Avnet Client Solutions
24th September 2009
 
Now that summer is all but gone and the Season of "SprAutumn" is upon us you will notice that there is little discrepancy between one day and the next. During this time of hibernation you might like to know a little about what is happening in the IT Sector & what Avnet Client Solutions have been up to. Well let me tell you...

Leo Murphy, Director
Avnet Client Solutions
Leading BI Reporting Software - MSTR
at NO cost to you  
 
That's right...MicroStrategy are giving away their latest release of Business Intelligence Reporting Software. Release 9 Reporting Suite is available at no charge to you. It includes the core reporting platform and up to 100 licences. More details>>
IT Risk & Compliance Event

Breakfast briefing - September 29th
 
A two hour breakfast briefing to include speakers from Ernst & Young, AIB and Eircom will take place in Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St. on Tuesday, Sept 29th.

The session will cover risk based approach to IT strategy, reducing IT costs and managing Availability & Performance Risks.
 
Vhi choose BMC Control-M

Workload Automation 
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 Before implementing BMC CONTROL-M, VHI Healthcare ran batch processes at night, all performed by hand with operators following printed schedules and implementing the batches using command lines.
 
Now batch jobs run unattended without increasing costs and the potential for human error is removed from the equation. In addition, with the growing complexity of infrastructure, interdependencies between different systems are held together by CONTROL-M 
 
New Partnership Agreement

Avnet Client Solutions & Collabera join Forces 
 
Did you see the recent press announcments about our new partnership with IT outsource giants Collabera?  You can read all the details here>>
BI Educational Academy

Presented by Shemas Eivers
 
Our ever popular Business Intelliegnce Academy workshops will start again in October. These sessions, given by our MD Shemas Eivers are tighly focused on DW design, ETL Tools and Process Improvement.
 
If you would like to attend or require more information on these sessions, please contact us.
Happy Arthur Guinness DayGuinness

For the day that's in it today (September 24th) ...Happy Arthur Guinness Day. At 17.59 today we will be raising a glass to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Guinness. You can join the celebrations here>>
In This Issue
Reporting Software for Free
IT Risk & Compliance Event
Vhi choose BMC Control-M
New Partnership Agreement
BI Educational Academy
Happy Arthur Guinness Day
EMEA Fasting Growing ESM Solution Provider
Elite Partner 2
The BSM (Business Service Management) division of Avnet Client Solutions were recently awarded the 'EMEA Fastest Growing ESM Solutions Provider FY09' by BMC Software at the Partner Forum in Rome.
 
Did you know..??
 
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is available free to every user of MS Windows Server.
 
SAP Webinar - IT Challenges Confronted

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Volkswagen SAP Training
Volkswagen Group Ireland selected Avnet Client Solutions SAP division to deliver customized SAP end user Finance training in SAP ECC 6.0.
 
The courses delivered encompassed New GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting and Controlling. The training was delivered onsite to the group in August 2009
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