Upcoming Meeting Notice

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.

Members and non-members are invited to learn how to grow your business, find new business opportunities, hear from industry representatives and enjoy some fabulous networking events at our conferences:

2011 EUROPEAN FALL CONFERENCE
October 26 - 28, 2011
Hamburg, Germany

2012 ASIA CONFERENCE
February 1 - 3, 2012
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2012 USA CONFERENCE
March 7 - 9, 2012
Clearwater Beach, Florida   USA

Click here for more information on ALL ASCDI MEETINGS, to view the agendas, lodging details, attendee lists and to REGISTER AT THE EARLY BIRD RATE.

Cloud
Deal data
HP
IBM
Oracle
Security
UC

Cloud

TwilioCon sells out: inaugural conference for developers and entrepreneurs building the future of cloud communications
Twilio announced that they have sold out their inaugural TwilioCon event, a new two-day conference created by the company. TwilioCon will bring together the creators of Twilio-powered businesses, technology experts and business leaders for two days of intense learning and fun, including a hackathon, one-on-one access to Twilio product teams, fabulous food and drink from local San Francisco vendors, and of course the requisite conference after-party. Prominent industry dealmaker, Ron Conway, will be a featured speaker, as well as angel investor Dave McClure. Other speakers and moderators on the agenda include former Pixar CTO Oren Jacob, reporters Jolie O’Dell of VentureBeat, Alastair Goldfisher of Thomson Reuters and Matt Rosoff of Business Insider, as well as up-and-coming developers such as Kevin Whinnery from Appcelerator and Ian Hunter from Zaarly. Twilio’s own CEO, Jeff Lawson, will also deliver a high-energy keynote presentation geared towards the inventive, curious, tech savvy audience that will be in attendance.
Visit www.twilio.com/conference.
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Deal data

Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada) to release new data on high tech industry deal terms and royalty rates
Recent bombshell deals like the Nortel auction and Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility have shined a white-hot spotlight on the power of intellectual property (IP) transactions. But specifics on high technology deals have not been available — until now. The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada), Inc. will release preliminary results from its inaugural High Technology Sector Royalty Rates and Deal Terms Survey during a special mini-plenary session at its Annual Meeting, October 16-18 in San Diego. For years, in this industry that relies on successful collaborations, alliances and deal-making, there have been major gaps in deal data to help inform, teach and guide professionals in future negotiations. LES (USA & Canada) has addressed this gap with a broad-reaching ‘Royalty Rate and Deal Terms Survey’ initiative that is gathering deal term data by industry sector. To date the society has completed similar surveys looking at deal term and royalty rate data in the life sciences/health care sector and the chemicals/energy/environmental and materials sector.
Visit www.lesusacanada.org.
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HP

HP ensures delivery and receipt of critical information for businesses with HP Exstream 8.0
HP introduced HP Exstream 8.0, the latest version of its top-ranked customer communication management solution, enabling global enterprises to build loyalty and form long-lasting customer relationships while saving millions of dollars annually and driving top-line revenue growth. Unveiled at the HP Exstream User’s Conference, HP Exstream 8.0 now enables assured delivery and receipt of on-demand documents, electronic signatures for accelerated transactions and expanded multichannel capabilities. HP Exstream 8.0 offers expanded HP Exstream Multichannel capabilities, delivering customer communications across multiple electronic channels including the web, SMS and email, while also providing personalized, real-time content for smartphone and tablet-based apps. This can generate new revenue opportunities, reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction.
Visit www.hp.com.


HP unveils expanded enterprise security solutions for the instant-on enterprise
HP announced its expanded Enterprise Security Solutions portfolio, designed to help enterprises establish and execute a comprehensive security strategy that addresses threats and potential liabilities resulting from the rise of mobility, cloud computing and social media. HP is now offering a one-day Enterprise Security Discovery Workshop based on the HP Enterprise Security Solutions framework, which enables clients to identify the interaction required between information management and security operations. In addition, HP released the HP Digital Vaccine Labs’ (DVLabs) Cyber Security Risks Report, which offers clients a detailed look at vulnerability, threat and attack data for the first half of 2011.

By combining market-leading capabilities from ArcSight, an HP company; Fortify, an HP company; and HP TippingPoint, HP has established a foundation for the unified approach to enterprise security. The HP Security Intelligence and Risk Management platform offers advanced correlation, application protection and network defense technology to protect applications and IT infrastructures from sophisticated cyberthreats. Supported by a wide network of partners, the platform helps organizations reduce risk from existing infrastructures, provide security testing and remediation for existing applications, and establish a foundation to deploy future systems within a secure environment.
Visit www.hp.com.
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IBM

Retailers generate high-volume sales with IBM solution for smarter commerce
IBM introduced an optimized hardware and software solution designed to help retailers quickly turn customer insight into action and increase sales revenues. The Smarter Commerce on Power Systems solution is the latest edition of IBM’s growing portfolio of solutions for Smarter Commerce. This solution focuses on tightly integrating systems based on IBM POWER7 processor technology and WebSphere Commerce software to provide high-volume retailers with the ability to personalize their customers’ online shopping experiences, handle online sales surges during peak shopping seasons without loss of performance and integrate customer buying information across all sales channels including online, mobile, in-store, POS and site kiosks. Power Systems are built to manage demanding applications that rely on processing an enormous number of concurrent transactions and data while analyzing information in real time. Retailers can quickly scale their systems to handle large volumes of online shoppers during times like the back-to-school shopping season, Cyber Monday or Black Friday, without impacting performance.
Visit www.ibm.com.
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Oracle

Oracle releases Oracle Solaris 10 8/11
Oracle announced immediate availability of Oracle Solaris 10 8/11, which provides enhancements to Oracle Solaris ZFS and Oracle Solaris install technologies, advanced support for the latest SPARC and x86 systems and Oracle Database 11g performance improvements. Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 features include:

• Advances in the Oracle Solaris ZFS provide customers with new tools that make it possible to standardize on ZFS as a root file system across all their Oracle Solaris 10 systems while delivering industry leading data management with unique built in features like de-duplication, snapshots and cloning.

• Ability to install a system from an Oracle Solaris ZFS Flash Archive, either on bare metal or with Oracle Solaris Live Upgrade, providing additional options for fast deployments and disaster recovery.

• Faster reboot for SPARC systems which can reduce system maintenance planned downtime.

• Significant improvements in Oracle Database 11g startup time and shutdown time for customers using large amounts of IMS (Intimate Shared Memory).

Visit www.oracle.com.
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Security

Cooper B-Line provides superior protection for network equipment
Cooper B-Line introduces its line of rack security products to help protect critical equipment and networks. Designed to be adaptable for a wide range of applications – from government to retail – the line of rack security devices from Cooper B-Line includes small and large server boots, server boots with extension rails, and patch panel protectors. These rack security products allow customers to protect their equipment without needing to secure an entire room or use an enclosed cabinet. Providing a first layer of security, Cooper B-Line’s rack security products were designed with hardware that attaches inside the enclosure and is not accessible when the door is locked. When access is necessary, only the key is required, eliminating the need for special equipment or passwords, saving time when access to the equipment is imperative. Additionally, Cooper B-Line’s rack security products were designed with mesh doors to provide visibility, allowing the equipment status to be easily checked with a simple visual inspection.
Visit www.cooperbline.com.


Vircom announces certification of modusGate 5.1 for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Vircom Inc. announced the certification of modusGate 5.1 for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. The "Certified for Windows Server 2008 R2" designation proves that modusGate 5.1 is fully compatible with Windows Server 2008 R2 and complies with Microsoft’s high standards of recommended practices. modusGate 5.1 is Vircom’s latest version of its email security and anti-spam gateway software that provides protection for Exchange/SMTP email servers from viruses, phishing, malware and data leakage. Optimized for small and medium-sized corporate and service provider environments, modusGate 5.1 runs on Windows 2003, 2008 and now 2008 R2, as well as Virtual Machines. Using directQuarantine, an Outlook add-on module for modusGate, users can also safely access quarantined emails directly from Outlook.
Visit www.vircom.com.
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UC

Digium’s Switchvox wins “Best of Show” at ITEXPO West 2011
Digium Inc. announced that its Switchvox family of unified communications (UC) solutions has received the “Best of Show” award in the SMB category at ITEXPO West 2011. Switchvox is based on Asterisk, the world’s most widely adopted open source communications engine. Because Asterisk is at its core, Switchvox can offer a feature set that rivals those of the most expensive UC solutions, but at a price that small businesses can afford. Digium, the UC solution leader, imposes no licensing charges for advanced features, such as those that extend the power of the UC system to employees’ mobile devices with complete mobile integration through fixed mobile convergence (FMC). Business-enhancing features, such as Salesforce.com and SugarCRM integration, visual voicemail, call queues and an interactive dashboard, Switchboard, are available to every customer with every Switchvox SMB product.
Visit www.digium.com.
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