'Bullet Proof your SOA' - Breakfast Briefing by Oracle

14-10-2008, 8am - 10 am

The Conrad Hotel, Dublin 2, Ireland

Dave Chappell, VP and Chief Technologist of SOA at the Oracle Corporation will host this briefing to discuss some of the challenges that he sees customers face as SOA and composite applications become an integral part of the IT landscape, in companies large and small. These challenges include ensuring that legacy and mainframe systems are not overloaded, that services ( built in Java, .Net, etc) scale as more traffic goes through them, and that entire SOA infrastructure - services and middleware - provides predictable response times under sustained loads. Dave will share his perspectives on how one can address these challenges and ensure that one's business critical applications that are built with SOA deliver.

Price: Free, Pre-booking required
More information: deirdre.oleary@oracle.com | T:01 803 9198 | http://www.oracle.com/products/middleware/

Media and Marketing in the Digital Age with Damien Mulley

14-10-2008, 11am

TBC, Cork, Ireland

Damien Mulley will go through tips and techniques on how to deal with the media in 2008 and explain how companies can market themselves online. Can Bebo, Facebook and LinkedIn actually get you business? Damien will explain how they can. Damien Mulley organises the Irish Blog Awards which has been running for 3 years. He teaches business blogging, PR skills and Online Marketing and has given public training classes on business blogging to WIT, Wicklow County Enterprise Board, Galway Skillsnets and the Irish Computer Society. He is a trained technical writer, former technology columnist for the Sunday Tribune and holds a diploma in Law from UCC.

Price: Free it@cork members, €30 non
More information: admin@itcork.ie | T:021 2307076 | http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm?page=events&eventId=129

The Age of Discovery: How Technology can Enhance Learning

15-10-2008, 9am

Westbury Hotel, Dublin 2, Ireland

Typetec, the managed IT services company, is hosting a seminar aimed at primary & secondary school teachers and technology advocates, and will allow them to learn more about how technology is being used in the education system and the potential benefits available. Marian Healy, principal, Alexandra College, Milltown, will explain the school’s senior cycle one-laptop-per-student programme. She will outline the great benefits the school has seen from the system, as well as the potential pitfalls to be wary of. Ciarán McCormack, creative manager, F�S, will introduce the Digital Cre8or package and show how it can be used in primary and secondary schools to deliver learning electronically. Ciarán will also demonstrate the huge range of educational podcasts available on the internet for free, and how students and teachers can make best use of them. Paul Comerford, chief technology officer, Typetec, will outline how schools are dealing with the IT support challenges facing them today, and how the Government’s ICT strategy can be used to support IT in schools. The seminar will include live demonstrations by senior cycle students from Alexandra College, Milltown, as they complete a collaborative Digital Cre8or assignment on their laptops using the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Places are limited, so early booking is strongly recommended.

Price: Free - contact for invitation
More information: education@typetec.ie | T:Keith Young, 01 500 9001 | F:01 500 9090 | http://www.typetec.ie

Breakfast Marketing Seminar: Early Stage & Micro Enterprises

15-10-2008, 8.30-10.30am

Guinness Enterprise Centre, Dublin 2, Ireland

Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC), is hosting a free business breakfast seminar entitled ‘Marketing for SMEs.’ The uniquely hands-on and interactive programme will provide practical information to entrepreneurs on how to prepare a detailed marketing plan. The workshops have been designed and will benefit early stage entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises who are seeking to prepare or significantly strengthen their marketing plans.

Price: Free
More information: info@dbic.ie | T:01-671 3111 | http://www.dbic.ie/

VXplore Dublin 2008

16-10-2008, 08.30 - 16.00

The Clarion Hotel, IFSC, Dublin, Ireland

VirtualizeIT is hosting VXplore Dublin 2008 which is aimed at assisting organisations aiming to fast track their efforts in creating a more sustainable environment, through reducing the considerable carbon emissions created by today's highly powered data centers. VXplore is an opportunity to discover just how big a role IT plays in carbon emissions. Learn how VirtualizeIT together wtih key virtualisation providers - VMware, Microsoft, Datacore, Vizioncore, Citrix, Wyse, LeftHand Networks, IBM, Cavell and Xsigo, can align organisations to become more effective, thus saving thousands of euros on energy and cooling costs.

Price: Free
More information: T:0818 903 000 | http://www.vxplore.com

Unlock the Power of Virtualisation

16-10-2008, 9:30am - 4:30pm

Clontarf Castle, Dublin 3, Dublin, Ireland

Are you excited about the power of VDI, but find the economics and performance lacking? Discuss how Citrix is lowering your IT costs and changing the way the world looks at end-to-end Virtualisation.

Topics covered will include; *Citrix XenDesktop - Virtualising Windows-based desktops. XenDesktop is the industry’s first complete Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) system – moving beyond the limitations of existing products to ensure the simple, secure and cost effective delivery of Windows desktops to any office worker. * Citrix XenApp - Delivering Windows-based applications. This application delivery system automatically selects the best delivery method for the user, the application, and the location. * Citrix XenServer - Virtualising Windows-based servers. The XenServer product line is an enterprise-class server solution for virtualising servers in the data centre as a flexible aggregated pool of computing and storage resources. XenServer combines comprehensive server virtualisation capabilities with unparalleled scalability, performance and ease-of-use. Places are strictly limited. Visit the website to book your place.

Price: Free
More information: dublin@outsourcedevents.com | T:+44(0)208 995 9495 | http://bit.ly/3h0Ptc

Introduction to IT security for Internal Audit course

17-10-2008, 9am

Espion Training Centre, The Old Church, Belmont, Galloping Green, Stillorgan , Dublin, Ireland

Irish IT security company Espion is hosting an Introduction to IT Security for Internal Audit course. The one-day course will be held at Espion’s training centre in Stillorgan on 17th October. The course provides a basic understanding of IT security responsibilities relative to a particular role. IT is mainly aimed at Internal Audit Departments (IA) or Heads of Function, giving them an overall view of Security within the areas that fall within the audit function. The programme is presented in a non-technical context as a fundamental introduction to IT security and it is suitable for those responsible for the auditing of IT systems and processes in relation to Security.

More information: jennifer@espion.ie | T:01 2101711 | http://www.espion.ie/security-training/booking/354

VoiP / SIP Architectures and Processes course

21-10-2008, 9am

Espion Training Centre, The Old Church, Belmont, Galloping Green, Stillorgan , Dublin, Ireland

Irish IT security company Espion is hosting a course on VoiP / SIP Architecture and Processes. This Expert level course is designed for IT professionals to explain, through practical demonstration, how voice fits into an IP network, QoS and the security issues involved. The programme will give an overview on how to use a data packet network to provide wide area voice communications, explaining the role of each component of the network and the transmission process of a voice signal over an IP network, as well as discussing the challenges related to the convergence of voice and data networks and identifying critical issues to consider in the planning stages of the implementation of a VoIP network. This course is valuable for anyone interested in the migration of voice traffic to new or existing data networks: project managers, technical sales, customer configuration analysts, help desk technicians (level 1), technical staff (level 1), IP network and VPN providers, telco companies, hardware and infrastructure manufacturers, IT professionals and consultants.

More information: jennifer@espion.ie | T:01 2101711 | http://www.espion.ie/security-training/booking/362

Merging Technology, Regulation & Business, the Way Forward

21-10-2008, 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Maryborough House Hotel, Cork, Ireland

This inaugural seminar will give you the opportunity to listen to four panels from industry on Design Technologies, Manufacturing Technologies, IPR Protection & Compliance and Funding innovation in your company or as a new entrepreneurial adventure.

You will get a peek into the future for Semiconductor, FPGA and Embedded Software Technologies and hear how ASIC development and the technology developments Mixed Signal market will affect your business. From Design to Manufacturing, leading companies will discuss how PCB technologies and Test technologies are keeping up with the pace to more and more complex System Development.

You will hear discussions from companies specialising in Compliance and Regulation as well as the increasing critical area of IPR creation and protection.

Finally you'll have a chance to listen to how the Venture Capital and Development Government Agencies view the opportunities in the H/W and Embedded Systems industry and where the opportunities are for you and your company.

This Seminar is for leading professionals in the industry of H/W and Embedded Systems Design and Manufacture and will give you an opportunity in one compact day to broaden your knowledge of a variety of critical areas as well as offer a tremendous networking opportunity for you with other career professionals attending from all over Ireland as well as the Seminar Speakers and Companies in attendance.

Price: Register on-line, CEIA members: €80 Non Members: €100
More information: mcelroym@ceia.ie | T:+353 87 2252857 | http://www.ceia.ie

Storage Briefing 2008 'The Power & Savings of a Green Data Centre'

24-10-2008, 8am

Ballsbridge Inn Hotel, Dublin 4, Ireland

Origina is to hold Ireland’s first Storage Briefing that will feature analysis & advice from Gartner’s Vice President of Research, Roger Cox. Roger Cox, Vice President of Research at Gartner is a leading Storage & Server analyst, heading up their Storage Research department with a primary focus on disk storage systems, technology & market direction. With over 47 years in the IT industry, Roger Cox will deliver a keynote speech on The Power & Savings of a Green Data Centre which will address the current storage challenges faced by organisations, the emerging hardware technologies in the storage market and benefits to be gained from utilising more efficient storage methods.

Price: Free
More information: d.muldoon@origina.ie | T:01-294 2300 | http://www.origina.ie/view_article.php?article_id=368