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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Last night, the ITFlorida Board of Directors announced the 2009 recipients of the annual Awards Program. The announcements were made at the Seventh Annual Awards Gala and Tech Forum, held at Disney's Yacht Club Resort.

South Sider Nathaniel M. Terry knew he liked working with computers, but it wasn't until he took classes in building computer networks that he found his calling.

Peter Wengert's biometrics technology company BioTraits, a UCF Business Incubation Program company founded in 2003, posted almost $1 million in revenue last year.

There has been quite a bit of bellyaching coming out of some recent South Florida tech networking meetings. It sounds like this:

The government needs to do more to lure tech firms here.

IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must find ways to address demand for broadband, as well as supply, when drafting a national plan, several advocates told commission staff members today.

Palm Beach Gardens is scheduled to vote tonight on giving a $350,000 loan to a biotech company, whose owner previously controlled a company that filed for bankruptcy.

The first image that comes to my mind is Dennis Nedry, the embryo thief in "Jurassic Park," who met his untimely end facing down a dinosaur in a soggy mud pit. The second is Milton Waddams, the befuddled, staple-hoarding drone from "Office Space."

Michael Fields, former dean of Central Michigan University's College of Business Administration, has accepted the position of dean of the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship in Davie.