When you think high-tech, realize Philadelphia is the place to find IT. Local consulting company Chariot Solutions is enhancing the Philadelphia Region's reputation in the IT industry by hosting the Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference at Drexel University this week.

The third annual Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise offered both technical and management tracks in technologies that are revolutionizing the IT spectrum. The speaker list for this event was more than 40 strong and includes regional, national and international emerging technology thought leaders.

The conference attracted over 400 IT practitioners to learn about how open source and emerging technologies are changing how companies are developing software applications. The two-day event attracted the leaders in Spring, Java, Ruby, AJAX, and other emerging technologies. It provided a forum for the IT executive to understand why these technologies are not just buzz words, but are being used with increasing frequency in IT environments.

Kelly Lee, Executive Vice President of Innovation Philadelphia, addressed the crowd on Wednesday, to introduce Key-note speaker Lucinda Holt, CEO of Commerce360, whom is also a former founding board member of Innovation Philadelphia.

Sponsors of the event included Innovation Philadelphia, Drexel University, Mindbridge Software and Select Greater Philadelphia.

To learn more about the conference, visit http://www.phillyemergingtech.com/.