July Release: Work Goes Mobile
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Kathie Legg,
kathielegg at mobilemonday.net;
Julie Barko Germany,
juliegermany at mobilemonday.net;
WORK GOES MOBILE
WHAT YOUR COMPANY CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING WITH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
Monday, July 30
EVENT: Mobile Monday DC (http://www.mobilemonday-dc.com/), the local chapter of a global movement of technology professionals, announces its June event, “Work Goes Mobile,” an expert look at new mobile applications designed for the work place.
WHEN: Monday, July 30, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Teqcorner
1616 Anderson Road
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 714-6171
COST: The event is free to the public. Members of the media are welcome to attend the event.
SPEAKER: Vishy Gopalakrishnan, Founder and CTO, Mobility Partners, LLC
BACKGROUND: Sure, we all use mobile technology in our day to day business operations. Some of us have better relationships with our Blackberries than with our families. But is your business truly reaping the benefits of mobile technology?
Vishy Gopalakrishnan, founder and CTO of Mobility Partners and author of Work Goes Mobile: Nokia's Lessons from the Leading Edge will discuss how organizations can enable effective communication and collaboration for a mobile workforce:
- What kinds of capabilities, beyond mobile email, are organizations looking to leverage? What challenges are they experiencing?
- What are the considerations (technology and otherwise) that are key to ensuring a successful mobility deployment?
- What are some ways in which organizations can get control over the support and security issues involved with the proliferation of mobile devices?
- What are key trends in this space that are worth watching?
About MobileMonday
MobileMonday is a community of mobile professionals founded in 2000. The open community promotes the mobile industry and fosters cooperation and networking among industry people and their companies by providing opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.
Mobile Monday DC exposes Beltway-area professionals to new innovations in mobile technology, and it gives opportunities for political, government, technology, corporate, and non-profit professionals to meet each other and share ideas. While Mobile Monday DC is not exclusively devoted to politics, many events will introduce new ideas and tools that can be adapted by political professionals in Washington, DC, including those in the public policy, advocacy, non-profit, lobbying, and campaign communities.
About Teqcorner
Located in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Teqcorner was designed to provide emerging businesses and start-up entrepreneurs with flexible and affordable full service office and virtual office solutions including concierge services; IT services & support; operations and administrative services. Office space ranges in size from 120 s.f. to 1,600 s.f. including SCIF suites built to DCID/121. Teqcorner creates an ecosystem for growing businesses; offering short-term; flexible leasing programs within a unique networking atmosphere - TeqConnect & TeqFOCUS - your "one-on-one" federal connector! Monthly networking events; speaker series; business mixers and growth strategy luncheons provides our community with the tools and resources necessary to grow their business. Teqcorner partners with organizations such as: "The American Small Business Coalition (TheASBC.org); TEC International/VISTAGE; Center for Innovative Technology; Fairfax County Economic Development Authority; The Active Angel Investors; Mobile Mondays of VA and the Northern Virginia Technology Council to bring additional resources and services that make our clients emerge into successful companies!
About Vishy Gopalakrishnan
Vishy Gopalakrishnan is a Founder and CTO at Mobility Partners, LLC - an advisory firm focused on helping enterprises use wireless mobility to achieve business transformation and enhance their competitive advantage. He drives the solution portfolio for Mobility Partners and works actively with customers to envision and deploy wireless mobility solutions.
For more information on the global Mobile Monday movement, visit www.mobilemonday.net.
For more information about the local Mobile Monday DC chapter, visit http://www.mobilemonday-dc.com/.
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MoMoDC Event: July 30th
Work Goes Mobile
Sure, we all use mobile technology in our day to day business operations. Some of us have better relationships with our Blackberries than with our families. But is your business truly reaping the benefits of mobile technology?
Vishy Gopalakrishnan, founder and CTO of Mobility Partners and author of Work Goes Mobile: Nokia's Lessons from the Leading Edge will discuss how organizations can enable effective communication and collaboration for a mobile workforce:
- What kinds of capabilities, beyond mobile email, are organizations looking to leverage? What challenges are they experiencing?
- What are the considerations (technology and otherwise) that are key to ensuring a successful mobility deployment?
- What are some ways in which organizations can get control over the support and security issues involved with the proliferation of mobile devices?
- What are key trends in this space that are worth watching?
EVENT: "Work Goes Mobile," an expert look at new mobile applications designed for the work place.WHEN: Monday, July 30, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Teqcorner
1616 Anderson Road
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 714-6171COST: The event is free to the public. Members of the media are welcome to attend the event.
SPEAKER: Vishy Gopalakrishnan, Founder and CTO, Mobility Partners, LLC
RSVP: So we can have an idea on headcount, please RSVP: http://www.mobilemonday.net/mm/washingtondc/
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MoMoDC June Announcements
Effective July 1, all MoMoDC event information will be sent through our Yahoo! Group, so sign up now at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MoMo-DC/join to avoid missing out on great upcoming events!
It's summer, and that means vacation - MobileMonday DC included. We're taking a break for the month of June, but we'll be back in July, and we're launching a whole new MoMoDC lineup.
Introducing Wonk Month and Geek Month. Every other month, we'll hold our gatherings at TeqCorner in Northern Virginia. The focus of these Geek Month events will be on emerging tools and applications from a techie-business perspective. The months in between will continue in Washington, DC. Wonk Months will look at the intersection of mobile technology with the political, advocacy, and public policy spheres.
Join us on Monday, July 30 for the launch of Geek Month! Register now at http://www.mobilemonday.net/mm/washingtondc/.



