Surgient Success

The next meeting of Surgient Success - the Surgient User Group - will take place on the morning of Thursday December 6, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. We’ve decided to hold a single group meeting this time and decided on Dallas as it’s a non-stop flight from almost everywhere.
 

Surgient Success is a great way to

• Meet key Surgient executives and staff
• Meet Surgient customers and learn how they are using virtual labs to achieve business success
• See upcoming features and new capabilities
• Discuss, and influence, the direction of Surgient Virtual Lab Management applications

Date: Thursday December 6, 2007, 9am – 2pm

Location:

Four Seasons Resort and Club at Las Colinas

4150 North MacArthur Blvd.

Irving, TX 75038  (website)

972-717-0700

Event Registration

Please use this registration link to confirm that you will attend the User Group meeting.

Wednesday 5 December 2007

7:30p – 10p             President’s Suite Cocktail Reception

                             Hosted by Tim Lucas, President & CEO, Surgient

                             The Bay Suite - Room #0257
 

Thursday 6 December 2007

8:30a – 9a              Breakfast

9a – 9:30a              Welcome and Introductions
                             Tim Lucas, President & CEO, Surgient

9:30a – 10:15a        Virtual Labs at EMC
                             Julie Cullivan, VP Sales Operations, EMC Software

10:15a – 10:45a       Surgient Roadmap
                             Dave Malcolm, VP Technology, Surgient

10:45a – 11a           Break

11a – 11:30a           Discussion: VM Image Lifecycle Best Practices
                             Michael Kuhl, Senior Project Manager, Surgient

11:30a – 12p           Discussion: Networking Application Configurations (NAIL2/3)
                             David Babbitt, Principal Engineer, Surgient
                             Neal Prager, Principal Software Architect, Surgient

12p – 12:30p           Discussion: Open Technical Discussion
                             Key Surgient Architects and Consultants

12:30p – 1:30p        Birds of a Feather Lunch
                             By product/topic

1:30p – 2p              Next Steps Discussion and Close

Golf Outings:

Staying in Dallas on Thursday? The Four Season’s Cottonwood Valley Golf Course is a members-only facility originally designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.  Don’t miss this rare opportunity to play this spectacular course! Please contact Mimi Marquino (mimi.marquino@surgient.com) for further details and to reserve a tee time!

Hotel Reservations:

For attendees that are traveling to Dallas we have negotiated a special rate with the Four Seasons. Please contact the hotel reservations desk at 972-717-0700 and mention the Surgient User Group by Nov. 30^th. The event rate is $189.00 for the evening of Dec. 5^th. If you stay an additional night the rate will be $225 for the night of Dec. 6^th.

Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's Surgient Success user group meeting in Dallas. It was great to meet everyone and to hear about how virtual labs are used in your companies.

Presentations from the conference are available for download:

1. Julie Cullivan, VP Sales Operations, EMC Software Group  2007 User Group: EMC 

2. Image Lifecycle Best Practices, Michael Kuhl, Surgient  2007 User Group: Image Lifecycle 

3. Virtual Lab Networking (NAIL2/3), David Babbitt and Neal Prager, Surgient  2007 User Group: Networking