SydneySydneyhttp://www.smbitpro.org/sydney/2012-05-18T00:03:53ZSquarespaceMay Meetinghttp://www.smbitpro.org/sydney/2012/5/18/may-meeting.htmlSMBIT Professionals Admin2012-05-18T00:02:25Z2012-05-18T00:02:25Zhttp://smbitpro-syd-eventbrite.com.au/.

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]]>March Meetinghttp://www.smbitpro.org/sydney/2012/3/27/march-meeting.htmlSMBIT Professionals Admin2012-03-27T00:48:21Z2012-03-27T00:48:21ZOur March meeting featured a presentation from Workventures, a charitable organisation we are looking to work closer with. We then had a update from Trend Micro and details on all the latest features with their product. Finally, we ended off with a roundtable discussion about what tactics members use when business gets a little slow. We are looking forward to our next event, a Twilight session on the 23rd of March featuring a deep dive into MSP practices and Building a better business. Hope to see you all there.

]]>February Meetinghttp://www.smbitpro.org/sydney/2012/2/19/february-meeting.htmlSMBIT Professionals Admin2012-02-18T13:09:05Z2012-02-18T13:09:05ZEven though it was Valentines’ day the meeting was well attended. We had a interesting presentation from FinLease about how to utilize financing options to improve flexibility and profitability for our businesses. Our second session was a round table discussion on server run ups and covered issues like ordering, running up, commissioning and more.

Everyone who attended certainly took away something of value from the night and congratulations to our visitor from Brisbane, Tony Albans, who took away the luck door prize of champagne and chocolates.

The full meeting recording is available for members but a summary can be found here:

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We then moved into planning for 2012 with the announcement of three twilight workshops in March, July and October. Agreement was also reached on offering two prizes for members who create a technical white paper or do a presentation before August. The prize will allow two members to attend with Microsoft TechEd Australia or the Australian Partner Conference on the Gold Coast in September.

The meeting rounded out with a review of the results of a recent planning survey and developed a course of action for what will be presented to members over the coming 12 months.

The committee takes this opportunity to thank those that attended and contributed. We looks forward to an exciting 2012 for members.

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The meeting started early with Robert Crane giving his closing statements for 2011 and thanking the Committee and the Sydney members for their ongoing support throughout the year.

The floor was then opened to discuss the year that was, Sharing what our successes and learning experiences. After which we relocated upstairs to the Emperor’s Table to continue the discussion over a Chinese Banquet.

This was the last meeting of the SMBIT Professionals for 2011. Meetings resume in 2012 at the usual time of 7pm at North Ryde RSL on the second Tuesday of each month.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

- SMBIT Professionals, Sydney Committee]]>November Meetinghttp://www.smbitpro.org/sydney/2011/11/9/november-meeting.htmlSMBIT Professionals Admin2011-11-08T13:10:00Z2011-11-08T13:10:00Z
This meeting was the last full meeting of the year, with a shorter meeting, followed by dinner (free for members) in December.

George Wong from D-Link presented on some of the latest D-Link product range with an excellent technical overview.

The winner of the Door Prize, a Boxee, was Stuart Berry, presented by Steve Webb of D-Link.

The second presentation was via a Live Meeting Stream by Shane Hoey, Powershell evangelist and guru on Powershell and its many uses in todays' environment. This was Part 1 with the second part to be held 9 November 2011.

Members were advised of a quick survey going out on 9/11/11 to confirm attendance at the Christmas dinner.]]>October Meetinghttp://www.smbitpro.org/sydney/2011/10/12/october-meeting.htmlSMBIT Professionals Admin2011-10-11T13:00:00Z2011-10-11T13:00:00Z
As per recent meetings it was well attended with three new members introducing themselves to the group.

Gordon Cowser, Committee Member for Training, presented on upcoming requirements for members of SMBiTPro of a Professional Development Program.

Member Wayne Small provided a brief overview of his recent attendance at SMB Nation 2011.

Presentations were provided by:

1. Matt Goodman, Sales Manager/BDM for MPA Systems Pty Ltd on the Cyberoam Unified Product Range. Included in Matt's presentation was a detailed and comprehensive overview of the Cyberoam Central Management Console. Members were asked to complete a form, which went in to a draw. The lucky winner of the Cyberoam NetGenie Wireless Router was Bill Vass of IFix Computers

2. George Alexandridis - Senior Product Specialist from Trend Micro (Vendor Sponsor) presented on SafeSync for Business- Trend Micro's newly released cloud-based file sharing and on-line storage solution for the Small Business market. As giveaways each member received a complimentary SafeSync Account.

Please note the Annual General Meeting of SMBiTPro National will be held at North Ryde RSL on 26 November 2011, with a Spotlight (Technical Training Day) on 25 November 2011.

The First National Survey of SMBiTPro members is due to go out to members next week.

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The SMBiTPro September Monthly Meeting was held at the usual venue, North Ryde RSL. It was well attended, as was the August meeting.

For the first time the meeting was recorded and streamed live.

The Sydney Chapter now has 61 Financial Members.

The Vendor presentation was given by Dale Chen from QNAP demonstrating the power of their product range as well as some new members of the QNAP family, available from Silver Sponsor Distributor Bluechip IT.

Rod Arthur from LAN Creation delivered an interesting overview of some of the Saas email and web-based security solutions available, with a particular emphasis on Rod's experience with Mailguard.

The next meeting will be held on October 11th.
 
 
]]>August Meetinghttp://www.smbitpro.org/sydney/2011/8/10/august-meeting.htmlSMBIT Professionals Admin2011-08-09T14:00:00Z2011-08-09T14:00:00Zhttp://www.vmvault.com.au (Secure Hosted Virtualisation) and John Jones from Kerio http://www.kerio.com.

The meeting was the best attended for some time - possibly due to the giveaway from Radek of a 64GB iPad2 with Wi-Fi + 3G(RRP $950.00) at the conclusion of his presentation! The meeting welcomed three new members, who each introduced themselves. Committee members (newly appointed at the July meeting) provided updates from within their portfolios to the meeting.

Prize winner(s) business cards were drawn out of a hat and had to answer a question from Radek's presentation. The question was What is the VMVault iPhone/iPad app called. The correct answer was VMVault VCMobile. Amazingly, and disappointingly for some members, the draw was repeated several times as the incorrect or no answer was provided until Richard Grace took home the evening's grand prize (see photo) - a very happy man.

The Kerio giveaway was an iPad Nano which was won by Bill Vass.

 
 
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