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The Amtower ReportVolume 6, #5, April 9, 2007(The Amtower Report is an e-journal on the Business-to-Government market featuring the opinions of Mark Amtower, and occasionally reader comments. This newsletter is only sent to those who request it. Sign up for your free subscription at http://www.FederalDirect.net and if you like this newsletter, please pass it along to your colleagues. To unsubscribe, see directions below. The newsletter is posted each Monday at www.FederalDirect.net, and the latest “Off-Center Observations” is on the home page. All back issues available at http://www.federaldirect.net/newsletterarchives.html)
Item: My radio show will be moving to Friday afternoon at 2 PM this week. This weeks guests will be the lovely and talented Ardell Fleeson (my co-host of the week), John Kamensky (IBM Center for the Business of Government), Kristina Tanasichuk (GovSec), and Venkatapathi Puvvada (Unisys, and the inkling IAC President). Item: This week is the annual OUTLOOK IT budget conference at the McLean Hilton. This was the first and is still the best! Go to www.FedSources.com to register. This is the only public event where you can see me speak this Spring, and I have written an entirely new presentation for the occasion. Item: My friends at EMC alerted me to this, so it must be worthwhile: VMware is hosting the largest regional virtualization event of the year. This one-day event takes place on June 6 at the Ronald Reagan Center. With three tracks focusing on Secure Desktop, Data Center, and Testing and Development, the event will focus on how virtualization is helping the public sector with initiatives such as telework, disaster recovery, and test and development. Expect to join over 500 of your peers for customer case studies, presentations, demonstrations, and interactive sessions all focused on virtualization and its powerful impact on your IT infrastructure. There is no charge for this event. See Events, below, for the link. Item: The exclusion of Sprint from the Networx contract has led to lots of cyber-ink. Nick Wakeman and Chris Dorobek (WashTech and FCW respectively) have blogged about this and there will be more. It is odd that three of the big four won. You have to wonder why not four of four, and not risk the protest. Go figure Not that I have an opinion.THE GOOD, THE BAD, and THE UGLY: RADIO DAZE As you may have noticed, more of my time is spent talking about radio, especially since my show moved from WBIS in Annapolis to WFED in Washington, D.C. One reason is that I obviously enjoy being on the radio – it is a fun way to get my views out. Another reason is that I have guests who bring vast experience to the party. In the first few weeks of the show I have interviewed Ray Bjorklund (Washington Mgmt Group), Paul Miller (Miller/Wenhold), Michael Hardy (Washington Technology), Larry Allen (The Coalition for Government Procurement), Guy Timberlake (American Small Business Coalition), Max Peterson (rumor has it soon to be re-employed!), Chris Dorobek (Federal Computer Week), Bill Gormley (Washington Management Group), Stan Soloway (Professional Services Council); David Powell (Federal Business Council), Joe Draham, Brian Roberts (CroixConnect), Bob Lohfeld (Lohfeld Consulting Group), Bill Howell (FOSE), Nick Wakeman (Washington Technology), John Kamensky (IBM Center for the Business of Government), Kristina Tanasichuk (GovSec), Ardell Fleeson, and Venkatapathi Puvvada (Unisys), as well as two small business owners -Al Lynden of Chuckals and John Barrett of Industrial Medium. Talk about bandwidth! We have been creating some great listening for anyone in the government market. And when the archives are up, tune into the March 19 show with me, Mad Max Peterson, Crazy Chris Dorobek, and Wild Bill Gormley. They were all in-studio for the whole show and it was fun and informative. Tune in this Friday at 2 PM (Eastern) – live on WFED 1050 AM in Washington, or on the web at www.FederalNewsradio.com . Let me know what you think. Beware of the SCHLOCK EVENT PRODUCERS, producing minimal value events that eat your money with no significant return! The events listed below are among those I think are worth your time, money and effort. Just because an event is not listed below does not imply it is not worth attending. If you want my opinion on a specific event or producer, call me. This topic is addressed more thoroughly in the members section at www.GovernmentMarketingBestPractices.com. STILL TIME TO GET IN! April 12, 2007 OUTLOOK, McLean Hilton www.FedSources.com – this is THE big IT budget conference, and it will probably sell out. Sign up NOW! April 19, 2007: 17th Annual OSDBU Conference, Upper Marlboro, MD www.fbcinc.com/osdbu - the definitive OSDBU event, a must for small businesses regardless of what you sell. May 9-10, 2007, GovSec, Washington Convention Center, www.GovSecinfo.com May 15-17, 2007. GSA Expo, Orlando, Florida. www.expo.gsa.gov June 3-5, 2007, ACT Management of Change Conference, Richmond, Virginia. THIS WILL SELL OUT FAST – REGISTER NOW! www.actgov.org June 6, 2007: VMWare SYMPOSIA 2007 Ronald Reagan Center.: http://info.vmware.com/content/Sym?&Src=web_homepage June 25-28, 2007, National Veteran Small Business Conference & Expo, Las Vegas www.Nationalveteransconference.com Nov 6, 2007 – The SIXTH ANNUAL AMTOWER SUMMIT ON SELLING PRODUCTS to the GOVERNMENT, BWI Airport Hilton. Save the date – details to follow at www.GovernmentExpress.com Amtower Off-Center airs Friday at 2:05 PM on WFED 1050 AM in Washington, DC and is simulcast on www.FederalNewsRadio.com. Upcoming guests
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