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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;Coming to a city near you! &amp;nbsp;Attend the Power Together tour and experience software and hardware solutions your customers want;&amp;nbsp; from AMD's latest quad core processors and chipsets to Microsoft's Windows Vista™, Home Server and OneCare. Learn about new business opportunities and programs for partners. Attend the AMD/Microsoft Power Together Tour and be entered for a chance to win many prizes including a Universal AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Desktop Tower System powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server*. Be there and feel the power.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;*No purchase necessary. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://oem.microsoft.com/script/ContentPage.aspx?pageid=563562"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;See official rules&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2453556" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/BOB+Events_2100_/default.aspx">BOB Events!</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/Giveaway/default.aspx">Giveaway</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/AMD/default.aspx">AMD</category></item><item><title>Windows Vista® is Ready, Are you?</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/2007/10/01/windows-vista-is-ready-are-you.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2088316</guid><dc:creator>BOBblog</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/comments/2088316.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2088316</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;Take advantage of the sales tools and training materials in the &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?pageid=563319&amp;amp;wa=wsignin1.0" mce_href="http://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?pageid=563319&amp;amp;wa=wsignin1.0"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff&gt;Windows Vista Sales Accelerator&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt; to help you grow your business through increased sales of PCs with Windows Vista!&amp;nbsp; When you register and complete ANY module in the program, you will earn entries for a chance to win an &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: #e36c0a"&gt;Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #1f497d"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2088316" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/Vista/default.aspx">Vista</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/marketing/default.aspx">marketing</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/Giveaway/default.aspx">Giveaway</category></item><item><title>Windows SBS 2003 Service Opportunities Book Giveaway Winners</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/2007/09/17/windows-sbs-2003-service-opportunities-book-giveaway-winners.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:1977387</guid><dc:creator>BOBblog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/comments/1977387.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1977387</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Below are the&amp;nbsp;twelve winners for the Windows SBS 2003 Service Opportunities webcast series.&amp;nbsp; Congratulations!&amp;nbsp; And be sure to check out the SMB Nation website, &lt;A href="http://www.smbnation.com/" mce_href="http://www.smbnation.com/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0065e2&gt;www.smbnation.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; You can find a link to subscribe to their newsletter along the left-hand side of the page.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Books will be shipped directly to the winners using the contact information provided when you registered for the webcasts, no other steps are required to claim your prize.&amp;nbsp; The books will arrive within 4 to 6 weeks after the webcast is presented.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thanks for attending!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Part&amp;nbsp;1&lt;/U&gt; (Thursday, September 13, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;A. Rugel, Rugel Computer Consulting&lt;BR&gt;J. Hummel, BudgieSoft&lt;BR&gt;B. Weber, Oliver Licensing LLC&lt;BR&gt;P. Fasoldt, SEI Ltd&lt;BR&gt;B. Walter, Resource Optimization Inc.&lt;BR&gt;N. Yang, Grandtech Technology&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Part 2&lt;/U&gt; (Thursday, September 27, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;B. Lloyd, Eorld Stuff&lt;BR&gt;B. Wolosky, Mithril Technology&lt;BR&gt;J. Walker, JWalker Inc&lt;BR&gt;R. Brayer, Ron Brayer Consulting&lt;BR&gt;W. Erla, WME Information Systems&lt;BR&gt;K. VanWinkle, FACTS&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1977387" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/SBS/default.aspx">SBS</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/webcast/default.aspx">webcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/Books/default.aspx">Books</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/Giveaway/default.aspx">Giveaway</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/Winners/default.aspx">Winners</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/David/default.aspx">David</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/tags/service/default.aspx">service</category></item><item><title>70-282 Online Study Group Book Giveaway Winners</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/2007/05/08/70-282-online-study-group-book-giveaway-winners.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:908240</guid><dc:creator>BOBblog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/comments/908240.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/commentrss.aspx?PostID=908240</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Below are the winners for the webcasts which have been presented so far.&amp;nbsp; Congratulations!&amp;nbsp; And be sure to check out the SMB Nation website, &lt;A href="http://www.smbnation.com/" mce_href="http://www.smbnation.com/"&gt;www.smbnation.com&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; You can find a link to subscribe to their newsletter along the left-hand side of the page (you may need to scroll down a bit).&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Books will be shipped directly to the winners using the contact information provided when you registered for the webcasts, no other steps are required to claim your prize.&amp;nbsp; The books will arrive within 4 to 6 weeks after the webcast is presented.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Please check back on this posting throughout the webcast series as we will be updating it with new winners after each session.&amp;nbsp; Thanks for attending!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Session 1&lt;/U&gt; (Monday, May 7, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;E. Leung, 2000.Net Computers, Inc&lt;BR&gt;J. Ross, Bluefin Technical Services&lt;BR&gt;T. Staker, Cyber Solutions of Montana&lt;BR&gt;K. Mumma, Stewart Technologies, Inc.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Session 2&lt;/U&gt; (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;R. Cox, Cox Network &amp;amp; PC Services&lt;BR&gt;R. Horn, GHS&lt;BR&gt;G. Nordstrom, Northwind Computer Consultants LLC&lt;BR&gt;C. Langdon, Tech Consultants Int.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P mce_keep="true"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Week 1 Practice Session&lt;/U&gt; (Friday, May 11, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;N. &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Idehen, &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Computer World&lt;BR&gt;R. &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Schave, &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Eclipse Consulting, Inc.&lt;BR&gt;G. &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Lantz, &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;GPL Integrated IT, LLC&lt;BR&gt;R. &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Pine, &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Newfoundland Technology LLC&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;U&gt;Session&amp;nbsp;3&lt;/U&gt; (Monday, May 14, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;P. Adderley, 311 Research&lt;BR&gt;W. Chavez, Advanced Electronic Sales &amp;amp; Service&lt;BR&gt;S. Moran, creekside&lt;BR&gt;R. Herring, RTH Associates&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Session&amp;nbsp;4&lt;/U&gt; (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;J. Frankland, Action Computer Systems&lt;BR&gt;C. Chenoweth, Acupro Oregon&lt;BR&gt;C. Hill, Atlanta Technical Consultants, Inc.&lt;BR&gt;K. Cook, First Contact Communications&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P mce_keep="true"&gt;&lt;U&gt;Week&amp;nbsp;2 Practice Session&lt;/U&gt; (Friday, May 18, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;M. Emmanuel, Creative Computer Concepts&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;J. Granger, Crewe Technologies, Inc.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;J. Wright, Davison Business Systems&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;D. Morton, DataServ Corporation&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Session&amp;nbsp;5&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; (Monday, May 21, 2007)&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;K. Wong, Software Generation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;J. Thomas, TEI&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;G. Zwan, Tekmanagement, Inc.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;K. Hayes, Trinity Worldwide Technologies, LLC&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Session&amp;nbsp;6&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;G. Fox, Veraterm&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;W. Gilbert, walt gilbert &amp;amp; assoc.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;F. Wentz, WE COMPUTE&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;D. Anderson, Your Computer Pros&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;U&gt;Week&amp;nbsp;3 Practice Session&lt;/U&gt; (Friday, May 25, 2007)&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;D. Vydra, System Delta27&lt;BR&gt;A. Hopton, Allen's Computer Services&lt;BR&gt;S. Mahler, Business Network Solutions&lt;BR&gt;R. Schue, Affordable Computers, Inc&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Session&amp;nbsp;7&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; (Tuesday, May 29, 2007)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;F. Taslimi, PerformanceIT&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;R . Knapik, R. J. KNAPIK&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;J. Oong, Western Alliance Co Inc.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;R . Christensen, WLSTech&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;U&gt;Session 8&lt;/U&gt; (Wednesday, May 30, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;A. Gonzales, Digidat Systems&lt;BR&gt;C. Traywick, Infotronics&lt;BR&gt;M. Friend, Phenix Systems&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;P. Burky, MSI&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;U&gt;Week 4 Practice Session&lt;/U&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Friday, June 1, 2007)&lt;BR&gt;R. Vega, Arvatech, Inc.&lt;BR&gt;R. Stefanov, Kortek Services&lt;BR&gt;J. Coursey, Sarco Lan Systems&lt;BR&gt;K. Galvin, Tweak-Geeks&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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