Mobilize SMB Managed Services Tour

Mobilize SMB©: Taking the SMB Community to the Next Level
With Amy Luby & Chad Gross
http://www.mobilizesmb.com

(This *WILL* sell out folks, so register TODAY!)

Coming to a city near you! This FREE half day workshop will provide the information and support you need as an SMB IT solution provider to help you build a solid SMB Managed Services Business Model.

• What are the pitfalls to avoid?
• How do I pay my technicians under this model?
• How do I know how many technicians I need in this new model?
• What are the stages in moving into a Managed Service Model?
• How will this affect my vendor relationships?
• How do I measure, and why does it matter what my technician utilization rates are?
• How do I sell managed services?
• How do I construct my service level agreements?
• Who wants these services?
• What or who is my competition and how are they doing managed services?
• Are there any vendors out there that understand my business?
• What tools are available?
• What skills do I need?

June 5 Chicago, IL
http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=107908

June 7 Detroit, MI
http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=107909

June 9 Cincinnati, OH
http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=107850

June 12 Louisville, KY
http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=107910

June 14 Atlanta, GA
http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=107911

June 20 Tampa, FL
http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=107912

Get Your Learn-On Across The Pond

Not since Jackie Chan filmed "Who Am I?" in Rotterdam has so fine a cast of talent invaded the Netherlands. Behold:

SMB Nation Amsterdam 2006!
April 6-7 2006

Hear from these world-class speakers (fight card subject to change):

• The Magical M&M's – Mariette Knap & Marina Roos (Netherlands)
• Susanne Dansey (UK)
• Mark Mulvany (Ireland)
• Ulrich Schluter (Germany)
• Beatrice Mulzer (USA, Germany)
• Harry Brelsford (USA)
• Jeff Middleton (USA)
• Karl Palachuk (USA)
• Matthew Dickerson (Australia)
• David Overton (UK)

Be sure and attend 'SMB Nation's European Vacation'!

Sign up TODAY (before 1 March) at www.smbnation.com and save 50 EURO (that's $70 US folks). If you miss the Early Bird discount, it's still only 350 EURO ($425 US). So get moving!!

Webcast – SMB Security w/ Harry Brelsford & others

SMB Case Study: What You Should Know About Security, Storage and Desktop Management in an SMB IT Environment
January 19, 2006 @ 12:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 a.m. Pacific
Duration: 45 minutes

Register & Attend Online
http://ct.eletters.eseminarslive.com/rd/cts?d=187-1307-1-1654-525575-22159-0-0-0-1
If you are unable to attend the live event you may still register and will receive an e-mail when the on-demand version becomes available.

Event Overview:
Juggling multiple security, storage and desktop management technologies can cause you to lose focus and distract your employees from their ultimate goal — attracting and maintaining new business opportunities. Find out how Bonnie Lee Goldstein, owner of a law firm in Dallas, Texas, and her IT consultant Andy Bensinger deployed a new, multi-layered protection solution that prevented a catastrophic loss of her critical business data and reduced her IT management costs.

Join SMB Nation CEO Harry Brelsford, Andy Bensinger, CEO of Halogen, Inc. and Bonnie Lee Goldstein for this live, interactive eSeminar sponsored by Computer Associates. You'll learn what SMBs like yours are doing to address today's unique security, storage and desktop management challenges.

You'll hear firsthand accounts from real, in-the-trenches SMB IT professionals that manage these challenges on a daily basis. During this peer-to-peer discussion, you will learn:

* What organizations like yours are doing to manage risks
* What data protection strategies are working, and which ones aren't
* What challenges are unique to an SMB environment
* What questions should you ask before deploying a new solution
* What you can do today to improve your security, storage and data
management practices

Featured Speakers:
Harry Brelsford, CEO – SMB Nation
Bonnie Lee Goldstein, Attorney & Owner – Bonnie Lee Goldstein, P.C.
Andrew Bensinger, President – Halogen
Frank Derfler, VP, Market Experts Group – Ziff Davis Media

Sponsored by Computer Associates