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Photos: TechRepublic's The Changing Face of IT in pictures

By // July 9, 2010, 4:43 AM PST // markwkaelin

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  • TechRepublic headquarters

    TechRepublic hosted a free event called The Changing Face of IT on July 1-2 in Louisville, Kentucky. Staff, contributors, and members gathered to exchange ideas and solve problems.

    Image by Deb Shinder used by permission.

  • Hotel for the event

    The TechRepublic conference venue was the Hilton Garden Inn.

    Image by Michael Jay used by permission.

  • Kentucky Flag

    Yes, were are in Louisville, KY.

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  • Conference room

    Hilton Garden Inn Northeast

  • Podium

    Sound check.

  • Opening morning

    A buzz in the air.

  • Raffle

    HD Flip

  • Good crowd

  • The Changing Face of IT

    Jason Hiner starts the day with his presentation.

  • Candid camera

    Filming the event.

  • Writing Social Media Policy

    A presentation by Rick Vanover.

  • Rick Vanover takes questions

  • More questions

  • Meanwhile at the check in desk

  • Your emails: The best and the worst

    Toni Bowers provides some examples of the emails she has received over the years.

  • Jason takes notes

  • Choose two topics

  • End of passwords

  • Virtualization

  • Jason leads discussion

  • Password discussion continues

  • Hashing out the details

    Between presentations, participants continued to discuss topics and to learn from each other.

  • Two new topics

  • What does it take to blog for TR

  • Contributor pow wow

  • Resistance is futile

  • The Consumerization of IT

    Bill is about to start his presentation.

  • Morning activity day two

  • Water bottles and other swag

  • It's got your name on it

    TechRepublic had several new pieces of SWAG for the event. That's short for "stuff we all get."

  • IT Crimewatch: Bringing Down Cybercriminals

    Deb Shinder is giving her presentation.

  • Cybercrime discussion

  • The Great Open Source Debate

    Jack Wallen, Scott Lowe, and Jason Hiner debate open source versus proprietary software.

  • Topics for day two

  • Choose two more

  • Open source or proprietary

  • More consumerization

  • Refreshments

    Snacks, coffee, water, and soft drinks were provided.

  • Tammy loves her soft drinks

  • Preparing to stream

  • Community Open Mike

    Next up on the agenda.

  • All set up



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  • Jason's first



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  • Sonja Thompson is master of ceremonies



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  • Lynn (gadgetgirl)

    Lynn (gadgetgirl) speaks during open mic.

  • Hug Therapy

  • Hugs are on the way



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  • Deb Shinder

  • Jeff (jdclyde)

  • Nick Nielsen

  • Tricia (TiggerTwo)

  • Justin James



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  • Michael Kassner



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  • The other Scott Lowe



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  • More Nick Nielsen



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  • Chad Perrin (apotheon)



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  • More Tricia



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  • Tammy Cavadias



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  • Varqa Sharif



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  • Christie (ganyssa)



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  • Erik Eckel



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  • More Chad Perrin (apotheon)



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  • More Christie (ganyssa)



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  • Hugs shirt

    Lynn (gadgetgirl) lets everyone know what to expect when she greets them.

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  • Jack's Tux

    Jack wears his Linux/open source feelings on his sleeve, well arm at least.

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  • Jack's RedHat

    ReadHat is represented.

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  • Justin James



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  • Nick Nielsen



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  • Tricia (TiggerTwo) in the sun



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  • Great weather

    The hotel has a nice patio for socializing after the event.

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  • Interloper

    Michael Jay caught a glimpse of some urban wildlife.

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TechRepublic headquarters

TechRepublic hosted a free event called The Changing Face of IT on July 1-2 in Louisville, Kentucky. Staff, contributors, and members gathered to exchange ideas and solve problems.

Image by Deb Shinder used by permission.

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By Mark Kaelin

Mark W. Kaelin has been writing and editing stories about the IT industry, gadgets, finance, accounting, and tech-life for more than 25 years. Most recently, he has been a regular contributor to BreakingModern.com, aNewDomain.net, and TechRepublic.