February 2009

Dear customer, 

Welcome to the 1st edition of Netsolutions eNews. Designed to keep you up-to-date on news and developments from your IT Partners, you’ll find the latest information to suit your needs.

This issue offers a snapshot of what you can expect from future editions of Netsolutions eNews. Released every three months, our newsletters will provide commentary on:
• Product Updates
• News Releases and Industry Trends
• Case Studies
• Events
• Training
• Promotions

We will do our best to tailor your future newsletters in response to your interests and requirements. If you have any feedback or questions relating to the issue please contact us .

Don’t forget to check out our new website www.netsolutionsIT.com.au, an improved information resource for our customers. The website is a great tool to learn about Netsolutions; from our partners and clients, to our approach and core focus.

Yours sincerely,

The NetsolutionsTeam
 

Outlook for 2009

Message from Managing Director, Theo Dimopoulos.

As this is our inaugural edition to the Netsolutions Newsletter, I welcome you and look forward to seeing this communication providing you with valuable information and insight into market trends, offerings and how Netsolutions can help you address the many challenges you face.

If we take a moment to reflect, the last part of 2008 was an exciting time for Netsolutions Australia. After some major wins in Security, Networking and Managed Services, it has set the foundation for many more successes in 2009.

This last year also brought with it many rolling changes in our messaging, marketing and internal processes. We engaged in a substantial investment in our people and business systems. The key objective in implementing these changes is to improve our business practices as a whole, preparing for major growth in 2009 and onwards.

Our internal system changes included; a complete Disaster Recovery Solution incorporating a full high availability solution for our client facing and internal systems, the deployment of BMC Service Desk application; a full monitoring and Managed Services platform, Avaya IP telephony system for complete call management and the creation of a Security and Network Consultancy group.

Our advanced processes and systems will see our business continue to maintain it’s ethos and methodologies that are the core of our business values and strategy.

Today Netsolutions employs some of the most highly skilled Networking & Security Engineers and true experts in their field. We have completed some of the largest projects seen in the ANZ region and continue to be successful because we truly partner and provide real value to our clients in the services and professionalism we deliver.

As always Netsolutions prides itself on vendor relationships and loyalty. Many years ago we began the process to put in place a core vendor strategy that has resulted in loyal partnerships and strong relations with vendors Juniper Networks and IBM Australia.

The key to our success is to avoid competing technologies between our vendors and Netsolutions.

We have stringently steered away from being “vendor agnostic”, a term we hear from many channel partners. It is important to define what our business is and what our specialisations are in the market place. The risks associated with promoting multi vendor technologies is being just another reseller holding a deck of cards instead of backing core vendor solutions where core competencies exist.

At Netsolutions we are not opportunists but rather “deep dive” specialists in the vendor technologies we support and promote.

2009 will see many new technology releases from both Juniper Networks and IBM. In particular the core chassis based switches in the Juniper EX8200 series, the Juniper SRX firewall platform and Data Centre products. Stay tuned for more information.

All in all I look forward to an exciting year ahead of us and working together to plan and implement successful IT strategies that will help your organisation adapt to the changes of today and in the future.

Theo Dimopoulos
Managing Director 
 

Events for Q1 2009

In 2008, Netsolutions developed a successful campaign strategy that took our event organisation to the next level. With some assistance from our major partners Juniper Networks and IBM we delivered some memorable occasions for new and exisiting clients. From dinners, lunches and breakfast seminars we aimed to deliver a core message in a relaxing, entertaining environment for all to enjoy.

Please keep your eye out for new invitations arriving in your inbox as we have some great events planned for 2009 that you shouldn't miss. Alternatively you can check our News & Events web page for updated information.

February 2009

IBM BladeCentre Demo Day

Sign up for a special one on one workshop with Netsolutions at the IBM Building in Southbank, Melbourne. You will receive a personal demonstration of the IBM Blade Portfolio where you will be able to ask the questions you really want to know. 

Please register your interest and a Netsolutions representative will contact you. 
 

March 2009

IBM Solutions Showcase 09

The theme of this year's Solutions Showcase is Solutions for Change and you'll get a first-hand look at how organisations in Victoria are utilising both solutions and services to give themselves a competitive advantage through business technology.

Thought-provoking speakers, case studies, local Business Partners and great networking opportunities - it's all there at Solutions Showcase '09: Solutions for Change.

13th of March 2009

Sofitel Hotel, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

8.30am to 2.00pm

Please register your interest and a Netsolutions representative will contact you.

Juniper Networks Australian Data Centre Roadshow

The enterprise data centre has become overly complex and costly as new platforms and additional security, networking solutions and management systems have been added incrementally. Please read the solution brochure on how you can Reduce Complexity by Simplifying the Enterprise Data Centre Network . Juniper Networks’ data centre architecture is based on new and innovative technologies, greatly simplifying security and network infrastructure.

Juniper is hosting a Data Centre Roadshow throughout Australia during the month of March. The roadshow will stop in Melbourne for a lunch at the Eureka Tower in Southbank.

The roadshow will target a technical audience who has an interest in the Architecture of the Data Centre and the ongoing issue of initiating a 'Green' strategy within your IT plans for 2009.

31st of March 2009

Eureka 89, Level 89 Eureka Tower, 7 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3000

12.00pm to 2.00pm

Please register your interest and a Netsolutions representative will contact you.

Training & Certifications

Netsolutions is not your ordinary Juniper Partner

In addition to the Juniper Networks J-Partner classification as an Elite and JNASC Support Partner, Netsolutions has earnt the new Service Specialisation as J-Partner Implementation Specialist.

Juniper’s Implementation Specialisation is the first launched as part of the new Services Specialisations, designed to recognise, enable and reward J-Partners for building service practices for Juniper products and solutions. The Implementation Specialisation helps J-Partners quickly differentiate their value through service offerings, while building out their technical expertise and expanding their service revenue potential.

The J-Partner Service Specialisations are by invitation only. A stringent qualification process and assessment is conducted by Juniper before the partner can be announced as a Specialist.

As a J-Partner Implementation Specialist, Netsolutions is recognised as having a proven expertise in implementation and configuration. This recognition makes our services offering unique. We are the only Juniper Partner in Victoria to receive this credential, and the only Implement Specialist in Australia for the entire Juniper portfolio of products.

What does this mean for our customers?

Netsolutions will reduce deployment time for Juniper products.

Juniper products are deployed accurately and the cost in follow-up assistance by getting it right first time is reduced.

Netsolutions can ensure consistency and standardisation of installations.

Read more about the Netsolutions Specialisation Advantage in the J-Partner Success Story 'Juniper Specialisation Brings Business Advantage to Australian J-Partner.'

Product Release

Juniper Networks EX 8200 Series Switches

The EX 8200 series offers flexible, modular platforms that deliver the port densities, scalability and high availability required for today's demanding data center and campus core environments.

Juniper EX 8208 Data Sheet

Juniper EX 8200 Line Card
 

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