Das IronGeek Crowns Joshua Baer Geekiest of SXSW; Thats a Wrap on 5 Competitions for 6 Tech Influencers

Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 16, 2011

Yesterday, the 2nd annual Das IronGeek happened on the SXSW tradeshow floor. This year, MapQuest, Seidio, SoftLayer, Triviatise, and Das IronGeek presenting sponsor, Das Keyboard, created fun, geeky challenges for 6 influencer competitors. Press, bloggers, and/or serial entrepreneurs Joshua Baer, Larry Chiang, Amanda Coolong, Lydia Leavitt, Harry McCracken and Nan Palmero competed. Ultimately, Joshua Baer was crowned the IronGeek of SXSW 2011, taking home a set of fabulous prizes, and the coveted Das IronGeek trophy.

Who will be crowned in 2012? Time will tell! Meantime, follow @dasirongeek and watch http://www.dasirongeek.com for video of the day. And you can still go visit participating companies at their SXSW booths today and tomorrow, Thursday, March 17, 11 am to 6 pm. Test out your own geekiness!

Das IronGeek was created to give a set of companies on at the SXSW tradeshow a fun, interactive way to attract the crowds, by bringing influencers in to compete in 5 different challenges, and ultimately determine whos geekiest?

We started this as an experiment in 2010, along with MapQuest and SoftLayer. The goal was to bring some more buzz and excitement to the SXSW tradeshow floor, and give press a way to get involved with some healthy competition among peers and, of course, a way to showcase their geekiness, said Das Keyboard co-founder Birgit Schroeder. We think we succeeded, and appreciate everyone who was part of Das IronGeek along the way, particularly our fellow participating companies and the amazing six competitors. Congratulations to them all, and especially to our IronGeek champ, Joshua.

A Competitive Fleet of Influencers:

The Das IronGeek competitors collectively represented long time tech industry analysts and young buck social networking influencers; California, New York and Texas; men and women; and entrepreneurs, consultants and journalists.

Portland Tech Company APCON Helping To Keep World's Internet Traffic Flowing Smoothly

Wilsonville, OR (PRWEB) July 13, 2011

APCON Inc., a seemingly low-profile technology company located in the Portland area is quietly enjoying year end-over-end growth thanks to the ongoing rise in Internet traffic and the increased demand for the companys data filtering and aggregation technology. For many of the worlds most recognized telecom and financial services companies, APCON technology helps ensure that customer service remains uninterrupted and critical data stays secure.

With the amount of Internet traffic projected to continue its explosive growth, APCON expects that its own growth will continue to buck industry trends.

According to Cisco Systems, global data networks will be delivering 80.5 exabytes per month - the data equivalent of every movie thats ever been made being sent every 5 minutes, said Richard Rauch, APCONs president and CEO. With APCON products being used throughout data centers of many Fortune 500 companies, chances are very good that technology developed and manufactured right here in Portland is playing a critical role in ensuring that youre online financial transactions, voice data and other Internet-delivered information are being delivered without a glitch.

APCONs line of IntellaFlex network switches are used to help companies monitor the health and security of the data running through their networks every second. The software side of the companys switching technology makes it possible for users to easily monitor and analyze selected components of the data being sent.

While many consider APCON to be a hardware company, our team of software engineers continue to push the envelope in interface and reporting technology, said Rauch. In reality we are in neither the hardware nor the software business. We are a solutions company.

Hiring In Portland

Last year, industry analysts determined that 2010 would be the worst year ever for information technology sales, yet APCON predicted its revenues would increase by 50 percent. By year end, that prediction fell by the wayside as APCON saw revenues double in size.

With the increasing rise in network data and new APCON product introductions on the horizon for 2011, the Portland technology company is again predicting another 50 percent increase in annual revenue. APCON recently opened a second facility near Dallas Texas and is looking to hire more than thirty of the best and brightest industry professionals for both its Portland and Dallas locations.

For more information on APCON including career opportunities, visit http://www.apcon.com or follow us on Twitter at @APCON.

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