WELCOME TO ITMA

A West Michigan peer-to-peer private exchange of leading information technology professionals, sharing in-depth stories and real-world strategies of what they discover and use in their daily journey that is IT.

Built With You In Mind

In addition to the most timely and candid advice from your peers, an ITMA membership facilitates seminars for you and your staff with national experts, and localizes world-class IT knowledge and practice through our relationship with ICEX.


Our aim is to procure and create access to the most cutting-edge, yet practical information in the market, in such areas as:

• IT Metrics
• Best Practices
• Emerging Technologies
• IT Budgets
• Measuring I.T. Value to Your Business
• Technology Trends

Monthly meetings are held at CPR, as well as specialized discussion groups. Current Company Sponsors of ITMA are Crowe Chizek, Varnum Riddering Schmidt and Howlett, Hedrick Associates, Profitable Growth Partners, LLC, Microsoft and CPR.

For information on joining ITMA contact Jerry Engle at 616.575.8500 1220.

UPCOMING EVENTS

2008 Monthly Meetings

January 8 - Desktop Virtualization - Kalamazoo January 10 - Desktop Virtualization - Grand Rapids February 12 - Network Access Control - Kalamazoo February 14 - Network Access Control - Grand Rapids March 11 - Best Practices IT Business Plans & Budgets - Kalamazoo March 13 - Best Practices IT Business Plans & Budgets - Grand Rapids April 15 - Deploying a Successful Intranet - Kalamazoo April 17 - Deploying a Successful Intranet - Grand Rapids May 8 - IT Measurement & its Relationship to Achieving IT Value - Grand Rapids September 11 - Web 2.0 - Grand Rapids (combined GR/Kzoo meeting) October 16 - Bruce Rogow – ICEX – Enabling Enterprise 2.0 - Grand Rapids (combined GR/Kzoo meeting) November 11 - Internal Security - Kalamazoo November 13 - Internal Security - Grand Rapids

Future Topics Customer Service - When IT is the Service Provider Mobile Technology Data Center Management – Heat, Power, Fire, Trends, Security, Connectivity, Rack Technology

2008 Leaders Club Meetings

January 22 - Kalamazoo March 27 - Grand Rapids June 5 - Grand Rapids September 18 - Grand Rapids