February’s meeting welcomes Mark Richards from Kell Systems to discuss the innovative use of baffling technology for server racks, followed by Gary Duffield from QA to talk about pitching and use of Cloud based services.
Mark Richards of Kell Systems
Mark is the Business Development Director for Kell Systems and will be introducing a range of Server and IT Network cabinets, designed to deploy equipment directly into office environments. The cabinets may be used simply to silence existing office based equipment or as a cost effective alternative to dedicated air conditioned server rooms. Now, anyone providing IT packages can wrap the equipment in a cabinet and deploy it directly into the office, keeping cable runs as short as possible and costs to a minimum.
He’ll bring along their smallest unit, fitted with a Tower Server in order to demonstrate the build quality and the noise reduction.
For those wishing to have a look at their web site before the meeting, click on is www.kellsystems.co.uk
Gary Duffield of QA
Gary has been researching and talking to clients about “cloud” for 6 months now. From Next month this http://www.qa.com/training-courses/technical-it-training/cloud-computing/qa-authored/demystifying-the-cloud---half-day-seminar goes live and will turn into a one day course.
He’s tested the content to 60 plus architects from Logica and presented it globally to a major bank. Feedback has been good. He’ll be doing an abbreviated version of this for us, but uit will help tease out last comments of not going to the cloud and help us all develop a refined marketing message.
Agenda Timings:
18:30 – 18:40 Brief intros and airing of recent/current technical challenges
18:40 – 19:40 Mark Richards of Kellsystems
19:40 – 19:50 Pizzas and break to discuss technical challenges
19:50 – 20:50 Gary Duffield of QA
20:50 – 21:00 Wash-up period to bottom out technical challenges
Venue:
Stephen House of QA has kindly arranged a Manchester City Centre location for the meeting via the use of QA’s training facilities at 3rd Floor, Westminster House, Minshull Street, off Portland Street, Manchester M1 3HU (QA map at http://www.qa.com/training-locations/north-west/manchester). You should report to the reception and ask for Stephen House of QA for SBSC Meeting who can be contacted on W: 0161 278 6777, or M: 0776 680 6532. You can usually park Free of Charge on the nearby side streets or in Chinatown. DO NOT park in the NCP car park directly behind our building as this locks and closes for the night at 7.30pm. An alternative NCP car park if people require it is just 2 minutes away on Chorlton Street.