Hi All, The next meeting of the North East Ohio Citrix Users' Group will be Monday, November 8th, at 4:45 PM-6:45PM, at the Cuyahoga County Public Library Administration building (2111 Snow Rd Parma, Ohio). We have two topics that should be of importance and interest to you all. Application Service Management using Compuware's Vantage Technology If you answer "No" to any of these questions or don't know the answers, you'll want to attend the November Citrix Users Group Meeting and see a "Live Demo". You'll see how you change the "No" to a "Yes" and learn how you can feel more at ease that you're well informed about your Citrix environment from Jenai Makulinski, Manager for Vantage Products, and Greg Specht, Senior Systems Engineer at Compuware. Ø Do you have a global view of the availability and performance of the entire Citrix environment? Ø Will the applications, once running via Citrix, perform as well as they did on the desktop? Ø How are your SLAs and any other support services requirements monitored and reported? Ø How do other applications impact Citrix, and how does Citrix impact your network? Ø If a bottleneck occurs, do you know where to start troubleshooting? Ø Can you be notified when a serious error appears in the event logs, when a Citrix server goes down or when a critical Citrix server has serious performance issues that are affecting many users? Citrix iForum Recap Citrix's iForum was truly the biggest and best every with some 2.600 attendees. Many new features and functionalities for the MetaFrame Access Suite and MetaFrame Presentation Server were announced, including Memory and CPU management, and SMART Access - client aware, role based security. Jim Kenzig, President of NEOCUG and Director of Networks at the Cuyahoga count Public Library, will present his widely acclaimed recap of the meeting. He'll be "calling it as he sees it" - as always. DOOR PRIZE - as has been our tradition at the meeting after iForum, we'll be giving away a Citrix-logo European knapsack - a souvenir of iForum 2004. We'll also have CDs with the latest White Papers and Best Practices from Citrix Consulting Services that were distributed at iForum. Our Host for our November meeting is: XiTech, a reseller of Citrix, HP, Cisco and Microsoft technologies, and provides value-add services for network design and installation, Citrix MetaFrame administration/support, Microsoft deployment and conversions, and has a large variety of training programs (including Citrix!). XiTech, headquartered in Pittsburgh, has been around for 10 years with a regional office in west Akron to support companies in Northern Ohio. Their professional services and training organization is supported by their own Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrators (CCEA), Citrix Certified Administrators (CCA) and Citrix Certified Instructors (CCI). Please e-mail Matt Lesak, Program Chairman, to confirm your reservation at mailto:mtle@xxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== If this meeting notice was forwarded to you, you can become a member of the North East Ohio Citrix Users' Group by simply registering your e-mail address on our website at http://www.thin.net/NEOCUG/ Remember the most up to date information on the NEOCUG and past presentations from meetings and directions to CCPL can be found at our website at: http://thin.net/neocug/ EVERYONE IS WELCOME! We are looking forward to seeing you on Monday! When - 4:45pm, Monday November 8th. Where - Cuyahoga County Public Library Administration Building in Parma. Directions to Cuyahoga County Public Library Administration Building in Parma Cuyahoga County Public Library Administration Building 2111 Snow Rd. Parma, Ohio 44134 Across the street from Midtown shopping center the administration building is behind the Parma Snow Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library. Access from Interstate 480: exit on State Rd. and go south approximated 1.5 miles to Snow Rd. Turn Left (east) onto Snow Rd and the library is about 1 mile down on the right hand side. There is a McDonalds across the street from the driveway into the building. The administration building is the large building in the back of the parking lot. Access from Interstate 77: exit on Rockside Road and go West for about 4 miles and up the hill . Cross Broadview Road, and the library is about a half mile down on the left side. The meeting is in the auditorium to the left as you enter the building. You will need to sign in with the receptionist desk when you arrive. We look forward to seeing you on Monday night! Regards, Tom Brandes Enterprise Relationship Manager CiTR!X Systems, Inc. tom.brandes@xxxxxxxxxx (440) 286-2731 Fax (440) 796-1636 Cell/Office