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

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  

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

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