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Welcome to the
December edition of the ITS Feda Newsletter.
Many of our vendor partners have caught the
festive spirit and are joining us in giving away lots of interesting
goodies, but some of them are very time sensitive so be quick!
The newsletter
menu (below) offers quick navigation of the news articles in this
email so you can quickly scan the topics and chose if you want to
read more on those relevant to you.
We always like communication with our customers
to be two-way so please let us know about any changes you would like
to see and anything you would like us to publish more information
on.
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• ITIL Service Management Essentials Training
• Education plus - Support Bundles
• Novell OES 2
• Free IT Events
• Want to synchronise your PDA with GroupWise?
• Novell Identity Manager 3
• Test your Linux knowledge and win free music!
• Symantec Backup Exec 11d Quiz - win a Sony PlayStation 3
• New user tools for Office 2007, GWAVA and OpenOffice.org 2
• Support Pack 6 released for NetWare 6.5
• Microsoft Exam Insurance Special Offer
• Exam Insurance Special Offer
• Free Microsoft Exam Vouchers - but be quick!
• Courses in January
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ITIL Service Management Essentials training
In response to those of you have asked us ‘What is ITIL?’.
I think the most concise definition we can offer is that ITIL is a
framework outlining worldwide accepted best practices that promote
quality computing services in the information technology (IT) sector.
These procedures are supplier independent and apply to all aspects of
IT infrastructure i.e. Change Management, Configuration Management,
Software Control & Distribution and Help Desk, etc.
ITS Feda is happy to provide ITIL training as part of our extensive
training portfolio. Contact
training@itsgroup.org.uk
for more information.
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Education Plus
We have renamed our Support Bundles to Education plus, but don’t worry,
we haven’t changed the great deal. You still get the same great cost saving
bundle of Telephone Technical Support, Consultancy and Technical Training
for your Microsoft or Novell products, and the pricing has remained the same
too, starting from just £2995. If you want to talk to anyone about your existing
bundle or enquire about starting a new one. Please contact
sales@itsgroup.org.uk
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Novell OES
Want to know what we can expect from Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 in 2007?
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Free IT Events
We’d like to say thank you to everyone who attended our event at
Microsoft’s UK HQ and thank you also for all your lovely comments.
We have 2 more events planned between now and summer. One in Manchester
and one in Bristol. The agenda will be different from the Microsoft event
and will cover a broader range of vendors. We will send you information
on these as it becomes available.
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Want to Synchronise your PDA with GroupWise?
Novell’s GroupWise Mobile server is available for GroupWise 7 customers
with maintenance. Download it here
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Novell Identity Manager 3
The Identity Manager 3 Bundle is now available to OES customers -
eDirectory and AD drivers are included. Download it here
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Test Your Linux Knowledge & win free music!
As a Novell Gold Training Partner we’re delighted to bring you the
news that Novell Training Services are giving away free Apple iTunes®
music gift certificates worth the equivalent of $10 to every 10th person
who takes a Linux Technical Skills Assessment between now and 20th
December. So test your knowledge and you might win some free
music!
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Symantec Backup Exec 11d Quiz - win a Sony PlayStation 3!
Did you know that ITS Feda is a Symantec Silver Partner? Symantec
invites you to hunt for buried gold with this fun treasure quiz, test your knowledge of Backup Exec 11d, and get the chance to win a Sony
PlayStation 3!
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New End User Reference tools- upgrade your users
For all those zillions of you who downloaded the Office 2007 Beta
while it was available, or those who plan to upgrade now the volume
license version is available, our clever partners BrainStorm are already
ahead of the game with the first resource for upgrading your users. And
we’ve also just added GWAVA and OpenOffice.org 2 cards to our repertoire.
There’s even a CBT version of the OpenOffice.org 2 materials. View samples
or buy on our
online store or contact
training@itsgroup.org.uk
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Support pack 6 Released for NetWare 6.5
Download it here
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Exam Insurance Special Offer
Microsoft are getting in the festive spirit and giving away a free
TechNet Plus Direct subscription worth around £180 to the first 10,000
Exam Insurance purchasers taking an exam prior to January 31, 2007.
Find out more
Plus you can now get Exam Insurance on our Fastrack accelerated learning
camps for MCDST, MCSA and MCSE. To ask about this add on service please
contact
training@itsgroup.org.uk
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Free Microsoft Exam Vouchers - but be quick!
We have 30 free exam vouchers for specific SQL 2005 and .NET exams
to give away to anyone who wants them, but they are only valid for exams
taken before 31st December 06 so you’d better be quick.
Check out the list of exams available here
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Courses in January
If you want to plan ahead for your New Year’s resolution, have a look at some of the courses available in January:
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Thanks for taking the time to read
this newsletter. As always, your feedback is both welcomed and encouraged.
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