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Seminar: Outsourcing Made Easy
Industry secrets to sourcing the right IT Managed Service
Provider and why IT Outsourcing is no longer a "Dirty
Word" in the SMB & SME markets.
The IT Outsourcing Model has evolved, and competent Managed
Service Providers do exist. Join us on Thursday August
16th, 2007; enjoy a catered breakfast by the Center
Club on Westshore in South Tampa to learn about Best Practices and what you
can't get from reading all the "White Papers":
- What you should be specifying in your RFP for a "Managed
Service Provider"
- Smart Outsourcing / Service Models,
/ Offering Levels
- Contracts… "Transitioning IN" – "Transitioning
OUT"
- Avoiding mistakes other IT organizations have
made
- Assess first confirm the ROI
- War Stories too!
Date: Thursday, August 16th
Where: Center Club on Westshore Blvd.
Speakers: Dan Wensley is VP of Partner Development at Level
Platforms & Sam Sandusky of Big Sur Technologies
About the Speakers:
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 Dan
Wensley
VP of Partner Development,
Level Platforms |
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Dan Wensley is VP of Partner Development at Level
Platforms,
a software company based in Ottawa, ON, Canada whose main
mission is to empower Network Solution Providers (like Big
Sur) with software tools and programs to enhance the Managed
Services experience. Level Platforms is the creator of Managed
Workplace, a tool that offers solution providers a complete,
integrated platform to centrally monitor and manage multiple
networks and devices from a single web-based console. Dan
travels the country generating collaboration from industry
leaders that include Microsoft, Cisco, and Astaro, which
has propelled their company's presence and perfected the
ideal Managed Services Model for mid-size solution providers.
Dan has been identified as a Channel Chief in 2005 and 2006
by the CMP Media Group, and is a 2005 IPED Channel Masters
program alumni. Previously Dan served as VP Channel Development
with Net Integration Technologies, where he spearheaded the
rapid growth and adoption of NITIX. Prior to this he drove
the channel initiatives for MCI WorldCom Canada launching
the company's first channel and vendor partnership program.
Learn more about LPI by visiting www.levelplatforms.com.
Sam Sandusky founded Big Sur Technologies in Tampa, Florida
in the fall of 1999, starting primarily as a nimble IT supplier
to businesses in Central Florida. Over the last 8 years,
Big Sur has won several state supply contracts for companies
that include EMC, HP, IBM, and APC, now serving more 350
customers state wide. Since then, the company has grown to
become a model for offering Managed Services to bay area
businesses. Sam and his team outsource the "network
platform layer" of support of SME accounts, and outsource
the entire IT function of SMB accounts within a 45 mile radius
of Tampa. The entire Big Sur Team lives in Tampa Bay, and
takes great pride in offering remote and on-site support
to local businesses. Sandusky has worked in the technology
industry for 18 years, primarily in network support and manufacturing,
for industry leaders that include CompuCom Systems and IBM.
Sam takes an active role in developing relationships with
top manufacturers by attending executive workshops with HP
twice per year, and is in his third year of serving on the
Channel Advisory Board of Novell. Learn more by visiting
www.bigsurtech.com.
* SMB – Small to Medium Business, defined as having 30 to
300 networked end-users. SME – Small to Medium Enterprise
Accounts, defined as having 300 to 1500 networked end-users.
