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Diamond Sponsor and Official Service Provider Partner
Platinum Sponsors
EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service (ITaaS). Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing and converged infrastructure solutions from VCE. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerate the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyse their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way.
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides solutions for an application world. F5 helps organisations seamlessly scale cloud, data centre, telecommunications, and software defined networking (SDN) deployments to successfully deliver applications and services to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem of leading technology and orchestration vendors. This approach lets customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their needs over time.
F5 and Cisco are partnering to offer joint solutions for operationalising the network that simplifies and automates end-to-end L2-L7 application delivery for existing and next-generation data centres.
Visit f5.com/cisco for further information.
Intel Corporation, is engaged in the design and manufacture of digital technology platforms. The company sells these platforms to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), original design manufacturers (ODMs), and industrial and communications equipment manufacturers in the computing and communications industries. The company's platforms are used to deliver a range of computing experiences in notebooks (including Ultrabook devices), 2 in 1 systems, desktops, servers, tablets, smartphones, and the Internet of Things (including wearables, transportation systems and retail devices). It also develops and sells software and services focused on security and technology integration. The company's operating segments include the PC Client Group (PCCG), the Data Centre Group (DCG), the Internet of Things Group (IOTG), the Mobile and Communications Group (MCG), and the software and services Group (SSG). Datacentre Group, the company's Data Centre Group operating segment includes server, network and storage platforms designed for the enterprise, cloud, communications infrastructure and technical computing segments. The company's Intel Xeon processor E5 family platform is used for its 22nm process technology. The 22nm Intel Xeon processors provide performance and power consumption across server, network and storage platforms. The company also launched its next-generation Intel Xeon processor E7 family. These products are targeted at platforms requiring four or more CPUs. DCG is engaged to ramp the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor with 60 or more Intel processor cores. Internet of Things Group, the company's Internet of Things Group operating segment offers platforms for customers to design products for the retail, transportation, industrial, and buildings and home market segments. In addition, the Internet of Things Group (IOTG) focuses on establishing an end-to-end architecture that captures actionable information for consumers. The company's Intel Edison development platform is designed to empower the generation of wearables, robotics, and other small devices connecting, creating and consuming data.
Leading organisations worldwide count on NetApp for software, systems and services to manage and store their data. Customers value the company's teamwork, expertise and passion for helping them succeed now and into the future. To learn more, visit www.netapp.com.au.
Australian business is experiencing unprecedented change. New technology is creating fresh opportunities for companies to operate, innovate and grow.
It's why so many organisations are looking for someone who understands the full breadth of managed technology and services, from applications, security and cloud to collaboration and contact centres. Someone who can deliver technology on premise or as a service.
Today, thousands of Australian organisations entrust Optus Business to be that guide – from government to large corporates, and across a wide range of industries, we help unshackle organisations from old systems and old thinking by combining technology solutions and service to deliver business outcomes.
Regardless of whether your priority is mobilising your workforce, minimising risk, integrating multiple channels or finding new revenue streams, we navigate your people, infrastructure and business toward your end goal.
Backed by the international strength of the SingTel group and the power of our mobile, fixed and satellite networks, we bring together best of breed partners to create the solution that's right for your business.
You choose the destination. We'll help you reach it. Meet your business Navigator.
Gold Sponsors
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is leading the transition to software-defining the workplace, uniting virtualisation, mobility management, networking and SaaS solutions to enable new ways for businesses and people to work better. Citrix solutions power business mobility through secure, mobile workspaces that provide people with instant access to apps, desktops, data and communications on any device, over any network and cloud. With annual revenue in 2014 of $3.14 billion, Citrix solutions are in use at more than 330,000 organisations and by over 100 million users globally. Learn more at www.citrix.com.
IBM is a global technology and innovation company that works with forward-thinking enterprises, institutions and people to help make the world work better. Through our Smarter Planet strategy, IBM helps companies, governments and cities infuse intelligence into the systems and processes that make the world work - from power grids, buildings and roadways to agriculture and waterways. IBM's clients span many different kinds of enterprises and represent every major industry and endeavour. www.ibm.com/au-en
Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL) is the leader in predictive flash storage solutions. Nimble offers a Predictive Flash platform that combines flash performance with predictive analytics to predict and prevent barriers to data velocity caused by complex IT infrastructure. Nimble customers experience absolute performance, non-stop availability and cloud-like agility that accelerate critical business processes. More than 7,500 enterprises, governments, and service providers have deployed the Nimble Predictive Flash Platform across more than 50 countries. For more information visit www.nimblestorage.com and follow us on Twitter: @nimblestorageAU.
ScienceLogic is the global leader in hybrid IT monitoring for the network of everything. Over 20,000 global service providers, enterprises, and government organisations rely on ScienceLogic to significantly enhance IT efficiency, optimise operations, and ensure business continuity. ScienceLogic is the first monitoring solution to provide a comprehensive view of all IT components through a single pane of glass, whether they reside in a public cloud environment or on premises. With over 1,500 dynamic management apps and custom dashboarding capabilities, we deliver the scale, resiliency, and automation needed to simplify the constantly evolving task of managing IT resources, services, and applications.
SimpliVity Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS assimilates all IT infrastructure and services below the hypervisor, including built-in data protection, to deliver x86 cloud economics with enterprise capabilities.
Vocus Communications is the business services provider you want to work with. We help businesses in Australia and around the globe realise opportunities and achieve success through our national scale, smarter solutions, fast turnaround times and excellent service. Our massive network and data center footprint connects thousands of buildings nationally and comprises data centers in a number of cities across both Australia and New Zealand. Our team of passionate and talented people consistently deliver a better telco experience to the many Australian businesses that work with us. Whether its unified communications, voice or cloud, we're proud to be shaking up corporate telecommunications.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading information technology, consulting and business process services company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "business through technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognised globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a workforce of over 150,000, serving clients in 175+ cities across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.
Exhibitor Plus Sponsors
Arbor Networks, the cyber security division of NETSCOUT, helps secure the world's largest enterprise and service provider networks from DDoS attacks and advanced threats. Arbor is the world's leading provider of DDoS protection in the enterprise, carrier and mobile market segments, according to Infonetics Research. Arbor's advanced threat solutions deliver complete network visibility through a combination of packet capture and NetFlow technology, enabling the rapid detection and mitigation of malware and malicious insiders. Arbor also delivers market-leading analytics for dynamic incident response, historical analysis, visualization and forensics. Our goal is to provide a richer picture into networks and more security context so customers can solve problems faster and reduce risks to their business. To learn more about Arbor products and services, please visit our website at www.arbornetworks.com. Arbor's research, analysis and insight, together with data from the ATLAS global threat intelligence system, can be found at the ATLAS Threat Portal.
Commvault is a leading provider of data protection and information management solutions, helping companies worldwide activate their data to drive more value and business insight and to transform modern data environments. With solutions and services delivered directly and through a worldwide network of partners and service providers, Commvault solutions comprise one of the industry's leading portfolios in data protection and recovery, cloud, virtualization, archive, file sync and share. Together Cisco and Commvault are delivering holistic data protection and information management solutions that deliver better economics with faster time to value, reduced risk thanks to a Cisco validated solution (CVD), easier cloud and disaster recovery adoption and the scalability and flexibility needed for today's enterprises and service providers. Our all-in-one solution, when integrated with Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) C-series servers and major storage vendors, including NetApp, Pure, Nimble and more eliminates the need for multiple, expensive products that increase capital costs and management overhead. Learn more about how Commvault's data management platform coupled with Cisco can help you achieve your goals with ease at www.commvault.com.au/cisco
FireMon solutions deliver continuous visibility into and control over network security infrastructure, policies and risk. Using the FireMon Security Intelligence Platform, today's enterprise organizations, government agencies and managed services providers dramatically improve effectiveness of network defenses, optimizing investments and speeding response to changing business demands. Built around a massively scalable engine and distributed data architecture, FireMon Security Manager and the Policy Planner, Policy Optimizer and Risk Analyzer modules empower proactive firewall cleanup, policy change workflow, compliance assessment and IT risk mitigation – providing a closed loop approach to network security infrastructure management while reducing related expenses.
For more information, visit http://www.firemon.com.
Gigamon provides an intelligent Visibility Fabric™ architecture for enterprises, data centers and service providers around the globe. Our technology empowers infrastructure architects, managers and operators with pervasive and dynamic intelligent visibility of traffic across both physical and virtual environments without affecting the performance or stability of the production network. Through patented technologies and centralized management, the Gigamon GigaVUE portfolio of high availability and high-density products intelligently delivers the appropriate network traffic to management, analysis, compliance and security tools. Gigamon solutions are deployed globally across vertical markets including over half of the Fortune 100 and many government and federal agencies. www.gigamon.com
Ixia provides testing, visibility and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks for enterprises and governments, service providers and network equipment manufacturers. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia's solutions to verify their designs, optimise their performance and ensure protection through actionable insight into the reliability and security of their applications and networks. Whether it's testing a product, validating the integrity of a security infrastructure or monitoring a real-time operation, Ixia can help.
Logitech, a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about, offers a range of brilliantly designed collaboration tools that are so intuitive, people actually love to use them.
Professional webcams and ConferenceCams bring true-to-life HD-quality video to collaboration, plus USB headsets and the Speakerphone P710e delivers enterprise-grade audio with user-centric features.
Founded in 1992, Macquarie Telecom (ASX:MAQ) is Australia's number one Managed Hosting and business-only telecommunications company. Working with and supporting some of Australia's best-known organisations, Macquarie Telecom is a full service hosting provider offering managed dedicated servers, managed colocation, and managed private and public clouds for mid-size businesses and corporate IT departments. Combining business-grade full line (Voice, Data and Mobile) telecommunications with hosting services to offer truly integrated end-to-end communications solutions, Macquarie Telecom is best placed to help transition businesses to the new NBN. Macquarie Telecom's offerings are underpinned by world-class customer care which is delivered by the MacquarieHUB. Our fully owned Australian based Intellicentre 2 is the most certified data centre in the country, offering our customers ISO27001 and PCI compliance.
At NHP our point of difference lies in providing our customers the power of local expertise with the power of choice, we empower our customers to achieve results that challenge the realms of possibility and outperform expectations.
Our strength lies in providing choice to our customers- be that choice in product, choice in technology, choice in service and support. We provide a bespoke service whereby customers are able to connect electrical and automation solutions that improve our world.
As industry is increasingly adding more software, sensors, and wireless connectivity to their products, providing a foundation for the Connected Enterprise is paramount.
With over four decades of electrical and engineering industry excellence, and driven by a team of over 850+ quality personnel, NHP Electrical Engineering Products Pty Ltd is a 100% Australian owned and operated market leader.
NHP is an authorised distributor or Rockwell Automation and combined with our partnership with Cisco, we are helping companies achieve successful convergence between their operational technology and their IT Enterprise.
Plantronics is a global leader in audio communications, and delivers the broadest UC portfolio of devices bringing simplicity, crystal clear audio, and rich functionality. At Plantronics, we create technology so innovative, the technology disappears and all that's left is communication. There is a device solution for every configuration, every work style and every userââ¬â?mobile professional, executive, remote worker, and office worker. Plantronics devices are designed for how people work today, with the heritage of over 50 years of commitment and obsession to innovate relentlessly and deliver perfect sound – in the name of communications.
Pure Storage accelerates possible, transforming businesses in ways previously unimagined. The company's disruptive, software-driven, all-flash storage technology combined with a customer-friendly business model drives business and IT transformation for customers through dramatic increases in performance and efficiency at lower costs. With Pure's industry leading Net Promoter Score score of 79, Pure customers are some of the happiest in the world, and include large and mid-size organizations across a range of industries. With Pure Storage, companies push the boundaries of what's possible to become faster, smarter and more innovative.
Rockwell Automation is a leading global provider of industrial power, automation control and information solutions that help manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage in their businesses. Rockwell Automation and Cisco are committed to being the most valuable resource in the industry for assisting manufacturers improve business performance by bridging the technical and cultural gaps between plant-floor and higher-level information systems. Through collaboration on products, services and educational resources, we help manufacturers and machine builders converge and simplify their network architecture and tightly integrate technical and business systems using EtherNet/IP — the world's leading open industrial Ethernet network.
Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of €25 billion in FY2014, our 170,000 employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies will reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) provides the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence. Splunk® software and cloud services enable organizations to search, monitor, analyse and visualise machine-generated big data coming from websites, applications, servers, networks, sensors and mobile devices. More than 10,000 enterprises, government agencies, universities and service providers in over 100 countries use Splunk software to deepen business and customer understanding, mitigate cybersecurity risk, prevent fraud, improve service performance and reduce costs. Splunk products include Splunk® Enterprise, Splunk Cloud™, Hunk®, Splunk Light and premium Splunk Apps. To learn more, please visit http://www.splunk.com/company.
Tintri builds smart storage that sees, learns and adapts, enabling IT organisations to focus on virtualised applications and business services instead of managing storage infrastructure. Tintri VM-Aware storage eliminates planning and complex troubleshooting by providing VM-level visibility, control, insight and agility. Tintri powers hundreds of thousands of virtual machines running business critical databases, enterprise apps, desktops and mobile apps, and private cloud deployments. Tintri helps global enterprises such as AMD, F5 Networks, GE, NEC, NTT, MillerCoors and Time Warner maximise their virtualisation and cloud investments. For more information, visit www.tintri.com and follow us on Twitter: @Tintri.
Uplinx Group is an Australian based integrator focused on delivery of Cisco solutions. A Cisco Gold Partner, with relevant certifications in voice, datacenter, security and network, our engineering team designs, implements and supports some of the largest and most technologically reliant enterprises around Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, Uplinx Group is certified to deliver across Cisco product portfolio, at the highest level but with specific focus on: • Master Collaboration Partner – Unified Communications and Collaboration • Advanced Technology Partner – Borderless Networks • Advanced Technology Partner – Identity Services Engine • Advanced Technology Partner – Advanced Datacenter Uplinx Group is focused on assisting customers to take advantage of the next generation of network services – including Cybersecurity, Policy Based network services, ACI, TrustSec and Unified Collaboration. Current customers span large Financial Services, through Service Provider, to Government, Large Commercial and Health. We excel in cost effective, agile and timely delivery of Cisco solutions.
Zerto provides enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuity software specifically for virtualised data centres and cloud environments. Zerto's award winning solution provides enterprises with continuous data replication & recovery designed specifically for virtualised infrastructure and the cloud. Zerto Virtual Replication is the industry's first hypervisor-based replication solution for tier-one applications, replacing traditional array-based BC/DR solutions that were not built to deal with the virtual paradigm. Today, enterprises of all sizes are deploying applications on virtualised IT infrastructures and clouds. The values of virtualisation including flexibility, scalability and mobility can complicate business continuity efforts in times of disaster. The advantages of virtualisation can be in conflict with your ability to recover the business in the event of disaster. Not so with Zerto's virtual-friendly continuous data replication.
Exhibitor Sponsors
Akamai is the leading provider of cloud services for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. Cisco and Akamai have teamed up to integrate Akamai caching technology and intelligence into the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) Platform. Akamai Connect Solution coupled with Cisco IWAN, maximizes bandwidth and accelerates applications on the network.
Atea Systems is a Cisco Development Partner company specialising in Unified Communications. We develop products and customise solutions for Cisco UCM to meet the requirements of Australia and New Zealand's most demanding and complex customers. Our customers include major banks, federal and local government and service providers. Our products include Real Time Reporting for contact centers, Historical Reporting, Billing, Management and Provisioning Tools for hosted or stand-alone systems and voice and radio recording solutions. Visit our stand to find out more on how Atea Systems can work with you to better leverage your Cisco UCM investment.
CliQr is a leading provider of application-defined cloud management solutions. Offering full lifecycle management delivered in a single, intuitive packaged platform, CliQr enables businesses to easily and efficiently model, deploy and manage one to many applications, users, and clouds. CliQr's application-defined technology de-couples applications from the complexity of hybrid cloud environments, allowing them to securely move, deploy and manage new and existing application across any physical, virtual or cloud environment. CliQr's patented and patent-pending technology and its global partners help leading companies manage their cloud application lifecycles in over 15 different data centre, private and public cloud environments.
Comscentre is an Australian owned organisation providing corporate grade, managed communication services for UC, fixed-line voice(SIP), internet services and video conferencing solutions. Comscentre are an accredited NBN partner and who own and manage a national MPLS data network, interconnecting to all Australian Tier 1 carriers to provide best-of-breed services. Comscentre is a Cisco Master Cloud Services Partner and has recently added Cisco HCS to its product suites, providing businesses with a choice of on-premise or fully hosted Unified Communication solutions. Comscentre are dedicated to providing customers with a return on investment by reducing cost, increasing profitability and protecting their ICT.
cPacket, a leader in Operational Intelligence and Integrated Network Awareness, provides dynamic visualization and complete packet-level insight across the network. Our next-generation network performance monitoring architecture supplies operations teams with real-time and forensic agility, for optimising, managing, securing, and troubleshooting the network. We allow you to: •Proactively monitor the network dynamically with high-level visualisation and complete packet inspection, for faster and agile troubleshooting •Perform real-time and forensic searches across L2-7, for advanced attack vector correlation security analytics •Improved troubleshooting and faster mean time to resolution delivers OpEx savings •Reduces IT spend across your entire monitoring infrastructure for greater CapEX efficiency.
Data#3 Limited (DTL) is an ASX listed company that is centered on helping customers achieve their business objectives through business technology solutions.
Underpinned by market-leading expertise in global vendor technologies, the solution categories they offer are; Hybrid IT and Cloud, Big Data and Analytics, Mobility, Business Consulting, Security and IT Lifecycle Management.
With over 4000 people, and revenues of AU $900 million Datacom is one of Australasia's largest professional IT services companies. Datacom has extensive expertise in the operation of data centres, the provision of IT services, software engineering and application management, payroll and customer service design and operations. Founded in 1965 and operating across Australia and New Zealand, Malaysia and the Philippines, Datacom has a successful 50 year trading history of consistent growth, profitability and a track record of delivering innovative, value-for-money technology-based solutions, with many clients in relationships spanning decades.
DDLS is Australia's leading, trusted training partner offering learning solutions across IT, process management and professional development. We design, develop and deliver innovative learning solutions from certification through to customised learning programs to enable our clients to confidently deploy technology and effectively manage processes and people for their business growth and success.
Recently awarded as the top 20 Cisco Solutions providers for 2015 by CIO Review, we specialise in deploying the Cisco Prime product portfolio globally. We are the recognized partner for deploying, integrating, supporting and training of Cisco Prime NMS product and platforms. We leverage our proven expertise & intelligent tools to help you deliver innovative services that optimise your operational investments. Our seamless alignment of people and processes ensures your needs come first through the consistent delivery of outstanding solutions and great customer experiences.
DiGiCOR is a respected Solutions Provider with an emphasis on solutions encompassing servers, storage and networking. Proudly 100% Australian and privately owned with offices across Australia and New Zealand since 1997, DiGiCOR is your agnostic Trusted Advisor and one-stop-shop for IT solutions, services and support. We provide trusted consultative support, expert application and big data solutions, plus hardware / software support as well as professional and managed services. We also craft custom infrastructure solutions for servers, storage and networking needs and can build your infrastructure from the ground up. www.digicor.com.au
Ekahau is the leader in Wi-Fi network design tools, from WLAN network planning to troubleshooting. Ekahau Wi-Fi tools include Ekahau Site Survey with 3D Wi-Fi Planner, Ekahau Mobile Survey for Android, and Ekahau Spectrum Analyser. Suitable for any Wi-Fi network, Ekahau's Wi-Fi tools are commonly used by wireless engineers, network administrators and telecom operators to minimise network deployment time and ensure sufficient wireless network performance and capacity. inTechnology Distribution is an Asia Pacific value added IT distributor of innovative IT solutions, covering technology areas for every part of the business IT infrastructure. inTechnology is an official Ekahau reseller in APAC.
Founded in 2012 by the people behind the Elasticsearch and Apache Lucene open source projects, Elastic provides real-time insights and makes massive amounts of structured and unstructured data usable for developers and enterprises. By focusing on scalability, ease-of-use, and ease-of-integration, Elastic's suite of open-source products (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats) and subscription plugins (Shield, Watcher, Marvel) can be deployed either on-premise or in the cloud with Elastic's Found offering. To date, these products have achieved more than 30 million cumulative downloads and power many of the world's leading mobile, social, consumer and mission critical business applications. To learn more, visit www.elastic.co.
Enghouse Interactive delivers technology and expertise to maximize the value of every customer interaction. The company develops a comprehensive portfolio of customer interaction management solutions. Core technologies include contact centre, attendant console, predictive outbound dialler, knowledge management, IVR, quality management, call recording, and workforce management solutions that support any telephony environment, on premise or in the Cloud. Thousands of customers worldwide, are supported by a global network of partners and over 1,200 dedicated staff across the Companyââ¬â¢s international operations.
ExtraHop is the global leader in real-time wire data analytics. The ExtraHop Operational Intelligence platform analyzes all L2-L7 communications, including full bidirectional transactional payloads. This innovative approach provides the correlated, cross-tier visibility essential for application performance, availability, and security in today's complex and dynamic IT environments. The winner of numerous awards from Interop, TechTarget, and others, the ExtraHop platform scales up to 40 Gbps in a single appliance, deploys without agents, and delivers tangible value immediately upon deployment. Learn what we mean at www.extrahop.com.
Housley Communications has been specialising in education and consultancy services in Australia for 45 years, coming to Cisco Live Melbourne 2016 as a long established Cisco Learning Partner. Housley works closely with Cisco's Advanced Technologies primarily delivering certified training in; • Data Centre • ACI • Collaboration with presence covering APJC and beyond; Housley offers authorised Cisco training, mentoring and consulting options to partners, users and industry professionals, including public registration classes, onsite training, and provision of professional support personnel. Housley customises training to meet your solution requirements, drawing upon up-to-date knowledge and insight from both the classroom and field experience.
Identiv is a global security technology company that establishes identity in the connected world, including premises, information, and everyday items. Global government, education, retail, transportation, healthcare, and other organizations rely upon Identiv's trusted identity solutions to reduce risk, achieve compliance, and protect brand identity. Its trust solutions allow people to gain access to buildings, networks, information, systems, and services, while ensuring that the physical facilities and digital assets of the organizations they interact with are protected. Its solutions are implemented using standards-driven technology, such as digital certificates, trusted authentication, mobility, and cloud services.
Ipswitch helps solve complex IT problems with simple solutions. The company's software has been installed on more than 150,000 networks spanning 168 countries to monitor networks, applications and servers, and securely transfer files between systems, business partners and customers. Ipswitch was founded in 1991 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. For more information, visit www.ipswitch.com.
IT Learning Solution (iTLS), forms part of the FastLane Group and is a world class IT technical and business skills training centre that provide high quality training in advanced and most up-to-date Cisco technology and solutions. Call by our stand E77 and feel free to discuss your training needs and projects at hand. Subscribe to our newsletter, Register to go into our draw for great prices and we will also have some goodies for you for calling by. Unable to swing by, visit us on www.itls.com.au or call on 03 9599 9300 or 02 98201820
Itron is a world-leading technology and services company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water. We provide comprehensive solutions that measure, manage and analyse energy and water. Our broad product portfolio includes electricity, gas, water and thermal energy measurement devices and control technology; communications systems; software; as well as managed and consulting services. With thousands of employees supporting nearly 8,000 customers in more than 100 countries, Itron applies knowledge and technology to better manage energy and water resources. Together, we can create a more resourceful world.
Jabra provides intelligent audio solutions that let you hear more, do more and be more than you ever thought possible. With a broad range of high quality, professional headsets and speakerphones that integrate seamlessly with Cisco communication platforms, Jabra enables you to increase productivity and derive the full business potential of your collaboration solution.
MapR provides the industry's only converged data platform that integrates the power of the top-ranked Hadoop and Spark with global event streaming, real-time database capabilities, and enterprise storage, enabling customers to harness the enormous power of their data. A majority of customers achieve payback in fewer than 12 months and realize greater than 5X ROI. MapR ensures customer success through world-class professional services and with free on-demand training. Amazon, Cisco, Google, HP, Microsoft, SAP, and Teradata are part of the worldwide MapR partner ecosystem. Investors include Google Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures and Redpoint Ventures.
Nectar provides proactive, centralized management of the entire UC network infrastructure. Nectar's Unified Communications Management Platform (UCMP) provides the most comprehensive monitoring, management and diagnostics to enhance application performance management and dramatically improve end-to-end visibility across the entire UC network. Nectar empowers Cisco, Microsoft Skype for Business, and Avaya platforms with predictable and actionable analysis that users can manage, monitor, and proactively troubleshoot in "real-time," across multi-vendor UC networks for improved visibility and service delivery.
Netformx accelerates cloud and telecom solution provider profits with powerful business intelligence, actionable insights, collaboration, and automation. Using Netformx solutions our customers design and sell winning and implementable multivendor solutions demanded by enterprises across the globe, while operating their businesses profitably. Netformx has over 2,000 service provider, systems integrator, and technology vendor customers in more than 120 countries including AT&T, Bell Canada, CDW, Cisco, Dimension Data, HP, Juniper, Orange Business Services, Sprint, and Telstra. Our comprehensive KnowledgeBaseâ⢠contains client and vendor products, services, and program compliance data from vendors such as Cisco, Brocade, EMC, Juniper, Avaya, APC, Jabra, and Riverbed.
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a market leader in real-time service assurance and cybersecurity solutions for today's most demanding service provider, enterprise and government networks. At Cisco Live 2016, NETSCOUT will showcase its Fluke Networks Enterprise Solutions products: the network performance monitoring and diagnostics solutions designed to streamline issue resolution and ensure an optimal end-user experience in today's borderless enterprise. Organizations worldwide trust Fluke Networks to help solve their toughest issues and emerging challenges in WLAN security, SaaS, mobility, unified communications and data centers. Connect at www.flukenetworks.com and follow us on social media: Twitter: Facebook: LinkedIn:
Founded in 2004, Opengear delivers next generation intelligent solutions for managing critical IT and communications infrastructure. Opengear smart solutions equip our customers' networks with smart automation and bulletproof resilience, enabling them to optimise technical operations and secure business continuity. The company is headquartered in Sandy, Utah, has R&D operations in Australia and sales offices in Europe and USA. For more information, please visit www.opengear.com.
Paessler AG's award winning PRTG Network Monitor is a powerful, affordable and easy-to-use Unified Monitoring solution. It is a highly flexible and generic software for monitoring IT infrastructure, already in use at enterprises and organizations of all sizes and industries. Over 150,000 IT administrators in more than 170 countries rely on PRTG and gain peace of mind, confidence and convenience. Founded in 1997 and based in Nuremberg, Germany, Paessler AG remains a privately held company that is recognized as both a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner.
Panduit is a world leader that engineers, end-to-end network connectivity physical infrastructure solutions that help business stay connected in a global world. Our high-performance products improve productivity and offer a lower total cost of ownership that create a competitive business advantage. With operations in more than 112 countries and a worldwide partner network, Panduit ensures the success of our customers with the broadest range of physical infrastructure solutions and products for data centre & enterprise markets. We help customers optimise the physical infrastructure through simplification, agility, and operational efficiency with real-world solutions that help our customers keep pace.
Puppet Labs, Inc. is the leader in IT automation. Puppet Labs software provides system administrators the operational agility, efficiency and insight they need to proactively manage dynamic infrastructure, scaling from tens of servers to thousands, both on premise and in the cloud. Thousands of the world's leading organizations use Puppet Labs to configure and manage their IT infrastructure, including Bank of America, Cisco, Salesforce.com and WebEx. Based in Portland, Oregon, Puppet Labs employs 400 people. The company is backed by investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, VMware, Cisco, True Ventures and Radar Partners. To learn more, visit PuppetLabs.com.
Quest Security Solutions is an IoT specialised partner in Cisco's Connected Safety and Security solution suite, and has serviced Cisco clients across ANZ since 2008. Quest has been able to be at the forefront of Cisco's drive into the local IoT market. Quest is working with Cisco and leading analytic organisations to provide businesses an IP based video solution that delivers valuable data that is able to assist and influence business outcomes. Visit Quest's stand in the World of Solutions, to discuss how your video solutions could and should be delivering better business outcomes.
Raritan is a proven innovator of power management solutions and KVM-over-IP for data centers of all sizes. In over 76 countries and 50,000 locations worldwide, Raritan's award-winning hardware solutions increase energy efficiency, improve reliability, and raise productivity.
Radware is a global leader of application delivery and cyber security solutions for virtual, cloud and software defined data centers. Its award-winning solutions portfolio delivers service level assurance for business-critical applications, while maximizing IT efficiency. Radware's solutions empower more than 10,000 of the world's largest enterprises, carriers & service providers to deliver an application infrastructure that ensures the availability, scalability, performance and security of their of business-critical applications. Our approach helps customers worldwide extract maximum value from their IT and people investment, while providing maximum agility to support their goals.
Sennheiser returns to Cisco Live! in 2016 with updates to its award-winning headsets for offices and Unified Communications professionals. Sennheiser is the world's largest privately owned audio company, so we have a different perspective on sound for life, including at work. Our range of corded and wireless headsets are comfortable, well designed, functional and long lasting. And they deliver very clear and safe sound. Experience Sennheiser today at Cisco Live! 2016.
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Spirent develops innovative test solutions for the engineers working within the communications industry that allow them to evaluate the performance of the latest technologies, infrastructure and applications to be deployed worldwide. We also provide tools for service technicians and field test engineers to improve network quality and make troubleshooting of live networks efficient and effective. Spirent has a broad portfolio of innovative products and services and is organised into three operating segments: • Networks & Applications • Wireless & Service Experience • Service Assurance
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An investigation of housing affordability in the UK regions
The housing market has been extensively investigated in the literature; however, there is a lack of understanding of the fundamentals affecting housing affordability across UK regions as measured by the price to income ratio. The aim of this paper is twofold; firstly we calculate the affordability ratio based on individuals' incomes. Second we set off to ask which socio-economic factors could affect this ratio. The analysis finds a strong influence coming from the mortgage rate, the residents' age and academic qualifications. We also report a positive and significant effect from foreign capital coming to the UK. Finally, we record a non-negligible degree of heterogeneity across the twelve regions.
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Okay so as you can see, i'm 5'11'' about 67.5 kg that's about 148 pounds, i do NOT look skinny at all for all the morons who keep telling me that (look at my pics), i have broud shoulders and a huge chest.
As you can see friends i almost have a six pack, but when i sit i can see all the fat around my lower abdomen and it's seriously pissing me off.
I went from 176 pounds to 148 and i still have damn fat around my belly wtf?!
Yes i do serious compound weight lifting 6 times a week, i work out all of my body (except the legs which i will never even begin considering doing because it's such a bore).
I've limited my cardio to once a week because man i'm tired of it. I used to jog 4.1 hours a week.
My diet is high on protein, low on carbs, and medium low on fats. I do not eat any junk food whatsoever, no pasta, no rice, no sugary crap.
Only green vegetables, meat (fish, chicken, beef). With that i eat some cheese (low fat, no carbs cheese) 3 times a day for my calcium intake. Nuts, i have to admit i stopped drinking lots of water which is a shame, i drink green tea 3 times a day to boost my metabolism. Anyways long story short, my diet is great, my muscles are growing, i have a huge growth in strength too i noticed, i can lift a lot more, and to give you an example, 3 months ago i couldn't do wide spread arms chin up pulls. Now i'm doing about 20-25 of them.
What can i do to kill the last few pounds of fat i have? Maybe i should cut ALL of my carbs? I can definetely do that i'm a crazy mother****ing extremist.
Despite what i see on BB, i like those huge physiques, but i don't care if my arms are skinny as hell as long as i have a god damn six pack, it's the whole reason i am working out, i want to be fit, i want to have a six pack belly with almost no fat!
Thanks guys, please give me your best ELABORATE advices, maybe those who have a six pack and how they lost theirs?
For your info, i am NOT a hard gainer, so i'm not a skinny person trying to gain weight, for those skinny people that can eat 4000 calories and gain a little, please restrain yourself from answering thanks!
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Have you been following this routine for a while (2-3 weeks) w/o any changes or drop in fat ?
So you've hit a wall?
Change something up. Up cardio, drop cals, change your diet .. you mentioned keto. I'm actually trying that for the next 4 weeks.
Changing it up has helped me along the way.Down 15% BF Up 6 % Muscle in 7 months (March, April, May, June, July, Aug, Sept 2010)
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Aug/Sep/Oct '11 - fat loss / cut Goal: 1 lb every 5 days / (3500 cals burnt every 5 days - 400 cal deficit food | 300 cal deficit gym daily)
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My Protein Stack: Chicken, Lean Steak, Deli Turkey, Fish, Egg Whites, Greek Yogurt, Cottage Cheese, ON Whey
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Keto,you said you are eating high protein low carb medium fat.
You are now running a version of keto/protein sparing modified fast.
Brah i can tell you,it's not good to have protein as the main source of fuel.Either you increase fat or increase carbs.
Increasing fat,as i've stated in some threads can be the kickstart for fat loss. (in your case)
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Maybe a low carb diet isn't best for you. I tried low carb and I was constantly plateauing. When I added good carbs back like oats, yams, and such I started getting leaner. If I were you I would add the carb and cardio back in and really throw your body for a loop. Gotta confuse it on all fronts.Currently 185 lbs 13% bf
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In a lawsuit filed yesterday, a Camden County woman accused her orthopedic surgeon of "rubbing a temporary tattoo of a red rose" on her belly while she was under anesthesia.
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I loved seeing blue herons coming to our ponds...until I took an interest in koi. Now they are the enemy (though I would still argue they need all the environmental protections they can get).
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Comfortable Digs in a Classic City
The photos posted at various travel sites and the Marriott sites are outdated. The rooms were spacious, clean, comfortable and tastefully decorated. The staff was friendly and accomodating. The location feels safe and is central to shops and cafes. Note that parking in their garage is $17 and if you park on the ground level, you will need a key card to get into the garage to retrieve your car- something to keep in mind when checking out.
Nice Hotel
I always like to research a hotel well before I stay because it can ruin a trip. This hotel had good reviews so I choose it because of that and the location. I was not disappointed. This hotel was close to metro stop, King Street Station, and within walking distance to all things on King Street. Breakfast was plentiful and good and you could get free drinks all day. In the evening the food was good enough you didn't even have to venture out of the hotel which we didn't one night because of snow. Room was clean and staff was attentive. Only complaint was the bed sunk in and wasn't all that comfortable. Maybe it was just our room. Over all I would highly recommend this hotel.
Definately would stay here again
We stayed for 6 nights at the end of May for family vacation. We had the 2 bedroom / 2 bath suite right in the top floor corner of the building. There were four of us: me, wife and our 2 kids 9 and 11.
Staying here was a last minute change. We actually were booked at the Homewood Suites in Old Town. But after thinking about it, we figured it would be better to stay at a place close to the metro. In addition, the Residence Inn had an indoor pool and Homewood had an outdoor which was not open yet.
The room was very clean: spotless and smelling fresh every day. Everything was in working order.
There are 3 televisions in the room: one in each bedroom and one in the living room. It had a full kitchen with fridge, stove, microwave, sink, dishwasher, utensils, plates, glasses, coffee maker, you name it.
The beds were comfortable. They have those memory foam mattresses. We all slept well. My son, 9 years old, slept in one bedroom and my daughter slept on the pullout couch. The pullout was clean and looked comfortable. Unfortunately they only have queen beds available though. It would have been nice if one bedroom had two twin beds.
Each bathroom had a hair dryer and full combo tub / shower.
The metro is two blocks away and could be seen clearly from our room. It's about a 5 minute walk. They have a complementary shuttle that takes you there; no reservation needed.
The full breakfast buffet is all that you could ask for in a breakfast. Scrambled eggs daily with all sort of sides. Usually a meat and potato side. French toast on a couple of days. Bisquits and gravy one day. Taco shells one day to make your own scrambled egg tacos. Make-your-own Belgium waffles daily was a nice touch. Yogurt, fresh toppings for yogurt, fresh fruit, mini-muffins, DONUTS, cerial, juice, tea, fresh coffee and flavored coffee from a machine thing. The buffet is definately the best thing about this place! In fact, we would tank up on breakfast, hit DC and have a drink and/or snack for lunch, then have a good dinner. So we only paid for one meal a day.
They also have a manager's reception Monday - Thursday in the evening. We did not partake in this so I can't really comment. I did see free wine and beer one day though!
The staff was always helpful, cheerful and pleasant.
Pool was on the small side but definately large enough for all ages to have fun in. I went in with the kids every day. They have a full time lifeguard. They tracked the water balance daily, however, the water was always a little cloudy. Its probably a filter thing. It is not over-clorinated.
Parking was easy. Most of it is enclosed. It is gated. Its a bummer you have to pay $15.00 a day to park though.
One complaint I have is the high speed internet access. It was intermittent at best. It hung often. It was a frustrating experience. I would not count on it to do any kind of real work.
Another complaint was the white noise level. The ventilation system could always be heard. The central air condition was quite loud. You had to turn up the TV every time it went on. It would startle you when it came on until you got used to it. There was only one fan speed: high. If you are used to a place with lots of background noise this will not be a problem.
Other than that, the place is highly recommended. I couldn't rate it exellent because of the white noise and internet problems.
I would definately stay there again!
Convenient and good value
We stayed here for 2 nights and enjoyed being able to walk into Old Town (10-15 minutes) and to the metro 5 minutes. I hadn't stayed at a Residence Inn in a while and was amazed at the free breakfast buffet and all the healthy options (oatmeal, plain yogurt, fresh fruit) that were available. THe room was clean and quiet and the staff were friendly and helpful. Especially liked the free Sunday Washington Post!
Would definitely stay there again.
Perfect Stay
We decided on short notice to head to DC for Spring Break with 3 kids and my mom. The RI Alexandria was PERFECT! We had a 2 bedroom suite w/ 2 bathrooms. Breakfast is now the new upgraded one that RI has implemented all over. It was great! Eggs every day, waffles, bakery goods and cereal. Even after 5 days we did not get sick of the offered food.
Staff here is amazing. They knew us after a couple of days and would ask about where we went and how we were getting around. I'm sure that this was because on our first day we asked a lot of questions about the Metro.
Easy 2 block walk to Metro OR ask for the free shuttle. We never waited for our driver to take us to the station when we asked, but most of the time we just walked.
Another easy 2 block walk to King Street. We had our choice of many restaurants and cute shops. The only bad thing was that shops all closed pretty early.
Hotel was VERY clean. Housekeeping was very quick in bringing us towels, pillows and more shampoo. Never had to ask twice. Pool was on the smaller size, but was clean without that overpowering smell. Kids had fun. I used the laundry facilities and they were located on the second floor. The only thing lacking here was a change machine. Everytime I ran out of quarters I had to run down to the Front Desk. Otherwise the laundry room was very nice and roomy w/ tables and chairs along with a TV. Even had a shelf stocked w/ magazines and books to read while you waited.
All in all if we went back I would not hesitate to stay here again! A great hotel in a good area.
Great Hotel-Fabulous location
Just got back from DC after viewing the Cherry Blossoms. Chose this hotels because of the positive reviews. We were not disappointed. Fine staff, clean large rooms and a great location enhanced our visit. The location provides a quick 3 block walk to the King Street station for a trip to almost anywhere in the area. If you like to walk, you can amble down King street (about 14 blocks to the River) passing a variety of eateries and shops. Was great fun...people watching and enjoying the sites. Plenty of restaurants in the area and we ventured out at 9:00pm one night and found them to be crowded at that time. Hope to go back soon and do more exploring...of course Residence Inn will be our choice!
Very Good But Not Excellent.
Everything was almost perfect. The food was very good, the facility condition was excellent. The staff with one exception friendly and accomodating.
We were told upon checkin that there was a shuttle to the train station. However, when we inquired about it at 9am the next morning, we were told that it did not start until 10:30am due to rush hour and insurance regulations?? My 5 yr old son had a leg injury and could not put alot of weight on his leg. My husband had to carry him 2-3 blocks.
Parking was $15 per night in a very tight, cramped garage.
Otherwise, all was great! Would stay here again, perhaps not at the published rate of $229 plus tax (we stayed on points) as the room was small and just a studio. Would likely first look around for a better deal.
Marriott does it again
I just got back from a weekend stay at this hotel. Quite frankly, the Residence Inn was not our first choice. My fiance and I wanted to book a hotel near Old Town Alexandria for a nice little weekend getaway. We booked through AAA Getaway Vacations. We first tried to get the Sheraton Suites but they were booked solid. I am certainly not disappointed we got "stuck" with the Residence Inn.
The customer service was outstanding. The front desk was very helpful and accomdating. Our package through AAA included parking and 2 all day Metro passes. Normally parking is an additional $15/day. These amenties were not listed in our reservation. Luckily I had the email that showed what was included along with my confirmation. I simply showed it to the front desk and they accomdated the requests without question. The hotel offers a shuttle into Old Town as the main area is about 10-15 blocks away. Be aware though that you may be able to take it into town but the shuttle doesn't run very late (10:30pm on Friday and 8:30pm on Saturday). This was not a problem as we managed to find a cab back to the hotel without problem.
The room itself was very spacious. There was a full kitchen complete with stove, full size fridge, and dishwasher. There were 2 TV's, one in the living area and another in the bedroom, and high speed internet. We purchased a bottle of wine and conveniently enough a corkscrew was included with the utensils. The hotel even includes a service that will go grocery shopping for you. There is no fee for the service and they will apply the cost to your room. They seemed to think of just about everything.
Parking was not a problem at all. There were plenty of wide spaces available. It is a private locked garage that can only be accessed with a room key. It is gated with a metal garage door, very secure. With the shuttle and the Metro being 2 blocks away, we parked and forgot about the car for the duration.
There is a breakfast buffet that is provided every morning. Nothing special here. Its better than the basic continental breakfast though. It was the same both days we visited. The main fare was scrambled eggs, greasy sausage patties and oatmeal. They also had waffle makers to make your own Belgian waffles. There was a toaster with bread, bagels and english muffins as well as cereal, yogurt and muffins.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this hotel. The service is top notch and it has a relatively good location. It is not in the middle of Old Town Alexandria but it is a good comprimise between convenience of access to downtown DC and its attractions as well as Old Town. The hotel has thought of everything to try to make it your home away from home.
Greatest Ever!
My husband and I and another couple went to Washingotn DC to sightsee. We reserved a 2 bedroom suite for the 4 of us. We loved it. It was huge and had everything we could imagine in it! We were a five minute walk to the Metro, which was very nice. The hotel staff was so kind and helpful. The hotel even has a free shuttle service. We enjoyed a complimentary breakfast every morning! This hotel was so clean, also! I highly reccomend for ANYONE!!
**The only thing I caution visitors on is that the hotel is in Old Town Alexandria and we could not find much to do after 9:30 PM--even the resturants close then!
Home Away from Home
I checked in to this absolutely beautiful brand new hotel in Old Town Alexandria last night and I must say, I am impressed. The entire staff is very friendly and ready to assist me with regular offers of help. The building is architecturally stunning and holds 240 suites, each with a full sized kitchen. I am here on business and can definitely save on my out of pocket expenses because of their complimentary grocery shopping service (to cook meals in my suite), the daily hot breakfast, and the dinner buffet during the week. This is definitely the place to stay if you want a homelike atmosphere but with additional amenities like housekeeping service every day. Hats off to the Residence Inn!
-D.S. Fredericksburg, VA
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... a mini bat for this stadium part way through the game. On top of that when I walked into the room I am staying in tonight there was a pile of loot on the bed. A Nats hat and shirt, bags of sunflower seeds, gum, trail mix and snickers. I am truly being spoiled at this stop. Plus it took no convincing to get Dawn to come to the Orioles game with me tomorrow so I am excited about that.
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