Please check here often to find out about Seminars and/or Executive
Briefings being presented by SyCom on current technology issues.
Due to the breakfast and luncheon formats, the courtesy of a RSVP is
always necessary.
To RSVP for SyCom's Technology Seminars and/or Executive Briefings being held throughout Virginia, please respond to seminars@sycomtech.com, or RSVP to contact included with event information. For additional information on seminars, please contact Seminar management at (888) TO SYCOM (1-888-867-9266).
July 2008 EVENTS - Richmond, VA
Cisco's UC500 - Office in a Box
Hot Topics and Emerging Solutions for Small Business
| Date & Location |
Wednesday, July 23 , 2008 (changed from July 16th)
11:30am - 1:30pm
Hondo's @ Innsbrook
4024 Cox Rd # C, Glen Allen, VA 23060
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| Presenters |
Patrick Miller, SyCom Practice Manager
Michael Nagao, Cisco Systems
Tom Cricchi, CEO, SyCom |
To RSVP :
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seminars@sycomtech.com
Since lunch is provided, the courtesy of pre-registration is required. Registration is limited so please RSVP early to reserve your spot.
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Description:
Our kick-off Small Business Luncheon will highlight the Cisco Smart Business Communications System (SBCS). Much more than a phone, the SBCS enables businesses to enhance how they reach, serve and retain customers. It is an affordable system for organizations with five to fifty employees, that gives your staff anytime, anywhere access to business information and applications, making it easier than ever to communicate with customers and each other.
We hope you will join us for lunch, a demo of Cisco’s small business communication solutions and a discussion of services that take the worry out of day to day IT management.
Make your reservation to day to join us for what could be a very worthwhile lunch.
May and June 2008 EVENTS - Richmond and Roanoke, VA
Unified Communications as a Strategic Business Tool
IPcelerates Emergency Response Solutions
| Dates & Locations |
May 14 , 2008
7:30am - 9:30am
The Jefferson Hotel - Richmond, VA
June 18 , 2008 (rescheduled from May 21, 2008)
8:30am - 10:30am
Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
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| Presenters |
Steve Waltrich, Cisco
Jack Cycak, IPcelerate |
To RSVP for:
Richmond
Roanoke
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lwatson@sycomtech.com
Please indicate date and location when replying
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UC Discussion will include:
- Evolution of VOIP to UC
- Components of UC
- Collaboration
- The Business Benefits
- Application of UC to the business processes
IPcelerates discussion will include:
- Network IP Applications Framework
- Situational awareness applications
- Video surveillance for emergency response
- Embedded alerting, interactive broadcast applications
Since breakfast is provided, the courtesy of pre-registration is required.
March and April 2008 EVENTS - Norfolk, Roanoke and Richmond, VA
Virtualization from the Data Center to the Desktop
Choosing the right virtualization Platform
| Dates & Locations |
April 15 , 2008
11:30am - 1:30pm
Richmond Marriott West (Innsbrook)
April 16 , 2008
8:30am - 10:30am
Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
May 8, 2008
11:30am - 1:30pm
Norfolk Airport Hilton
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| Presenters |
Dennis Tolliver, ISS/Blade Specialist, HP
Bob Nash , Chief Technology Officer, SyCom Technologies |
To RSVP for:
Norfolk, Richmond
Roanoke
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lwatson@sycomtech.com
Please indicate date and location when replying
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Organizations of any kind or size currently using networked personal computers can take advantage of this modern use of virtualization technologies to:
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reduce or eliminate desktop software maintenance
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improve compliance and security
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provide flexible business continuity and disaster recovery solutions and
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greatly reduce power consumption
Please join us for our April Executive Briefing. Bob Nash, CTO of SyCom Technologies will present solutions from Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and other providers and explore the possible combinations of these new virtualization tools that have the potential to produce dramatic cost savings, improve operational efficiency and ensure a consistent desktop environment.
Since breakfast or lunch is provided for these events, the courtesy of pre-registration is required
Straight Talk About Microsoft's Newest Releases
| Dates & Locations |
April 3 , 2008
11:30am - 1:30pm
Norfolk Airport Hilton, Norfolk, VA
March 18 , 2008
7:30am - 9:30am
Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, VA
March 12, 2008
8:30am - 10:30am
Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
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| Presenters |
Bob Nash
Chief Technology Officer
SyCom Technologies |
To RSVP for:
Norfolk, Richmond
Roanoke
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lwatson@sycomtech.com
Please indicate date and location when replying
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Description:
Bob Nash's presentation will provide an overview of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, including Network Access Protection and Hyper-V virtualization.
Bob will also include comments on what’s new and what’s valuable in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 , Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1.
Windows Server 2008 builds on the success and strengths of its Windows Server predecessors while delivering new functionality and powerful improvements to the base operating system. New Web tools, virtualization technologies, security enhancements, and management utilities help save time, reduce costs, and provide a solid foundation for your information technology (IT) infrastructure.
Since breakfast or lunch is provided for these events, the courtesy of pre-registration is required.
FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS - Richmond, Norfolk and Roanoke
Next Generation Strategies for Backup, Recovery and Archiving
| Dates & Locations |
February 13, 2008
11:30am - 1:30pm
Richmond Marriott West, Richmond, VA
February 14, 2008
11:30am - 1:30pm
Norfolk Airport Hilton, Norfolk, VA
February 20, 2008
8:30am - 10:30am
Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
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| Presenters |
Mark Kraft
EMC
SyCom Technologies |
To RSVP for:
Richmond
Roanoke
Norfolk
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lwatson@sycomtech.com
Please indicate date and location when replying
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Description:
This briefing focuses on what companies are telling us. The information your company stores, backs up and protects is growing rapidly while budgets and resources are either shrinking or insufficient. This session is focused on providing an integrated approach to information management with an EMC solution that adapts to the changing value of your information and business requirements. Some of the things that you will walk away with are:
- How to improve service levels for protection and recovery
- How to execute on de-duplication or redundant data elimination
- How to reduce costs by automating informatino movement to lower-cost tier-two or tier-three archiving environments
- How to gain better control of all corporate informatino assets
Since breakfast or lunch is provided for these events, the courtesy of pre-registration is required.
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JANUARY 2008 EVENTS - Richmond, Roanoke, and Norfolk
The Gartner Infrastructure Maturity Model:
A look at the impact on Infrastructure Optimization
| Dates & Locations |
January 15, 2008
7:30 am - 9:30 am
Jefferson Hotel, Empire Room - Richmond
January 16, 2008
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Hotel Roanoke - Roanoke
January 23, 2008
11:45 am - 1:45 pm
Norfolk Airport Hilton - Norfolk
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| Presenter |
Bob Nash, CTO
SyCom Technologies |
To RSVP for:
Richmond
Roanoke
Norfolk |
seminars@sycomtech.com
Please indicate seminar city on subject line when responding.
Since meals are provided at each of these events, the courtesy of pre-registration is required. |
Description
Are you asking yourself .
- Why are we spending so much on IT?
- Why is our infrastructure hard to control?
- Why are we fighting fires every day?
- How can I be certain which technologies are right to deploy?
Please join us for an informative walk through the Gartner Infrastructure Maturity Model
SyCom's CTO, Bob Nash, will present IT infrastructure manageability best practice results gleaned from implementing the Gartner Infrastructure Maturity Model. The Model helps ascertain the client's IT Infrastructure maturity, and the associated benefits of moving from a "basic" usage of infrastructure, where IT is generally considered a cost center, towards a more "dynamic" use, where the infrastructure is looked at as a strategic asset. Bob will focus on:
- IT processes and the associated technologies that are accelerants in helping companies reduce costs and achieve increased service levels
- Key technology levers that have the greatest impact
- A solution overview designed to enable the IT executive to focus on the specific technologies that have the most value in optimizing IT environments
We will discuss how you can accurately assess your organization's strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, and which tools and strategies yield the highest verifiable return on investment.
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NOVEMBER EVENTS - Roanoke, Richmond, Norfolk and Tysons Corner
Best Practices in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Architecture:
Protecting Voice and Data Applications
Jointly presented by SyCom Technologies, Cisco, EMC and VMWare
| Dates & Locations |
November 7, 2007
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Richmond Marriott West - Richmond
November 8, 2007
11:45 am - 1:45 pm
Norfolk Airport Hilton - Norfolk
November 13, 2007
8:30 am - 11:00 am
Hotel Roanoke - Roanoke
December 4, 2007
8:00 am - 11:00 am
The Tower Club - Vienna, VA |
| Presenters |
Representatives from Cisco, EMC, VMWare
Virginia Farm Bureau |
To RSVP for:
Richmond
Roanoke
Norfolk
Tyson's Corner |
seminars@sycomtech.com
Please indicate seminar city on subject line when responding.
Since meals are provided at each of these events, the courtesy of pre-registration is required. |
Description
Gain expert insight from Cisco, EMC and VMware
What level of resiliency and security can disaster recovery architecture offer to sustain business continuity? How do you decrease recovery time and improve recovery point objectives? What are the best practices for backup, recovery, and virtualization to maximize efficiency?
Find the answers you need and the solutions to help. Cisco, EMC, VMware and SyCom are teaming up to show you how to:
- Build or upgrade a disaster recovery solution to protect both data and voice applications
- Structure a holistic plan to include the entire network from LAN to Wide Area Network (WAN)
- Use WAAS for WAN acceleration/optimization
- Build the infrastructure to deliver comprehensive virtualization, management, resource optimization, and application availability
- Lower operational cost and build resiliency into your business
Join us and learn how to maintain high availability while providing a secure environment to manage business-critical data through assessment, design, implementation, and support.
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OCTOBER EVENTS - Roanoke, Richmond, Norfolk and Tysons Corner
Unified Communications:
What is it, how is it used and where is it going. A look at how Microsoft and Cisco plan to bridge the communications divide
SEPTEMBER EVENTS - Roanoke, Richmond, Newport News and Tysons Corner
The Perfect Union: HP Blades and VMware Virtualization
JULY EVENTS - Roanoke, Richmond, Tysons Corner and Norfolk
Compliance Strategies Using Unified Communications & Security
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