COISUG

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.

It is looking to be a great next few month at COISUG, starting with Oracle in February, Lefthand Networks in March, HP in April, Microsoft in May, and RSA Security in June. Check out the Meetings page for more information. Don’t forget to checkout the available jobs in the area, we try to keep them updated on a monthly basis. Did you know that COISUG consistently has better meeting turnouts than any other group of its kind (Information technology) in Oregon? Thank you again for making COISUG a success.

COISUG continues to be a great success in Central Oregon. As we get bigger and people start to move on we will need support, not only within the group but externally to help promote and feed our activities. With that in mind we are looking for community centric organizations to help us grow and thrive over the next 2, 5 or even 10 years. EDCO, Economic Development for Central Oregon, has expressed interest in helping us promote and support that vision. “Edco is a private non-profit organization dedicated to building a vibrant and thriving regional economy by attracting new investment and jobs through marketing, recruitment and working with existing employers.” We are hoping to develop a relationship with EDCO that will help us promote the group and provide us with resources should we need them in the future. Be sure to checkout the EDCO Pub Talks (a lot of fun). More information to come!

COISUG Meeting Today at 1:00p (feel free to drop in at any time) at the Deschutes Mountain Room, sponsored by Microsoft and Cinetix

Seattle/Portland events in Bend? You bet! Microsoft, and COISUG member Cinetix, is sponsoring the COISUG event this Today (1:00pm) at the Deschutes Mountain Room. This event will be a deep dive into Sharepoint, Exchange and Unified Communications. This is the perfect event to learn more about the technologies and also get an inside look into infrastructure design and deployment. Microsoft and Cinetix has assembled a great team for this event so don’t miss out. Checkout http://coisug.info to learn more. As always, snacks, sodas, and giveaways!