Many motion based applications have a vision component to them as well as the electronic controllers and the mechanical components. These three elements of an application represent the bulk of the engineering in any machine design. This webinar will discuss the challenges each element brings. Typical applications of these combined elements will be represented. It is the aim of the webinar to demonstrate three distinct applications where these elements converge on simple and complicated machinery.

This webinar will cover:
• Motion, Inspection, & Rejection
Inspecting bottle caps, bottle fill levels, and bottle labels is a common vision and simple motion application. Commonly bottlers will switch products or a bottle size which then requires some level of machine change over. See a simple, cost saving, solution to automating the vision inspection changeover.

• Inspection in Motion
Lab Automation frequently requires very precise measurements of processes over a long period of time. See how a typical application uses motion electronics, the critical needs of the mechanical components, and how vision becomes a critical element of this. Also see how this same concept can translate into a larger scale, not so clean, industrial setting.

• Inspect Orient and Move
Most people are familiar with Pick N Place packaging applications that use cameras and robots. However, many may not be as familiar with using linear guides and a vision system for automated storage and retrieval of products from DVD’s at the grocery store, to medicine bottles in pharmaceutical applications, to automated warehousing systems. In this section, the electrical and mechanical elements of how this is accomplished will be covered.

Presenters:

David Kaley
Advanced Sensing and Motion Team
Omron Industrial Automation

Jonathan R. Schroeder
Business Development Manager
Pacific Bearing Co.

Moderator:
Miles Budimir
Senior Editor, Design World

“On average 10% of applications in an unoptimized portfolio are candidates for retirement. An additional one-third can require migration or rationalization”. - Jim Duggan, Gartner analyst (Plan Legacy Application Retirements carefully, April 2009)

Application Retirement is part of Application Portfolio Management that must be undertaken on a continuing basis since applications often outlive their usefulness. However, one may need to retain and manage legacy data from such applications which are candidates for retirement.

During this webinar, you will learn how Solix EDMS Application Retirement along with Solix Application Retirement Managed Services can help organizations

* Target which applications to retire
* Decide which data to keep, for how long and for what purpose (compliance, litigation support, records management or business operations)
* Determine the access requirements
* Determine the optimal secure platform to retain such legacy data; and finally
* Calculate the benefits of retirement

Application Retirement is essentially about reducing costs: of hardware/software AMC, and people trained on legacy systems.

This Presentation covers the three essential ingredients of any business case for implementing database archiving functionality for an existing database application

* Cost reduction
* Productivity improvements
* Risk reduction

This Webcast shows how to compute the value for operational applications, for retired applications, and for using database archiving as part of an application renovation project. It also includes a list of participants who should be working together as a team to determine the worth of such projects.

During this webinar, you will learn how database archiving, when applied properly to an appropriate application can return huge value and reach ROI in a very short time.

“Application Retirement is emerging as a structured approach in application portfolio management. The costs associated with managing legacy applications can be significant – organizations must maintain expensive application operating environments simply because they need to retain application data. Extracting data from legacy applications in a simple and straightforward way while ensuring access to this data over time allows organizations to reduce costs and ensure compliance.” - Sheila Childs, Gartner’s Research Director of Storage Technologies and Strategies

Solix ExAPPS Industry's first Application Retirement appliance - is pre-built, pre-configured, pre-tested with all necessary software and hardware components - introduces simplicity to a complex problem. Customers with finite number of specific packaged and custom applications on distributed systems will find the appliance most appealing as it will allow automated repeatable process for multiple applications

During this webinar, you will learn how Solix ExAPPS - Industry's first Application Retirement Appliance - will help organizations to get a jump start on Application Retirement projects

Carl Barnes, a veteran of Shared Services implementation and re-engineering tells of his experiences in being able to reduce costs by 50%, achieve measureable SLA’s and record breaking DSO

‘Do you need access to a lower cost of delivery? Do you have the opportunity to look at the ‘Art of the Possible?’

Implementation of an outsourcing strategy is never easy no matter what core reason lies behind the decision to outsource. Whether it is to strip back costs, add value to current processes or implement process improvement - BPO is never a bed of roses. For example: do you outsource first and have the provider fix processes and problems or should you fix the issues before you outsource? One of the many questions you may be currently chewing on if you are considering outsourcing.

In this FREE webinar – Carl Barnes, a veteran of Shared Services implementation and re-engineering tells of his experiences in being able to reduce costs by 50%, achieve measureable SLA’s and record breaking DSO. With experiences working with global organizations who partnered with Sutherland Global Services, he will candidly discuss some of the criteria which determined these organizations’ decision to select Sutherland as a BPO partner:

Cultural: Gaining trust and partnership, flexibility and adaptability
Financial: One price – inclusive of people, technology and governance
The Solution: Best fit delivery model with technology led transformation

But nothing new is without its challenges and this presentation will follow that journey. It will take us from initial steps and challenges, to tips on turning the corner, to and getting on the road to steady state, and to finally reach a stage managing and continuous improvement.

Transform Your Customer Relations and Your World
Join us for a Webinar on August 17 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now !

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/493343393

Many organizations have spent millions of dollars selecting and implementing CRM solutions over the past several years.

Many of these solutions have become obsolete, acquired by larger software publishers who are not supporting older version, and are unable to take advantage of the latest technology.

Even more frustrating is that the annual support and maintenance for many older solutions can cost more than selecting and implementing a completely new system utilizing state of the art technology.

And, the worst scenario of all . . . many organizations have spent millions of dollars and failed to successfully select and implement an organization wide CRM solution that meets the exacting demands of the Marketing and Sales functions.This

webcast will help you evaluate your current CRM solution environment and understand the pros and cons of upgrading versus replacing with new technology.

Mike Holland, Director of Microsoft Practice for Ecomnets, one of the industry's leading authorities on CRM selection and utilization will help you to:

• Evaluate your current CRM environment and how well it meets your organizational goals
• Be able to select the CRM approach that is best for your organization.
• Learn the techniques for developing a CRM solution today that will support future business growth and enhance your competitive position in the market.
• Understand the critical impact of the Internet and cloud enabled applications in the CRM arena.
• Develop a comprehensive evaluation checklist of the crucial CRM functional requirements
• Be able to efficiently prepare Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for new CRM upgrades or replacements with related technology.
• Discuss CRM contract design and vendor negotiation strategy.

Who Should Attend:

• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Marketing/Sales Officers
• Vice President of Marketing
• Vice President of Sales
• Sales Managers
• Marketing Managers

www.EcomNets.com

Register - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/167657136

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Many organizations have spent millions of dollars selecting and implementing CRM solutions over thepast several years. Many of these solutions have become obsolete, acquired by larger softwarepublishers who are not supporting older version, and are unable to take advantage of the latesttechnology.

Even more frustrating is that the annual support and maintenance for many older solutions can cost more than selecting and implementing a completely new system utilizing state of the art technology.

And, the worst scenario of all . . . many organizations have spent millions of dollars and failed to successfully select and implement an organization wide CRM solution that meets the exacting demands of the Marketing and Sales functions.This webcast will help you evaluate your current CRM solution environment and understand the pros and cons of upgrading versus replacing with new technology.

Mike Holland, Director of Microsoft Practice for Ecomnets, one of the industry's leading authorities on CRM selection and utilization will help you to:

• Evaluate your current CRM environment and how well it meets your organizational goals
• Be able to select the CRM approach that is best for your organization.
• Learn the techniques for developing a CRM solution today that will support future business growth and enhance your competitive position in the market.
• Understand the critical impact of the Internet and cloud enabled applications in the CRM arena.
• Develop a comprehensive evaluation checklist of the crucial CRM functional requirements
• Be able to efficiently prepare Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for new CRM upgrades or replacements with related technology.
• Discuss CRM contract design and vendor negotiation strategy.

Who Should Attend:

• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Marketing/Sales Officers
• Vice President of Marketing
• Vice President of Sales
• Sales Managers
• Marketing Managers

www.EcomNets.com

Register - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/485451609
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Many organizations have spent millions of dollars selecting and implementing CRM solutions over the past several years. Many of these solutions have become obsolete, acquired by larger software publishers who are not supporting older version, and are unable to take advantage of the latest technology.

Even more frustrating is that the annual support and maintenance for many older solutions can cost more than selecting and implementing a completely new system utilizing state of the art technology.

And, the worst scenario of all . . . many organizations have spent millions of dollars and failed to successfully select and implement an organization wide CRM solution that meets the exacting demands of the Marketing and Sales functions. This webcast will help you evaluate your current CRM solution environment and understand the pros and cons of upgrading versus replacing with new technology.

Mike Holland, Director of Microsoft Practice for Ecomnets, one of the industry's leading authorities on CRM selection and utilization will help you to:

• Evaluate your current CRM environment and how well it meets your organizational goals
• Be able to select the CRM approach that is best for your organization.
• Learn the techniques for developing a CRM solution today that will support future business growth and enhance your competitive position in the market.
• Understand the critical impact of the Internet and cloud enabled applications in the CRM arena.
• Develop a comprehensive evaluation checklist of the crucial CRM functional requirements
• Be able to efficiently prepare Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for new CRM upgrades or replacements with related technology.
• Discuss CRM contract design and vendor negotiation strategy.

Who Should Attend:

• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Marketing/Sales Officers
• Vice President of Marketing
• Vice President of Sales
• Sales Managers
• Marketing Managers

www.EcomNets.com

Join us for a Webinar on March 9
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
Register - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/970496120

Many organizations have spent millions of dollars selecting and implementing ERP solutions over the past fifteen years. Most of these solutions have become obsolete, unsupported by the original resellers, and unable to take advantage of the latest technology.
Even more frustrating is that the annual support and maintenance for many older solutions can cost more than selecting and implementing a completely new system utilizing state of the art technology.
This webcast will help you evaluate your current ERP solution and understand the pros and cons of upgrading versus replacing with new technology.

Mike Holland, Director - Microsoft Practice - Ecomnets, one of the industry's leading authorities on ERP selection and utilization will help you to:
• Evaluate your current ERP environment and how well it meets your organizational goals
• Be able to select the ERP approach that is best for your organization.
• Learn the techniques for developing an ERP solution today that will support future business growth and enhance your competitive position in the market.
• Understand the critical impact of the Internet and cloud enabled applications in the ERP arena.
• Develop a comprehensive evaluation checklist of the crucial ERP functional requirements
• Be able to efficiently prepare Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for new ERP upgrades or replacements with related technology.
• Discuss ERP contract design and vendor negotiation strategy.
• Know what vital information to have about a vendor before selecting solutions.
• Recognize and avoid surprises when selecting and implementing an ERP solution.
• Have an overview of one of the most misunderstood concepts today – cloud computing.

Who Should Attend:
• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Operating Officers
• Chief Information Officers
• Controllers
• Accounting Managers
• Financial Analysts

Plan to virtualize your production and mission critical applications?
Interested in best practices and operational readiness?
Upgrading to VMware vSphere?
VMware’s Rob Randell, Cisco’s Neal Mueller and HyTrust’s Eric Chiu will share their insight about architecting your VMware environment to ensure control and accountability as well as taking advantage of distributed virtual networking.