Friday, June 25, 2010

The Broadband Expo, November 1-3, 2010 - Dallas, TX

Buyers and Sellers together ... one place to get business done.
The Broadband Expo provides a "go-to" source to network and discover business opportunities as technology is extended to rural America. The importance of this vast market is reflected in the $7.2 billion in stimulus funding announced by the Obama administration. Get one-on-one with the decision makers involved in the broadband deployment to rural areas of the United States.
The Broadband Expo provides a specific emphasis on rural America. In 2010, universal broadband has never been more important. The show will provide focused in-depth educational sessions, certification training as well as showcase an exhibit hall of products and services for those who want to learn about new technologies and systems to cost-effectively deliver broadband services to areas that are still not served or those that are under-served.
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Date
November 1-3, 2010

Location

Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
Longhorn E - F Exhibit Halls

Streakwave Booth ##2111

Pre-Conferences
Monday, November 1, 2010 (8:00 a.m. - Noon)

Full Program Educational Track

November 1 - 3, 2010
Opening General Session - Monday, November 1, 2010 - 1:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Open
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

WISPA Awards Dinner

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - Yellow Rose Pavilion - 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Complete Schedule Coming Soon. Please check back often for updates.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

MUM Sept. 30th - Oct. 1st 2010

MikroTik is happy to announce the second MikroTik User Meeting in Phoenix AZ, September 30th - October 1st 2010

Purpose of the Meeting

MikroTik Router operating system and software offer a new and exciting alternative to traditional brand name router solutions. This will be a meeting that will present strategies for deploying new and innovative MikroTik RouterOS and RouterBoard hardware applications.
Also don't miss the training before the MUM, that's two events at the same place!

Entry Price

Free registration is available! Free registration doesn't include RouterOS license and Lunch, those are included only with paid registration. Paid registration is $50. Either Free or Paid registration is mandatory for all attendees, and must be done on-line before arrival: register now!. Paying attendees will also receive free RouterOS license, but only if they attend the Event

Dates of Events

  1. Training before the MUM is a separate event, MUM registration price does not include Training! MTCINE class is organized by MikroTik (MTCNA certificate is required to attend). Other training classes will be hosted by our partners (more information forthcoming). Training takes place from September 27-30 (3 days). More info on our training site.
  2. Welcome cocktail will be held the evening before MUM (September 29th, from 6.00PM)
  3. MUM USA 2010 will take place on September 30th and October 1st, 2010

Meeting Venue

Information on where MUM takes place is in the accomodation section

Internet Access

There is wireless Internet access available, it's free of charge.

Who Should Attend

  • Corporate network engineers
  • Internet Service Providers
  • Companies with MikroTik related products and services

What Attendees Will Learn

  • Where and how MikroTik RouterOS is being used
  • New plans for enterprise routing applications
  • Innovative ideas and strategies
  • New opportunities for MikroTik products and services

Guest Lectures

See agenda please

Language

Official language Spanish

Free Registration

please note that if you use the free registration, you will not qualify for the free RouterOS license and Lunch. You will get a free T-Shirt just like all other visitors.

Insurance

Please, note that organizers cannot provide any type of insurance for participants. Participants of the Symposium are recommended to arrange individual insurance.

Visa

Symposium participants are kindly suggested to contact the appropriate embassy in their countries to check whether an entry visa is required
If other kind of Visa is required, please contact a local travel agent to organize the trip. Mikrotik will not provide any assistance or invitations for obtaining a visa

Delegate Identification

Admission to meeting sessions and other events will be permitted only to those wearing the official meeting badge (name tag) that will be generated at online registration. Print the badge before your travel, and bring it with you when arriving at Check-In
We reserve the right to refuse registration and admission to any person without assigning any reason

Gifts

Only people who actually attend the MUM presentations are qualified for Free licenses and T-shirts, if offered. Availability is limited, first come/first serve.

For exhibitors

You are able to reserve an exhibitor table space to present your MikroTik related products at the MUM. You will be provided with a table (5'x30") with two chairs and one power strip. If you don't want to use the table, you can build your stand not bigger than the area occupied by the table and chairs. Contact sales[at]mikrotik.com for more info

Guest Presentations

Focus of the user meeting is a comprehensive range of talks about using MikroTik products in various environments and applications. Furthermore, space will be provided for resellers and consultants to put up their own stand or host a discussion table.
MikroTik is the organizer of these events, providing the users with an opportunity get together and learn more from each other.
Following the success of prior MUMs, we cordially invite proposals of presentations to the MUM. Presentations are welcome from users of MikroTik software and hardware who wish to share their knowledge and experience of using MikroTik products for various networking needs.

Topics

We are looking for contributions about the following topics.
  • Wireless networking
  • User authentication and accounting
  • Dynamic routing
  • Network design
  • Bandwidth management and QoS
  • Security
  • Systems Administration and Networks
  • Any other MikroTik related topic

Submitting Contributions

Registration and submission of contributions is via e-mail to support[at]mikrotik.com. For participating in the Call for Papers, you will have to submit a short abstract, as well as a detailed description. To have the presentation at the MUM and qualify for the bonus from MikroTik, you will also need to submit slides for your talk to be put on the wiki page.

Length of the Contributions

The abstract should summarize the planned content of the talk in a precise and succinct way. We do not place a limit on its length. Please include full name(s) and a short description about the presenter(s).
The talks should take no more than 45 minutes, in order to allow some time for questions and for preparing the stage for the following speaker. Shorter presentations are possible, please let us know approximate time you would require
We can accept longer contributions in special cases; we ask for a justification for the longer extent in this case.
We will publish presentation slides only in PDF format and therefore ask you to refrain from using animations.
Contributions are selected based on their content by a program committee. Please understand that we cannot accept all contributions, depending on the number and quality of the submissions.
Your presentations, technology demos, reseller booths, and other proposals are as always welcome (contact training@mikrotik.com)!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

WISPA - Summer 2010 Regional Meeting

Marriott Renaissance Hotel - St. Louis, MO Airport
9801 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63134

Streakwave Booth #B2

Per Member requests, WISPA is proud to hold it's first WISPA Regional Meeting in St. Louis, Mo on July 21st and 22nd.  We are currently planning three tracks, packed with information on regulatory issues, operations, marketing and other challenges the WISP industry faces on a day to day basis.

We invite all WISPs and wireless integrators to attend this meeting.  Come meet the current WISPA Board and hopefully many of the new Board members who will be running for next years Board.  There will be a breakfast Board Meeting on the second day, so you will be able to see the Board in action and participate in the discussion.

We have received great response from vendors and the Exhibition Hall is sold out.  Many vendors are participating on panels and vendor presentations about new products and services.  We also want to recognize the Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsors below.  They are covering the majority of the catering costs for this event.  Make sure and thank them for their participation.

We have secured FCC OET Chief Julius Knapp, Peter Stanforth of Spectrum Bridge, Steve Coran of Rini Coran PC and Mike Cassity from HiBeam Internet and Voice as Keynote speakers.

Another big event during this conference will be the WISP Roundtable.  This will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges of everyday operations of a typical WISP business with your peers.  It may be the most worthwhile event of the conference.

Our Industry is dynamic and in a current state of flux.  WISPA is involved heavily in the TV Whitespaces, 3.65 GHz rule making, TDWR Database work, National Broadband Plan and Stimulus Funding.  Schedule your participation for this meeting today, so you can stay up to date with current WISPA efforts.  We will insure that this will be a great event and well worth your time and money to attend.