Thursday, November 24, 2005

Toronto BizTalk User Group Event // (SMS) 2003

Toronto BizTalk User Group Event // (SMS) 2003

Toronto BizTalk User Group Event

Date: November 29, 2005

Topic: BizTalk Orchestration - The Basics & Advanced Concepts presented by Alicia Marinache from AFM IT-Consulting.

Location: CDI Education - 2 Bloor St. West, Suite 800 (8th Floor - Classroom 15 )

Time: 6:00-9:30 p.m.

Click here to register! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4231513





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Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Technical Overview

Explore the new features of Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, including how SMS 2003 integrates with network and operating system

technologies such as Active Directory and Windows Management Instrumentation. This session targets IT professionals who are both familiar with

previous versions of SMS and interested in SMS for the first time.


http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4231560


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What does Avanade do?

Avanade is the leading technology integrator specializing in the Microsoft enterprise platform.


Microsoft and Accenture saw demand for deep technical expertise on the Microsoft platform. Given Microsoft's business model, they preferred to build
this technical capacity outside their own consulting organization. Likewise, Accenture wanted to retain their primary focus on business and
industry-based consulting. The best way to address the demand and the business models was to create a joint venture company, Avanade.



Although Avanade is an independent company, our objectives are closely aligned with those of our parent organizations. As such, Accenture supports
Avanade with financial and human resources, industry knowledge, and business solution delivery expertise. Microsoft supports Avanade with financial
resources, specific product expertise, deep access to Microsoft's enterprise technologies, and other intellectual capital.




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Staffing, Avanade.

www.avanade.com

chrisri@avanade.com



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Friday, November 18, 2005

Matrix for Evaluating a proposal from outside vendors

Matrix for Evaluating a proposal from outside vendors:

 

1. Adherence to RFI/RFP/SOW Instructions
Timeliness
Completeness
Overall quality and

professionalism
Overall responsiveness


2. Company Information
Financial viability


Organization Structure
Overall exposure to our industry
Services department/division


Pending Litigation
Partnerships
Vision
Proven track record with complex deployments


Previous experience in our market


3. Project Understanding
Over all understanding of

project objectives
Understanding of the business requirements
Understanding of the end state

vision


4. Functional & Non-Functional Requirements
Functional

Requirements:  
Completeness of vendor response
Extent of proposed

enhancements/extensions
Non-Functional Requirements: 
Vendor ability to meet requirements




5. Product Viability & History
Sustainable technology
Investment in on-going

research & development
Product development life-cycle
Process for beta-testing and new

releases
Ability to influence vendor development focus
Product Road Map Availability




6. License / Maintenance Agreement, Terms & Conditions    

Buyer duties
Agreement terms and conditions

favorable         

Contract purchase agreement

 

and lots more.... contact me at Chrisri@avanade.com for

the full list!



Chris Richmond,

Staffing, Avanade.

www.avanade.com



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Thursday, November 10, 2005

AOpen MiniPC - specs

6.5-inches deep and wide, and 2-inches tall PC
Intel processor and Linspire's Linux desktop operating system.

The little box includes either a 1.4-GHz Intel Celeron or a
1.73-GHz Pentium M740 processor, and 512M bytes of memory. The
Celeron-based box comes with a 40G-byte hard drive and a DVD
player/CDRW drive. The Pentium version doubles the hard drive
space, and includes the ability to burn DVDs. The devices run
the Debian-based Linspire Five-0 Linux desktop, which used the
KDE desktop package, and includes standard Linux computing fare
such as OpenOffice and Mozilla.

The Linux-based AOpen MiniPCs are a bit cheaper than the Mac
Mini offering: the Celeron version will starts at $400 while the
Mac Mini starts at $500 and costs as much as $700 for higher-end
versions.

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