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• Reduce desktop TCO by centralizing and simplifying desktop management across the entire desktop lifecycle.
• Reduce desktop configuration time by dynamically provisioning user desktops in real time.
• Respond quickly to desktop issues by proactively monitoring system performance and availability.
• Give users up-to-date desktops and applications that are managed and updated centrally in the datacenter.

Agenda

09:00 – 09:30       Breakfast Tea & Coffee
09:30 – 09:40       Welcome & Introductions
09:40 – 10:10       XenDesktop Overview
10:10 – 11:00       Demo of Citrix XenDesktop
11:00 – 11:15       Tea/Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30       Real World Novosco Deployments: Notes from  the field
12:30 – 13:30       Buffet Lunch

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Join us at this exclusive half day workshop to find out how we can help you to address the daily challenges facing IT managers  such as;

• Increasing numbers of users, application and productivity requirements.
• Increasing expectation from end users on quality of service.
• Continuous performance and stability issues.
• Complex patch management issues.
• Heightened security risks and compliancy concerns.
• Increasing costs for support and maintenance.
• Rapidly changing form factor and connectivity options

Agenda

09:00-09:30   Breakfast  & Introduction 

09:30- 10:00  Session 1 

•  Using VMware View 4 to meet the top desktop management challenges, whilst also reducing costs.
• Learn how to simplify your migration to Windows 7 through application and desktop virtualisation.
•  Q&A’s

10.00-10:15  Tea/Coffee break

10:15-10:45  Session 2                      

• Using VMware tools for virtual Infrastructure management.
• Investigate the availabilty of 3rd party tools to help manage Virtual Infrastructure.
• Reflections of our real life deployment in the field.
• Q&A’s

10:45-11.15  Session 3

•  Virtualisation in BHSCT
• The Business Challenges ‘Do more with less’
•  Why Virtualise?
• Future Plans & Developments(Next Generation Datacentres/ Building the BHSCT Private Cloud)                 
•  Q&A’s

11:15-12:00  Session 4 

• Overview of Cisco UCS
• Live BHSCT Demo               
• Q&A’s

12:00-12:30  Session 5                  

• Virtual Infrastructure Backup 
•  The challenges and methodologies of how to restore  
• How various backup products fit business requirements.                 

12:30-13:00 Buffet Lunch & Conclusion

Posted in: Events, Uncategorized Tags: business continuity, Cisco, Cloud Computing, datacentre, EMC, hosting, virtualisation, VMware

Join Novosco for an exclusive Private Cloud Briefing

Agenda

• Introductions and Novosco Overview

• Overview of VCE/VBlock

• Overview of conventional Server Design for VMware implementations

• Challenges when Scaling Out VMware Infrastructure

• Demonstration of Unified Management Console

• Tour of the data centre and UCS infrastructure
  Discussion / Whiteboard

Who should attend?

CIO’s looking to build their own private cloud infrastructure

or extend into the cloud

Posted in: Events Tags: Citrix, Cloud Computing, EMC, Novosco, virtualisation, VMware

Don’t miss the most important virtualisation event of 2010

Novosco and VMware would like to invite you to join us at the Vitualisation Forum 2010.

Whether you are just starting your virtualisation program or have an advanced deployment, this event will show how you can maximise the benefits of virtualisation to your organisation for:

• Desktop Virtualisation
• Application Virtualisation
• Security
• Remote Office Management
• Reduced capital and operational costs
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
• Cloud computing

This free one day event is packed with educational tracks, customer presentations, live demos and networking opportunities. With over 20 virtualisation product and service providers participating you will receive a broad view of how the virtualisation industry can benefit your organisation.

The VMware genius bar will give you access to key VMware staff to discuss how to drive your virtualisation program forward and how the recent major enhancements to infrastructure, desktop management solutions can benefit you.

Find out how more than 150,000 companies are saving up to 50 percent in data center and other IT costs with virtualisation. Understand why over 60 percent of VMware customers rely on virtualisation for their disaster recovery. Leave with the information and resources you need to move forward with your own virtualisation strategy.

Posted in: Events, Novosco, Uncategorized, Workshops, business Tags: Cloud Computing, datacentre, Novosco, virtualisation, VMware

Novosco will be holding a ‘Cloud Computing Breakfast Briefing’ on Thursday 5th Nov 09, Dublin.  (Novosco Dublin HQ office in Blanchardstown Corporate Park)

Agenda

- Breakfast
- What is Cloud Computing?
- Overview of Novosco CloudStream services
 - CloudStream Net (Private & Resilient Cloud Network Service)
 - CloudStream Servers (Virtual, Secure Severs On-demand)
- CloudStream Apps (Hosted applications, Always Available & Secure)
- Q&A

Who should attend:

Existing customers looking to extend into the cloud, Consultants & Solution advisors looking to add cloud computing to their portfolio.   

To register please complete the form below

Posted in: Events Tags: Cloud Computing, datacentre, virtualisation

Novosco will exhibit at the ‘Northern Ireland Civil Service’ ICT Conference 2009. 

The conference, organised by IT Assist, Delivery and Innovation Division, & Department of Finance and Personnel, will take place on Tuesday 20th October and Wednesday 21st October 2009 at the Radisson SAS Roe Park Resort Hotel, Limavady.

Novosco will exhibit to share its virtualisation experiences including:
° Desktop Virtualisation

For more information on the conference please email edwina.nugent@novosco.com

Posted in: Events Tags: virtualisation

Novosco will be holding a ‘Cloud Computing Breakfast Briefing’ in the Park Inn, Belfast on Thursday 22nd Oct 09.

Agenda 

- Breakfast 
- What is Cloud Computing?
- Overview of Novosco CloudStream services
- CloudStream Net Service (Private & Resilient Cloud Network Service)
- Q&A

Who should attend: 

 Consultants, IT Professionals & management involved in networks / IT infrastructure

Spaces are limited.  To register please complete the form below:

Posted in: Events Tags: Cloud Computing, datacentre, Novosco

Cloud computing is reforming the IT marketplace offering a much cheaper way for businesses to acquire and use IT.

iQuest & The Sunday Business Post in association with the Irish Software Association and The National Digital Research Centre will host the ‘Cloud Computing Summit’, 23rd September, with exhibitors including Novosco, VMware, Salesforce.com and eircom. 

The summit focuses on how traditional enterprises can adopt Cloud Computing and features thought leaders, industry experts and end-user experiences of cloud technologies.

Novosco will share its experiences on cloud computing and will exhibit to discuss its CloudStream™ range of cloud IT services, including:

° Cloud Networks
° Cloud Servers
° Cloud Applications

The main cloud summit conference is on the 23rd September, with technical sessions on the 22nd September.

For more information on the summit please email edwina.nugent@novosco.com

Or Register online at http://www.cloudsummit.ie/index.php?show=booking

Posted in: Events Tags: Cloud Computing, datacentre, virtualisation

Novosco has been invited to take part in a ‘Unified Communications workshop’, hosted by Clarity Telecom.  

Friday 11th September 2009

Clarity Telecom has invited industry leaders including Novosco and Microsoft to educate companies on the commercial benefits of unified communications, including cloud networks, IP telephony, hosted applications.       

AGENDA in brief:

This event will feature break away sessions and will enhance your knowledge of:

* Novosco CloudStream Net  -  Cost effective private and resilient Cloud Network Service. “Go faster Spend Less and do more”
By John Lennon, Business Development Director, Novosco

* Clarity Telecom – an introduction to the next generation of hosted applications; delivering commercial benefits with NO additional investment!

*Microsoft OCS – learn how the power of Microsoft’s desktop can be integrated with ip telephony whether you are in the office or working remotely.

Who should attend?

IT professionals and management involved in: Networks, Datacentre, IT Infrastructure, Communications, Security

Spaces are limited!
Email: edwina.nugent@novosco.com

Posted in: Events Tags: Cloud Computing, Microsoft

Realise the cost reduction benefits of virtualisation, even with a severely stretched budget.

“XenServer being made available for free download means that all companies, especially those with restricted budgets, can now realise the tangible benefits of server virtualisation”. 

Join Novosco at a free breakfast briefing in conjunction with Citrix and Marathon to learn:

How Citrix and Marathon Technologies automated solutions provide high availability and disaster recovery for both physical / virtual environments plus how this technology can deliver large cost savings for your business.

Agenda

- Overview of Xen Server (Server virtualisation)
- Marathon Technologies automated fault tolerance and high availability software
- Driving the TCO of application delivery down with XenApp 5 & Platnium upgrades
- Citrix Application Delivery Centre DEMO 

Who Should Attend

*Exisitng IT Managers looking to maximise their virtualisation investment
*New clients looking to realise Citrix benefits such as reducing capital IT expenditure costs whilst increasing business agility.

Posted in: Events Tags: Citrix, virtualisation