Catalyst 2012

TECHNOLOGY FUNDSHow Tech Scholarships Help Students Succeed

HIT WORKFORCE SUMMITKeeping Electronic Health Care InformationPrivate and Secure

AWARDS GALA"Feel The Beat" Technology Awards

EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGYIT as a Service: What Does it Mean for the Future of

IT Service Delivery?

PLANET OF THE APPSHow to Develop a Successful App

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

5JUMPSTART FOUUNDRY

11

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLPANNIG

21

TECH INNOVATION

27

FEATURED ARTICLES

What to do When Cutting-Edge Technology Losesit’s Edge

Supporting the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Protect What You Have as Best You Can

Why Nashville Is Friendly To Innovation

23

TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE 4 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

PAGE 5 RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

PAGE 7 TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

PAGE 11 JUMPSTART FOUNDRY

PAGE 13 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

PAGE 15 SOCIAL MEDIA

PAGE 17 HEALTHCARE PRIVACY AND SECURITY

PAGE 19 TECH FACTS

PAGE 21 BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING

PAGE 23 PLANET OF THE APPS

PAGE 25 EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY

PAGE 32SUMMER CAMP/ FIRST CAMP

PAGE 27 TECH INNOVATION

PAGE 33 NTC SPONSORS

PAGE 40 NTC CALENDAR

5 PAGE 16 TOP FIVE

PAGE 31RELATIONSHIPS MATTER!PAGE 9

TECHNOLOGY FUNDS

PAGE 37 SIGNAL SEEKERS

PAGE 35 VENTURE FOCUS

When Cutting-Edge Technology Loses Its Edge

How Tech Scholarships Help Students Succeed


Collaborative Effort to Address the Tech Workforce Issue in Middle Tennessee

Belmont University and NTC Get Social

Keeping Electronic Health Care InformationPrivate and Secure

Fun Facts About Technology

Protect What You Have as Best You Can

Welcome Letter From Chris Sloan Demand for Mobile Tech is on The Rise

IT as a Service: What Does it Mean for the Future of IT Service Delivery?

Why Nashville Is Friendly to Innovation

Relationships Are Key

Help Get Students Excited About Technology

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors

Entrepreneurs Pursue Venture Capital

NTC and the Wi-Fi Connection

Upcoming Events at the Tech Council

PAGE 39 LOOKING AND LEANING FORWARDThe Year Ahead at the Tech Council

PAGE 41 - 43 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT/NTC MEMBER DIRECTORY

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRWelcome to the 2012 Edition of Catalyst. As we move forward into 2012, I want to take

priorities for the coming year.

the coming months.

Chris Sloan

CATALYST EDITORIAL STAFF

Publisher: Liza Editor Writers: Liza Massey, Mollie McCormick, Leah Magee, Jessica Proofreading: Mollie Graphic Design: Jessica Contributors: Steve Chandler, Vanessa Frye, Vic Gatto, Kris Kelso, Sam Lingo, John Murdock, Sal Novin, Stephanie Oden, Robert

Administration: Mollie McCormick

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

"improperly handled e-waste can be hazardous to human health and the environment"

When Cutting-Edge Technology Loses Its Edge

do not last forever and no one wants last year’s technology

improperly handled e-waste can be hazardous to human health and the environment

One metric ton of electronic scrap from personal computers contains more gold than that recovered from 17 tons of gold ore

produce cleaner, less contaminated products

them."

of old or unwanted electronics. Do a good deed.

.

the item.

Get the facts.

Sims Recycling Solutions

www.simsrecycling.com

TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

2011 "Feel The Beat" Award Gala WinnersMollie McCormick

The Technology Awards Gala is the most anticipated event of the year…and for good reason! With a red carpet

gala draws over 500 attendees, 75 nominees, and 12 prestigious award winners each year and it is expected to

But why are the Technology Awards so important to our fair city? Each award category highlights a leader in the tech

Innovator of the Year Stephen Hau

Being

by the Nashville Technology Council and the local business community is a great honor for the team.

less than 10% of physicians

a sophisticated cloud-based platform that converts natural human input (such as handwriting) to structured data

frontiers of machine learning, the approach is completely

Company of the Year Qualifacts

company over the past few years. We are proud of our progress and inspired by

our potential.

www.qualifacts.com

Lifetime Achievement Beth Chase

also to tech organizations in the region.

The Awards provide

community.

and companies here.

By helping the entire tech community, I

persistence. We deal with people, process, and technology

years! entire community succeed.

team award

of them."www.c3-consult.com

IT Student Rachelle Holloman

Volunteer Andy Flatt

Green Company

Dsi

Social Media/Blogger

Lyndsay Rush and Centresource

Innovator Stephen Hau

Start-up Healthcare Productivity Automation

Software Engineer/Programmer

CISO Craig Zimberg

CTO

CIO Andy Flatt

Company

Qualifacts

Lifetime Achievement Beth Chase

TECHNOLOGY FUNDS

How Tech Scholarships Help Students SucceedMollie McCormick

Without the help of scholarships to deserving students in need, they may never be able to afford the education it

which helped me learn a lot of things. I

It got to the point where teachers were calling . My teachers

that was what I was going to do.

an Information Systems Management major with a Computer Science minor,

technical side. I became involved with the NTC in April 2009 at the Intern Nashville Meeting at Nashville State Community College, and have had so many opportunities because of that initial meeting HCA Healthcare

the fact that the technology world

Without the help of scholarships to deserving students in need, they may never be able to

Rachelle Hollomanlatest recipient of a NTC scholarship, tells her story of how

is in now.

"Scholarships take the stress off of focusing on how expensive shcool is and allows me to focus on getting a good job

to attend Belmont on an academic and Hope Lottery scholarship.

be so I can focus on getting a good job once I get out and not have to worry about how

organization. She recently won the 2011 IT Student

and a laptop from HP.

Technology Scholarship Fund in

creation, innovation, installation or maintenance of technology.

www.cfmt.org

Trevecca Nazarene

CollegeForTN.org

KeeAnthony Lindsley

Past Technology Scholarship Recipients

Elvis Encalada

scholarship. It looks like he

JUMPSTART FOUNDRY


Marcus WhitneyThe cost of

building an Internet based business, from infrastructure to bandwidth, has literally dropped

systems available on demand and at prices so low that a large IT budget is no longer a huge competitive advantage.”

strengthening of alternative cities as a home for technology start-ups

created to capitalize on these trends and catalyze

ecosystem intentionally. We need an interdependent community of entrepreneurs,capital sources, technologists, and educational/support providers. We all need one

company or investor can prosper alone.

"No single entrepreneur, company or

Jumpstart Foundrysuccessfully

short amount of time and with very little capital. We

This goal is intentionally very challenging to accomplish.

thing to witness.

Tod Fetherling

of entrepreneurship from Nashville’s community were

new opportunities for those who were fortunate and

endings. Our goal is to bring the community together while building valuable companies. It

also added angel investors and sponsors to strengthen the program.

The mentors and angels come together to launch

to be friends and building established technology businesses in Nashville as well.

love to involve more of the Nashville community in

www.jumpstartfoundry.com.

April AdenRoddy BaileyChris Blanz Brian BowmanBill BrennanAllen BrownMichael Burcham Sid ChamblessBeth Chase

Dr. Jeff Cornwall

David Corts

Drew FassettTod Fetherling

Vic GattoDr. Dave GilbertHarris GilbertScott Gordon

MicrosoftRajeev GuptaJamin Guy

Nicholas HollandDavid HooperBryan HuddelstonRob Humphreys David Klements

Don LeyrerDennis LyftogtChris McIntyre

Matt Mueller Matthew MusserJozef NuyensKate O’NeillRachael QuallsChristopher Rand

JJ RosenEric SatzSalil ShibadChris SloanAdam Solesby

Marcus Whitney

TECH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

1,044 open technology related positions

Nashville Technology Council, Nashville

Area Chamber of Commerce, and economic agencies for Metro Nashville and the State of Tennessee are important

keep them here.

careers, enhance technology related academic programs so that they more closely match the needs of the technology

According to Ralph Schulzof Commerce, "talent development is one of the four strategic drivers for the Partnership 2020 strategic plan

meet the health care-related talent needs.

Collaborative Effort to Address the Tech WorkforceIssue in Middle Tennessee

in

," states Liza Lowery

John Kepley Kent Fourman

Janet Miller, Chief Economic Development and

"Organically growing a pipeline of tech workers is a visionary, long term solution for developing the workforce necessary to

SOCIAL MEDIA

Belmont University and Nashville Technology Council Get Social

traditional rules:

classroom killer - Wikipedia.

distractions!”

Why not?

create an environment that fosters the principles of social media then live in-class tweeting was fair game. In fact, we

Real learning requires a real client. Nashville Technology Council

Coordinator, answered the tweet and along with Leah

given to present each plan with ideas ranging from large

is that social media is becoming a real function of

can no longer accept hiring interns that do not have an eye

priority of marketing. Having social media as part of

TOP F

IVE

NASHVILLE1. Tractor Supply Co2. HealthSpring Inc

Dollar General CorpGenesco Inc

Inc

TOP FIVE5TO

P FIV

E DIGITAL CITIES

3. Nashville

TOP F

IVE MAJORS IN NASHVILLE

2011

2. General Technology

Technology

TOP F

IVE TECH HIRING COMPANIES

IN MIDDLE TN

TOP F

IVE TECHNOLOGIES 2011

TOP F

IVE

POSITIONS IN MIDDLE TN 1. Developer2. Analyst

HEALTHCARE PRIVACY AND SECURITY

Keeping Electronic Health Care InformationPrivate and Secure

Even if a company is compliant, how do they ensure that their data sharing partners are in compliance?

and recommendations.

Health Care IT Privacy and Security Consortia KPMG, is

produce a body of .

Even if a company is

ensure that their data sharing partners are in compliance?

Technology and HealthSpring...a Leading Combination.

Follow Us:

security protections enacted under HIPAA. It also increases enforcement

increases complexity and potentially costs for health care companies.

do not want to go through different audit processes for each and every partner

increase security, compliance and assurance while limiting the cost and disruption of multiple audits of the same entities

10 REASONS WE NEED E-HEALTH RECORDS

Records In Less Space

Records

Healthspring Ad

Based in Nashville, HealthSpring is one of the country’s

largest and fastest-growing coordinated care plans with

OVER 200 IT PROFESSIONALS and growing. Serving members from Houston to Baltimore,

HealthSpring is setting the standard for information

technology in the healthcare industry. It’s an exciting

place to be for IT professionals wanting more.

At HealthSpring, we build a deep understanding of our

members and how to deliver the care they need. !at’s why we

partner with doctors and provide them with extra tools to give

our members the time, attention, and quality care they deserve.

It’s a common-sense model, but an uncommon practice.

Learn more at:www.healthspring.com

TECH FACTS

160 billion emails are

sent daily, 97% of which are

spam.

1 response to

every 12 million emails they send.

www.symbolics.comdomain name registered online.

Almost half the people online have

at least THREE

All three letterfrom aaa.com to zzz.com are

already registered as domain names.

10,000 Patents

400 tweets per minute containing

a

one billion

Each person receives 26.4 e-mails a day on average.

51% of shoppers used their mobile device to help make an in-store

97%read a text message within 15

minutes of receiving it; 84 % will respond within 1 hour.

In 1972

Al Pacino’s Face was on the original

Top 10 Most Viral News Stories of 2011

1. Satellite Photos of Japan

2. What teachers really want to tell parents

No, your zodiac sign hasn’t changed

Father Daughter Dance Medley

At funeral, dog mourns the death of Navy SEAL

7.

Dog in Japan stays by the side of ailing friend in the rubble

Giant crocodile captured alive in Philippines

10. New Zodiac Sign Dates: Ophiuchus The 13th Sign?

Twitter 1300 percent

123456 is the all-time most popular email password

listed on eBay was a

First iPod Secret Easter Egg

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING

personal and professional life.

stands still.

evolving in complexity, emerging from ever changing

So what can be done to protect what is important to us?

No business can be completely secure without a plan in place to continue operations in an emergency.

Protect What You Have As Best You Can

planning team to determine the exact content of the plan,

maintained.

Which company

would you rather be?

steps necessary to protect employees, operations and

and then some.

of personal and professional resiliency.

Robert Preininger is the owner of Business Survival Partners and provides direction and guidance to companies interested in planning for the safety of their employees and surviving threats to their operations. Call or click: 615.878.4342 or [email protected] to learn

Many companies are aware that digital is a massive opportunity but are unclear about exactly what to do. Deloitte can help you harness the business opportunities created by 2.0. It’s a complex, largely unproven world, and taking the right actions needs the

informed guidance of an expert. Make a point of visiting www.deloitte.com

What’s the point of your digital strategy?

As used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, and Deloitte Tax LLP, which are separate subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.All services are provided within the rules and regulations applicable under the practice of public accounting.

Copyright © 2011 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited 36 USC 22056

www.

PLANET OF THE APPS

Demand for Mobile Tech is on The Rise

facing lenses now, which make it easier than ever to

to capitalize on.

create shopping portals

iPads are increasingly used in classroom settings across all grade levels, and in tandem with other

Developers are creating apps that work with every

mobile recruiting

applications have become just as vital an accessory.

Doubtful.

directions even now.

set thermostats and much more

connectivity.

the camera

In addition to the portability and "nifty" factors, why the massive and speedy surge to mobile apps? Three reasons:

Currently, only 7 percent of employers use a mobile compatible site for job postings and only 3 percent have gone with a native app, thus leaving plenty of room

Build Bigger — And Better

most important next step is creating the development

STEP 1 Determine the platform in which the application will be built

the penetration of smart devices is dictated. It is

Android Market, and determine the date in which

approved and placed in the store.

STEP 2 decide the code base in which the app will be developed

allows developers to create native applications.

take some time to research and learn more

development.

STEP 3important. Deciding whether or not the app will

ads, a free and a paid version of the app and

If a free app with ads is chosen, an ad platform

STEP 4 . Which

that will need to access the contacts list or the

develop the app properly.

While in the development stage, another important

STEP 5reach the intended target audience

STEP 6 Finally, the app is built and ready for launch!

expectations. Centresource Interactive can do just

Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood.

EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY

IT as a Service: What Does it Mean for the Future of IT Service Delivery?

The following article is based in part on research I conducted as a Senior Fellow for the Center for Digital Government (CDG), which resulted in my development of many of these concepts and eventual publication of the whitepaper "IT-As-A-Service in State and Local Government" by CDG.

Information technology service delivery has evolved since introduction

employees within organizations still needed to share information and

consolidation

cloud computing

economic times make collaboration

Infrastructure as a Serviceservers, storage and even entire data centers, Platform as a Service

Software as a Service

service level agreements.

"Enterprise systems coupled with expanding connectivity options, led to creation of virtual organizations – ones in which the boundaries between organizationsare blurred by

would truly be business driven since the end result could be the elimination of traditional internal IT departments.

Sounds too good to be true, you say.

this direction. It’s just one more step in the evolution of IT service delivery.

TECH INNOVATION

Why Nashville Is Friendly To Innovation

this time, it simply cannot compare to my less than one

COST OF LIVINGAmong the many attractive

me afford new tools and software; I also experienced

BIG COMPANIES

and they also provide a safety net in case a new

recognition helped me overcome

for a Canadian whose only

Mandrell and the Mandrell

could sense there was a great spirit in the

watch it grow with time.

share and network among

TIME

working nights and weekends trying to realize a dream.

move, other organizations like Deloitte,

ever increasing list of health care

top talent.

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

pace and a way of life that makes it

shift gears and take a moment to smell

home, and it is always fascinating to hear

more and more reasons to also choose

Sal Novin is the CEO of Healthcare Productivity Automation. He also won a Technology Council Award for "Innovator Of The Year". www.hpapro.com

"For every reason – shared or personal – it’s essential that future entrepreneurs have more and more reasons to also choose Nashville, and continue to grow it

© 2011 ManpowerGroup. All rights reserved.

Brad Kimbler Business Development Manager401 Commerce St. Nashvil le, TN 615.770.2828

PEAK PERFORMANCEIS HUMANLY POSSIBLELast year, companies brought us 100,000 IT challenges. Why? Experis™ IT helps clients improve business performance cost-effectively through project solutions and professional resourcing.

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For more information on how Sims Recycling Solutions can help aid in managing your end-of-life electronics, contact us today.

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Local Pickups Provided

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Data Capture Capabiliities

Publicly Traded Company

Located in the Nashville area, Sims Recycling Solutions - LaVergne is one of the largest electronics recycling plants in the world that provides acomprehensive solution to all your asset disposition or corporate sustainability objectives.

It not only serves the electronics recycling needs of the Southeast US, the facility also plays host to our state-of-the-art near infrared plastics separator and metal sensing technologies. Small business, mid-sized companies and the largest manufacturers know about LaVergne’s capabilities first-hand -- and rely on Sims to responsibly and competently manage their end of life assets.

RELATIONSHIPS MATTER

Relationships Are Key

some other piece of information. value of the data.

The same concept applies to modern computingFrom a server to a smartphone,

the value is not in the computing power of the device itself, but in its ability to communicate with potentially millions of other devices

creating, managing, and optimizing relationships.

they are the value.

!

Relationships are just as important among people

realizes his or her own self-worth.

maintain lines of communication and to build new ones open to meeting new people, recognizing that each new node on the

One of the greatest qualities of Nashville as a technology community is the strength of the relationships that have developed and continue to grow

the value is in the relationships.

"Rare is the electronic device that does not communicate with

SUMMER CAMP / FIRST CAMP

Help Get Students Excited About Technology

importance of technology and how it ultimately affects Middle Tennessee and the technology community as a whole

Girls TEC

the various technology careers available.

World of Possibilities” Career Fair, Guys CAN Camp, and Nashville Technology Council FirstCamp. Each of these events allows

technology is applied to their everyday lives.

It is important to continuously put technology opportunities in front of students

everywhere and it is here to stay!

With over 1,000 technology jobs waiting to be

get students interested and aware of the various

NTC SPONSORS

TECH DIAMONDS

Sponsors.

TECH TITANS

TECH TITANS

TECH UNDERWRITERS

TECH PATRONS

VENTURE FOCUS

Entrepreneurs Pursue Venture Capital

12 minutes to complete the following process.

Interest the VC in your idea. Purpose, Problem, and Solution

single, declarative sentence that resonates with investors

2: Convince the VC the time for your idea is now. A good idea at the wrong time makes as

why isn’t everyone, or anyone else, doing it?

that delivers the solution you provided, and a business model to repeatedly deliver on that promise at scale

you have the right team in place

6. Show them the money!

investor.

over 100 professional mentors, dozens of corporate sponsors, and programming

If you want to launch your technology company, we can help.www.entrepreneurcenter.com

1. .

2. .

Spending too much.

SIGNAL SEEKERS

NTC and the Wi-Fi Connection

signal-seekers, plugging-in is now an indispensable part of our lives

two or more

In order to provideand maintain this public service, we rely on the generous support of sponsors , Resource Communications Group, Intel and Country Music Association

. We hope

Whether we’re looking up bus schedules or tweeting pictures, Wi-Fi has become a basic tool of

Leah Magee on one of the many Nashville rooftops she’s been on installing Wi-Fi.

The large crowd at the 2011 CMA Festival who rely on the free Wi-Fi connection.

LOOKING AND LEANING FORWARD

the term conjures an image that is especially relative to technology professionals. Even

C3 Consulting

focus on the three R’s of recruitment, retooling, and retraining

Entrepreneur Center, Nashville Chamber, Nashville Health Care Council and ISSA WIT, SIM

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

writing and getting other to write articles, proofreading, and getting sponsors and advertisers.

Liza Lowery Massey

“The front line of healthcare is here.”

— Tom Stephenson, CEO

What makes Nashville the ideal place for hospital companies and their IT partners to grow?

Proud to be a health IT partner for: ! Behavioral Centers of America! Community Health Systems! Haven Behavioral Healthcare

! LifePoint Hospitals! Quorum Health Resources (QHR)! RegionalCare Hospital Partners

Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. (HMS) has a 27-year history of innovation and growth in Nashville. We serve more than 700 community and specialty hospitals throughout the United States, and our Nashville headquarters’ presence has grown to more than 400 employees.

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.® 3102 West End Avenue, Suite 400, Nashville, TN 37203Phone: 615.383.7300 Fax 615.844.7499 www.hmstn.com

Advocat Inc

Alert Logic

Alltech, Inc.AmMed Direct

Anthony-Denmark

Applied Information

AvankiaAvaya

Cannon, Inc.

NTC MEMBER DIRECTORY

CDW

Claritas Capital

Clearwater Compliance, LLC

LLC.Comdata

Conexess

DeloitteDex Imaging and Mailing

Direct Administration Inc.

Dreamline

Dynamic Edgeedo Interactive, Inc.

Emdeon

Emma, Inc.

espaces, inc.

Engineering

iDesign, Inc.

InfoWorks, Inc.Ingenix

IntelInternetwork Engineering

LetterLogic, Inc.

Magazines.com, LLC

McAfee

MDE Enterprises, Inc.

Meridian Leasing

Microsoft Corporation

MindLinx, LLC

MyWerx, LLC



Advertising

Inc

tw telecom

Engineering

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