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In This Issue
1. Message from the Orange County Executive Director
2. Executive Connect
3. Growth Matters
4. Policy Matters
5. Upcoming
Events
6. Upcoming Member Only Events
 Dear
AeA Members & Friends,As you
probably know, California is in the midst of a serious budget crisis. We
are somewhere north of a $15B deficit and the state government is
currently working without a budget. The governor and both parties in
congress are still positioning and probably won't pass a new budget until
the treasury runs dry.
AeA members are investing their time meeting with local state legislators
at AeA sponsored "Technology Advisory Committee" sessions to discuss
issues and the budget process. Because of our efforts, especially in
Orange County, our local policy makers understand the importance of our
industry in growing employment, investment, and tax revenue.
AeA members are also representing the technology industry at "town hall
meetings" hosted by legislators and other political groups. Although we
are not the only "special interest" in the room, we seem to be the only
group offering solutions on the revenue side of the budget debate.
AeA members are at the table talking about innovation and new industries.
We are talking about how technology and continued innovation will improve
healthcare, energy efficiency, education, and the environment. We are
talking about how California will lose its leadership role in technology
and innovation if our representatives stifle research and development, and
push anti-business policies.
If you want to participate in the discussion, we welcome you to join us in
advancing the business of technology. Regards,
Don Hicks
AeA/OC Executive Director
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Executive Connect |
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AeA Orange County
Sales & Marketing Roundtable:
What Your Competition Knows and You
Don't about Sales & Marketing
Senior Marketing and Sales AeA Members are invited to join us for
our premier
Sales & Marketing Roundtable
August 12, 2008, at Printronix, 14600 Myford Rd, Irvine, CA, 92606-1005 from 8a.m. -
10a.m., and tap into a network of peer leaders to learn the secret
strategies and techniques other technology companies are using
today. Please register early--space is limited to 20 registrants.
Breakfast is included.
Accelerate the Knowledge Curve: If one word could define sales
and marketing at today’s technology companies, accelerate aptly
applies. Senior sales and marketing executives are under more
pressure than ever before to execute, with higher expectations for
returns and fewer resources to swiftly handle it all. It’s no wonder
you question whether your competition knows something you don’t
about sales and marketing in this pressure-cooker environment.
You’re invited to find out. Join other sales and marketing
executives for breakfast Tuesday, August 12, at the AeA Marketing
Roundtable.
What to Expect: No sales pitch. No agenda. No talking heads.
Simply fresh knowledge you could apply immediately, shared by
senior professionals like you who are working in the trenches.
Expect answers, insights and connections
You’ll hear straight talk — in an uncensored forum — about the
sales and marketing issues, trends and practices shaping technology
companies.
You’ll get practical answers from leaders just like you who are
responsible for introducing products, building sales channels,
creating demand and navigating today’s shifting media sphere. You
know it will have real value because you’ll be sharing your true
insight with your peers.
This roundtable will be a revealing discussion with the
influential senior sales and marketing executives who are leading
technology companies in Orange County and the Inland Empire.
Together, we will tackle your most vexing issues and share our
best-kept secrets for success in a rapid-fire exchange.
Expected topics will cover:
Which sales techniques are yielding the highest productivity
and profitability
Who is advancing from current trends in marketing media
How consumer generated media is influencing buying decisions –
and why B2B technology companies can’t afford to overlook social
media
Why PR is more important than ever
What you can do to drive outstanding results from your
organization
Plus your most-important questions and answers
Come prepared to share two of your best sales and/or marketing
ideas and ask one question to challenge your colleagues. We’ll also
want to know what program topics and speakers you want AeA to host
as part of our commitment to your professional
development...register today! Entry and breakfast is complimentary,
courtesy of Printronix. To learn more about Printornix, please click
here.
Register Today! This is a
complimentary AeA member only event, due to the generosity of
Printronix. To learn more about Printronix, please click
here.
AeA Orange County HR
Roundtable:
Dangerous Documents - What you don’t know CAN hurt you!
 Mark your calendar September 9, 2008, for the next
AeA Orange County HR Roundtable: Dangerous Documents - What You
Don't Know CAN Hurt You!
at
EADS North America Defense
Test & Services,
Irvine, CA.
This program will address how common
documents, including, employment-related documents, have the
potential to come back to haunt you, and what steps you can take
today to avoid tomorrow’s headaches. We will present some key
challenges and approaches to this issue and offer tips on how you
can avoid simple errors that can lead to costly lawsuits.
Who Should Attend…
This program is designed for senior level managers and HR
personnel who need:
Effective strategies for identifying and addressing legal
risks created by your company’s documentation process.
Employee policies to ensure your staff understands corporate
email is not entitled to privacy protection.
Legal recommendations on how to win litigation if these
methods fail.
Topics to be discussed, led by expert attorneys Bruce May,
Partner at Stradling, Yocca, Carlson, & Rauth and Dale Hudson,
Counsel at Nixon Peabody include the following:
- What dangerous
documents exist in your company’s files?
Which documents are the most
trouble?
How can you avoid turning your
company’s documents into dangerous documents?
What tools can you provide your
managers to help them comply with legal do’s and don’ts? H
How emails have become a company’s
nightmare and a lawyer’s dream.
What can your company do to minimize legal risks created by
emails?
With email and other computer-generated
records among the most dangerous of company records, we will examine
best practices for handling these. While often written hastily as a
substitute for a telephone call, recent legal developments have
shown that email can be used in litigation in ways and with
interpretations never intended by the author.
REGISTER TODAY!
Registration: This
breakfast event is complimentary to AeA members, due to the
generosity of EADS, and $70 for non-members. To learn more about
EADS, please click
here.
To register for this event, please click
here, or contact AeA/OC
Program Marketing Manager Yalanda_Oglesby@aeanet.org at 949-450-1500
x101.
AeA Member Connection: Acacia Research Corporation enters into
license agreement with Smith Micro
 Acacia Research Corporation announced that its disc Link
Corporation subsidiary has entered into a license agreement with
Smith Micro Software, Inc. covering patents relating to portable
storage devices with links.
The portable storage devices with links
technology generally relates to products sold or distributed on CDs
or DVDs that include a link to retrieve additional data via the
Internet.
Acacia Research's subsidiaries are in the business of acquiring,
developing, licensing and enforcing patents. They help patent
holders protect their patented inventions from unauthorized use and
generate revenue from licensing and, if necessary, enforcing their
patents. Acacia Research's clients are primarily individual
inventors and small companies with limited resources to deal with
unauthorized users but include some large companies wanting to
generate revenues from their patented technologies. To learn more
about Acacia Technologies, please click
here.
 Smith Micro develops innovative communications software for the
wireless industry. Their leading-edge mobility products simplify
communications access over both Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs)
and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), and their compression
technologies such as StuffIt have been established as industry
standards. To learn more about Smith Micro Software, Inc., please
click
here.
Iron Maiden World Tour Captured With AeA Member Sonnet
Technologies' Sonnet Fusion™ F2
 Legendary rock band Iron Maiden
is using multiple Sonnet Fusion F2 RAID storage systems to record,
store, play back, and edit HD concert footage, 35,000 photos, and
34-track live recordings of its groundbreaking "Somewhere Back in
Time" tour.
The band is the first in history to transport musicians,
crew, and equipment on its own Boeing 757, piloted by the band’s
charismatic lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. With Dickinson at the
controls, "Ed Force One"—named after the band’s iconic
mascot—touched down in 21 cities over 45 days during the first leg
of the tour.
The highly portable Fusion F2—providing 640GB of
storage in a rugged aluminum enclosure about the size of two stacked
CD cases—enabled the band and crew to record the shows, edit daily
footage, and review images for world press publication during the
tour’s torrid travel schedule, anywhere and anytime...read
more.
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3.
Growth Matters |
November 2-5, 2008: 38th Annual AeA
Classic Financial Conference
Exclusively Showcasing Publicly Traded AeA Member
Companies
With a Market Cap or Revenues Between $100M - $4B
Moving back to San Diego this year, the AeA Classic Financial
Conference, to take place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San
Diego, CA, continues to provide it's member companies with an
unbiased, time and cost effective forum to promote investor
interest.
Since 1971, more than 1600 member companies and 6000+ investors
have leveraged the Classic to identify successful business
relationships.
New for 2008: The AeA Classic will feature a special track
focused on Alternative Energy and Green Tech Companies.
Additionally, companies traded on foreign exchanges, that meet all
other AeA requirements, will be invited to present at the
conference.
- Access 500+ investors and executives from 150+ companies in
one location
- Leverage the small group break out sessions to exchange
information and identify new investors
- Network with fellow executives and the financial community in
a casual setting
Presenting company invitations have been sent. To register or for
more information, click
here or call AeA's Financial Conferences Team at
408.987.4236.
Get Connected Today With AeA Membership!
 In addition to exclusive product and program discounts, dynamic
networking events, access to investors, executive education and
development programs, opportunities to influence government
policies, and brand exposure through membership participation, new
members will also receive BounceBack Professional 8.0 software,
courtesy of AeA member
CMS Products,
while supplies lasts. Software features include unlimited vault
size, allows you to create as many Vaults as your available space
allows, and supports Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and Server 2000/2003.
Contact Alan Wald today at 949-450-1500 x104 or
Alan_Wald@aeanet.org!
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4.
Policy Matters |
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Sen. Obama's Top Aides at AeA
 As
part of AeA’s continuing outreach to the campaigns of presidential
candidates, senior staff to Sen. Barack Obama met with over 70
executives from the high-tech industry, U.S. universities, and
technology professional societies to discuss Sen. Obama’s positions
on innovation and competitiveness.
The meeting last week at AeA’s David
Packard Conference Center in Washington, DC, included Pete Rouse,
Chief of Staff, and Karen Kornbluh, Policy Director. The meeting was
conducted in partnership with the Task Force on the Future of
American Innovation, which is co-chaired by AeA and Intel
Corporation....Read
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5.
Upcoming Events
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Check out what events are
coming near you!
Below is a partial list of events that may be of interest
to you or your colleagues. For more AeA news, events and programs, please
click here.
We value your input! AeA/OC events are
designed for you, by you!
- If you would like to suggest events that
could benefit you or your colleagues...
- If you are a expert in your field and
would like to be an ambassador for your industry by speaking at a future
AeA program
- Or, if you would like to join AeA/OC's
Membership Committee and deliver value to AeA members by organizing
professional development programs, networking mixers, and sponsor
programs, please contact Yalanda_Oglesby@aeanet.org
or Alan_Wald@aeaenet.org at 949-450-1500 x101 today!
Aug 10 - 21
Stanford, CA |
AeA/Stanford Executive Institute
GROWTH MATTERS: Advance your business and leadership
perspectives during an eleven-day
executive education program for senior
leaders in technology companies which takes place at Stanford
University...Read
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Aug 12
Irvine, CA |
Sales & Marketing Roundtable:
What Your Competition Knows and You
Don't about Sales & Marketing
Senior Marketing and Sales AeA Members are invited to join us for
our premier Sales & Marketing Roundtable August 12, 2008, at
Printronix, 14600 Myford Rd, Irvine, CA, 92606-1005 from 8a.m. -
10a.m., and tap into a network of peer leaders to learn the secret
strategies and techniques other technology companies are using
today. Please register early--space is limited to 20 registrants.
Breakfast is included.
Register Today! This is a
complimentary AeA member only event, due to the generosity of
Printronix. To learn more about Printronix, please click
here.
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Aug 21, 2008
San Diego, CA |
Green To Gold: Monetizing the Clean Tech Phenomena
GROWTH MATTERS: As the clean tech movement explodes, how can
your company capitalize on this growing movement? What opportunities
exist in both the private and public sectors? What state and federal
regulations are coming? What funding is out there and what are the
secrets to attracting capital? Curious about the Sunroad Building?
Tour the state-of-the-art facility! Register by Friday, Aug. 15th.
No Refunds will be given after this date.
Registration/Networking/Breakfast 7:00AM - 8:00AM...Register
today! |
Sept 9, 2008
Irvine, CA |
HR Roundtable - Dangerous Documents: What You Don't Know CAN Hurt
You! EXECUTIVE CONNECT: This AeA/OC Executive Connect
program will address how common documents, including,
employment-related documents, have the potential to come back to
haunt you, and what steps you can take today to avoid tomorrow’s
headaches. We will present some key challenges and approaches to
this issue and offer tips on how you can avoid simple errors that
can lead to costly lawsuits. This event is free to AeA
members, courtesy of EADS, and $70 for non-members (To learn more
about EADS, please click
here. For questions, please contact AeA/OC Program Marketing
Manager Yalanda_Oglesby@aeanet.org or call 949-450-1500 x101.
Register now!
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Oct 1 - 2, 2008
Irvine,
CA |
AeA Orange County 2008 Innovation &
Globalization in Green GLOBAL CONNECT: By popular demand,
plans are underway to present our first AeA Orange County 2008
Innovation & Globalization in Green conference at the Hyatt Regency,
Irvine. In partnership with OC Innovation, this will be an
opportunity to network with economic development organizations from
around the world and learn how to create and nurture business
relationships across borders and cultures. Booth space and
sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. To express
an interest, please contact Don Hicks at 949-450-1500 x102. More
details to come...
Global Connect is proudly sponsored by:
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November 2-5, 2008
San Diego, CA |
38th Annual AeA Classic Financial
Conference
Exclusively Showcasing Publicly Traded AeA Member Companies
With a Market Cap or Revenues Between $100M - $4B
GROWTH MATTERS: The AeA Classic Financial Conference, to take
place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA, continues to
provide it's member companies with an unbiased, time and cost
effective forum to promote investor interest. Access 500+ investors
and executives from 150+ companies in one location. Leverage the
small group break out sessions to exchange information and identify
new investors. Network with fellow executives and the financial
community in a casual setting.
Presenting company invitations have been sent. To register or for
more information, click
here or call AeA's
Financial Conferences Team at 408.987.4236.
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Upcoming Member Only Events |
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To attend any of the following AeA
member events, please contact Yalanda Oglesby, Program Marketing
Manager, at 949-450-1500 ext. 101, or Yalanda_Oglesby@aeanet.org.
To learn more about AeA, or how you may benefit from membership,
please contact Alan Wald, Director, Membership Development, at
949-477-5300 or Alan_Wald@aeanet.org: |
- Executive Committee Meeting, Friday, July 25, 2008
- Past Chairs Committee Meeting, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
For more AeA Orange County news, events, and
recaps, please click
here.
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