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05/12   The Circuit's Annual Scholarship Golf Outing - Triple Crown Golf Club

05/13   The First Annual - Central Ohio InfoSec Summit

05/14   Network Infrastructure/EX Announcement

05/15   New Albany TechStart Event

05/15   The PCI-DSS Compliance Seminar

05/15   Central Ohio SharePoint User Group - Monthly Meeting

05/16   Regional Entrepreneur Forum

05/18   TechColumbus Breakfast Series - "Web 2.0 - A Trend You Can't Ignore"

05/19   CIO Luncheon - Mansfield

05/20   Fayette County TechStart Event

05/20   BioOhio Happy Hour Networking Receptions - Cleveland

05/21   Love at First Click: Obtaining more paying customers from the internet!

05/22   Breakfast BYTES - What is Web 2.0

05/27   VMWare classes monthly at Platform Lab's Training Room

05/28   Central Ohio PMI Morning Chapter Meeting

05/29   "Virtual connectivity for virtual servers - why and how?"

05/29   BioOhio Happy Hour Networking Receptions - Columbus

05/30   Ohio.net - VOIP Education - Road Show

05/31   1st Annual Women In Project Management Conference - June 12th & 13th

05/31   Have you checked out the Columbus Technology blog?


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May 2008 Newsletter

05/12/2008   The Circuit's Annual Scholarship Golf Outing - Triple Crown Golf Club
7:30 AM

  Presented by ISOCNET - The Internet Company
Hosted at: Triple Crown Country Club

The Circuit's Annual Scholarship Golf Outing
2008 - May 12th - Triple Crown Golf Club
--*Proceeds of this annual golf outing go to scholarships for local students to pursue an IT education at a local college/university.*--

We will soon be announcing scholarship winners from the 2007 outing totaling $5,000!

Sponsorships
We are still finalizing a couple of options, but get your selection now!
- Hole Sponsorships for $200 + your literature may be included in each golfer's welcome bag.

**Dead Last Team Award - something for everyone!**

Register for this event!
This event has sold out each year!
Reserve your spot now or secure a foursome - TBD.
Please contact me for best visibility options and my "best pick."

-Thank you for being a part of this annual event and supporting the scholarship fund.

The Circuit's Annual Scholarship Golf Outing will be held at:
Triple Crown Country Club Map IT!

*Golf Digest names Triple Crown Golf Course one of the top 10 courses in Kentucky!*

05/13/2008   The First Annual - Central Ohio InfoSec Summit
8:00 AM

  "Protecting Information Through People Process and Technology..."

Sponsored by Accuvant and Computer Associates

Please join us on May 13th, 2008 as the Central Ohio ISSA, and the Central Ohio ISACA chapters have joined together to promote the first annual Central Ohio InfoSec Summit.

The goal of this event is to educate regional Information Security professionals and support collaboration by bringing leading speakers in the information security field together to educate the community on the latest industry trends and issues. In addition to keynote speaker Howard Schmidt and Hugh Thompson. We are also pleased to announce additional speaker Mark Rasch, Sr. VP, Chief Security Counsel at Solutionary.

This Information Security Conference will provide Information Security professionals with the most up-to-date information, tools, trends, legislative information, products, services, and strategies for addressing information security issues. The conference will focus on key topics related to information security with presentations provided by recognized experts and exhibits by some of the nation's leading organizations. The program will provide the following highlights:

* Keynote presentations from Howard Schmidt and High Thompson
* Breakout sessions from top speakers in the industry covering latest trends and issues in the information security industry
* Exhibitor showcase featuring leading security technology and services vendors

Register for this event!

More information and updated agenda and speakers can be found on the InfoSec Summit website.

The 2008 Central Ohio InfoSec Summit will held at:
Hyatt Regency Downtown Columbus
350 North High Street,
Columbus, Ohio, 43215 Map IT!


05/14/2008   Network Infrastructure/EX Announcement
3:00 PM

  Hosted by: Juniper Networks, Inc.

Scrambling for a way to ensure optimized network performance, availability and security? Relax and take a closer look at Juniper Networks comprehensive portfolio of high-performance network infrastructure products. With Juniper Networks best-in-class lineup, you get more options and better solutions-allowing you to increase productivity and reduce expenses associated with managing the network. As the leader in high-performance infrastructure, Juniper Networks advances the economics of networking by helping you:

- Provide high-performance connectivity that's fast, reliable and secure
- Accelerate application delivery for increasing numbers of remote users
- Simplify network administration with JUNOS™ software – a single-network operating system

Discover our new EX-series switching line that is powered by JUNOS™ software. Also, find out why the world's most demanding businesses—including the top 40 service providers, 94 of the Fortune 100 and more than 20,000 enterprises—trust Juniper Networks to help them achieve their business goals and expedite employee productivity.

Register for this Event!

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.


05/15/2008   New Albany TechStart Event
7:30 AM

  Join Central Ohio's entrepreneurial community and celebrate the launch of TechStart, an initiative of the Third Frontier Project Entrepreneurial Signature Program. TechStart is dedicated to enhancing Central Ohio's technology entrepreneurial companies by providing unique services, entrepreneurial mentorship and access to capital.

If you are a technology entrepreneur in Central Ohio, you can benefit from TechStart at no cost to you. The TechStart staff will provide information on program offerings, applicant eligibility, funds available and schedules for all available resources offered.

Hear from the following individuals:
Jennifer Chrysler, Director, Community Development
Rick Coplin, Business Development Representative, TechColumbus
Michael Bowers, Small Business Development Center

In addition to learning about what the regional partners are doing to embrace this initiative. Learn what initiatives are available to assist business startups and emerging companies in the New Albany area.

Register for this Event!
**Register by Monday May 5th 2008 12:00 PM**

Please contact Stefphanie Harper via email or call (614) 340-1807 with any questions.

This event will be held at:
Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts
100 West Granville Street
New Albany Ohio 43054 Map IT!

05/15/2008   The PCI-DSS Compliance Seminar
8:30 AM

  Hosted by: XLN Systems

**Find out exactly what you really need to know from an expert in the PCI Standards and Complience Industry!**

XLNsystems cordially invites you to our Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) Compliance Seminar. The PCI Security Standards council announced supplemental information to the PCI-DSS. This timely seminar will help you determine if your business has an exposure to the compliance deadline on June 30, 2008. Being out of compliance can be extremely costly.

Our featured speaker, Darrik Cupps, is a Senior Consultant for SecureState. Mr. Cupps has consulted with numerous Fortune 1000 companies in the areas of information security, audit, governance, and network security. As a Certified QSA for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, Darrik leverages his experience to help companies gain compliance to the standard with as little affect on clients as possible.

At this FREE seminar you will:
-Find out exactly what the PCI Standards are;
-Learn how your network and application can become compliant;
-Discover the special products and services that are available NOW-
to help you reach your PCI compliance goals!

Seating is limited! Please pre-register by May 9th, 2008 by calling
614.430.0198, or email Seminar@XLNsystems.com.

Continental Breakfast and Registration from 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 .a.m.

* A final agenda will be posted on our web site soon.* XLNsystems.com

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.

05/15/2008   Central Ohio SharePoint User Group - Monthly Meeting
5:30 PM

  A Microsoft sponsored, SharePoint - community group

The Central Ohio SharePoint User Group *is a Microsoft-sponsored community group that comes together to explore SharePoint and the applications that work with SharePoint. The user group is targeted towards end users, administrators, implementers, developers, and anyone who likes to learn about emerging technology.

We meet the* third Thursday of every month* *from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Microsoft office (near Polaris), Everyone who attends the user group meeting, no matter what their level of SharePoint experience, will likely leave having learned something new.

Admission is free. No reservations needed.

This meeting will be held on May 15th, 2008. For more information, contact Carol Fleming via Email or 614-566-8657.

User group meeting location:
8800 Lyra Drive
Suite 400
Columbus, Ohio Map IT!

05/16/2008   Regional Entrepreneur Forum
8:00 AM

  Hoseted by: The Circuit - Cincinnati

"Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire that Transformed the Nation"

Rusty McClure is a direct descendant of Lewis Crosley. Rusty will discuss the entrepreneur spirit instilled by the Crosley family starting with his great grandfather who was an entrepreneur in Cincinnati in 1910.

Powel and Lewis Crosley were opposites in many ways but shared drive, talent, and an unerring knack for knowing what Americans wanted.

For entrepreneurs, this discussion will include how the Crosley's started a company from scratch without borrowing a dime and one of life’s biggest lesson “How to pick yourself when life knocks you down”.

*This is a must see event for all current and budding entrepreneurs.*

Rusty McClure has an MBA from Harvard Business School. After graduation he managed and ran a chain of 20 newspapers in Ohio and then later on managed his own sportswear company. After selling his business he has actively been involved as angel investor in numerous companies in Central Ohio providing guidance and seed money. He is a also one of the founding members of the Ohio Tech Angels and currently teaches the entrepreneurs course at Ohio Wesleyan University and is actively writing his second book due to be released in November 2008.

**Bring business cards for an autographed copy of Rusty's book.**

Cost to attend is $10.00

Register for this Event!

This event will be held at:
CBTS' Cincinnati Bell Technology Pavilion
Great American Ball Park - Cincinnati Map IT!

05/18/2008   TechColumbus Breakfast Series - "Web 2.0 - A Trend You Can't Ignore"
7:30 AM

  Everyone is talking about Web 2.0 but what does it really mean? What is this all about? Why should I care? How does all this theory translate into practical applications that improve the bottom line?

Listen to a blue ribbon panel of practitioners address these questions. We will look at how Web 2.0 applies in :

- business to business environments
- business to consumer environments
- internal communications and collaboration environments

Facilitator:
Ben Blanquera - Progressive Medical - Director Applications Delivery

Panelists:
Ed Billmaier - Scotts Co. - Sr. Director, Relationship/Interactive Marketing
Jasmine De Gaia - OCLC - Director, Social Networking Initiatives
Stacey Elicker - Sync Creative - Director of Interactive
Adam Torres - TeamDynamix - Founder/Managing Partner of TeamDynamix
Stephen Webb - ICC - Practice Lead - Software Architecture

**This is an event not to be missed!**

Register for this Event!

Pricing: Member: $0.00 Non-Member: $25.00

For more information. please email Cindy Groeniger at TechColumbus.

This event will be held at:
OCLC
6565 Frantz Rd.
Dublin OH 43017 Map IT!

05/19/2008   CIO Luncheon - Mansfield
11:30 AM

  Hosted by:
The Mansfield Richland Chamber of Commerce
and
The Northern Ohio IT Alliance

Please join other Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and Information Technology Managers as we bring together IT leaders from throughout the area. Our guest speaker will be Ashok K. Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., Senior Director of Outreach at The Ohio Supercomputer Center. Mr. Krishnamurthy will be discussing the Blue Collar Computing and the Ralph Regula School of omputational Science programs. Super computers are no longer just for large universities, research organizations and governments.

We are offering this luncheon free-of-charge to CIOs, CTOs and ITMs to make it easy to interact with other IT professionals to promote our area’s technology resources and infrastructure.

Please RSVP to the Northern Ohio IT Alliance by May 13, 2008:

Register for this event! or Call 419-525-1614

This event will be held at:
Downtown Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
116 Park Avenue West
Mansfield, OH 44902 Map IT!

05/20/2008   Fayette County TechStart Event
5:30 PM

  Sponsored by:
Fayette County Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Small Business Developement Centers

Join Central Ohio's entrepreneurial community and celebrate the launch of TechStart, an initiative of the Third Frontier Project Entrepreneurial Signature Program. TechStart is dedicated to enhancing Central Ohio's technology entrepreneurial companies by providing unique services, entrepreneurial mentorship and access to capital. If you are a technology entrepreneur in Central Ohio, you can benefit from TechStart at no cost to you. The TechStart staff will provide information on program offerings, applicant eligibility, funds available and schedules for all available resources offered.


In addition to learning about what the regional partners are doing to embrace this initiative. Learn what initiatives are available to assist business startups and emerging companies in the Fayette County area.

Register for this Event!

For more information, please emailStefphanie Harper at TechColumbus.

This event will be held at:
Fayette County Chamber of Commerce
101 E. State Street
Washington CH Ohio 43160 Map IT!

05/20/2008   BioOhio Happy Hour Networking Receptions - Cleveland
5:30 PM

  Sponsored by: BioOhio

The tradition continues! BioOhio hits the road to thank its many members and provide regional venues for members and non-members alike to network, share contacts, and put faces to names. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres for all guests; 2 beverage tickets for BioOhio members, and that includes employees of member organizations (cash bar for non-members).

To RSVP: e-mail full contact information to Jen Goldsberry(jgoldsberry@bioohio.com)
or call her at 614/675-3686, x1004.

Come join us May 20th, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at:
NightTown - Cleveland**--**MapIT!

05/21/2008   Love at First Click: Obtaining more paying customers from the internet!
9:00 AM

  -Did you know that according to the Netcraft Web Server Survey there are 109 million websites on the Internet?
-How will you stand out in this vast pool of information and business?

Join us and our guest speaker, Dezmon Landers a Pay Per Click/SEO professional and CEO of Simplifyed.com; as he divulges his untold story of the internet and mastery of SEO concepts and ideas. All of his strategies have been pummeled by web spiders, crawlers and hundreds of thousands of websites in today's growing World Wide Web. These real-life tests and trials add tremendous impact and value to today's internet savvy generation by providing a proven, repeatable process to gain a leading edge over competitors and their websites.

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to be present at this incredible learning session: Love at first click will show tangible, in-valuable secrets to jumpstart your internet sales and make visitors love and buy from your website.

You will learn how:
* The Internet works
* Myths of Internet Marketing
* Write quality advertisements
* How to get paying customers to your website for FREE
* Understanding the importance of how tracking increases your sales
* To decide what resources are going to give you the best ROI

**Seating is limited and will sell out fast! Refreshments provided.**

Cost to attend is an unheard of - $149.00 (payment-required to attend)
Website consultation/workshop - $249.00 (up to 1 hour), post-event.
*Additional client site time is available upon request.*

*Please email Gary Wilson for additional details.*

Register for this Event!

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.

05/22/2008   Breakfast BYTES - What is Web 2.0
7:30 AM

  Hosted By: The Circuit - Cincinnati

You’ve probably heard a lot of buzz about Web 2.0, AJAX, and RIA (Rich Internet Applications), but it all sounds very technical.

No one questions the fact that Web 2.0 sites like Digg.com are transforming the world of media. But what are the implications for enterprise -- and what should your organization be prepared to do?

You’re wondering if it really adds any value or if it’s just the latest fad. In this talk, we cover these issues plus we’ll look under the covers a bit to show where and how AJAX can help improve the overall user experience for your web applications.

Featuring:
Doug Ross
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer Western & Southern Financial Group

**Doug will discuss Web 2.0 & Enterprise Collaboration:
- Wikis, Blogs, and More
- Briefly Introduce AJAX
**********************************************************
Tom Marrs
Principal Architect (SOA, Web 2.0, J2EE, Open Source, AJAX)
Global Enterprise Integration Practice-CIBER, Inc.

**Tom will discuss Web 2.0, AJAX, and RIA:
- What is RIA?
- What is AJAX?
- What is the business value of AJAX?
- How does AJAX work?
- How does AJAX fit into my current enterprise architecture?

Register for this Event!

This event will be held at:
Embassy Suites Blue Ash
4554 Lake Forest Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45242 Map IT!

05/27/2008   VMWare classes monthly at Platform Lab's Training Room
9:00 AM

  Platform Lab hosts numerous VMWare training classes, most are taught by one of VMware’s preferred national trainers, J.D. Corder.

These classes run from 5/27, and 6/17/2008 Tuesday-Friday from 9am-5pm and are held in the quiet, comfortable Platform Lab training room. This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter. Upon completion of this course, you can take the examination to become a VMware Certified Professional. The course has been updated to reflect ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5.

Students who complete this course should enroll next in VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure, and Analyze.

At the end of the course, you should gain an understanding of the functionality in VMware Infrastructure 3 and be able to:
• Install ESX Server
• Configure ESX Server networking and storage
• Install and configure VirtualCenter
• Control user access to the VMware infrastructure
• Deploy and manage virtual machines using VirtualCenter
• Allocate and monitor virtual machines’ resources
• Ensure high availability of applications

If your organization is exploring use of this outstanding tool, you need solid training to take full advantage. This series of classes are designed for System administrators, system/s engineers, and operators responsible for ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter with System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems.

Register for this event! Seating is Limited!
VMWare Infrastructure 3.pdf
More information on the VMWare Website.

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.

05/28/2008   Central Ohio PMI Morning Chapter Meeting
7:30 AM

  Change Breakthrough Analysis

Speaker : Jim Canterucci

Change projects require successful implementation to reap the proposed benefits. To influence constituents to perform their duties in the new environment it is critical to help them move from their hearts to their heads. Change Breakthrough Analysis is an important tool that can be used throughout the life-cycle of your projects.

Change Breakthrough Analysis is a problem-solving tool that applies to change leadership in the areas of resistance, communication, and persuasion. In this session we describe how to conduct this type of analysis and introduce forms and tools that can be used to conduct breakthrough analysis for individual stakeholders within your change initiatives.

So many change projects are done “to” the employees and important constituents. Change Breakthrough Analysis is a technique that allows the involvement of these constituents in the process. Project managers know the requirement to involve constituents for the purposes of communication, scope control, resistance management, coalition building, and impact on the bottom line. However, until now, project managers had little practical instruction on how to go about achieving the appropriate level of involvement.

This presentation is done using a case study that allows the actual exercise of a change breakthrough analysis session.At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

* Conduct breakthrough analysis with important stakeholders
* Integrate information gained in all change project management activities
* Use Breakthrough Analysis results as a communication tool

Registration begins at 7:30am, Breakfast to follow:
Cost for Members: $10 Non-Members: $15
Price at Door for Members: $15 Non-members: $20

Register for this Event!

For directions, please see the Platform Lab - Columbus website.

05/29/2008   "Virtual connectivity for virtual servers - why and how?"
9:00 AM

  Presented by: Emulex Corporation

Sponsored by: VMWare, Inc. and Central Ohio VMWare Users Group

**Server virtualization is rapidly gaining market acceptance for server consolidation and provisioning.**

Please join Emulex Corporation, as Jean-Yves Chevallier - Director of Software Marketing - leads us down the path of Virtual connectivity and virtual servers.

The introduction of Emulex LightPulse(r) Virtual HBA technology, implementing standards-based N-Port ID virtualization, allows users to combine and leverage virtual servers and storage networks into flexible, secure and reliable solutions.

In addition, exclusive assignment of buffer resources to priority virtual machines, through their "port", provides added granularity to fulfill SLAs. Finally, the ability to "tear down" a virtual port and reinitiate it on a different server greatly enhances virtual machine portability for load balancing, portability and incident recovery. In short, N-port ID virtualization enhances SAN connectivity, flexibility, resource allocation and recovery.

**There is no charge for this event. Refreshments will be provided**

Register for this event!
If you have questions, please email Rose Mesnard.

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.

05/29/2008   BioOhio Happy Hour Networking Receptions - Columbus
5:30 PM

  Sponsored by: BioOhio

The tradition continues! BioOhio hits the road to thank its many members and provide regional venues for members and non-members alike to network, share contacts, and put faces to names. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres for all guests; 2 beverage tickets for BioOhio members, and that includes employees of member organizations (cash bar for non-members).

To RSVP: e-mail full contact information to Jen Goldsberry(jgoldsberry@bioohio.com)
or call her at 614/675-3686, x1004.

Come join us May 20th, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at:
Brazenhead - Columbus/Granview**--**MapIT!

05/30/2008   Ohio.net - VOIP Education - Road Show
9:00 AM

  Hosted by: Ohio.net

Ohio.net Internet Providers presents a no pressure, educational experience.

It's your chance to learn about Voice over IP technology, see it work and ask questions from a team of experienced VOIP professionals. Alex Desberg will be presenting "An inside look at VOIP".

This is a great opportunity for individuals who are looking to improve current services on their phone system or replace a traditional phone company.

*There is no cost to attend*

To register for this event, please send and email to: RSVP@ohio.net

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.

05/31/2008   1st Annual Women In Project Management Conference - June 12th & 13th
10:31 AM

  This event will be held at The Columbus Athenaeum on June 12th & 13th, 2008.

This unique 2 day conference is designed to empower women in their management careers, provide skills vital to success in business, and offer insights and real life experiences on how to balance your personal and professional life – transitioning from a work life to a life that works.

Each day features a spectacular keynote speaker.

Day 1, Carol Evans, President and CEO of Working Mother Media and Working Mother Magazine and author of the award winning book "This Is How We Do It: The Working Mothers’ Manifesto"

Day 2, Donna James, President of Lardon & Associates, past President of Nationwide Strategic Investments, and Board Member of Coca Cola Enterprises and Limited Brands.

Other topics covered are:
• Work Life Balance (Transitioning from a work life to a life that works)
• Collaboration for Accomplishment (Guaranteeing successful project completion)
• Powerful and Connected (1/2 day interactive workshop)
• Turning Points (Gaining Success through life experiences, triumphs, set backs, and lessons learned)
• Creating Powerful, High Performance Teams (Taking your group to a high performing TEAM)
• Women Make Great Leaders (Using your natural characteristics to produce great leaders)
• Negotiation (Creating value through negotiation in your personal and professional life)

For more detailed speaker, topic, and registration information, please visit: Project Management Resource Group or call 614-309-6565.

Register for this event!
Time: 8:30-5:00 (8-8:30 registration/breakfast)
(Breakfast, Lunch and all materials included)

Location: The Columbus Athenaeum
32 North 4th Street, Columbus, OH
(4th Street between Broad & Gay) MAP IT!

05/31/2008   Have you checked out the Columbus Technology blog?
10:30 PM

  Ben Blanquera is the Director Applications Delivery at Progressive Medical and one of the most dynamic people in our industry. Ben cares deeply about the industry that he works and wants to help create an environment that is conducive to success – for all of us. He has put together a blog to drive communication for the great IT people and organizations in Central Ohio.

"This blog is a place for us to talk about what's happening in Columbus in the tech scene and to see what we can do to make something great happen in Columbus for individuals, companies, and the greater Columbus area.

Check out http://columbustech.blogspot.com. I invite you to join in the dialogue and to take the opportunity to have a voice”

Thanks!

Ben


06/02/2008   Learning FileMaker Pro: Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced
8:30 AM

  Get the most out of your investment in FileMaker Pro with training. Corporate Network Services, a FileMaker Business Alliance Platinum Partner and Certified Training company is pleased to present this series of hands-on classes. Take one, two, or all three days depending on your level of experience with FileMaker Pro.

Classes Begin:
June 2nd - 4th 2008
Cost is $349.00 each day

Register for this event!
For more information contact Donna Tanguay or call 240-425-4447.

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.


06/11/2008   Enterprise Agility – Solving Integration Challenges in Today’s Volatile Economic Times
11:00 AM

  Co-Sponsored by: Platform Lab, GT Software, Accenture, Cordys

Featured Speaker: Stephen Leaman

Join us as our featured speaker, Stephen Leaman offers an indepth experience in and around:
-Dynamic Business Operations – staying ahead of the competition-
-Business Process Improvements – driving down costs by automating manual processes
-Mainframe/Legacy and Disparate Data Integration

Agenda
-11:00am – 11:45am Stephen Leaman - Enterprise Agility – Organizational Flexibility to Meet Customer’s Needs and Competitive Threats
-12:00pm – 12:45pm Lunch/Networking
-1:00pm – 1:30pm GT Software – Mainframe Integration and Web-Service Enabling Your Enterprise
-1:30pm – 2:00pm – Accenture – Business Process Improvement and Integration Strategies
-2:00pm – 2:30pm - George Bennett, Vice President of Financial Services Sales – Creating a Dynamic Business Operations Platform to Enable the Agile Enterprise
-2:30pm – 3:00pm Technology Showcase and Networking

*Lunch and refreshments will be provided*

Register for this Event!

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.


06/12/2008   Tech Connect - Toledo
5:30 PM

  Tech Connect Heats up on June 12

Launch and Rocket Ventures, in partnership with The Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, The University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, Gorillas and Gazelles and Ohio’s IT Alliance.

Tech Connect is dedicated to enhancing Northwest Ohio's technology entrepreneurial companies by providing unique opportunity to network with other business owners to share thoughts, ideas and services.

Register for this Event!


*For more information, please contact Tasha Hussain Black, Director, Launch, at 419-252-2700, ext. 317. *

This event will be held at:
Navy Bistro - Toledo, Ohio


06/19/2008   Cisco NOW Van—with New Unified Communications and Security Demos
11:00 AM

  Hosted by LOGOS
Sponsored by: CISCO

Come experience the very best in real-world, small and medium-sized business solutions from Cisco® in a mobile showcase that’s both educational and entertaining.

If you’ve seen it before, you’ll want to again. We’ve recently updated it with the most advanced Unified Communications and Security solutions available today.

Demos that Drive Solutions Home:
The Cisco Network on Wheels (NOW) is a 25-foot van equipped with the latest Cisco networking technologies. This unique showcase provides hands-on demonstrations of proven integrated networking solutions that are customizable to your business size and needs.

Once onboard, you’ll take part in interactive demonstrations of technology solutions that can sharpen your competitive edge, maximize productivity, reduce operating costs, and increase user satisfaction—just what you need to increase the growth of your business.

Get a Firsthand Look at Key Solutions for Business
• Unified Communications Solutions – New Demos!
• Mobility/Wireless Solutions
• Network Foundation Solutions
• Security Solutions – New Demos!

Register NOW for this Event

For directions, please see the Platform Lab website.

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