4/20/15 - Seven years ago, Larry interviewed David Cohen and his partner, David Brown. They had a very unique idea, the question in our minds was, would it work? Today we're talking with David Cohen, Founder/Chairman, TechStars and he said, "Well, in 20 years we'll know. We've got 13 more to go. It seems like it's working, but with venture capital you never know." Ah, but we know they're doing fantastic and growing all the time. TechStars has built a great team. David says, "That's one of the things I'm most proud of. We're up to about 70 people now. People, people, people. That's what makes any startup work, and I think that's what makes TechStars work. It's an honor to work with so many amazing people across the world. Today we're running 18 different accelerator programs a year. So the footprint is pretty extensive now, all across America, in Berlin and London... starting to expand internationally. We think there is a lot of opportunity there." TechStars mantra, 'Give first, try to be helpful to everybody!
RELATED LINKS: TechStars || TechStars Blog || Disney Accelerator || TechStars 7th Anniversary Video || TechStars Locations || KEYWORDS: TechStars, David Cohen, Disney Accelerator, Brad Feld, David Brown, Jared Polis, Nicole Glaros, Boulder CO, Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Technology Startups, bytes=5696682
LISTEN TO: David Cohen, Chairman/Founder, TechStars

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Providing insights to tech industry job seekers
1713_ 4/20/15 - We are here at C-Level @ A Mile High, sponsored by Colorado Technology Association, and we've corralled UB Ciminieri Creative Director, JobberTechTalk. UB explains JobberTechTalk is trying to give people interested in jobs in the tech industry some insight into the innovation coming all across the industry. That's not just those you think of as a tech company, but places like RTD for example, they're doing some amazing things. So we're trying to give voice to the leaders of those types of organizations, to tell their story and what's going on in tech. So that people looking for jobs really get a good idea and maybe find a cultural fit. But, to better understand where they might be going for a job. Larry asked UB for some examples. "Yes. For new developers coming out of programs and some of the things they're learning..." There’s more…
RELATED LINKS: Jobber Tech Talk || CTA C-Level @ A Mile High || Colorado Technology Association || Software Channel || KEYWORDS: Ub Ciminieri, Jobber Tech Talk, CTA C-Level @ A Mile High, Colorado Technology Association, Tech Industry Jobs, Innovation, IT Career, > bytes=4271859
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Your Ultimate Win
The Ultimate Win™ - Achieving Personal & Professional Satisfaction An in-depth strategic planning and goal setting system for achievers. Here's a win/win! You can enjoy the full benefits of this online program, including the entire audio and downloadable resource guide... totally free. All we ask in return is some honest feedback. Tens of thousands people around the world have heard the program either in a live seminar or on cassette tapes. We are launching this as a "for sale" program on the Web very soon. Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated. If you have a friend or colleague that you think would enjoy and participate in our "beta" test, please feel free to pass along this link and invitation. There is no cost to them. All your information and input will be confidential.

Technology and the hottest new Murphy Bed in the world
1720_ 5/4/15 - Ron McKey, Founder and President of FlyingBeds International, Inc., is fired up about the new Italian Murphy Bed systems from Italy. Just introduced two weeks ago at the Milan show, [after a year of testing], this is the hottest new Murphy Bed in the world. That is a free standing Murphy Bed that does not attach to the floor or wall !
      The Colombo Family, Francesco and Lino have continually improved and invented unique Murphy Bed styles with a guiding emphasis to manufacturing the most compact Murphy Bed system in the world. Most models store away into only 11” of wall space depth.
      In only 11” this Italian family has made a steel framed platform that has a unique wood-slat foundation supporting your choice of mattress. A firm High Density Urethane Foam or the popular Memory Foam composition. You will not be sacrificing any impression of comfort in thinking this 6" mattress is less than the 13" mattress we have grown to accept as the American standard. The secret is the ‘foundation’ of this sleep system – it’s not built into the mattress, but built into the wood slat, steel framed foundation. Same comfort, different principle of achieving it. You’ll have to visit Ron’s site, FlyingBeds.com or ItalianMurphyBeds.com, to download your copy of this great catalog. Or better yet, give Ron a call and he’ll send a hard copy to you. This is great news for those overflow visitors up in Aspen – finally a comfortable evening’s sleep!
RELATED LINKS: FlyingBeds || Italian Murphy Beds || Entrepreneurs || KEYWORDS: Ron McKey, Murphy Beds, FlyingBeds, Wall Beds, Italian Smart Beds, Colombo Family, Francesco, Lino, > bytes=7011163
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Brad Feld fingerprints all over, a huge champion
1714_ 4/27/15 - "We take a little bit of common stock in each company, so we're actually investing. And then we have venture funds so we're managing around $280 million of venture capital around the TechStars system so we can certainly follow on with the most promising companies. The way we use that venture capital is we co-invest alongside the community. So if a company goes to the accelerator, after they've gotten the $120 K from us, let's say they're going to raise a million or two. We might chip into that, a few hundred thousand of that out of our funds. If they go on to raise tens of millions, we might be a million or two of that. Right, so we're co-investment capital, helping these companies grow alongside the rest of the community. Brad Feld has been a huge part of that, he's one of the original founders though he's never been active in the business, but he is a huge champion for what we do and his fingerprints are all over what we do. He's been a tremendous mentor to me in terms of the venture fund, as have all of the guys at Foundry Group…"
RELATED LINKS: TechStars || TechStars Blog || TechStars 7th Anniversary Video || TechStars Locations || Foundry Group || KEYWORDS: TechStars, David Cohen, Disney Accelerator, Brad Feld, David Brown, Jared Polis, Nicole Glaros, Boulder CO, Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Technology Startups, bytes=6403033
LISTEN TO: David Cohen, Chairman, TechStars

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Use your core values as a touchstone for your daily work
1716_ 4/27/15 - We are here at C-Level @ A Mile High, sponsored by Colorado Technology Association, and we are talking with Mark Endry, CIO of ARCADIS which is a leading global, natural and built asset design and consultancy firm working in partnership with their clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. They have 28,000 people who generate $3.8 billion in revenues. They support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. Listen to Mark and check out their website...
RELATED LINKS: Arcadis || CTA C-Level @ A Mile High || Colorado Technology Association || In the News || KEYWORDS: Mark Endry, Arcadis, CTA C-Level @ A Mile High, Colorado Technology Association, Air Quality, Land Resources, Carbon Management, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, > bytes=3594347
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Using a framework called
Secure Dev Ops
1710_ 4/20/15 - Going back a number of years when we heard about security threats, few understood the consequence, many thought it was just a sales pitch… But we've all learned it's much more - Effective security is a life saver. Applied Trust solves hard IT problems and they do that using a framework called 'Secure Dev Ops'. At the highest level Secure Dev Ops is at least two things. The unification of development and operations. Those two parts of a traditional IT organization - we add the third leg, security. Often times we say security has been the pariah of IT, tucked off in a corner in its own little department - and maybe a little bit of conflict between the rest of the business. The reality is we are in a space where we have to bring those together in an extraordinarily integrated way. Today we can apply the dev ops principles to any business, no matter what size - if they use software this helps - and is relevant from the startup to the SMB to the enterprise... Listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: AppliedTrust Home || We Are Hiring || IT Security || AppliedTrust Channel History || KEYWORDS: Trent Hine, Ned McClain, AppliedTrust, Secure Dev Ops, IT Problems, Software, Extraordinarily Integrated Way, Startup to the SMB, Enterprise, bytes=7332992
LISTEN TO: Trent Hine & Ned McClain, Co-CEOs, AppliedTrust

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When you recycle there's a lot of power and energy involved
1712_ 4/20/15 - Here at C-Level @ A Mile High 2015, we are running into so many industry leaders. It's a super exciting event. We've snatched Gary Seaber, CEO/Founder of IT Liquidators for a little chat. We asked Gary to tell our listeners about IT Liquidators. "We've been in business for 12 years this June. We buy excess technology from companies that are in transition. So as they upgrade to new equipment or downsize, whether they merge or consolidate. We're actually interested in buying from companies, their older technology. We bring that older equipment into our refurbishment center in Denver, upgrade and resell it online. We want to help companies create a sustainable model of reuse instead of just sending it to a recycler who charges you 35-cents a pound to take it away, I want to pay them for their remarket-able equipment. We also insure that any data left on that equipment is wiped to DOD standards, and...
RELATED LINKS: IT Liquidators || CTA C-Level @ A Mile High || Colorado Technology Association || Interview 2013 || KEYWORDS: Gary Seaber, IT Liquidators, CTA C-Level @ A Mile High, Colorado Technology Association, Recycle, Refurbishment Center, Sustainable Model of Reuse, bytes=4856166
LISTEN TO: Gary Seaber, CEO, IT Liquidators

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