339_  Mother of Two Raises $20 Million from Investors
Sangita Verma co-founded TAG Networks in May 2003. In her role as CEO, she has secured $20M from private equity investors, established exclusive content agreements with leading game suppliers and global brands, and has filed eight patents covering key proprietary technologies for delivering interactive content under the TAG brand. Sangita is a mother of two as well as strategic planner, veteran marketer and business visionary, Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) discusses the challenges, choices and decisions she made during thr time leading to Ms. Verma extensive experience in the video game industry. She is an NCWIT Hero.

"Investing in research and education is critical. So is investing in a more diverse workforce. Support for the National Center for Women & Information Technology is key to encouraging young women to study computing and empowering women to play a central role in the technology workforce."

-Bill Gates
Chairman and Chief Software Architect,
Microsoft Corporation

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325_ Open Source, a pathway to innovation and much, much more

Imagine you buy a software company. The transaction is completed. There’s a knock on your door. A stranger is here to confirm that you are not in breach of his ‘open source software license’. You call your attorney for help. That’s where Jason Haislmaier, HRO, enters the scene. He is recognized by many as the “Open Source Legal Guru” in Colorado. When we asked how he got into this field? his reply was direct and to the point. "Simply put, I was driven by client need."

Having earned an engineering degree prior to law school, Jason has a natural affinity and appreciation for the technical issues he handles today.  "As a software vendor, it's not uncommon to have your software product comprised of software that you've developed in-house, that you would consider proprietary, perhaps third party software that you've licensed in, and from open source software, and it's all working together. It is that co mingling or interaction of the softwares that, from a legal standpoint, creates some of the stickier areas under the open source license. Even if you're not a vendor, if you're a data center, it's the same thing.

"Open source software, at its core, is licensed. Licenses can be breached and that can create liability; and in come the lawyers. And that’s where a lot of the legal aspects of open source come about. It’s very difficult to talk about open source software without talking about the legal aspects of open source software.

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CB-28_ Biggest Test for Bandwidth - National Convention Bigger than Two Super Bowls
Qwest exec predicts next summer's Democratic National Convention will be bigger than two Super Bowls. When most city boosters imagine next summer’s Democratic National Convention at Denver’s Pepsi Center, they see the stuff of a fertile economic breeding ground. Close to 35,000 people will descend on the metro area for the convention, filling hotel rooms, eating at restaurants and signing credit card tabs that local economists estimate will be part of a $160 million spending spree. Not Charles Ward. When he thinks about the convention, he thinks about something else entirely: bandwidth. As in, gigabytes of the stuff. In all flavors. Wireless networks. Super-fast optical fiber lines. Temporary cellular towers. Plus, all the trappings that go with it. Legions of bloggers. Delegates armed with mobile phones, notebook computers, Palm Pilots and wireless data cards. By Stewart Schley Read More

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CB-27_ Founders Help Company Make Transition to Professional Management
From the Front Lines: Correctional Healthcare Management's journey - providing cost-effective healthcare for correctional facilities. Founders help company make transition to professional management. The chairman of the Association For Corporate Growth-Denver interviews the principals in this frank discussion of their challenges and ultimate success. Founded by Cristina and Chris Capoot in 1997, CHM has enjoyed significant growth over the past ten years and currently has more than 500 employees with 27 customer facilities in 8 western states. By David Mead: Read the interview

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