2009

2009

GREAT HALL – Exhibition Area

ACADEMIA – VIP AREA

SEMINAR AREAS

SEMINAR AREAS

VINOPOLIS LOCATION

By UndergroundLondon Bridge is the nearest tube station (Northern and Jubilee lines)

EVENT OBJECTIVES

We are hosting an exclusive event in prestigious surroundings to demonstrate to our customers that Equanet means business. It is our opportunity to showcase our service and solutions capabilities by highlighting our strengths through our IT specialists and excellence in account management and supply chain.

The Equanet brand is a credible brand in the IT reseller market and we need to ensure that our customers are aware of the credentials of our brand and what we can offer.

Simply put, the Exec expectations are to ensure that Sales and Marketing teams drive ENOUGH customers to this event which equates to around 1300 registered attendees. Sales call outs will be monitored daily and Exec updates will be given weekly. The Buying team will ensure appropriate vendor participation and seminar topics for presentation. Marketing will ensure that the Equanet message is prominent throughout the event and there will be opportunities for the Exec to meet our top 100 customers over lunch for top level discussions.

This event will drive demand generation and leads will be collected throughout the day.

EVENT OBJECTIVES

Customers will be given the opportunity to meet with leading vendors and discuss technology developments that can positively impact their business.

VENDOR UPDATE

Vendors that have confirmed:

ToshibaAcerOKISamsungMicrosoftApple

Vendors that are Tentative:

Canon

Epson

HP Print

Lexmark

Xerox

Symantec

HP Servers

Kingston

Dell

WE PROPOSE MICROSOFT RUN 2 SEMINARS AS PART OF THEIR GOLD PACKAGE:

Virtualisation

•How can customers reduce server, desktop and IT management costs? •What resources can be used to drive efficiency? •ROI driven by Microsoft virtualization solutions •How green are you – what reductions really can be achieved in kilowatts, money and CO2 emissions •What is the Virtualisation roadmap 2009 and moving into the future? •What does the virtualisation landscape look like, where does Microsoft fill in?

SEMINARS

Cloud Computing

MS need to position the evolution of cloud computing and the pros and cons of on premise versus hosted versus cloud technology

•The future of cloud 2009•Why move to a distributed environment? Cost saving? •Investment? Management? Training? •Why a Microsoft solution?

SEMINARS

OTHER SEMINAR DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BUYING TEAM

OZ CLARKE

Oz Clarke is one of the world's leading wine experts, whose formidable

reputation is based on his extensive wine knowledge and accessible, no-

nonsense approach. His passion for the subject dates from his student days at

Oxford University, where he won tasting competitions at a precociously early

age. Since then his tasting skills have won him an international reputation and

he is acknowledged as having one of the finest palates of anyone writing about

wine today.

Oz’s frequent BBC TV and radio appearances are broadcast around the world.

Oz’s latest TV series, ‘Oz and James’s Drink to Britain’ is now showing

The Equanet and Oz Experience will be in the upstairs VIP room.Timings and content for the Exec participation there is being worked on and will be confirmed asap. Exact timings are subject to the finalised vendor presentation slots being confirmed by the Buying time over the next few days.

Customers attending so far:

•200 customers have signed up

•A list of customers that have signed up so far will be circulated asap

Targets:

•Target of 50 customers a day…

•250 customers collectively as a business per week…

STATISTIC UPDATE