DFWCUG Newsletter

June 2010 Newsletter

Volume 14 No. 6

The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group is a non-profit independent users group which meets on the first Wednesday of every month for the open exchange of technical information regarding the networking industry and Cisco products for the benefit of Cisco users.

Our meetings are free to attend - all we ask is that you register as a member and work directly with Cisco equipment.

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June Meeting	meeting sponsor


Date:	Wednesday June 2, 2010

Topic:	Service Advertisement Framework A New Approach to Call Routing and Dial Plan distribution. The Cisco Service Advertisement Framework (SAF) enables networking applications to advertise and discover information about networked services within an IP network. SAF provides a mechanism that allows applications to discover the existence, location, and configuration of networked resources within networks. The Cisco Unified Communications call control discovery feature leverages the SAF network service to facilitate dynamic provisioning of inter-call agent information and to learn about other call agents in the network. Come and learn this new feature in Unified Communications 8.0 on a new approach to call routing.

Speaker:	Temi Ajasa, Systems Engineer - Cisco Systems, Inc. Temi has been in the IT industry for 7 years and focused on Cisco Unified Communications for the past 3 years. Temi holds the following certifications: CCNP, CCVP, CCDP, VTSP and Project+.

Time:	6:00-6:30 PM - Pizza provided 6:30-9:00 PM - Presentations 9:00-9:30 PM - Networking with your fellow packet-heads

Place:	Cisco's Richardson Campus 2200 E President George Bush Building 6 - Larissa Conference Room Richardson, TX (214) 575-3192 Enter on the East side to sign in Google map

Techbits

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2010, Washington, DC, June 21–23, 2010

Cisco and ScanSafe join this industry event to provide information on breaking trends, best practices, and the latest technologies.

Cisco Live 2010, Las Vegas, June 27–July 1, 2010

Register now to attend Cisco Live, the industry’s premier education and training event for IT, networking, and communications professionals. Join thousands of your peers in Las Vegas for hundreds of technical sessions—including a new lineup of content security sessions—or attend virtually via Cisco Live & Networkers Virtual.

Black Hat USA, Las Vegas, July 24 - 29, 2010

Cisco is a sponsor of this technical information security conference that brings together thought leaders from all facets of the infosec world.

Interop New York 2010, October 18–22, 2010

Interop brings together industry leaders to discuss and respond to current issues and market challenges, and to share their views of the future of the industry.

Mark Egan

Door Prizes & Free Books

At each meeting, we give away a handful of Cisco Press books that have been donated by Cisco Press. These are typically brand new releases by leading experts in the field - thanks Jamie!

Meeting sponsors may also provide door prizes, so make sure you get your ticket and as always - you must be present to win.

Presidents Queue

We are currently looking for volunteers to help run the CUG. If you are interested in giving back to your community, please contact me or any one of the officers.

Ken Cooper

Upcoming Presentations

July - IPV6
August - GNS3
Sept - T.B.D.

We are always looking for good speakers. If you would like to do a presentation for the group or if you know someone that would like to do a presentation, please contact us.

Eric Severson

The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group officers:

President & a founding officer in 1996, web - Ken Cooper
Vice President, Presentations Director - Eric Severson
Education/Certifications Director - Tom Young
Marketing Director - Mark Szewczul
Cisco Liaison and Technical Advisor - Mark Egan

You may contact any officer at `first-initial``last-name @ cisco-users.org, ie, kcooper -or- go directly to the DFWCUG officers page.

Sponsorships

The Dallas-Fort Worth Cisco Users Group is an all volunteer group that receives its support from generous companies. We encourage our members to patronize our sponsors in order that we continue to receive contributions.

So how does your company become a sponsor of the Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group? Contact us and we'll describe the benefits of Gold, Silver and Bronze level sponsorships.

Mark Szewczul


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