The Nashville Entrepreneur Center and the Nashville Technology Council have teamed up to present TechTalks! This monthly 3-part series will run from April - June to provide community members an opportunity to get inside the thoughts of Nashville's Technology leaders! Each month will cover a different topic to create a thorough knowledge set around successfully launching a tech product or company!
Where: The Learning Center at the Entrepreneur Center, 41 Peabody Street, Nashville, TN
Registration Required: Yes, Free to members or $10 non-members
http://members.technologycouncil.com/events/details/tech-talk-2-platform-choices-1035
Presented by Todd Forgie
VP, Information Technology & Managed Services, MEDHOST
So you heard how to create the business culture that will attract (and keep!) top talent, which will directly result in better customer experience during Tech Talk #1. Our second Tech Talk will focus on the Platform Choices that you will face as you build your enterprise.
Mr. Forgie will discuss MEDHOST’s strategic approach to platform selection with emphasis on three high level topics:
- Exercising the most effective tactical approach to platform selection
- Utilizing a solid strategy as you implement your approach
- Organizing repeatable, effective processes and methodologies as you work towards best practices for these decisions
Whether building, buying, or partnering to develop capabilities—taking a siloed or tactical approach to selecting platforms could be likened to beginning a road trip with no map or planned destination. Platform selection is core to effective strategy execution. The right choices could help provide a durable competitive advantage, and a foundation for disruptive innovation. The wrong choices can lead to subpar system capabilities, excessive “shelfware”, vendor lock and poor financial performance.