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Dell|MS Systems Management
Customer Briefing
November 15, 2007

Microsoft Southern California District Office
Three Park Plaza, Suite 1800
Irvine, CA 92614
(949) 263-3000

Please register by November 9, 2007.
Space is limited.

You’re Invited!

Come learn how Dell and Microsoft simplify IT management to help you deliver greater value to your business!

Drive down costs and complexities in managing your IT systems and distributed services. Improve service levels and visibility with end-to-end service management of your business critical services and line-of-business applications. Management solutions from Dell and Microsoft give you the ability to align business lines, processes and resources to support your enterprise more efficiently.

Discussion Topics

• Microsoft and Dell Partnership: Microsoft and Dell are committed to working together in the systems management space to offer a real change in the management and availability of your business critical operations. Spanning management of both hardware and software, Microsoft and Dell drive down cost and complexity by managing an end-to-end enterprise of any size.
• Microsoft Systems Center Overview: At Microsoft, we never lose sight of the people who deploy, manage, and use our software. We understand that IT professionals face an increasingly complex IT landscape amidst demands to manage costs while optimizing the flexibility and agility of their IT environment to drive new business opportunity. To meet these demands, Microsoft offers System Center, a family of leading IT management solutions that helps you proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize your IT environment.
• Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 and Dell OpenManage: Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) provides a comprehensive tool for end-to-end service management that is easy to customize and extend to help improve service levels across your IT environment. SCOM creates a launch point for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, IT Assistant, and Array Manager to furnish event management, proactive monitoring and alerting, reporting, and trend analysis for software and hardware.
• Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services: Dell’s Infrastructure Consulting Services are designed to help you maximize the benefits of integrated systems management solutions in your environment. Our technology experts assess your existing infrastructure, provide recommendations, and can assist you in implementing a comprehensive systems management solution with minimal disruption to your operations. Our experience in simplifying the complexities of IT management, in our own operations and at companies worldwide, can help your organization quickly realize enhanced performance, scalability, and value from your IT investments.
• Dell’s Enterprise Roadmap: Dell has a “business-ready” approach to enterprise technology. We build on advanced, industry-standard technologies that have proven their value for the enterprise. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Dell tailors every system to fit every customer’s unique business needs, so it’s ready to add value to the datacenter right away.
• Dell and Microsoft LOB Solution: Dell and Microsoft have created a solution offering that combines Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 software, Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell OpenManage software, and services provided by Dell Infrastructure Consulting experts. Dell’s technologists can help you improve service levels and visibility with end-to-end service management of your Exchange messaging service; from e-mail clients to the back-end server applications and hardware.

Dell|MS Systems Management Customer Briefing Proposed Agenda:

8:00am Registration
8:30am Welcome and Introductions
8:45am Microsoft Systems Center Overview
9:30am Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager and Dell OpenManage
10:15am Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services
10:45am Break
11:00am Dell Enterprise Roadmap
11:30am Dell and Microsoft LOB Offering
12:00pm Closing, Q&A, Lunch and Raffle
1:00pm Meeting Adjourns

If you have any questions, please email Rick Balazs at rick_balazs@Dell.com

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To register click the "Register Now" button above or cut and paste the following URL into your browser – www.dellevents.com/Dell&MSOpenManageirvine.

Please register by November 9, 2007. Space is limited.  We look forward to visiting with you in Irvine.