When:    May 10 – May 15, 2010
What:    Security 401:  SANS Security Essentials
Who:     Instructor Rick Smith

For complete event details, please visit (http://www.sans.org/info/54908).

Where:   Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel
8235 Northeast Airport Way
Portland, OR 97220-1398
Phone: (503) 281-2500
Special Room rate of $99.00 per night, plus tax

Tuition: $3,095

Website: http://www.sans.org/info/54908

CPEs:    46 including all bootcamp hours
GIAC Certification:  GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)

COISUG and Tech Alliance Partners receive 10% off

We are very excited about our next COISUG  meeting on March 30th, 12:30PM – 2:30/3:30 – McMenamins Rambler Room. Once a year, we pickup a SharePoint related meeting and this year we have the worldwide experts on the subject: Joel Olson and Christian Buckley. Come get a glimpse into SharePoint 2010 and how SharePoint is changing the corporate landscape.

“Planning your Social SharePoint 2010 Deployment”

One of the most compelling reasons to move to SharePoint 2010 is the native support for social media – but what does this really mean for your company? How will this upgrade impact current deployments and custom integrations? How do the social media features that user’s are asking for map to the features available in 2010? In this session, Joel and Christian will discuss what is coming in SharePoint 2010, outline the benefits and implications of these social media features, and provide a strategy for how you can meet-or-beat user expectations.

Bios

Joel Oleson

Joel is a senior product manager and SharePoint evangelist at Quest, where he is responsible for product direction and strategy. He is well known in the SharePoint community as an enthusiastic trainer, evangelist and architect, and he maintains a popular blog. Joel is a frequent speaker at popular technical conferences, such as Microsoft TechEd, and often presents to local SharePoint user groups.

Christian Buckley

Christian is a senior product manager at echoTechnology, where he responsible for content, strategy, and evangelism. Prior to echo, Christian worked with Joel at Microsoft in BPOS-D (Business Productivity Online Services-Dedicated). He also led product management and deployment teams in the creation of product lifecycle management and supply chain-integration solutions for some of the world’s largest manufacturing and telecommunications companies, and co-authored 3 books on software configuration management and defect tracking.

PRESS RELEASE

Media Contacts:

Lewis Howell, lewisbhowell@gmail.com, 541-480-7267

Robert Kieffer, Robert@broofa.com, 541-728-3274

Ruth Lindley, ruth@edcoinfo.com, 541-388-3236

Central Oregon’s Tech Alliance brokers community office space for tech sector
Dedicated space offers a collaborative environment for tech professionals and startups

BEND, Oregon, March 11, 2010 – Central Oregon’s Tech Alliance announced today the launch of TechSpaceBend (www.techspacebend.com), Central Oregon‘s first coworking environment for tech professionals and startup organizations. The project is in partnership with The Old Cigar Building, Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO), the Bend Venture Conference (BVC), and BendTech, a local MeetUp group.

TechSpace is available now at the Old Cigar Building, just off Greenwood on Harriman Avenue, in the heart of downtown Bend. The building became available when G5 Search Marketing relocated their expanding operation to Franklin Crossing in February.

“With easy access to and from Highway 97,” said Roger Lee, Executive Director of EDCO, “TechSpace’s ideal location is easy walking distance to Bend’s many restaurants and businesses, Drake Park, the Public Library, and just one block from EDCO’s offices.”

With a hip, industrial feeling, the Old Cigar Building offers an open lounge, private offices, low-walled desk areas, bar stool and café seating, and a conference room (created from the original occupant’s cigar humidor). Local art, revolving every few months, will lend a creative feeling to the office’s atmosphere. The Old Cigar Building will participate in the First Friday Art Walk, on April 2nd.

TechSpaceBend combines low cost office spaces with high value services in an informal and collaborative environment. Space commitments are available on a flexible basis by month, multi-month, or annually and include the services mentioned below:

§ Dedicated space

o two dedicated office spaces ($400
per month) and

o six workdesks ($150 per month)

§ Drop-in space

o four workdesks, three bar seats, and two lounge seats ($75 per month)

Services include fast Internet service sponsored by Bend Broadband, conference room privileges, 24×7 secure building access, an onsite printer/copier, and sponsored events.

“For some time, there’s been a need for communal tech space that’s affordable,” said Dan Hobin, CEO of G5 Search Marketing and co-owner of the Old Cigar Building. “There’s enormous value in having a nexus – an activity hub – that draws the tech community together for ad hoc collaboration.”

TechSpace is considered a “coworking” environment - meaning that it offers virtual workers, telecommuters, and entrepreneurs an alternative to traditional office space or a home office. By design, the structure of the building promotes collaboration, networking and sharing of resources.

“By combining seasoned entrepreneurs with early stage companies, organic growth can occur,” said Lewis Howell, Practice Director for Cinetix Solutions, Tech Alliance board member, and organizer for Central Oregon Information Systems User Group (COISUG).  “We can actively promote the cross pollination of people and ideas, which will result in innovation for the continued growth of Bend’s tech community.”

“TechSpace was created by the tech community for the community,” said Robert Kieffer, organizer of BendTech, a telecommuter with a Bay Area technology company, and co-lead with Lewis Howell to broker TechSpaceBend.  “We’ll work with all the local tech organizations to sponsor events, provide meeting areas, and to give back financially when possible. The Old Cigar Building will help make it easier for everyone to get together and network.”

Any technology companies or professionals interested in becoming a TechSpace sponsor/partner should visit www.techspacebend.com to learn more.

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About Central Oregon’s Tech Alliance

The Tech Alliance represents the interests of member businesses and user groups in promoting and providing support to the growing Central Oregon technology community. For more information on the Tech Alliance, please visit www.techallianceco.org or contact Ric Newberry.

About EDCO

Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) is a private non-profit corporation founded 29 years ago and dedicated to building a thriving regional economy by attracting new investment and traded-sector jobs (manufacturing, professional, headquarters and high technology businesses) through marketing, recruitment and substantive assistance to existing companies. Learn more about EDCO at www.edcoinfo.com.

About BendTech

BendTech is a user group for Central Oregon technology professionals founded 3 years ago with the goal of creating a stronger, more coherent, tech community by providing networking and educational opportunities both online and offline. Learn more at http://www.meetup.com/bendtech/

About Old Cigar Building

The Old Cigar Building LLC is owned by Dan Hobin and Greg Meier, co-founders of G5 Search Marketing.  The Old Cigar Building is a separate enterprise; see photos at
http://www.facebook.com/OldCigar?v=wall

Event name: Bend SharePoint User Group Meeting – March 2010

Time period: This Friday, 05 March 2010 11:30 till 05 March 2010 13:00 (GMT -8)

Location: 1125 NW Bond – BOTC Training Room – Entrance is on Greenwood *Please use City/Street Parking*. Bend. United States.

Description: BOTC will be presenting their cool, exclusively SharePoint Intranet, Active Directory org chart functionality and how they replaced their Excel Phone Directory! Prizes and lunch will be provided. BOTC has also offered to host the next meeting since they will be demonstrating off their corporate network and showing corporate data. 1125 NW Bond – BOTC Training Room – Entrance is on Greenwood, Across the street from Decoy Bar & Grill. *Please Do Not Use BOTC Parking Lot(s), use City/Street Parking* You can see the entrance doors here: http://goo.gl/3fFV

The event will take place at McMenamins, Rambler room this Thursday February 18th @ 1:30pm. As always, a late lunch will be provided and there will be giveaways.

Enterasys Agenda:

• State of the Industry – trends and innovation
• Network/Wireless/Security Architecture Strategies – best practices
• How to improve visibility and control
• Strategies for reducing Operational Expenses – doing more for less

Lunch and giveaways – spread the word, and thank you for your support!

Enterasys Networks, a leading provider of network hardware and software, from the core out to the edge, will be out next week to give us a Network Infrastructure state of the union. This is a great opportunity to get insight into new trends and the future of network hardware and software. The event will take place at McMenamins, Rambler room on Thursday February 18th @ 1:30pm. As always, a late lunch will be provided and there will be giveaways.

Enterasys Agenda:

• State of the Industry – trends and innovation
• Network/Wireless/Security Architecture Strategies – best practices
• How to improve visibility and control
• Strategies for reducing Operational Expenses – doing more for less

Lunch and giveaways – spread the word, and thank you for your support!