Date:    Dec 12/04/11 10:23 PM
Subject: [BNUG-News] *** BNUG Meeting Notice - Tuesday, December 6 ***
From:    "Dale Heron"

Boston Network Users Group
Monthly General Meeting

** Tuesday – December 6 -   6:30-9:00PM **

THIS MONTH:

The Greater Boston Area Network Users Group, (BNUG) one of New England’s longest,
continuously meeting technical Users Groups, will be celebrating its 25th anniversary
on December 6th, 2011.  This month’s meeting will be featuring “Virtual Computer’s
Intelligent Desktop Virtualization” presented by Eric Shoemaker from Virtual Computer
(www.virtualcomputer.com)

Desktop virtualization is one of the fastest-growing areas in the IT industry, and
Virtual Computer is leading the way with its award-winning product, NxTop®. Based
on an innovative approach and architecture, NxTop is the world's only desktop
virtualization solution that features a true Type-1 client hypervisor and complete
centralized management system – maximizing the desktop and laptop PC experience for
end users and turning IT professionals into superheroes.

Intelligent desktop virtualization (IDV) – a phrase coined by Intel® – describes
Virtual Computer NxTop, which reduces PC management and support costs by more than 50%
and eliminates more than 90% of the upfront and ongoing costs of server-hosted VDI alternatives.
This session will include a presentation and demonstration covering:

    One-click scalable provisioning
    Fail-safe patching and updating
    Online and offline productivity
    Instant access to the web/cloud
    Massive time and cost savings
    Security with encryption & policy controls
    Complete centralized management

About Eric Shoemaker, Vice President of Sales, Americas

Eric Shoemaker is a successful sales executive with a career focused on growing sales for
entrepreneurial and market changing companies. He specializes in achieving market traction,
by generating early wins and happy customers. Eric’s 15 year career began at Computer Associates
where he gained technical and sales experience. He later went on to lead sales in various management
positions for notable start-up’s such as Object Design, Inc., eXcelon, Inc., Idiom Technologies,
and Bit9, Inc. Eric’s most notable successes include major customer wins with 7-Eleven,
Caterpillar, Citrix, General Dynamics, Marks & Spencer and Novell.

Eric holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Bryant College, R.I., and a
Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Josephs College, ME.

Please join us on Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30PM where we will be
meeting on the 6th Floor at Microsoft's Waltham Offices, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, Mass.

* Refreshments are served from 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00pm with the technical
presentation concluding at 9:00 pm.



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