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Reducing Business Costs through Technology - Dublin & Belfast Events

Who Should Attend: This event is part of our Connect Program for Technical Decision Makers including: CIO’s, IT Directors and IT Managers

Summary: This event will clearly demonstrate how the newly launched Microsoft Cost Saving Analysis Tool can help your organisation to identify projects that can lead to immediate cost savings, while developing an actionable roadmap for optimising your IT infrastructure and platform. The event will also highlight a number of Irish customers who are already benefiting from using these methodologies, as well as outlining how you can prove the ROI of these measures back to the business.

Date: Belfast 3rd March (9.30am – 1.30pm)
Location: Belfast: W5 @Odyssey, Belfast

Cost: Free Event
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Date: Dublin 6th March (7.30am to 10.00am)
Location: Dublin: The Morrison Hotel, Ormand Quay, Dublin 1
Cost: Free Event
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Microsoft Licensing Clinics

Who Should Attend: IT Professionals, particularly those involved in licensing and compliance

Summary: With the broad range of Licensing products we offer, it's natural to wonder if you are using the right Licensing solution for your organisation . These clinics outline all the licensing options available to you and the best solutions for your company. A brief presentation is followed by a Q&A session. These popular events quickly so please register today!

Date: 24th March 2009 from 10.00 am to 1pm
Location: DUBLIN - Microsoft Buildings, Envisioning Centre, Atrium B (Building 3), Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18.Click here for directions.
Cost: Free event

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Microsoft Virtualisation - Cutting Costs & Building Value

Who should attend: This event is part of our Connect Program for Technical Decision Makers including: CIO's, IT Directors and IT Managers.

Summary: Come along to see how Microsoft Virtualisation can deliver immediate cost savings to your organisation by reducing energy, space and hardware costs along with maximising your existing IT investments. This interactive event will feature product demos and real life Irish customers demonstrating how they have cut costs through the use of Microsoft Virtualisation.

Date: 26th March 2009, from 08.30am to 11.00am.
Location: Dublin City Centre: Radisson Royal Hotel. Click here for directions.
Cost: Free Event

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Launch Event - Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Services

Who should attend: Customers interested in learning more about Microsoft’s latest Software plus Services Offering

Summary: Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite is Microsoft’s new Software plus Service offering. It enables companies to avail of Microsoft’s core messaging and collaboration solutions, via a hosted service by just paying a monthly subscription fee. The result is that your business benefits from the most up-to-date technologies, they are deployed rapidly, your IT resources are maximised and your need for infrastructure investments is reduced. The Business Productivity Online Services suite includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Office Live Meeting with Office Communications Online available shortly. To find out more about Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite click here.

Date: 2nd April 2009
Location: The Morrison Hotel, Dublin
Cost: Free Event

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DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! Day

Who should attend: Developers

Summary: DDD is put together by the community for the community. This FREE developer event brings DDD to Belfast! If you were unable to go to Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft PDC or conferences such as DevWeek, DDD is for you! Organised by the developer community, there will be NO Microsoft speakers presenting, just speakers from the .NET developer community; although we will have many of the Irish Developer Platform Evangelists (DPEs) on hand to help out and chat to attendees.

Date: 4th April 2009
Location: Belfast
Cost: Free Event

Registration: Not open – save the date only – click here for more information.

Subsidised Microsoft Technical Training - February/March 2009

Implementing System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
2-5 March 09, Dublin, BT

Advanced SharePoint 2007 Development
02-06 March 09, Cork, PFH

Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
9-12 March 09, Dublin, New Horizons

Managing System Center Operations Manager 2007
10-13 March 09, Dublin, Global Knowledge

Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers
10-13 March 09, Cork, PFH

ICS: SharePoint Management Briefing

Who should attend: IT Managers, Communications Exec's, and Business Managers.

Summary: **Additional date due to demand** The briefing delivered by the Head of ISC's Information Worker Team, gives you the opportunity to learn from ISC's considerable experience of implementing SharePoint solutions. It will provide you with a step by step guide to starting your SharePoint project, and supporting planning documentation.

Date: 4th March 2009 from 09.30am to 1.30pm
Location: DUBLIN - Microsoft EMEA Operations Centre (EOC), Building 3, Carmenhall Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18. Click here for directions.
Cost: Free Event

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Virtualisation in Practice: Netforce, in partnership with Dell & Microsoft

Who should attend: IT Managers, IT Professionals

Summary: In today’s challenging economic environment, Microsoft Hyper-V virtualisation and Dell EqualLogic optimised storage can deliver the cost savings you need whilst still enabling IT to provide better support for your organisation.

Date: 11th March 2009
Location: National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. Click here for directions.
Cost: Free Event

Registration: Call (01) 2993950 or e-mail jim@netforce.ie

Maxima: Making the Business Case for Virtualisation

Who should attend: Those individuals charged with driving Strategic IT initiatives within their organisations and those charged with their delivery.

Summary: This event will strive to make the business case for virtualisation relevant to your organisation. The areas covered will include the Dynamic delivery centre - incorporating end to end virtualisation; desktop virtualisation, server virtualisation and application virtualisation and Lifecycle Management - the full management tools required to manage, monitor, control, secure and backup your virtualised-estate, combined with examples of local customers who have invested and are realising the benefits from virtualisation

Date: Friday 13th March, 14.00 to 16.30
Location: Westin Hotel, Westmoreland St., Dublin 2
Cost: Free Event

Registration: Please email Joan Young joan.young@maximaireland.com

Productivity Workshop featuring Microsoft Unified Communications & SharePoint

Who should attend: CFO’s, CIO’s, IT Managers, Financial Controllers & Business Managers

Summary: CDSoft & SpanishPoint will demonstrate how Microsoft Office Communications Server 2008 and SharePoint 2007 can enable your organisation to support dispersed teams including office and mobile workers in one seamless environment while saving on telephony costs and improving your team’s productivity

Date: Tuesday March 31st
Location: Microsoft Envisioning Centre, Atrium B Building, Carmenhall Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18. Click here for directions.
Cost: Free Event

Registration: Email Lorraine in CD Soft on lbresnan@cdsoft.ie