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Nth Announces Record-Breaking 2011 Symposium & Launch of Enterprise Security PracticeAugust, 2011 – Anaheim Tom Ashbrook CIO, Bridgepoint Education Nth Generation's 11th Annual Symposium broke all attendance records, proving that industry-leading speakers, rich technical content and a $7M onsite Advanced Technology Showcase continue to draw the top IT professionals from Southern California's enterprise organizations to attend this annual, invitation-only three-day IT extravaganza in Anaheim.  Joel Manfredo CTO, Orange County This year's Symposium theme was "Journey to Your Cloud" which underscored the fact that every organization's journey toward cloud computing (or delivering IT as a service) is unique based on factors including industry vertical, regulatory requirements, legacy IT environment and adaptability. Held August 2-4, 2011 at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim, Nth's 2011 Symposium included 11 Keynote speakers, 17 Breakout Sessions and a $7M Advanced Technology Showcase with 35 enterprise solution demo stations. New in this year's Showcase was Nth Generation's "Cloud Corner", a live, six-station, interactive "Journey to the Cloud".  Public Sector Panel  Paul Muller VP, HP Software Keynote speakers included Tom Ashbrook, CIO of Bridgepoint Education, Joel Manfredo, CTO of Orange County, KC Choi, VP Americas Solution Architecture at HP, Billy Cox, Director of Cloud Strategy at Intel and Paul Muller, VP Software at HP. Six other Keynotes, a Public Sector Panel and a Cloud Panel completed the lineup of Industry thought leaders presenting during the daily General Sessions. Among the 17 afternoon Breakout Sessions, two standouts were, "Culture Shift: Social Networking & Enterprise Environments - Security Risk vs Reward" with John Pirc, Author & Sr. Product Line Mgmt, HP and "Holistic Data Management Strategies: The Power of One" with Paul Rettberg, Director of Channel & Inside Systems Engineering, CommVault.  Jan Baldwin CEO, Nth Generation  John Randall VP Marketing, Nth Generation Jan Baldwin, Nth's CEO, described the Symposium and her own professional journey as co-founder and now leader of the company in an onstage interview with John Randall, Nth VP of Marketing and Corporate Communications and the Symposium host. "Nth's Annual Symposium is proof of our corporate commitment to customer education and knowledge transfer. We believe that educated clients will make wise decisions when choosing technology partners. We are committed to earning their business with our deep bench of technical expertise and robust portfolio of professional consulting services," she said.  Rich Baldwin CSO, Nth Generation At Tuesday morning's General Session, Rich Baldwin, Nth's Chief Strategy Officer announced the launch of a new Enterprise Security Practice. Lead by Jeromie Jackson, Nth's Security Practice will target enterprise security, the #1 concern voiced by IT executives when developing their cloud strategy. "As a trusted advisor to our clients for decades, Nth's new Enterprise Security Practice completes our portfolio of consulting services designed to assist clients in their journey toward cloud computing", Rich stated. Jeromie Jackson joins Nth Generation as a senior security practitioner with decades of expertise. His security certifications include CISSP, CISM, COBIT & ITIL. Jeromie is also President of the San Diego OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) chapter and a SANS Mentor. Among the 400+ Southern California IT Professionals that attended this year's Nth Generation Symposium, many were overheard proclaiming that this was the best Symposium ever in terms of rich content and direct relevance to their needs. Dates for next year's Nth Generation Symposium have just been announced:
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