Top 10 Reasons to Attend BrainShare®
Novell BrainShare 2008
March 16-21, 2008
Many IT Professionals today are asking hard questions, and BrainShare has always been a source of answers for more than 20 years. Looking to lower costs? You can learn how at BrainShare. Is the complexity of your data center keeping you up at night? Our Distinguished Engineers have a solution. Need to deploy cutting-edge technologies? Get first-hand help from some very smart SysOps.
So join Novell this year at our annual BrainShare conference in Salt Lake City, UT and learn how we can help you. BrainShare will provide you timely information that can be immediately implemented upon your return.
Here are ten reasons why you don't want to miss BrainShare this year:
01 Get Freedom of Choice. Come and test-drive SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, the best-engineered, most interoperable Linux platform for enterprise computing. From your desktop to your data center, learn how SUSE Linux Enterprise delivers a complete open source platform for your mission-critical applications. And learn more about built-in virtualization, security and management tools. You'll discover why corporations around the globe—from Wal-Mart to BMW to Casio—are choosing SUSE Linux Enterprise as their Linux solution.
02 Save Money. We know you want to get the most out of your IT budget. Businesses worldwide are lowering costs by integrating Linux and other open source technologies into their IT infrastructure. With Novell, you get the enterprise-class infrastructure, usability and security you're looking for—at a much lower cost than you would pay for purely proprietary systems. The same solution that safeguards your data also lowers management complexity. The software that builds on open source and open standards also saves you thousands in licensing fees and integration costs. Come and learn how we can save you money.
03 Learn How to Keep the Bad Guys Out. And the good guys productive by making your network rock-solid, secure and efficient. Get in-depth training on Novell Identity Manager and Novell SecureLogin—two products that were recently placed in the coveted Leader's Quadrant by Gartner. And there's much more too—you've got to come to find out.
04 Innovation Starts Here. At BrainShare, you can climb on the Innovation Line and get moving into the future—now. Learn how to streamline and automate the management of all your endpoints. Get a clear, comprehensive view of your IT assets. Find out how you can control access to resources and securely manage identities. Need to secure access to any user from any location? You can learn how at BrainShare. We'll even teach you some tricks to simplify and automate your security information. And while we're at it, let us show you how to optimize your data center. Innovation really does start here.
05 Network with Your Peers. Exchange ideas and information with other IT professionals and industry leaders across the globe. Participate in birds-of-a-feather discussions and check out our Technology Lab; featuring more than 100 technical demonstrations and hands-on training to get you in the know, now.
06 Workgroup Works for You. We built our reputation on solid products, and we're building on that reputation with the products you depend on daily. BrainShare is the best place to get your hands on the newest version of GroupWise®—you'li be amazed at the new features and functionality that will soon be available. Heard about Novell Teaming + Conference yet? You will, and you'll quickly realize how Teaming + Conferencing can bring teamwork and knowledge sharing to a whole new level. It's what BrainShare is all about—finding that nugget of technology that's going to change your world.
07 Build Key Partner Relationships. Visit with key Novell partners and learn about their latest technologies, products and solutions that can help you grow your business. Come discover the wide world of complimentary products that make your Novell investment more valuable. The PartnerNet® Showcase is an integral part of BrainShare, and this year it's all new, with new partners to discover that will give added value to your Novell investment.
08 Get Connected. BrainShareConnect brings information, social networking and community features together like never before. It's your inside track to getting more out of BrainShare. Get access to the people and ideas that make BrainShare the industry's premier technical conference. With BrainShare Connect you can:
- Create your own social network of professionals, friends and colleagues
- Set a personal profile that matches you up with other attendees, speakers, sessions and exhibitors
- Plan and manage personal and group events during the conference using the event management tool
- Create and/or participate in online surveys
09 All Work and Yes—Some Play. From the Welcome Reception to Meet the Experts, evenings are a fun extension of the BrainShare experience. And the Wednesday night conference party will warm our "Collective Souls." Since 1994, Collective Soul has had seven of their singles reach #1 on the Billboard charts and we'll be rocking out to every one of them as they perform exclusively for the BrainShare crowd.
10 Your Mind and Belly Will Be Full. Not only is BrainShare famous for feeding your mind, we make sure you don't go hungry. Consider it a double bonus! The CFO will love your expense report; the CEO will love the new things you learned. It's a buffet of the important things in life—food and technology.
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