Hello All, Slight change in logistics for tomorrow. We will be meeting at Parkwood Crossing 4 conference room, 500 E. 96th St.(West lobby area next to Sahm’s Café.). This is the same place we used to have our meetings before(for those who have attended past meetings. We will not be meeting at the Pyramids. Sorry for the last minute change.

Dear IWUG’rs

Happy New Year 2012 to all of you. I hope your New Year’s resolutions have included attending more IWUG events. We are here to  help you stay on top of your resolutions by having the first IWUG event of 2012 this Thursday Jan 19th at the Pyramids conference room. Read on to find out more.

Some of the most anticipated products from Microsoft in 2012, other than Windows 8, are the System Center Suite of Products. Most of these new products are already in RC and soon to be released. Get educated about these products and know what new features await these new releases.

For those who don’t know what the system center suite of products are, here’s a little intro “System Center solutions help you manage your physical and virtual IT environments across datacenters, client computers, and devices. Using these integrated and automated management solutions, you can be a more productive service provider for your businesses. System Center captures and aggregates knowledge about systems, policies, processes, and best practices so that you can optimize your infrastructure to reduce costs, improve application availability, and enhance service delivery. “

Also, the additional treat this event is our own Bob Roudebush will be presenting on these products. We all know Bob as one of the founders of IWUG and hope you will all come out to support him on Thursday.

Topic:

System Center 2012 pre-release products help your organization achieve IT as a Service by enabling productive infrastructure, predictable applications, and cloud computing on your terms with a common management experience. You can deliver flexible and cost effective private cloud infrastructure to your business units in a self-service model, while carrying forward your existing datacenter investments. Recognizing that applications run your business, System Center 2012 products offer deep application insight combined with a service-centric approach that helps you deliver predictable application services.

·         System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RC

·         System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection RC

·         System Center App Controller 2012 Beta

·         System Center Service Manager 2012 Beta

·         System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 RC

·         System Center Orchestrator 2012

·         System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC

·         System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 Beta

Benefits System Center 2012 pre-release products help you confidently deliver IT as a Service for your business. These solutions are based upon:

·         Productive Infrastructure

·         Predictable Applications

·         Your Cloud

Speaker:

Bob Roudebush - Technology for technology’s sake is not the answer. When applied properly, in the right amounts, technology can dramatically improve a company’s ability to provide their product/service, build relationships with customers and simplify day-to-day processes. For over 15 years, I have worked to help companies understand how technology can revolutionize their business without breaking their budgets.

Proven leader with over 15 years of technology marketing, sales, implementation and strategy consulting experience.  A high-energy, creative approach to problem solving and a unique understanding of the intersection between what a product or service does and why customers should care.  Exceptional leadership abilities, written communication skills and a passion for technical sales and product evangelism.  Vast experience in public speaking, including presentations to audiences of all sizes at numerous industry events such as Microsoft TechEd, VMworld and DevConnections.

Registration: RSVP Here
When: Jan 19th 2012 6PM
Where: Pyramids Building 3 - Conference Room. Lower Level
3500 DePauw Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46268
Agenda:
6:00 - 6:30 Pizza / Social Time
6:30 - 6:45 Introduction/ IWUG Announcements / Speaker Intro
6:45 - 8:15 Event Presentation - Office 365
8:14 - 8:30 Q&A; / Door Prizes