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The Association of Service and Computer Dealers International (ASCDI) is a 30 year old, worldwide non-profit organization made up of companies who provide technology solutions, technical support or value added services to the business community.

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WINTER CONFERENCE: March 4 - 6, 2009
Hard Rock Hotel - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

EUROPEAN CONFERENCE: June 17 - 19, 2009
Prague, Czech Republic

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Meet the new members
Book review
Cisco
HP
IBM
Intermec
Power
Saas
Sun

Meet the new members

Allied Telesis Inc.
Since 1987 Allied Telesis has provided excellence in engineering at the best price point for your IT investment. We are unique in our ability to equip an entire Ethernet/IP network. Our globally located customers have relied on us to design interoperable, scalable networks that deliver present value with an eye to your future networking needs. Our core competencies in fiber, optical electronics and Ethernet make us a leader in access technology. Our vision is to create an innovative, powerful and flexible network so that you can offer revenue-generating services to your customers and increase productivity throughout your enterprise – whether it’s large or small. 
Visit http://www.alliedtelesis.com/default.aspx 
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Book review

Voice over IP Security
We in the telecommunications domain struggle with security issues constantly and much of our attention is focused on IP networks. The relatively recent emergence and rapid rise in popularity of Voice over IP (VoIP) has heightened those concerns considerably. Voice over IP Security, by Patrick Park, can help. The book is organized into three parts. Part I comprises five chapters that, taken together, do a very good job of explaining the fundamentals of VoIP security, including sources of vulnerability, threat taxonomy, security profiles in VoIP protocols (H.323, SIP and MGCP), cryptography and VoIP network elements. Part II is a thorough discussion of VoIP security best practices in four chapters. Part III comprises two final chapters on lawful interceptions. This is a solid piece of work and deserving of a spot on your bookshelf..

Author: Patrick Park
Publisher: Cisco Press (September 2008)
ISBN-10: 1587054698
ISBN-13: 978-1587054693
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Cisco

Contractor who defrauded Cisco gets 5-year term
A federal judge has sentenced a former Newark city contractor to five years in prison for a scam that defrauded a prominent computer company of several million dollars. Michael Kyereme, of Piscataway, provided technical support for Newark and was authorized to buy replacement computer parts from Cisco Systems. The 41-year-old admitted that over several years he falsely claimed various computer parts had failed, and then ordered replacement equipment that he later sold for personal gain. The scam defrauded San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco of nearly $4.2 million. Prosecutors say that Kyereme, who was sentenced recently, resold the parts in California. He pleaded guilty in July to mail fraud and tax evasion.
Visit www.cisco.com.
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HP

HP bolsters Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio
HP broadened its Adaptive Infrastructure (AI) portfolio with new software solutions that enable customers to reduce costs and improve data center management as they position their businesses for success. This announcement spotlights significant enhancements to HP Insight Dynamics – VSE, the industry’s first software solution to manage physical and virtual resources in the same way. These include options for Insight Orchestration and Insight Recovery, the first in a series of product announcements planned for 2009 that represent an increased focus by the company on the HP AI initiative and portfolio. With businesses cutting costs, reducing risk and leveraging IT resources to seize greater competitive advantage, the HP AI initiative delivers the integrated product and service set needed for comprehensive management and 24/7, lights-out operations for next-generation technology environments.
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IBM

IBM and Korea Exchange renew integrated maintenance service contract for third consecutive year
IBM announced that it has renewed a contract for integrated maintenance services with the Korea Exchange (KRX). IBM has been providing integrated maintenance services to KRX since December 2006. IBM is offering comprehensive maintenance and contract management services to KRX, ranging from system hardware, software, middleware, network, facilities and equipment. IBM provides KRX with integrated maintenance and management for system-related services that ensures a single point of contact to users and IT support departments. By standardizing and integrating infrastructure maintenance under IBM, KRX is able to address complicated internal communication and management challenges. This has resulted in better problem solving and error analysis; provision of various management information on overall service operations and maintenance; and establishment of a regular inspection system of business situations for a more systematic decision-making process.
Visit www.ibm.com/services or http://eng.krx.co.kr/index.html.

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Intermec

Vocollect partners with Intermec
Vocollect announced that it has joined forces with Intermec to offer Vocollect Voice on Intermec’s new CK3 mobile computer. Commercially available this spring, the offering is designed to provide maximum voice capability on a device that is highly adaptable to meet ever-changing data capture and communication needs of global supply chain customers. "The market has been asking for voice on Intermec devices and this our response," Sweeney said. "Now all major manufacturers are covered and Vocollect Voice is available for all of them. Customers are now able to buy voice systems that adapt to their current systems, architecture, and strategies and leverage the relationships and knowledge of devices already in place."
Visit www.intermec.com
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Power

New market research report available
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:  AC-DC Power Supplies: Economic Factors, Application Drivers, Architecture/Packaging Trends, Regulatory and Technology Developments, Ninth Edition.  Despite a global economic slowdown, the outlook for the worldwide embedded ac-dc power supply market is expected to remain strong. Evolving powering architectures, packaging trends and global standards for improvements in energy efficiency are combining with developments in advanced components and new markets for ac-dc power and to create new opportunities for makers of ac-dc power supplies.

Two particularly significant technological and architectural trends include the continued move towards single-output power supplies and the further adoption of front-end power supplies. Evidence of this can be seen in the complexity of today’s electronics applications, which use an increasing number of voltage rails, making multiple-output power supplies impractical in many devices. This can be seen in applications ranging from personal computers and plasma TVs to servers and Ethernet switches. Higher–end devices present even more opportunities, as modern telecommunications and data communications are deploying ac front ends as the primary means of converting ac mains voltage to the more useable voltages required by logic devices, auxiliary/peripheral devices, and/or alternate point-of-load regulators and dc-dc converters. Hot swap capability and the need to parallel ac-dc front ends for redundancy in mission critical facilities will also act as a driving factor.
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SaaS

IBM and iEnterprises offer CRM Software as a Service to help smaller companies compete with larger rivals
IBM and iEnterprises are working with small and mid-sized construction companies to help them run their businesses more intelligently by reconfiguring their customer relationship management (CRM) systems via Software as a Service (SaaS). Hosted on IBM technology, iEnterprises provides CRM software -- tailored to industries including construction, pharmaceutical, legal and others -- as an affordable service designed to allow smaller businesses to significantly increase productivity and reduce strains on time and staffed resources. A Software as a Service-based offering eliminates the cost of developing, purchasing and maintaining an in-house technology solution for its users. IBM offers advanced hardware, software and infrastructure technologies to help IBM Business Partners, such as iEnterprises, deliver secure and scaleable cloud-enabled services with a wide variety of SaaS offerings.
Visit www.ibm.com or www.ienterprises.com.
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Sun

Sun Microsystems unveils latest in line of highly energy efficient, flexible datacenters
Responding to market demand for more energy-efficient datacenters, Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced the completion of its new Broomfield, Colo. datacenter. The largest datacenter consolidation project undertaken in the company's history, the facility incorporates the latest in Sun's portfolio of energy-efficient systems and expertise, including breakthroughs in innovative datacenter design and power and cooling technologies. With this project, Sun estimates it will save more than $1 million in electricity costs and 11,000 metric tons of CO2 per year in Broomfield and will help Sun reduce its carbon footprint by 6 percent in the U.S. Sun also announced the availability of new datacenter efficiency services to help customers retrofit and build more efficient datacenters like Sun's Broomfield and Santa Clara datacenters. The new datacenter follows similar Sun projects completed in Blackwater, UK, Santa Clara, Calif. and Bangalore, India in August 2007. It builds on designs used in Sun's Santa Clara datacenter and features water savings, chemical reduction, free air cooling and flywheel uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
Visit http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/2009-0126/index.jsp.
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