"The aim of the forum is to review common issues impacting small and medium sized businesses. At the forum we will review issues, share ideas and receive input from industry sources to help maximise the effectiveness of the latest technologies within the business environment."

Previous attendees of these meetings have found them highly valuable and enjoyable, in terms of content and agenda.

It is an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues from the CAD industry on a topic that is important to managers in design and construction organisations.

Feedback from previous attendees has reinforced the value of this forum.

When asked "how likely would you be to attend again?" on a scale of 1 to 6 (where 1 is low and 6 is high) the average score given by was 5 out of 6.

Agenda

This events presentations will include:

"An Introduction to Communico Docs"

Communico Docs is Excitech's own SharePoint-based collaboration productivity solution for project documents and emails. By using Communico Docs and SharePoint, teams can enhance communication and reduce time spent searching for documents.

"IT Infrastructure Refresh Case Study"

An Excitech customer have recently overhauled their IT infrastructure across all five of their sites. Working with Excitech and Dell, the organisation has replaced an ageing server infrastructure with a new VMware server and SAN, as well as moving smaller branch offices over to using Remote Desktop Services. Hear how the guest speaker planned and managed the project, his experiences and lessons learned.

"Understanding Citrix and business benefits it can bring to you"

Citrix enables IT to instantly deliver any Windows application to users anywhere on any device. At the IT Managers' forum a Citrix specialist with particular expertise in the virtualisation of CAD software will explain the real business benefits this solution can bring whether you use CAD or not. The specialist will cover the benefits of running Autodesk products on Citrix as well explain the real advantages that virtualising your IT can bring any business.

"Open Forum on Data Back-up and Disaster Recovery"

The open forum is the opportunity for you to contribute and to hear from your peers. At each IT Managers' Forum we pick a topic and attendees discuss it and share their thoughts, experiences and concerns. This time we will be looking at Data Back-up and Disaster Recovery. We will discuss technologies deployed, technical and management challenges, what part the Cloud plays in current or future Back-up and Disaster Recovery plans, and more.