Happy 1/2 Hour and Parking Validation at Connex Vancouver

Happy ½ Hour

 

What is it?

This is the time of day called “Happy ½ Hour” at 5:30PM where we will be giving away prizes. We have over $2000 of prizes to be won including a Grand Prize of 32” LCD TV!

 

How do you win?

Simple … For every seminar you attend; you will be given ONE ticket. During the Happy ½ Hour portion of the Tech Fair; present your tickets and we will DOUBLE them increasing your chances to WIN!!!

 

Also, answer the “On the Spot” question and receive THREE more tickets.

 

You can potentially earn 25 TICKETS through out the day.

 

Note: You must be present to claim your prize.

 

PARKING VALIDATION

 

Arrive by 10:30AM and qualify for parking validation at Parkade Level P2/P3 Only (http://www.yvr.ca/guide/parking/parking_map.asp). Limit to first 75 attendees.

 

Parking information: Keep left on the Main INTL (USA) Departures ramp and adhere to signage for the type of parking required. Inside the Terminal, find level 3, International Departures. Access to The Fairmont Vancouver Airport is just past the USA/International Departure check-in Counters, where it is recognizable by the glass walkway above. Go up one floor via stairs, escalator or elevator, cross the glass walkway to the hotel lobby.

(http://www.fairmont.com/vancouverairport/MapAndDirections.htm)

Breaking NEWS … Lenovo just added!!!

Be sure to check out Lenovo’s latest and greatest products.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Is Business Continuity Important?

Quantum has an important question to ask you, our reseller partner, and promise a valuable seminar if the answer is yes.  Cal Ross of Quantum will be joining us on September 11th to present on Is Business Continuity Important to Your Customers? with the byline “learn how to combine disk and tape technologies in a comprehensive backup solution.  Cal’s provided us with the description:

“This presentation will discuss the data protection issues currently being faced by our customers and some new technologies combining disk based backup and tape automation to help you craft an innovative solution to solve those issues.”

Welcome to Quantum; Nortel goes Green

Good news for those of you in the server and storage space – Quantum has joined the Connex vendor lineup for a seminar and appearance in our vendor fair. Details on their topic will be forthcoming but we’re happy to welcome them on board.

Nortel has also provided us with their seminar topic, and it’s an informative and timely one on the cost savings and reduction in total cost of ownership of a Nortel network:

Nortel Seminar

The Nortel Tax Relief Plan: Calculate Your Nortel Energy Savings

First Seminars, Keynote Announced

I know some of you have been anxiously awaiting the topics our selected vendor partners will be speaking on and I’m happy to report that Cisco and IBM have both provided us with their topics. A final agenda is merely days away, but in the meantime you can plan to listen to:

Cisco Keynote:

Cisco’s SMB Strategy: Partnering to Win

Cisco Seminars:

Be Included: Capture your share of the Canadian SMB Unified Communications Opportunity

Cisco SMB Partner Resources: Taking your Business to the Next Level

Cisco SMB Solutions Update

IBM Seminar

Storage and Disk Virtualization Implementation: Big Dollar Savings

Vancouver Location Announced

Good news for our Vancouver-area resellers, we can finally announce the location for Connex in your region.  We’ll be taking over a good part of the Fairmont Vancouver Airport, a beautiful venue centrally located at the Vancouver Airport on the edge of Richmond.  We’ll confirm an agenda and timeline shortly but we’ve already sourced some great content including keynotes by Cisco Systems; a Unifed Communications Skills Training Camp; solutions seminars with our Networking, Server, and Storage vendors; and let’s not forget some great food, networking, and prizes to end the night.  Connex arrives Thursday, September 11th -  click here to register or for more information.