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Updated Sessions at GWAVACon Las Vegas 2010
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| GWAVA | GWAVA 4 Certification | Ernie Riedelbach, Robert Quintero, Derek Adams | Have you always wanted to be a GWAVA Certified Engineer? If you are a channel partner or customer and want the most from your GWAVA and GroupWise investment, then this course is critical. The course is divided into two areas: setting up your GWAVA environment and GWAVA on Linux. The first half will include hands-on, step-by-step instruction focused on setting up your specific GWAVA deployment along with little known tips and tricks to make you even more effective. The Linux portion of the course will provide valuable information on the benefits and challenges of transitioning to Linux while continuing to protect your GroupWise systems with GWAVA 4.5. Keep in mind that an exam will be administered and certification certificates will be awarded. | |
| GWAVA | GWAVA 4.5 Hands on Training | Ernie Riedelbach, Robert Quintero | If you are a channel partner or customer and want the most from your GWAVA and GroupWise investment, then this course is critical. The course is divided into two areas: setting up your GWAVA environment and GWAVA on Linux. The first half will include hands-on, step-by-step instruction focused on setting up your specific GWAVA deployment along with little known tips and tricks to make you even more effective. The Linux portion of the course will provide valuable information on the benefits and challenges of transitioning to Linux while continuing to protect your GroupWise systems with GWAVA 4.5. | |
| GWAVA | Reload Hands on Training | Ernie Riedelbach, James Hopkins | Do you want to certify on Reload or simply learn more about the new Reload 3.1 product? Expect to get involved and learn the intricacies of GWAVA’s incredible back up and disaster recovery solution. Extensive changes to the web interface, performance optimizations and ASP friendly features are a few of the topics discussed during this interactive session. An exam will be administered and certification certificates will be awarded. For advanced users. | |
| GWAVA | Retain Hands on Training | Ernie Riedelbach, James Hopkins | Do you want to certify on Retain for GroupWise or simply learn more about the new product release? Expect to get involved and learn the intricacies of GWAVA’s email archiving and retention solution. Optimizing storage management, compliance auditing and litigation readiness are driving organizations of all sizes to implement a complete email management solution. Learn about Deletion Manager, performance optimizations, interface changes and diagnostic and forensic tools to name a few. An exam will be administered and certification certificates will be awarded. | |
| GWAVA | Redline Hands on Training | Eric Maughan, Robert Quintero | Redline lets administrators monitor GroupWise and other third-party applications from a single location—ensuring that performance and security are maintained. Come learn from the experts how to set up and maintain your Redline solution. An exam will be administered and certification certificates will be awarded. | |
| GWAVA | Vertigo Hands on Training | James Hopkins, Ernie Riedelbach | Vertigo allows administrators to view and edit rules, policies and settings for thousands of GroupWise post offices or a single post office. Come learn tips and tricks and deployment strategies from the experts on keeping GroupWise post offices running smooth. An exam will be administered and certification certificates will be awarded. | |
| GWAVA | GWAVA 4.5 Hands on Training - Advanced Training | Ernie Riedelbach, Robert Quintero | If you aren't using GWAVA yet or want to have a quick introduction to the new features of GWAVA 4, this is the session to attend. Learn the new features in GWAVA 4.5 and the compelling reason that so many GroupWise customers have deployed GWAVA. | |
| GWAVA | Introduction to GWAVA Redline | Stephen Cohen | Come and learn why GWAVA Redline is the most extensive monitoring solution for GroupWise, GroupWise Mobile Server, BES, NotifyLink and Toffa. Redline experts will discuss high level features, business issues and deployment strategies. | |
| GWAVA | Introduction to GWAVA Reload | Taylor Cochrane | Come and learn why GWAVA Reload is the most popular back up and disaster recovery solution for GroupWise. This introductory course discusses the benefits of implementing a Reload solution to ensure that your messaging system is always available and business continues even in the event of an emergency. Learn tips and tricks for maintaining and optimizing Reload and find out about new features and direction for Reload 3.1. Find out how Reload and Retain together ensures that your archived data is preserved and accessible. | |
| GWAVA | Introduction to GWAVA Vertigo | Willem Bagchus | Come and learn the basics of Vertigo and how this product can help you view and edit rules, policies and settings for thousands of GroupWise post offices or a single post office. Participate in an interactive discussion about deployment, performance strategies and some tips and tricks to help you better leverage your GroupWise investment. | |
| GWAVA | Introduction to GWAVA Retain 1.8 for GroupWise | Stephen Cohen | Come and learn why GWAVA Retain for GroupWise is catching the attention of GroupWise customers, analysts and partners. This session will discuss the challenges around archiving and accessing large amounts of messaging data. Understand issues around storage management and optimization, litigation readiness and compliance auditing. Interact with the experts on new features, performance enhancements and tips and tricks. | |
| GWAVA | Introduction to GWAVA Retain 2 for Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) | Travis Doherty | Does your Human Resources department or in-house counsel shudder when they see employees sending SMS or PIN messages from their smart phones? Do employees constantly complain because corporate policy forbids texting? Learn how you can manage voice, PIN and SMS messaging without a heavy client on the device. Retain for BES leverages existing infrastructure to archive and make accessible all types of messaging data. Listen to real-world customer examples and success stories about using Retain for BES. If you are already a Retain for BES customer, come hear about the new features in the latest release of Retain for BES. | |
| GWAVA | Introduction to GWAVA Reveal 2 | Willem Bagchus | Come and learn the power and flexibility behind GWAVA Reveal. Reveal lets you monitor a single or multiple mailboxes for suspicious behavior or to better enforce corporate policies. The Reveal team will be leading the discussion on deployment and tips and tricks. | |
| GWAVA | Introduction to GWAVA 4.5 | Willem Bagchus | For those customers who have not deployed GWAVA 4.5 or want to have a quick introduction to the new features of GWAVA 4.5, this is the session to attend. Willem Bagchus covers the new features and what is the compelling reason so many GroupWise customers have deployed GWAVA. | |
| GWAVA | Get the Whole Story on Stubbing in GroupWise | Charles Taite Taylor Cocharne | Are you wondering if you should take advantage of the new stubbing functionality in GroupWise 8? Join Charles Taite, CEO/CTO and co-founder of GWAVA, for an in-depth look into the pros and cons of message stubbing in GroupWise. If you have questions about stubbing for your organization, this is a must-attend session. | |
| GWAVA | Richard Bliss | Details coming soon | ||
| Novell | End-User Computing, Collaboration Solutions, Collaboration Strategy | Ken Muir | End-User Computing, Collaboration Solutions, Collaboration Strategy | |
| Novell | The Buzz Surrounding "Gradenko". | Travis Grandpre and Charles Gonzales | The Buzz Surrounding "Gradenko"The upcoming Novell data synchronization solution, code-named "Gradenko," is a key component of the overall Novell collaboration vision. As a bi-directional, many-to-many synchronization engine that connects data from disparate collaboration software, businesscritical applications and mobile devices, it's generating a lot of anticipation and excitement. This session will give you a sneak peek at the product itself and a detailed overview of the connectors that are under development | |
| Novell | Teaming 2: A Technical Review | Travis Grandpre and Charles Gonzales | Novell Teaming 2 has powerful functionality for administrators. In this session, examine the technical aspects of Novell Teaming 2 including indexing server failover, multi-tenant servers, guest user licensing, mirror folder improvements, multi-LDAP search queries and built-in mail server. | |
| Novell | ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP2 - Overview, Features | Gil Cattelain Allen McCurdy | One of the number one reasons organizations deploy a systems management solution today is to control the deployment and releases of software across the entire enterprise. This session will go deep into how you can leverage the power of ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP2, and remove the manual administrative burden from your shoulders. | |
| Novell | Reduce IT Costs with ZENworks Application Virtualization | Gil Cattelain Allen McCurdy | Using this method to provision software to your endpoints allows you to control how software interacts with your systems. It also lets you avoid the potential for applications to disrupt other software that is already installed. Come to this session to learn how Novell recommends you take advantage of this new set of features, and how you can quickly and easily start to virtualize your software releases. | |
| SKyPRO | Unified Communications for GroupWise: SKyCOM, FaxGwise, SKySMS | The SKyCOM unified communications application adds VoIP capability for improved productivity, increased convenience, lower costs, and more flexibility. SKyCOM increases user productivity by using the PC as the single interface for all communications. GroupWise integration enables the user to track all communications and use GroupWise as a simple CRM tool. SKyCOM also allows easy setup of conference calls with up to 7 participants, and will record any call as a .wav file for later playback. The .wav file can also be shared with co-workers, improving information flow within the company. | ||
| Notify | GroupWise Mobility and Mobile Device Management | Notify Technology has been supporting the GroupWise community with mobility solutions since the availability of GroupWise 5.5. After being recognized by Gartner Group for the past six years as a leading provider of mobility solutions in the enterprise, Notify has continued to support the GroupWise community with innovative enhancements to its NotifyLink Enterprise family of products. Today Notify provides over 1000 GroupWise customers with wireless email, PIM, and mobile device management using either its NotifyLink On-Premise or On-Demand solutions. Notify is the only solution that can support BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm, Windows Mobile and select Symbian devices in a single scalable solution for GroupWise. Notify will present its latest NotifyLink features in the area of device support and mobile device management. | ||
| GroupLink | Free Poker Chip With The City of Lubbock Success Story and The Novell Integrated HelpDesk | Join us in this session to see why the City of Lubbock uses GroupLink’s everything HelpDesk, the Novell Integrated HelpDesk Solution, as their ideal help desk solution. In this session we will discuss how everything HelpDesk can increase your IT productivity and end user satisfaction by:
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| NTEG | Advanced Migration from NetWare to OES2 | Norm O'Neal | Discuss and learn how to successfully implement Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. What to look for, where are the "gotcha's" etc.
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| Research in Motion | Power User Training for your BlackBerry: | BlackBerry | Attend this session presented by Research in Motion, to learn tricks and tips and shortcuts to better utilize your BlackBerry Smartphone as well as some popular BlackBerry device applications. | |
| GWAVA | Defining your Mobility Strategy | Mitch Lauer | Has your organization has defined a mobility strategy or is it attempting to do so? How do you meet the business requirements and needs while at the same time manage the security, spend and resources to keep up with ever-changing technology? As smartphone devices and netbooks become the replacement of the desktop and laptop computer, defining a mobility strategy that follows the technology is difficult and complex. Attend this session to learn what organizations like yours are currently doing to accomplish this very difficult task. | |
| Independent | How to Survive a Security Attack | David Balcar | When your security perimeter fails what do you do? When your internal security fails what do you do? How do you mitigate your risks if you've been the victim of a penetration of your IT security? In this interactive session you will learn the steps to mitigate your risks and keep your systems online. You will learn what to do if your firewall has been bypassed, DNS hijacked, servers compromised, data stolen and other security problems. Also learn about Rootkits and threats to your laptops and other mobile devices. See a demo of the tools you should be using to test your own network security. This will be a open discussion on the security threats effecting your organization | |
| Independent | Penetration Testing your own Security Systems | David Balcar | In this demo-filled session you will see the tools and best practices for penetration testing your own systems. Some of the featured tools shown in the session include: web application testing; wireless tools; password analysis tools; and, network scanners. Reading the results of the tools will be covered from a best practice point of view. Look at your systems before someone else does... | |
| GropWise Guru | Troubleshooting GroupWise with a Browser | Matt Ray | Learn the ins and outs of troubleshooting your GroupWise system using a browser. | |
| GWAVA GroupWise Guru | THE most Sought-after Functions of Retain - GroupWise Performance. | Matt Ray/ Willem Bagchus | Improve the performance of your GroupWise system by reducing the size of your post offices. By centrally archiving your GroupWise data, older data no longer needs to sit in your GroupWise post offices and yet it remains online and available to authorized users. Matt Ray and Willem Bagchus will show you how you can use GWAVA's tools including GWAVA Retain to archive your old data and then reduce your post office size for performance. | |
| Osterman Research | Six Big Trends in Messaging | Michael Osterman | Session on Archiving, SaaS, Web Security, Encryption and Mobility | |
| The Harding Group Inc | NetWare to OES Best practices | George C. Lutch | For many, the decision to upgrade to GroupWise 8 is tightly coupled to the status of the NetWare infrastructure. Learn why moving from NetWare to Linux with Open Enterprise Server is an upgrade, not a migration. New upgrade tools make it easier than ever before to make the move. See the tools and hear about best practices and customer examples. | |
| Senior Collaboration Consultant and Project Manager | Maximizing GroupWise 8 in Windows for Your End Users | Judy Crum | Since the release of GroupWise 8, more and more people have found that personal productivity has increased. GroupWise 8 is full of features that help end users “get things done.” Attend this session to learn how to make the most of the latest Windows client enhancements and the best way to implement them in your organization. | |
| Caledonia | Moving GroupWise | Danita Zanrè | Moving GroupWise doesn't just mean migrating to Linux. Moving GroupWise is truly about getting GroupWise "from here to there". Whether you need to move GroupWise to a new NetWare server, migrate to Linux, upgrade your Windows server, or create a new volume, this session will show you the easy way to get there. We will discuss various move types, go over the common elements of a move, and point out moving options/requirements that are specific to any particular move type. | |
| Caledonia | GroupWise and the iPhone 101 ways to make it work | Danita Zanrè | My mother told me a billion times not to exaggerate! And while there are perhaps not 101 ways to connect your iPhone to GroupWise, there truly are many. This session will attempt to discuss most of them.
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| BrainStorm | So You've Deployed New Software...Now What? | Derek Adams | On average, end-users use only 13 percent of the features in any software tool. At BrainStorm, Inc. we think this is a tragic statistic. Not only does it mean that users aren't as productive as they could be, it also means that software investments can end up costing a lot more than the original purchase price. Come join us for a look at how BrainStorm, Inc. helps organizations dramatically increase utilization of software and to get ideas of how you can make real improvements in your organization. | |
| ATT Live | How Do I Get There From Here? Migrating Novell GroupWise 8 to Linux— | In this session you will learn how to migrate a Novell GroupWise 8 system from NetWare to Novell Open Enterprise Server Linux. Discussions will include how to migrate a Novell GroupWise system. Hands-on will include using the Novell GroupWise Server Migration Utility 1.1. Prerequisites: This class is for administrators who need to move their Novell GroupWise from NetWare or Windows to Linux. It assumes that you have relevant experience as a Novell GroupWise administrator | ||
| ATT Live | Troubleshooting Novell GroupWise 8 | In this session the focus will be on troubleshooting Novell GroupWise 8 and a review of some of the most common GroupWise 8 support issues. This class is designed to cover the troubleshooting methodologies, learn how to focus your troubleshooting in order to get to the root of a problem quickly. We will also explore the backup and restore features of GroupWise GWCheck. Material will also be maintained and updated to cover cover the top support issues as reported by Novell Technical Services. Prerequisites: Intended for advanced GroupWise Administrators interested in developing their GroupWise troubleshooting skills and staying informed on top support issues. | ||
| Advansys | Advansys Portable Archiving | Gregory Bell | See the latest on exporting messages and mailboxes into searchable, portable archives for backup, network storage, CD/DVD distribution and for creating other formats, such as Outlook PST files. Session includes an Archive To Go 2.0 preview, which has batch processing and other new features. | |
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| RDA | Keeping GroupWise in your Account | Robert Diaz | Learn and review several methods of not only keeping GroupWise in your account, but improving it to the point of becoming an "Invisible Technology." Learn what "Invisible Technology" is and how you can use it to combat the top 2 reasons of why GroupWise is removed from accounts. Includes case studies on different methods of "Invisible Technology" that will also improve GroupWise for your clients, their end-users and the entire GroupWise Ecosystem. | |
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| SEP | Disaster Recovery in a Novell world - from SuSE Linux to X(en) | James Delmonico | SEP sesam's, US Support Manger, James Delmonico, will lead a training session demonstrating Disaster Recovery both SuSE/OES2 Linux and virtual environments using the newest tools available in the backup world. SEP sesam's newest release for Linux Disaster recovery, from a disk failure to recovery onto completely new hardware. The training session will include a demonstration of setting up a backup and restore of a Linux server and a VMware ESX host, the virtual guests, and single files from those guests. There will also be a demonstration of a disaster recovery of XEN virtual machines and their restore. | |
| Novacoast | First look at Novell Data Synchronizer | David Parker, Lead R&D, Novacoast, Inc. | Get an early look at the upcoming release of Novell Data Synchronizer. Learn first hand how to integrate your internal applications with Groupwise, Sharepoint, Sales Force.com, and others. This session will focus on the setup configuration and overview of Novell Data Synchronizer. Participants will learn about the soon to be released technology and see first hand how to deploy it into their datacenter and have it communicate with their existing applications. | |
| Novacoast | Preparation and Planning for a GroupWise Migration or Upgrade | Instructor Cathy D. Schaefer, CNE/CNI/SCE Engineer Novacoast, Inc. | An overview in planning and preparing for your GroupWise migration or upgrade, whether your migration method is the GroupWise Migration utility, manually with dbcopy, or Reload migration. This session will provide an overview of three main components: physical, operating system, and GroupWise, with a comparison between two actual GroupWise migration/upgrades and how preparation and planning can make a difference | |
| Kaspersky Lab | Don’t be a Hacker’s Unsuspecting Target | Mark Villinski Manager, Field Marketing Kaspersky Lab | It’s not news that threats are growing across the IT security landscape. Today’s malware imposes significant business risks due to the highly organized nature of attacks – applications, web sites and social networks are all subject to attacks and vulnerabilities. Hackers are highly organized professionals with vast networks who are able to precisely target an unsuspecting victim, including many businesses and their employees. Users may not even realize his/her machine has been compromised for days, weeks or even months due to the nature of these attacks. During this seminar, Mark Vallinski, Manager of Field Marketing for Kaspersky Lab, will examine what this means for business owners and what IT managers need to look for to stay on top of these threats. | |
| Condrey Corporation | DocXchanger Empowering User Collaboration | Doug Ouzts | Collaboration Challenges, Current Workarounds, Empowering User Collaboration, Eliminating e-mail Attachements, Levrage existing Novell infrastructure, Integration with Novell Storage Manager, Demo/Q&A | |
| Keynote | Comparing the Cost of Email Systems | Michael Osterman | The Use of Windows Server does not have a dramatic impact on the TCO for GroupWise. Labor represents a smaller proportion of total overall costs for GroupWise than Exchange or Domino. Hardware has minimal impact on TCO-Hardware costs could triple or quadruple and have little importance. | |
| GWAVA | GWAVA 4.5 Soft Appliance +SMTP Scanner | Robert Quintero | Appliance Installation: requirements. Why? Performance, stability, resource allocation. Get full GWAVA feature set. Signature Spam scanning, Connection Dropping. Separate Spam scanning and mail handling for use with any Mail System. | |
| GWAVA | GWAVA 4.5: Protecting GroupWise from the Inside out.. | Robert Quintero | Reduce administrative burden: improve spam catch accuracy, reduce false positives. Reduce server load and still provide scalability for increasing email loads. Provide greater virus protection via KAV and the new "0 day virus scanner". Centralized quarantine for all scanners. Stop spoofed messages for your domain and others (backscatter/spam undeliverables) | |
| GWAVA | Technology Roadmap | Charles Taite | Corporate Update, Novell Data Synchronizer & Pulse, GWAVA Technology Roadmap | |
| GWAVA | Vertigo: GroupWise Administration | Robert Quintero | Vertigo common administration tasks. Single User Mode. Create New User or Object, User Properties, Password Change, Rule Copy, Signature Copy, Proxy Access, Folder Copy, Disable Logins. Multi-User Mode. Generating Reports, User Properties, Disabling or Deleting Rules or Signatures, Proxy Access. How? Novell Client, Object API, SOAP. | |
| Keynote | Cloud Computing Data Synchronization | Adam Gray | Cloud is broad and overused. |
