Catch the Cut-Costs-and-Save-Energy Wave 2010
As you all may have noticed, I have not posted
in, oh, about a month. Things have been hectic here
at PC Professional, but most of the craziness has
come from our big seminar, Catch a Wave of
Collaboration, Communication & Green IT. One of our
main goals when organizing a seminar is to make it
interesting and applicable for most businesses. We
definitely don’t want to 1.) bore you to tears or
2.) leave you thinking, “why did I just waste a
couple hours of my life at that one IT seminar?!”
Hence, why I’ve been busy buzzing around
researching what you all want to see and learn
about. After careful consideration, my team and I
decided on three important IT topics that we feel
you should know, understand and apply.
- SharePoint 2010
- Virtualization- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Storage & Server Consolidation
And why are these topics important, you ask?
- You will cut IT expenses dramatically
- Energy usage will be at a minimum
- And with paperless collaboration, you will
help save that thing we live on… wait… what is
it called again? Oh yeah, the EARTH.
So if these points are not inticing enough, check
out our agenda posted below:
What: Catch a Wave Seminar Series 2010
When: April 1, 2010 9:30am-2:00pm
Where: PC Professional headquarters, 1615 Webster
Street, Oakland, CA
Why: To help your IT staff save money, time and
energy
Registration (9:30am-10:00am)
TRACK 1: Microsoft SharePoint 2010
(10:00am-11:00am)
In our first morning track, Microsoft experts
will present a live demo of how their paperless
solution for office collaboration can make your team
more productive and make your office more
environmentally-friendly. Microsoft’s SharePoint
2010 brings users together to share information,
documents, create intelligent workflows to manage
your increasing customer base and just about
everything in between to keep your business process
up-to-date.
TRACK 2: Microsoft Hyper-V (11:00am-12:00pm)
In our second morning track, Microsoft
virtualization experts will dive straight into why
virtualization can cut costs, save energy and
ultimately pay for itself. A recent study conducted
by InformationWeek revealed that by 2011, more than
half of business technology professionals will have
their servers virtualized. Our Microsoft
virtualization experts will present what the key
benefits are to going virtual and what you can do
now to start the process. Our experts will also be
examining key virtualization solutions such as
Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V Server 2008 and
other top Microsoft solutions and explain the
benefits of each.
Lunch & Chat (12:00pm-12:30pm)
Our Lunch & Chat session offers a networking
opportunity for IT professionals like, yourself, to
discuss emerging trends in the field. Grab a plate,
sit next to a stranger & network.
TRACK 3: HP Storage & Server Consolidation
(12:30pm-1:30pm)
As technology becomes greener, so do companies
and by consolidating your IT environment, you can
reduce your carbon footprint and help save the
environment. Often times, small businesses stray
away from server consolidation because, to be
honest, it sounds intimidating. However, what a lot
of companies do not know is that server
consolidation is not only an important green
initiative, but also a huge money saver. Energy and
cooling costs add up in a multi-server environment,
but by consolidating servers, costs decrease
dramatically. In our final track of the day, our HP
server expert will explain the benefits of server
consolidation and why so many companies, big and
small alike, are consolidating.
Wrap-up: Giveaways Raffle, Questions & Comments
(1:30-2:00pm)
We will be wrapping up our seminar with a
giveaways raffle, which will include prizes from
Microsoft and HP as well as have our experts answer
any other additional questions you may have or
comments on how you think we can improve our future
seminars. |
