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• Perth - SMBiT Professionals May Meeting

  • When
    21 May 2019
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    17:30 - 21:00 (UTC+08:00)
  • Location
    Botanica Bar & Bistro Innaloo

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  SMBiT Professionals Perth Chapter

  Next meeting Tuesday 21 May 2019 SMBiT Professionals Perth Chapter meets on the third Tuesday of the month. We are now having dinner prior to 6.30pm start. View the menu at http://botanicabarandbistro.com.au/ menu/bistro-menu/   Dinner 5:30pm - 6:30pm Main Event 6:30pm - 8:30pm Stay a while afterwards and have a drink and a chat   Location Botanica Bar & Bistro 401 Scarborough Beach Rd Innaloo WA Map   Registration Register NOW using the link below (at left if you're on the Web page) 10 Factors to consider when choosing and deploying any RMM solution Louis Harding, Channel Account Manager RMM solutions are designed to address 3 key MSP business concerns; cash flow, time, and customer experience. RMM solutions allow MSPs to move from offering break-fix services and reactive support to being able to identify and proactively remedy issues before they become a problem. This improves overall customer experience and we know that offering proactive service support means MSPs can have access to stable and scalable monthly recurring revenue. However, the real advantage is that RMM solutions allow MSPs to automate routine tasks, such as OS updates, policy enforcement, and best practice implementation - noting that with the Notifiable Data Breach Scheme, policy compliance is more crucial than ever. Join Datto to look into the 10 factors you should consider when choosing and deploying an RMM solution. Datto is a Gold partner of SMBiT Professionals   SD-WAN for SMB John Soden Fusion Broadband will be providing a live SD-WAN setup demonstration and highlighting why SD-WAN is the ultimate alternative to VPN and MPLS networks, bringing Link Visibility, Instant-Failover, Bandwidth Aggregation and Multi-Carrier benefits. Fusion Broadband is a Silver partner of SMBiT Professionals. Round table discussion Open forum ... ... issues, ideas, highs, lows, great tools you have found, bring them to the table! Registration Register using the link below

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• Adelaide - SMBiT Professionals May Meeting

  • When
    28 May 2019
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    17:00 - 21:00 (UTC+09:30)
  • Location
    Hackney Hotel, 95 Hackney Road, Hackney SA 5069

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  SMBiT Professionals Adelaide Chapter

  Next meeting Tuesday 28 May 2019 SMBiT Professionals Adelaide Chapter usually meets on the last Tuesday of the month   Dinner 5:00pm- 6:30pm Main Event 6:30pm-9:00pm Stay a while afterwards and have a drink and a chat   Location The Hackney Hotel 95 Hackney Road Adelaide SA Map   Registration Register NOW using the link below (at left if you're on the Web page) Redstor Data Management & Live Recovery Demo Radek Tkaczyk, Senior Systems Consultant, VMvault and Auret Van Zyl, IT Director, B-Sure Group   Redstor Data Management, powered by B-Sure IT which has partnered with VMvault to offer Data Management as a Service to all customers and SMBiT Professionals members. The presentation will display the benefits of using Redstor, the value to your customers, how to build monthly annuity for your business and a live demonstration of how Instant Data by Redstor is transforming recoveries and holding the best recovery time in the market. Door prize for members: 1TB Redstor Storage & Apple TV VMvault is a Gold partner of SMBiT Professionals     Round Table Discussion Open forum ...   ... issues, ideas, highs, lows, great tools you have found, bring them to the table!   Registration Register using the link below

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• Melbourne - SMBiT Professionals Endgame Discussion Group

  • When
    29 May 2019
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    16:00 - 18:00 (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Bayview Eden Hotel, 6 Queens Road Melbourne

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  SMBiT Professionals Melbourne Chapter Workshop

  Wednesday 29 May 2019   Workshop 4:00pm-6:00pm Followed by Chapter Meeting 7:00pm-9:00pm Chapter meeting registration here   Location Bayview Eden Hotel 6 Queens Road Melbourne Map   Free Parking Enter Bayview Hotel car park via Queens Lane Registration Register NOW using the link below (at left if you're on the Web page) Endgame Discussion Group (Part 3 of 3 of our Workshop Discussion Group)   In this third and final month of the Endgame Discussion Group, we'll recap on the requirements for building a business which is capable of inter-operating or merging with another service provider, and once again we'll review the goals attendees set for themselves in previous sessions. In the second part of this session we'll have the opportunity to present our experiences and concerns to a panel of M & A experts for discussion and feedback.  The panel will include Nick Moran of EvolveIT/PowerNet, Nick and Jenni Clift of DWM, Linden Jackson of AgileIT and 2 or 3 others with M & A experience. Don't worry if you missed the previous sessions. All welcome. Registration Register using the link below

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• Melbourne - SMBiT Professionals May Meeting

  • When
    29 May 2019
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    18:00 - 21:00 (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Bayview Eden Hotel, 6 Queens Road Melbourne

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  SMBiT Professionals Melbourne Chapter

  Next meeting Wednesday 29 May 2019 SMBiT Professionals Melbourne Chapter meets on the last Wednesday of the month   Dinner 6:00pm-7:00pm Set menu of 4 choices Main Event 7:00pm-9:00pm Stay a while afterwards and have a drink and a chat   Location Bayview Eden Hotel 6 Queens Road Melbourne Map   Free Parking Enter Bayview Hotel car park via Queens Lane Registration Register NOW using the link below (at left if you're on the Web page) How We Built an $8 Million MSP Focusing on Customer Experience (CX) Jamie Warner, CEO, Invarosoft   In his presentation you will learn about: MSP Brand Touch Points The 5 Mistakes MSPs Make Around Customer Experience Sales Tactics On-boarding Ideas Roadmap Tricks The Importance of Customer Success Meetings Purple Cow The Threat of Innovation Door prize for members: $50 Cash. To win Jamie will draw one (1) business card from those members who book a demo of ITSupportPanel. Invarosoft is a Bronze partner of SMBiT Professionals       EOFY Marketing Planning Panel discussion   Have you started your EOFY marketing planning yet? Well we've got a panel for you. Let's get your marketing kicked off to get rid of those last Windows 7 machines before the end of life. Converse with some of the best marketing people we know.   Round Table Discussion Open forum ...   ... issues, ideas, highs, lows, great tools you have found, bring them to the table! Registration Register using the link below

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• Brisbane - SMBiT Professionals June Meeting

  • When
    12 Jun 2019
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    19:00 - 21:00 (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Pineapple Hotel
  • Spaces left
    31

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  SMBiT Professionals Brisbane Chapter

  Next meeting Wednesday 12 June 2019 SMBiT Professionals Brisbane Chapter meets on the second Wednesday of the month   Dinner 5:30pm - 7:00pm Main Event 7:00pm-9:00pm Stay a while afterwards and have a drink and a chat   Location Pineapple Hotel 706 Main St Kangaroo Point QLD 4169 Map   Registration Register NOW using the link below (at left if you're on the Web page) Effective Strategies to Ensure Proactive Management against Disasters Jack Alsop / Director of Technical Services, Professional Services   Jack will share with you: Understanding how data threats can place your business in a vulnerable position when not properly monitored. The most common challenges engineers face once disasters have occurred. Proactive strategies to reduce the impact disasters can have on data storage. StorageCraft is a Gold partner of SMBiT Professionals     NBN for Business Linda Herden (NBNCo). Radek Tkaczyk, Senior Systems Consultant (VMvault)   Linda will provide: update to the nbn access network rollout progress to date in the Brisbane Metro region including both Gold and Sunshine Coasts and Scenic Rim areas. explanation to how the nbn effect has impacted on businesses in QLD from both Census and independent IPSOS study results. Introduce business nbn™ - ready for business, to your members. Business managers now have greater choice from business nbn when considering their needs. Within our two wholesale access products, mass-market nbn™ Ethernet with two new traffic class options and the nbn™ Enterprise Ethernet, multiple opportunities and considerations arise. Some of these being service continuity and enhanced service level options, special service disconnection considerations, technology choice program and fibre overbuilds. ICT Channel program participation with nbn - how participation in this program will support and value add to your business, and next steps toward certification and accreditation. Radek will show how VMvault are using their NBN Business Accredited Adviser status to deploy these NBN Business TC2 solutions for their channel partners, with real world examples of solutions they have deployed for SMB IT Pro members. VMvault is a Gold Partner of SMBiT Professionals       Round table discussion Discussing problems and issues ... .. issues, ideas, highs, lows, great tools you have found, bring them to the table!   Registration Register using the link below

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• 2019 National Conference

  • Start
    25 Oct 2019
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    08:30 (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    26 Oct 2019
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    18:30 (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 150 North Terrace, Adelaide
  • Spaces left
    162

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  SMBiT Professionals #SMBiT2019

  Friday 25 October 2019 Saturday 26 October 2019 Over 18 attendees only. 50% refund for cancellations up to 30 days prior to the conference. You will need to meet your own costs for flights, accommodation and ancillary expenses.   Location Stamford Plaza Adelaide 150 North Terrace Adelaide Registration Register NOW using the link below (at left if you're on the Web page) 2019 Conference There's strength in numbers. Join us!   We live in an age where information is available anywhere, anytime, always. Mainstream IT services have moved beyond break fix and Managed Services models. Where are the new frontiers for the modern IT business? How can we harness the new technologies currently available and coming in the future to enable the modern IT business to move into the new future of IT services? The SMBiT Professionals Conference 2019 will assist you in growing your business in fast moving and constantly changing environment. Nestled among the serenity of beautiful beaches and rolling hills, Adelaide is a hive of multiculturalism with a pumping arts and live-music scene, and a burgeoning small-bar scene. In October, the hills are alive with the sounds of German Oktoberfest. For the lovers of the outdoors, Adelaide is a perfect location for a lazy stroll on the beach or a rugged run or bike ride in the beautiful Mt Lofty Ranges. A quick trip to the north or to the south brings you to some of the best wines in the world from the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale regions. If you are looking for the right conference to attend in 2019, the SMBiT Professionals Conference 2019 in Adelaide should be on your calendar.         For details of Sponsors, Speakers and Accommodation see http://www.smbitpro.org.au/smbit2019/   To book Accommodation directly go to http://bit.ly/SPA-SMBiT1019/ Registration Register using the link below (at left if you're on the website)

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