The current iteration of our website, initially published on June 17, 2010, is a complete redesign of its predecessor. Although the redesign was primarily driven by a need for new features, as well as a desire to take advantage of contemporary technologies, starting over from the ground up presented an opportunity to update the website's aesthetics, which had strayed over the years. One of the primary aesthetic questions was how to represent the Silicon Valley pictorially.
Many ISACA Chapters are limited to just one metropolitan area, which simplifies identifying their respective icons. By contrast, the Silicon Valley encompasses a large and widely divergent geographic area. Moreover, our icons tend to be people, companies and technologies. Since ISACA Silicon Valley attempts to not favor one product or company over another, pictures of the aforementioned could be inappropriate. With these considerations in mind, we decided that instead of utilizing one image to represent our chapter, we would choose many images and distribute them throughout the website.
We would like to express our gratitude to the photographers credited below, many of whom are professionals. The display of their work on our website does not signify their endorsement of our organization, or vice versa (comments describing the photos are my own). Nonetheless, all the photographers kindly agreed to allow us to display their work for acknowledgement only. Perhaps the willingness to share beautifully executed ideas is the greatest expression of Silicon Valley ideals.
In addition to thanking our photographers, we would like to acknowledge Mark Jansen for its architecture.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Harbin
2008-2010 Marketing & Communications Director
ISACA Silicon Valley
June 17, 2010
Photography Credits
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Photograph by David Rout.
This egret was photographed flying over the South Bay. Egrets are a common sight near Silicon Valley wetlands,
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Photograph by Greg Howe
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Richard Meier, San Jose City Hall was opened to the public in 2005. The building was developed to maximize natural lighting, and to be environmentally friendly.
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Photograph by Jonathan Ferguson.
Founded in 1857, San José State University (SJSU) is the oldest public institution of higher education on the West Coast, and is the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system.
"Few institutions have been as crucial to Silicon Valley's success as San José State University, which trains many of the engineers, software designers and tech savvy business people who keep the Valley's technology machine rolling." -- San Jose Mercury News
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Photograph by Joaquin R. Felix
Motorists en route to the Silicon Valley via the Altamont Pass, drive by one of the earliest wind farms in the United States. With more than 4,900 wind turbines, the Altamont Wind Farm is the largest concentration of wind turbines in the world.
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Photograph by Shannon Cayze
20-miles from San Jose, Big Basin Redwoods State Park is home to more old-growth redwoods than anywhere south of Humboldt County. With over 18,000 acres of redwood forest nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Big Basin was established in 1902, and is California's oldest State Park.
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Photograph by Cecille Legaspi
Installed in 1981, the Altamont Pass Wind Farm is not only one of the most visually arresting sights in the Bay Area, it produces 1.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity per year .
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Photograph by Jill Clardy
Stanford University alumni have created many of the companies and technologies that fuel the Silicon Valley. The picture to the left portrays a portion of the Main Quad at the heart of the campus.
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Photograph by Jill Clardy
Dedicated in 1903, Stanford Memorial Church has been called, "the University's architectural crown jewel".
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Photograph by Greg Edwards, 2008-2010 Certification Director, ISACA Silicon Valley
Western Willets (a type of large sandpiper), breed in local freshwater habitats. Due to habitat loss, the species is considered to be at risk
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Photograph by Greg Edwards, 2008-2010 Certification Director, ISACA Silicon Valley
The Silicon Valley has defense industry roots that go back to 1912. One of the world's most immediately recognizable jets, the SR-71 Blackbird was developed in 1962 by an aerospace company with a major Silicon Valley presence.
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
This image of the Silicon Valley from space shows portions of the South Bay (at the tip), the Peninsula (bottom left) and the East Bay (top right).
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This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
Hanger One was built during the Great Depression to house dirigibles, most famously the USS Macon. One of the largest unsupported structures in the country, Hanger One has enough floor space to accommodate 10 football fields, has its own weather, and is a major Bay Area landmark.
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Photograph by by Kevin Kemmerer
When you fly over the South Bay, you will probably notice the vivid colors of algae, brine shrimp, and other micro-organisms in the salt evaporation ponds far below. In 2003, 15,100 acres of these ponds were purchased for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, one of the most ambitious wetland restoration projects ever attempted and the largest on the West Coast.
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Photograph by Jane Lidz, courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey or Historic American Engineering Record, Reproduction Number HABS, CAL,43-SANJOS,9-12
The Winchester Mystery House, a 160-room Victorian mansion now on the National Register of Historic Places, was under continuous construction from 1884 until 1922 for the purpose of warding off the owner's death (but Sarah Winchester died anyway).
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Photograph by Raneko
The HP garage is considered to be the birthplace of the Silicon Valley. Now a museum, the garage is a designated California historic landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Film frame from The Tramp, distributed in 1915 by Essanay Studios.
Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Essanay Studios was filmed in Niles (currently part of Fremont), California. This particular frame was shot in Niles Canyon. The Tramp marked the start of the character that made Chaplin famous worldwide.
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Photograph by Kimberly Harbin, 2008-2010 Marketing & Communications Director, ISACA Silicon Valley.
In 2010, The CHIP was recognized with the "2009 Best Newsletter Worldwide for Very Large Chapters Award" from ISACA International. Very Large Chapters have over 800 members, and ISACA-SV successfully competed against 37 other Very Large Chapters (i.e., over 29,600 people), to win this award.
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