The Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce Information Technology Council (ITC) is seeking nominations for the 2012 Palmetto Pillar Awards. The awards program, started in 2000, honors the area’s top leaders in technology innovation.

Nominees are honored in the following categories:

• One to Watch
• Leadership in Technology
• Public Service through IT
• Start-up Venture
• Technology in the Arts
• Licensed IT Product
• Custom Application Development
• Cloud Services
• IT Infrastructure Services
• Student Achievement

Nominations are free and open to the public. Top recipients will be honored at an awards banquet on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at the Zone at Williams Brice Stadium. To apply for a Palmetto Pillar Award or nominate a company or individual, please visit http://www.columbiachamber.com/PPA.htm.

Deadline for nominations is June 1, 2012

About the Information Technology Council

The Columbia Information Technology Council is a membership-based advocacy IT organization in the Greater Columbia region. In that capacity, we reach out to, acknowledge and embrace all who are involved in the IT community. Our programs are designed to create awareness, to provide professional development and networking opportunities and to recognize the achievement of those in the IT community.

About the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce is a private, non-profit, membership-driven organization comprised of 1,500 business enterprises, civic organizations, educational institutions and individuals in Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry and Richland counties. The Columbia Chamber serves as the voice of its members and the business community at large on matters of economic, educational, social, cultural and political concern, as well as supports and promotes the success of its members through networking, professional development, advocacy and leadership. The organization has represented the interests of the local business community since 1902.

To become a member or to learn more about the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, as well as its events, programs and initiatives, visit www.ColumbiaChamber.com.

eGroup and Citrix invite you to join us for a User Group in a city near you!

All local area users and administrators are invited to participate! The goal is simple: to foster community, dialogue, and an exchange of ideas within the rapidly growing Citrix community.

There will be two technical sessions, and lunch provided by eGroup! You will learn:

• How to Design a Highly Available Citrix Application and Desktop Virtualization Solution
• What’s New Technically in XenApp 6.5

YOU are the key to a successful User Group community! Click on a date below to register (Seating is limited, register today):

September 7th (Charleston)
September 8th (Columbia)

Columbia, SC (May 11, 2011) — In a move reflecting its continued commitment to the Columbia market, eGroup, Inc., a technology solutions and services firm serving the southeast since 1999, announces the opening of a new LEED-certified office at 1316 Washington Street in the heart of downtown Columbia, SC.

eGroup opened the office to support its rapidly growing customer base in the region, as well as a rapidly growing team of employees.   eGroup has other offices throughout the southeast, including its headquarters in Mt. Pleasant, SC.   

Updated photos of the new office at 1316 Washington Street coming soon!

About eGroup

Providing customers across the southeast with a distinct competitive advantage since 1999, eGroup is a visionary technology solutions and services firm with the ability to execute swiftly in a rapidly changing information technology landscape.  eGroup’s solutions drive customers’ cost containment, revenue growth, and service objectives by addressing challenges associated with mobility, access to critical applications and data, and security.  eGroup’s expertise and core competency is focused in three distinct areas: Cloud Services (public and private), Application Services, and End-User Computing.  To deliver these solutions, eGroup has strategic partnerships with industry leaders that include VMware, Cisco, and EMC, along with Citrix, Microsoft, and Trend Micro, and a highly-skilled workforce trained in all of the latest developments in information technology.  To learn more, visit www.eGroup-us.com.

This is your exclusive invitation to experience VMware virtualization solutions first hand! Don’t miss this opportunity to get hands on with VMware solutions in the mobile demo environment and dive deep with on-site VMware experts. Join us for an afternoon to see the power of VMware.

Columbia Northwest Courtyard
11 AM – 3 PM Open House

Register now to join us and learn:

- How VMware desktop solutions can help you simplify and reduce the cost associated with OS and application migrations.

- First-hand how VMware View™ delivers flexibility and a rich user experience to address the widest variety of end-user use cases.

- How VMware vSphere™ is transforming datacenters into a dramatically simplified cloud infrastructure to enable the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services.

- How the VMware vCenter™ family of products, the industry’s most advanced virtualization management platform, can enable efficiency, automation and security while reducing operational costs.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see how VMware solutions can simplify your IT environment while reducing costs and enabling the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services.

REGISTER NOW!

Below is a list of upcoming eGroup events, w/ a link to the registration page for each:

SEPTEMBER

September 9-10th: eGroup is a Platinum Sponsor of the AITP’s Greater Charleston Business + Technology Summit in Charleston. 

September 13-14: eGroup will have a booth at SCITDA–South Carolina Information Technology Director’s Association Fall Conference in Columbia. 

September 16th: eGroup is a Platinum Sponsor of the Carolinas Technology Conference in Columbia.

September 24th: Charlotte UCS Users Group– eGroup will be demoing its own UCS B-Series equipment and running a View lab.  *Registration information to come!*

September 25th: USMC Mud Run. eGroup is participating, along w/ customers and vendors, in an all-terrain adventure race in Columbia, SC.

OCTOBER

October 2nd: eGroup is a Silver Sponsor of SQL Saturday in Columbia.

Calling all customers, vendors, partners, and fitness uber-athletes to join our growing legion of eGroup “Serious Competitors” mud running teams!  Last year we had a record turn-out, and we want even more this year!  Contact Liz Wilmes with eGroup at ops@eGroup-us.com for more information on how to join one of our teams.

This is a challenge you will never forget! Come test yourself and see what you can really do when you put your mind to the task–all in the company of motivated and dedicated team mates. Read more >>

eGroup, VMware, Cisco, + EMC Present: “A Unified Approach to Datacenter Virtualization”

Are you struggling with the design and implementation of a more complete virtualization strategy? How do you confidently integrate a mix of technologies and systems while maximizing consolidation, performance and availability? eGroup, EMC, Cisco and VMware can show you how.

Learn how VMware, Cisco and EMC have collaborated to design, build, test AND SUPPORT joint solutions, all backed by documented best practices and reference architectures.

Learn why the 100% virtualization strategy and a true private cloud environment are quickly becoming IT imperatives..and much more!

Wednesday, Wednesday, February 17th
3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. (Palmetto Room)
*Followed by drinks, appetizers, and games!*

Jillian’s
800 Gervais Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
803.779.7789

REGISTER NOW!