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A big thank you to everyone that made it to the COISUG event this past week with Microsoft. The event was a big success for COISUG and the Tech Industry of Central Oregon! Come on, how can you go wrong with tater-tots, pizza, and sodas — and over $1000 worth of giveaways.

Chris Avis (Microsoft) dropped by and gave a great presentation on Windows Server 2008 and HyperV including a brief look into Vista SP1 (specifically improvements in the TCP/IP stack - file transfer speeds) and Windows Mojave. Chris touched on sustainable IT (Green IT) and then rolled into an extensive hands-on q/a session on 2008 and HyperV. Feature by feature Microsft has a strong virtualization package and strategy - it is woth checking out. Windows Vista SP1 is definitely worth deploying, but you might want to just move straight into Mojave.

Did you see the great article in the Bend Bulletin about COISUG and the Central Oregon Tech Industry? Check it out here. There are a lot of tech professionals in Central Oregon and businesses are starting to notice. Chek out and support the other groups in the area.

Interested in learning about Windows Mojave?

Links to local user groups:

Chris Avis - Blog

COISUG

COWPU

WoTech

BendTech

COMUG

SAO

Have any questions? Comments? Thoughts? Would you like to volunteer? We would love to hear from you: info@coisug.info

Reminder:
COISUG and Microsoft will be holding a Snack and Learn (Tater-Tots, Pizza, Hummos/Veggie Plate) tomorrow (August 20) at McMenamins in Bend (Rambler Room) - 12:30pm. Get there early to get a good spot!

Having trouble getting buyin to be at the meeting? No problem, this Lunch and Learn could easily be considered training or continuing education. This is the same presentation that you would get at a conference or seminar. If needed we can provied documentation of your attendance.

In partnership with SAO - Software Association of Oregon. Learn more here.

Hello All!

We have just scheduled the next meeting for August 20th, sponsored by Microsoft. This will be a great event led by Chris Avis from Microsoft discussing  Windows Server 2008 and other Microsoft technologies. As always there will be giveaway, sodas, snacks (tater tots, pizza, fruit), and maybe a pint!

Note that we have changed our meeting location! The new location will be in downtown Bend at McMenamins, Old St. Francis School - Rambler Room. This is a great location! Stick around after the meeting for a “meet and greet.”

Have a great summer and see everyone Wednesday August 20th! Don’t forget to put in your order for books! books at coisug dot info

McMenamins, Old St. Francis School

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Security continues to be one of the hottest topics surrounding data management for small and large companies alike. This is not surprising. However, while many of us attempt to implement a set of best practices, are we secure? RSA is visiting COISUG to help us answer some of these questions, continue the conversation, and provide demonstrations of their solutions and product line.This will be a great event so bring two friends or associates! Checkout the website for more information - http://coisug.info

This event has been canceled and rescheduled for August.

Hello all,

Chris Avis from Microsoft will be here this Wednesday 5/14/08 at 12:00PM to host a Microsoft training on Windows Server 2008 and more, so don’t miss out! As always, giveaways, snacks and sodas.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the event!

Thanks again,
COISUG

Upcoming meeting is this Wednesday April 16, 2008 with HP, should be a great time.

There are two new positions available at Les Schwab. Find out more on COISUG’s job page: http://www.coisug.info/?page_id=18 - Help Les Schwab find a few great candidates and spread the word!

A couple of people have mentioned that the current meeting time makes it a bit difficult to attend. No worries, we get started around 1:30pm, but feel free to drop in at 2:00 or 2:30 for that matter. We just need to keep up the great attendance to insure vendor support.

We are still the most popular Information Systems User Group in Oregon!

We now have a group on LinkedIn. Come on over and join!

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/79600/0C5D122F2D7B

We have a couple of new jobs posted, check them out. Both jobs are with Eleven Wireless out of Portland. One is for a Technical Operations Manager and the other, CEO.

The next meeting is coming up on April 16th - put it on your calendar! We are putting book orders in today, 3/24/2008, so send in your orders.

Thanks again and have a great week!

LeftHand networks is stopping by this Wednesday to speak to their dynamic line of Storage products. Lefthand has a good story to tell about storage and worth keeping on your radar. Without getting into to much detail their core competencies lie in their ability to manage storage from different hardware vendors, be it HP, IBM and others. Lefthand helps you leverage you storage infrastructure with Centralized Management, Snapshots, Synchronous Replicaiton, Remote Copy and Volume Migration and you choose the hardware: your existing hardware might be perfect. Come to the meeting to learn more, network and win one of the many giveaways. Where is your next job? Come to COISUG to find out…Checkout the available jobs in Central oregon here: http://www.coisug.info/?page_id=18

Meeting is today at 1:30 with Oracle. Oracle is very excited to be here and has prepared a great presentation that will appeal to all experience levels. Don’t miss this great opportunity to interact with Oracle one on one.

Special Guest: Due to the interest in Mobile Devices, Evan Erickson (Product and Inventory Manager) from Edge Wireless is going to stop by and talk about some of the available Mobile devices currently available in the Market place. What he likes, dislikes and recommends.

We hope that everyone can make this exciting event. As always there will be free sodas, food, pints, and a few giveaways! Remember, you can stop in at anytime, for all or part of the meeting.