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VOSS Foundation Supports Clean Drinking Water Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gallery Opening Party and Fundraiser in New York City by invitation only

Roughly one sixth of the world’s population does not have access to clean drinking water. (1.1 billion people)  Nearly two million children die each year from preventable diseases due to unclean water and inadequate sanitation. (5000 deaths per day) Forty billion working hours are spent carrying water each year in Africa. Rural African households spend more than 25% of their time fetching water. This burden generally falls upon women and girls. With adequate access to water, a community’s economic output can increase by more than $200 per family per year. In countries where people ear less than $1 per day, this increase is life-altering. Voss Foundation reports have revealed that some children suffer physical developmental deformities from the weight of the water they carry daily. When removed from the water delivery cycle, women have the opportunity to fully participate in local economies and girls have the chance to attend school and contribute immeasurably to their communities’ economic and social fabric.

SOCIAL MEDIA PRE-HOLIDAY MIXER

Social Media Addicts!… media, web 2.0, video, film, publishing, entertainment… fashion, food, wine, retail, luxury… eco-destinations, global travel, photography, art, culture, politics, macro-markets, micro-enterprises, SEO/SEM, mobile apps, open source, cloud/saas, marketing, PR, finance, real estate, law, accounting, startups…relationships… Bloggers, facebookers, tweeters, youtubers, flickrers, all [social media]-mixers … NYINNOVATES is looking for the most innovative Social Media Mixologists to feature  in the upcoming spring 2010 launch edition.*

Want your social media site highlighted? Come out from behind your computer & socialize with us… Hot, cool, silly, or stupid – If you blogged about it, show us on the laptop set up with two flat screens and wi-fi in the private room. Submit your site(s) to events [at] nyinnovates [dot] com. Exchange business cards… Promote yourself… Expand your network… Meet someone new… Promote your business… Enjoy drink specials! All the job changes… War stories… New trends… A roller-coaster year — we deserve a drink, a pint, both! Congratulate other social media mavens in a convival gathering… Toast the holiday season and a great 2010… Pictures &/or videos will be taken so look the way you want to be seen! The location’s a private room in an upscale American bistro located in mid-town. You love your sweats – but give your suit, sport jacket, or dress a chance to show off how nice it is, out of your closet & on your body!

DRINK SPECIALS must have wristband on for specials 6 – 9 pm

$3 draft & bottled beer – Bud, Amstel, Coors, Miller, Corona

LIMITED SPACE – REGISTER NOW

$10 per person – includes all-you-can-drink drink specials until 9:00 PM (as long as you keep your wristband on!)

$15 at the door  – no exceptions

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

http://www.tinyurl.com/nyinnovates

PUBLIC HOUSE

http://www.publichousenyc.com        140 E. 41 St. (east of Lexington)

SiliconAlleyCouncil Forums

Pt. II of a Series for Entrepreneurs & Tech Professionals

“How to Fail Miserably as a Cloud Software Provider”

Happy Hour Networking, Drink Specials, Appetizers

Recession? What recession? Companies in the SaaS Cloud are doing well: Salesforce.com will be the first SaaS company to surpass $ 1 billion in annual revenue. American Express acquired 13% of Concur, the expense management software maker, for $ 251 million in cash to seal a mutually exclusive marketing partnership deal. And Taleo, a name both jobhunters and MNC human resource people trust, saw revenues jump 33% to nearly $ 192 million by July 2009.

Whether you’re building the next Salesforce.com or moving all of your internal web based applications to a single distributed environment for delivery and management, you’ll need a complete solution – the technology has to be comprehensive, absolutely, but the business end is critical to your success too.

This month’s event is VERY exciting. We are going to hear directly from the creators of the revolutionary SaaSGrid SaaS Application server, who also happen to be the authors at SaaSBlogs, one of the most popular communities for Cloud and SaaS thought leadership! Apprenda’s CEO Sinclair Schuller will be giving a presentation entitled: “How to Fail Miserably as a Cloud Software Provider”. He’ll be discussing the key business and technical ingredients that make SaaS companies successful and why architecture reigns in the cloud.

You don’t want to miss this event. Networking time is expanded to before and after the presentation. Plus, you’ll have an opportunity to see SaaSGrid in action at the demo station setup for those that are interested.

In the meantime, you can find out more about Apprenda here:
http://www.apprenda.com
http://www.saasblogs.com
The founders of Apprenda began working on SaaSGrid in 2005, and by 2007, was officially funded by investment from High Peaks Venture Partners.

AGENDA

6:00 – 6:15 Check-in @ registration desk, drink specials, networking

6:15 – 6:45 Appetizers, drink specials, networking

6:45 – 7:45 Presentation: “How to Fail Miserably as a Cloud Software Provider”

7:45 – 8:00 Q & A, drink specials

8:00 – 9:00 Demo station, drink specials, networking, raffle

DRINK SPECIALS + APPETIZERS IN MEETING ROOM ONLY!

$3 draft & bottled beer – Bud, Amstel, Coors, Miller, Corona

$4 house wine – Glass Mountain chardonnay, cabernet, merlot; Santa Marina pinot

$5 mixed house drinks

LOCATION

Public House
http://www.publichousenyc.com
140 EAST 41st St. (Lex/3rd)
New York, NY 10019
P:212.682.3710

SPEAKER BIOS

Sinclair Schuller, Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder

Before co-founding Apprenda, Sinclair held positions at Morgan Stanley, Eden Communications, and the State University of New York (SUNY). Sinclair holds a dual Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Mathematics with a Minor in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. Sinclair excels in understanding the economics of SaaS platforms and ecosystems, and is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events.

Abe Sultan, Vice President of Engineering, Co-founder

Abraham focuses on coordinating engineering efforts and making technology choices. Previously, Abraham worked at SaaS vendor Informz and held a role as Director of Java Development at Eden Communications. Prior to that, he worked at SUNY as a lead engineer on a finance application that supported 40,000 users distributed across approximately 50 SUNY campuses. Abraham holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and it is a considered expert in the topic of SaaS and Cloud Computing.

Please bring extra business cards for networking & raffle!

RAFFLE: A free “SaaS Readiness Assessment”.  This includes a detailed analysis of your company’s existing application architecture and what would need to be done in order to begin delivering it as a true SaaS offering.  If your company does not have an existing product, Apprenda can substitute with a comparable offer of equal value and provide up to 2 hrs of free consulting time to help your company with your SaaS related efforts.

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