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Arbor Solutions, IBM and Shareco Communications's Tuesday August 5th—8:30 to 11:00 at the IBM Briefing Center, 2900 Charlevoix Drive SE Grand Rapids You will see demonstrations of market leading solutions that will provide your organization outstanding ROI via reliable, secure and flexible communications and networking for your people, customers, suppliers and systems. Decision makers will learn that we are proven partners they can trust to meet their needs in the most cost-effective way. Seminar agenda will be as follows: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) by David D. Puffer, RCDD, Sr. Design Engineer, Shareco Communications Come learn background info on VoIP technology, solutions already in use, local and remote functions, how to minimize telephone maintenance expenses, and what is required in the LAN environment to operate. David will also provide a view of some pertinent VoIP technologies currently in use by manufacturers. Web Conferencing and Instant Messaging by John Wheaton, Sr. Consultant, Arbor Solutions, Inc., IBM Business Partner In today’s marketplace, your enterprise is under more pressure than ever. To reduce costs and optimize processes, while continuing to produce results. To react faster. To do more with less. And more than ever before, your entire organization must be more responsive and accountable to everyone along your value chain both within and outside your organization. John will show you how integrated voice, video, text, etc. opens break through ways to compete. Ethernet LANs from Start to FAST! by Larry Bolhuis, IBM Certified Systems Expert, Vice President of Technology, Arbor Solutions, Inc. Just as you rely on telephones today, you need a rock solid infrastructure for these new integrated communications of the 21st century. Larry will conclude with what you need to do to securely, reliably, and flexibly take your network beyond a basic 10/100Mb to Wireless, Gb, 10Gb, or even be prepared for 100Gb speeds! This is a local free sneak preview of his Fall 2003 Common Session. CALL today to reserve your seat 616.451.2500 or e-mailinfo@arbsol.com or signup online to RSVP a seat or to have us come to you with one of our networking services planning sessions for budgeting, design, implementation assistance, and/or operations audit. Larry Bolhuis selected Fall 2002 COMMON Conference Hall of Fame twice. COMMON established the Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame to recognize presenters at its conferences whose sessions are exceptional in both content and delivery. Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame Awards are based on evaluation forms turned in by attendees following each session. The top 1% of the sessions are awarded a Gold medal, the next 2% of the sessions are awarded a Silver medal, and the next 4% of the sessions are awarded a Bronze Medal. The Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame was established in 1994. Larry's awards were for: Silver Medal Introduction to Frame Relay 404345 Bronze Medal IP Addressing: What you need to know 420066 Common Awards Larry also served as the President of the West Michigan AS/400 User Group for 10 years and has numerous certifications including: IBM eServer Certified Systems Expert: iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2, V5R1, V4R5,,, iSeries LPAR Technical Solutions V5R2 iSeries Linux Solution Sales V5R2 iSeries Window Integration Solution Sales V5R2 IBM eServer Certified Systems Specialist iSeries System Administrator for OS/400 V5R2 AS/400 RPG IV Developer iSeries System Command Operations V5R2 What is COMMON? COMMON, an international professional association, serves the Global Community of organizations and individuals who have an interest in IBM-related technology COMMON provides preeminent leadership in education. Members receive unparalleled educational benefits that facilitate the effective use of information systems and enhance professional growth. COMMON influences the information industry through its ability to synthesize and communicate member requirements representative of the information technology community. For further information go to Common Home Page. |