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Tech Demo Day 2008 Session Descriptions Session 1 (8:45 am to 10:15 am)
| Dell / EqualLogic Storage Area Network (SAN) Solutions |
| Heather Scott, Dell Storage Executive & Brad Mathisen, CIO Acumen I.T. |
| Decrease the cost of I.T. administration and lower your risk of lost data. SAN technology is fast, expandable, super redundant, offering almost instant replication for disaster recovery purposes. | |
| Microsoft Dynamics: CRM 4.0 |
| Ben Vollmer, Solution Specialist for Microsoft CRM |
| How can Customer Relation Software help your company add new customers and to maintain your existing customer base? Find records quickly, track preferences accurately, answer questions thoroughly, and resolve issues instantly. All of which keeps current customers happy and brings new customers on board. This session will show you how to spend more time focusing on results and less time worrying about the technology you use to manage customer relationships. If you have multiple locations, this is especially important to your company. | |
| @Task: Project and Portfolio Management Software |
| Chad Perry, VP of Business Partners, @Task |
| @task is designed with critical business processes in mind to help organizations focus on projects that best align with corporate strategy and financial goals. @task empowers executives, managers, and project teams with tools and processes that help companies keep busy doing the right things. | |
Session 2 (10:30 am to 12:00pm)
| VMware working with Dell/Equallogic - Server Consolidation |
| Heather Scott, Dell Storage Executive & Brad Mathisen, CIO Acumen I.T. |
| Reduce the time it takes your I.T. Department to create a full test environment on a server from 30 hours to one hour! Using VMware and Dell/EqualLogic SAN together allows for access to the same files by up to 32 servers at the same time. Have you ever experienced a loss of data where recovery from tapes was necessary? Recovery of a virtual machine is faster and more reliable. To keep it simple, using VMware and a Dell/EqualLogic SAN together saves time and money AND lowers the threat of disasters. | |
| Microsoft Dynamics: ERP & Accounting Systems |
| Mike Crigler, Partner Account Manager - Microsoft |
| Role based discussions for CEO, CFO, and CIO. Focus on "dash board style" of Dynamics product line. Efficient use of ERP software including how to choose the right ERP system and budget. *Are you getting the most out of your ERP system today? *Report, Reflect, Redirect - Passive vs. Active reporting. *"Project Planning: Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance and on the other hand: Perpetual Planning Prevents Positive Progress. | |
| Avaya Business Telephone Systems: Unified Communications |
| Steve Stambaugh, AVAYA Territory Manager & Steve Beamer, AVAYA Systems Engineer |
| Find out how Avaya’s solutions allow users to work more seamlessly, wherever and however they choose and how it can even positively impact the bottom-line for your business. | |
Lunch/Keynote (12:15 Noon to 1:15 pm)
| Keynote |
Greg Dixon, Chief Technology Officer, ScanSource, Inc.
Phil Yanov, President of ThinkHammer and Founder of GSA Technology Council |
| Enjoy our complimentary lunch. | |
Session 3 (1:30 pm - 3:00 pm)
| Riverbed : WAN Acceleration to Reduce Telecom Costs |
| Mike Manion, Riverbed Sales Manager & Jim Mason, Riverbed Systems Engineer |
| Are your employees in your branch offices complaining that they can't get their work done because the connections to the central office are too slow? This new technology addresses wide-area data services solutions, I.T. consolidation, application acceleration, and faster WAN backups. If you have multiple locations, this session could be very important to you. | |
| MOSS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server |
| Larry Nordlinger, Business Applications Consultant |
| If you have not heard of SharePoint, you will. This new technology appears to be the backbone of many Microsoft software applications. See how information is made available broadly yet with security; even offline. For example, share an Excel spreadsheet securely over the Internet. Create live, interactive business essential information from various sources on a quickly created portal. You need to become familiar with SharePoint. | |
| Avaya Business Telephone Systems: Improved Client Service & Contact Center |
| Robert Alexander, AVAYA Application Sales Executive |
| Extraordinary customer service can be the difference between a one-time connection and a long-time relationship. Rethinking your organization in these terms can ultimately lead to customer loyalty and reduced costs. For businesses everywhere, keeping both customers and agents happy is the key to a successful call center. | |
Session 4 (3:15 pm - 4:45 pm)
| Juniper: High Performance Network Security |
| Andrew Belfi, Juniper Account Manager |
| Learn how Juniper solutions help deliver strategic value to your business with high-performance network security and flexible remote workforce solutions. | |
| Microsoft Dynamics & SharePoint: Putting It All Together |
| Mike Crigler, Partner Account Manager - Microsoft |
| See how to consolidate data from multiple sources into a web-like one page dashboard that is automatically updated with 'live' information! Customize the look and feel using the Microsoft Office Applications that you already know how to use! This is so intuitive that if you need more detailed information, you simply click on the subject on your dashboard. You will really find this session helpful. | |
| Avaya Business Telephone Systems: IP Telephony |
| Brian Hartsell & Earle Holebrooks, Systems Consultants |
| Are you facing the challenge of deciding when a migration to a new telephone system makes sense for your business? This session will facilitate your understanding of the range and types of current risks that you face with that challenge. It will also suggest that delay in preparing for that migration may ultimately prove to be more risky than moving forward. | |
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