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| Connecticut Technology Council - The Innovation Engine! Request for Applications to Present Deadline August 25, 2006 Apply Now! Attention : CEO's, CTO's and Directors of Business Development of technology oriented companies. An Opportunity : To present your ideas, innovations, products and services directly to The Hartford, a Fortune 100 Financial Services firm. The Event: Friday, September 15, 2006, 8:00 AM Details: Apply to be selected to meet with top leadership of The Hartford and other invited guests to review opportunities to collaborate and to serve as a supplier. Technological Focus: The Hartford Financial Services Group (its Innovation Lab) is seeking software companies or software developers to build a federated searching solution which will enable a corporate user to search a multiple of independent, discretely mounted, data sources or databases both structured and unstructured through a single search query. The intent is to help all business units while improving productivity and to making the right information available to the right person at the right time. Dear Connecticut Technology Leader: Bringing large and small firms together in a setting that promotes strategic partnering is one of the most important roles that the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) plays as the state's leading innovation oriented trade association. Therefore, CTC is delighted to announce the sixth in the "Wiggin and Dana Innovation@Work" series - an award-winning series of programs designed to facilitate collaboration opportunities between the state's leading technology companies and selected medium and smaller sized technology firms. This event will focus on the activities of the The Hartford Financial Services. Founded in 1810, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) is one of the largest investment and insurance companies based in the United States. With nearly 30,000 employees and $2.1 billion in income in 2004, The Hartford was ranked 88th on the 2005 Fortune 100 list. For more information about The Hartford, visit the www.thehartford.com , During this event, beginning at 8:00 AM on Friday, September 15, 2006, a group of selected companies will have an opportunity to present their technology and product concepts to the appropriate representatives of The Hartford and other invited attendees. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the methods and ways of this large financial service firm, while also giving you a chance to make broad quality connections that may help your business grow. The Hartford is looking to find partners to help develop specific software. Please review the following list and remember that to be selected for this Innovation@Work t he software for a federated searching solution which will enable a corporate user to search a multiple of independent, discretely mounted, data sources or databases both structured and unstructured through a single search query must meet the following key business drivers and requirements and have the following characteristics: Focus on the User Outstanding Relevance Simple Interface Sub-second response times Simplicity for Development Team Software does the heavy lifting Fast Deployment Minimal Maintenance Automatic content discovery (Come as you are approach to indexing) Affordable and Scalable (Cost of Ownership) Business Requirement Employees can access secure & "read only" structured and unstructured data from a single web interface. Ability to quickly consolidate all search crawls and collections into a single presentation including but not limited to the following. Web - Intranet, Internet & Extranet (DMZ) Desktop - files, email & web history Select NTFS File Shares BI applications (COGNOS & SAS) Databases (ODBC) Select Enterprise Applications Applying for Innovation@Work There is no charge to apply. We ask for basic contact information and a short description of the applicable technology or product or services in less than 250 words. You may also send us additional information, brochures or materials electronically. visit www.ct.org to apply What is required of presenters If invited to present, you will be expected to make a three to four minute "PowerPoint" style presentation and bring a 22" wide x 34" high color poster about your concept and firm. We will supply you with PowerPoint templates for both the presentation and the poster. The presenter attends at no charge, additional staff and attendees may attend for $75. each. Applicants will be notified on September 1 and materials will be due from accepted applicants on September 8. The event day will include structured presentations, breakout sessions for more detailed Q&A, and networking time. There will be a small charge for participants to pay for food and facilities. Be sure to apply by Friday, August 25, 2006 in order to be guaranteed that we will have time to review and select your firm to be part of the day. We hope you will see the great opportunity that Innovation@Work can provide to you. Visit our website to read about our past events, or Click here to read about the last Innovation@Work hosted by CCAT By applying, the applicant acknowledges and agrees that all information supplied or disclosed in connection with the program is non-confidential and no person shall have any obligations of confidentiality unless such person signs a confidentiality agreement. Sincerely, Tony Allen Managing Partner The Impact Group Program Co-Chair Frank Marco Partner Wiggin and Dana, LLP Program Co-Chair For more information please contact Paige Rasid, CTC's Marketing and Operations Manager, 1-860-289-0878, x12 or by email: prasid@ct.org |