The musings of an IT Consultant » Winnipeg

EPIC Tech Day is here again!

Raj Perumal — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:32:07 +0000

Hi folks, it’s that time of year again. EPIC will be holding their Technology Day event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and you won’t want to miss it.

The event is chock full of IT goodness and all the usual suspects will be there as well as some new vendors you may have not seen before such as Meru Networks and SonicWALL!

If you work in the Manitoba area and are interested in IT, please come on down and check us out. There will be lots of information for you to soak in!

You can read more about it here for registration details.

EPIC Technology Day is coming!

Raj Perumal — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:37:51 +0000

Hi folks! EPIC Technology day is here! Tech Day will be on Tuesday, October 25th. This year Microsoft has cancelled their conference in town and will be joining forces with EPIC in our own IT event!

As always please make sure you come and say hi to me if you decide to attend, you’ll find me roaming the floor speaking with all the attendees about technology.

You can read more about Techday at our new Tech Day web site. Please make sure you register and attend, it’s free!

-RP

University of Winnipeg partners with Cisco!

Raj Perumal — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:31:54 +0000

Hi folks! So in my hometown of Winnipeg, one of our local universities has decided to partner with Cisco!This also involved the help of the federal and provincial government.

The University of Winnipeg(U of W) has partnered with Cisco on a 7 million dollar deal to create 34 research and teaching labs. They also are using the power of TelePresence for distance education.

This is going to be a great boon to our educational community! Kudos to the U of W and Cisco on the deal! You can read more about it here.

-RP

MTS sells Allstream

Raj Perumal — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:26:34 +0000

Hi folks, for those of you from Canada you might find this news of interest. MTS has sold off the IT consulting portion of their Allstream division!

MTS is one of the largest telephony players in the province of Manitoba and they have an IT division called Allstream. They’ve decided to sell it off but keep their Winnipeg employees according to what I read in the paper.

Anyways, I wonder why they’ve decided to do this? Is this a result of the economic downturn or some other play? Time will only tell. It should be interesting to see what the buyer (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) does with this acquisition.

You can read more about it here.

-RP

Epic Technology Day a great success!

Raj Perumal — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:46:29 +0000

Hi folks, so as you know I work for the largest locally owned IT consulting company in Manitoba. Twice a year we hold one of the largest HP partner events in North America called Epic Technology Day. This year I did a presentation on VoIP and Wireless and I was very happy with the turnout and buzz generated by the presentation.

Well after all was said and done we broke yet another record and had our largest registration numbers yet. I just wanted to thank all of you that came out for the event and I hope to see you again in April for our next Technology Day.

If there any particular presentations you want to see at the next event, please don’t hesitate to let us know so we can help tailor the event to the needs of our customers. I hope to be presenting again at the next Tech Day and look forward to seeing you all again soon!

-RP

Epic Technology Day is here again!

Raj Perumal — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:24:48 +0000

Hi folks, once again it’s time for Epic Technology Day! This is the day long conference my company holds twice a year. Unfortunately due to many ongoing projects I won’t be presenting this year, but I will be in attendance.

Lots of new things to look forward to at Tech Day this year, including the Cisco Now Van which will showcase some of the cool equipment from Cisco.

Also VMware will be there as per usual speaking about their great products. HP and Citrix will also be there touting their wares. Technology day is a great opportunity to network in the Manitoba IT community and learn a lot about what’s new and wonderful in the world of technology. You can register for it here.

Hope to see you there!

-RP

Epic’s Extreme Technology Makeover

Raj Perumal — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:48:18 +0000

Hi folks, as you know in this economic downturn, it’s hard to think about upgrading your network. Even if you are the network admin and you know of all the issues, it can be hard to get the executive to approve your IT roadmap when times are tough.

In light of that, Epic thought it would be a good time to hold an Extreme Technology Makeover contest. The contest rules are on the web site, but the gist of it is that you submit your “case” as to why you think your company needs an Extreme Technology Makeover and then Epic will choose the winner. The value is for a $50,000 solution.

You can apply to the contest here. Good luck!

-RP