November 2017
The envelope please! 

Come join us as we announce this year’s class of NC Tech Award winners in categories such as Analytics, Corporate Impact, Internet of Things, and Small, Mid-Size and Large companies of the year – just to name a few. More than 700+ IT and business leaders will be in attendance, but we need you to make the celebration complete.  View the 2017 Finalists

Join us on November 9 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham. We're in our final days of registration so act quickly.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
Contact Tracy Sternberg to learn more.
Look who’s coming to the gala next week! (Are You?)
360 Cloud Solutions ▪ Accenture ▪ Accuro Group ▪ Adwerx ▪ Allscripts ▪ American Lung Association ▪ ARCA ▪ AvidXchange ▪ Bandwidth ▪ Bank of America ▪ Beacon Technologies, Inc. ▪ Betabox ▪ Blackmon Service, Inc. ▪ Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina ▪ Brady ▪ Brooks Pierce ▪ BruVue ▪ Business Innovation & Growth ▪ CA Technologies ▪ Carolina Hurricanes ▪ ChannelAdvisor ▪ Cherry Bekaert ▪ Cisco Citrix ▪ City of Charlotte ▪ Cohera Medical ▪ CommScope ▪ Corning Optical Communications ▪ Credit Suisse ▪ Cree ▪ Cultivate ▪ Dell Technologies ▪ Deutsche Bank ▪ DISYS ▪ Dimension Data ▪ DST IT, Inc. ▪ Duke University ▪ Dynatrace ▪ ecomdash ▪ Edmisten & Webb Law ▪ Ekos Brewmaster ▪ FDM Group ▪ First Citizens Bank ▪ FIRST North Carolina ▪ Forsythe Technology ▪ Global Knowledge ▪ Greene Resources ▪ Hays ▪ HireNetworks Inc. ▪ IBM ▪ iCiDIGITAL ▪ ImageSoft ▪ Inmar Inc. ▪ Interface Technologies. ▪ Intersouth Partners ▪ Investors Title ▪ IT People ▪ Jackrabbit Technologies ▪ Jeffers, Mann & Artman Pediatrics ▪ JJ Wade & Associates ▪ K4Connect ▪ Kingsmen Software ▪ Lapetus Solutions ▪ LaVallee & Associates ▪ Lenovo ▪ Martin Marietta Materials ▪ MCNC ▪ Medfusion ▪ MercuryGate International ▪ Merrill Lynch ▪ MetLife ▪ Microsoft Corporation ▪ NC School of Science & Math ▪ NC State University - Centennial Campus ▪ Net Friends ▪ Netsertive ▪ New York Stock Exchange ▪ Nexsen Pruet ▪ North Carolina Division of Purchase and Contract ▪ NorthState Technology Solutions ▪ Onepath ▪ OnPoint Communications Group ▪ Peak 10+ViaWest ▪ Pendo ▪ PHM Restaurants ▪ Pillar Technology ▪ PointClick Technologies ▪ PrecisionLender ▪ ProAxion ▪ PwC ▪ QiSOFT Americas ▪ Quantworks ▪ QuintilesIMS ▪ RadixBay ▪ Railinc Red Hat ▪ Red Ventures ▪ Relias Learning ▪ Republic Wireless ▪ Research Triangle Foundation ▪ Resolvit ▪ Reveal Mobile ▪ RIoT ▪ RMCSoft ▪ RTI International ▪ Sageworks ▪ Samanage ▪ SAS Institute ▪ SignUpGenius ▪ Skookum ▪ Smith Anderson ▪ SoftPro ▪ State of NC Office of Lt. Governor ▪ Stealz, Inc. ▪ T&T Creative Group ▪ Teaching Garage ▪ TeleHealth Services ▪ The Fahrenheit Group ▪ TierPoint ▪ Triangle Business Journal ▪ U.S. Trust ▪ UNC ▪ UNC Wilmington - Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship ▪ Visible Value ▪ Voxelight ▪ Wireless Research Center of NC ▪ WorkSmart IT Consultants ▪ Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton
Only 3 Team Spots Remaining

Are you looking for a fun, engaging and educational team building experience for your company or department? The Robot Rumble is it! This will be the first event of its kind in North Carolina! With the goal of raising awareness and funds for   FIRST  North Carolina and NCTA, this fun event will bring the tech sector together to engage in friendly competition and learn more about the experiences available for North Carolina's youth through  FIRST programming. 
Thursday, November 16
Winston-Salem | Wake Forest Biotech Place

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are two hot buzzwords in the tech sector and beyond right now and are often used interchangeably. Come join us at our NCTA Tech Talk Live to learn more about both AI and ML, how they are similar and different and how area organizations are using these technologies to improve their business processes and efficiency.  
NCTA Spotlights
Executive Spotlight
Jay Blandford
President, Sageworks
Jay Blandford, President at Sageworks, is our Executive Spotlight for November. We recently interviewed him on his personal and professional life. 

Member Spotlight
The Fahrenheit Group
Fahrenheit, founded in 2010, focuses in three practice areas - Accounting and Finance, Business Advisory, and Talent Acquisition, including fractional, interim, project consulting, and direct hire services.

Calendar of Events
Wednesday, November 15
Charlotte | Packard Place

Xerox, Kodak, Borders Books and Music, Blockbuster... who's next? Amazon, Apple, Uber, Tesla, AirB&B ... Your Company? Are you disrupting or are you being disrupted? Join our in-depth conversation about digitally transforming Your business for market disruption and competitive advantage.

Wednesday, November 29
Raleigh | Legislative Building

The Government Vendor Network is a forum for member companies who have an interest in doing business with state government. Stay tuned for speaker information.

Wednesday, December 6
Raleigh | Legislative Building

Sites in the Triangle, Charlotte, and Wilmington (plus virtually via WebEx)
 
Open to IT execs (CIOs, VP and Director-level executives with primary responsibility for their organization’s IT strategy) at member companies/organizations. Topic for this session is Implementation of Analytics and Big Data. 

Thursday, December 7
RTP Foundation

Research Triangle Foundation
 
Join NCTA to discuss Digital Transformation: Impacts on IT, Development, Deployment and Users. This moderated panel discussion will share insights on how companies embrace and apply digital transformation, how it is impacting IT and their business, lessons they are learning, and their aspirations for where digital transformation will take them.  

Welcome to our new members in October
#DialThisNumber
Axians Redtoo Inc. 
Infosys Limited 
Intrepid Wireless Networks
Jack A Heil CPA CFF PFS
Katalyst 
LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC
Levi, Ray & Shoup
North Carolina Department of Revenue
North Carolina School of Science and Math
One Source Communications 
Piedmont Investment Advisors 
Sageworks 
Savii, Inc
Startup Grind Triangle 
T&T Creative Group 
Tableau Software 
ViaSat
Wellzesta, Inc. 
Members in the News
Partner Events
Duke Fuqua School of Business Presents: Communication For Leaders
November 5 - November 8

Duke Fuqua School of Business Presdents: Financial Analysis for Non-Financial Leaders
November 13 - 15

NCTA members are offered a 30% discount. To receive the discount, please contact  Meredith.Conder@duke.edu , (919) 660-1972. Limited availability!
Triangle Business Journal Fast 50 Awards
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
6:30pm –9:30pm

Come celebrate the Triangle’s fast growth private companies at the Fast 50 Awards….NCTA is a partner on the event and will be there to cheer on NCTA members that are on the list.
Nov. 14-16 – Internet Summit
Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury St · Raleigh, NC 27601

Internet Summit is where ideas and inspiration are born. Thousands of professionals work directly with industry leading brands learning practical, actionable solutions they can immediately apply back at the office.

Brilliant speakers bring phenomenal content on Marketing Strategies, UX & Design, Email, Search, Mobile, Video, SEO and so much more. Internet Summit is not only a place for keeping up with the trends, but also for being an active player in their creation.

NCTA Member Discount Code: NCTA50! (Get $50 off your registration)
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