[TriLUG] reminder - 10/18 IEEE meeting, 4pm-7pm - IT Spend and Industry Operating Ratios

[Alan Porter]

IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Eastern NC Section Joint Meeting -- IT 
Spend and Standard Industry Operating Ratios

Please join us for a discussion on IT spend and industry operating 
ratios with representatives from the IT industry that are able to share 
experiences on the subject. Bring your questions and answers. Event is 
free thanks to our sponsors. If you are looking for formal agenda and 
speaker, you will be sorely disappointed and may obtain a full refund. 
We hope you will get as much out of the event as you put into it and 
walk away with knowledge that will help you make the best financial 
decisions when planning your information technology operating budget.

Presenters:
Howard Cunningham, Macro Systems, LLC http://www.macrollc.com
Amy Luby, Trend Micro http://www.trendmicro.com/smb
Jeff Adzima, netCIO http://www.netcio.com
Jason Hastain, PacifiCom http://pacificom.biz
Chris Amori, Network Depot, LLC http://www.virtualadministrator.com
Susan Bradley, SBS Diva http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/about.aspx
Amy Babinchak, Harbor Computer Services http://harborcomputerservices.net
Bob Coppedge, Simplex-IT http://www.Simplex-IT.com
Jim Ray, Neuse River Networks http://www.neuserivernetworks.com 
<http://www.neuserivernetworks.com/index.html>

*** Registration: http://ieee-computer-society-spend.eventbrite.com/ ***__

Location:
First Flight Venture Center - Daniels Conference Room
2 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Date: 18-Oct-2012
Time: 04:00PM to 07:00PM (3.00 hours) All times are: US/Eastern

Agenda:
4 PM First Flight happy hour/informal networking/sponsor elevator 
speeches/food and drinks
5 PM Panel Discussion on IT Spend/demonstrations
6 PM questions/answers/breakout sessions/informal networking on back 
deck weather permitting
7 PM adjourn

Here are the details for the meeting.

We'll be using Microsoft Lync (from the Office 365 suite) for the 
meeting starting at from 4-7pm Eastern thanks to Bob Coppedge at 
Simplex-IT http://www.Simplex-IT.com.

Lync audio will be the only way to listen, so you'll actually need 
either to have the Lync Client or Lync Attendee installed (and speakers 
on your computer). You can click here for the Lync Attendee download 
(http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15755).

We'd suggest joining a little early to make sure things are working 
appropriately.

Audio and video will be enabled for the presenters, everybody else uses 
chat.
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Join online meeting 
<https://meet.lync.com/simplexit-simplex-it/bob/W86DFG4N>
https://meet.lync.com/simplexit-simplex-it/bob/W86DFG4N

First online meeting? 
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In person attendees shall have opportunity to enjoy food catered by 
Neomonde plus drinks.

http://www.neomonde.com

Founded 30 years ago by brothers who came to America from the 
mountainous region of northern Lebanon, Neomonde has a spirit all its 
own. That's because the Saleh brothers Samir ("Sam"), Joseph ("Joe"), 
Mounir, and DeGaulle decided long ago that anything they sell must be 
good enough to serve their own family. They consider it their 
responsibility as ambassadors of their country and their culture to 
provide nothing less than the best.

·Bread Tray
·Pie Platter
·Chicken Kabobs (cut into halves)
·Beef Kabobs (cut into halves)
·Hummus
·Cheese Platter
·Fruit Platter
·Crudite Platter - with Baba Ghanouj
·Grape Leaves Platter - with Labneh
·Baklava Tray

Sponsors for IEEE Computer Society in 2012:

IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Eastern NC Section http://sites.ieee.org/encs
Bob Coppedge, Simplex-IT http://www.Simplex-IT.com
Philip Elder, MPECS http://www.mpecsinc.ca
Jim Ray, Neuse River Networks http://www.neuserivernetworks.com 
<http://www.neuserivernetworks.com/index.html>
First Flight Venture Center http://ffvcnc.org
StorageCraft http://www.storagecraft.com


Videos from Past Meeting on Disaster Recovery in June 2012:

Part 1: Panel Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCMviBo6oT8

Part 2: StorageCraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev-iBOaHwhA


Regards,

Jim Ray, Chair and Barry Peddycord III
IEEE Computer Society of Eastern North Carolina

Contact Information:
jim.ray at ieee.org
919-838-1672 x100