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2004 was a year of discovery and education for many in the IT industry. At Key, we have been expanding our professional staff and planning an aggressive education program.
The schedule of our 2005 KEY Webinar Program focuses on the areas that we feel will best bring new capabilities and important cost savings to our clients:

Feb 24: iSeries Security and its Relationship to SOX Compliance
March 22: Server Consolidation: Blades and LPAR
April 21: Marathon Fault Tolerance for Windows
June 7: IBM TotalStorage DR550 and SOX Compliance
July 21: Digital Media and Content Manager
Sept 15: iSeries Security and SOX Compliance
October 20: Grid Computing and Hosting

Our Webinars are free, occur on Thursdays or Tuesdays, and are usually scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon. Attendee participation is encouraged.

Please let us hear from you regarding your needs and information concerns--we want INsights to be a valuable source of information for your IT staff.

Key Information Systems is co-sponsoring its February Webinar, Carol Woodbury on iSeries Security and Compliance, with SkyView Partners, a group of IBM iSeries security experts. During this Web-based seminar, Carol Woodbury of SkyView Partners will show how to assess security and compliance risks and how to put proper controls in place for a robust security implementation. Attendees will learn how to decide whether to fix security and compliance exposures now, accept the risk, or plan for later remediation. Those attending will also learn how to proactively prepare for compliance with HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, GBLA, SB-1386, Visa CISP and other regulations.

While working at IBM's Rochester Labs, Carol served over 10 years as the AS/400 Security Architect and Chief Engineering Manager of Security Technology for IBM’s Enterprise Server Group. She is known worldwide as an author and speaker on security technology, specializing in AS/400 and iSeries security issues. Carol is also a subject matter expert on security for COMMON.

Pete Elliot, Director of Marketing for Key, will describe Key’s client experience with Risk Assessor, a security tool that helps to understand iSeries security exposure and the best remediation strategies. Pete will show how proper risk assessment and risk management can generate needed documentation for auditors to satisfy compliance issues that are required by the wide variety of today’s regulations affecting the organization’s IT functions. Jason Rubenstein of Life Care will describe their experience with Risk Assessor.

Find detailed Redbooks published by IBM, which are usually available for download:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com

Urban Legends and Hoaxes at Snopes--Find out if you've been duped:
http://www.snopes.com/

Travel Zoo--The end-all, be-all travel site; search flight finders like Orbitz and Expedia, as well as all major airlines in one place:
http://www.travelzoo.com/

California Connected--A TV show for Californians to keep up with interesting news and topics:
http://californiaconnected.org/

All Music--The end-all, be-all music site; a comprehensive music resource with hyperlinks to band influences, side projects, and more:
http://www.allmusic.com/

Time Out--The world's living guide to city hotels, restaurants, shops and events:
http://www.timeout.com/

Internet Movie Database--Similar to All Music, but for the entertainment industry:
http://www.imdb.com/

Site where you can connect with others who share similar interests and live nearby:
http://www.meetup.com

Key Information Systems added two new members to its top executive team in January. The two executives will strengthen Key's ability to deliver sophisticated IT solutions to the company's growing client base. Terry Boulais has joined as Director of Business Development and will work with all the technical groups within Key. Allen Shahdadi, the new Director of Sales, will work with Key's clients, sales representatives, and with high-level IBM contacts to expand Key's business base.

Terry Boulais has been creating computer solutions in the IBM midrange industry for 20 years. At Key, he is responsible for managing the highly sophisticated technical evaluation and design services for Key's clients. "Joining Key gives me the opportunity to apply many of my skills within the larger arena of an IBM Premier Business Partner that offers all sides of the solution: hardware, software and professional services," reports Boulais. You can reach Terry at tboulais@keyinfo.com.

At Key, Allen Shahdadi will work closely with IBM to expand relationships with the IBM field organization. He will also work with Terry Boulais to provide value-added offerings that enable Key's clients to better and more profitably operate their businesses. "I joined Key because of the investment they are making in value selling," notes Shahdadi, "and for the passion they have for satisfying their customers. My personal goal is to take Key's value statement to the IBM organization and ensure that Key is in complete alignment with the IBM organization's current goals and resources." You can reach Allen at ashahdadi@keyinfo.com.

Key Offers :.

For more information about these offers from Key Information Systems, please contact your Key representative, or contact Pete Elliot at pelliot@keyinfo.com.

Risk Assessor
· Security assessment and remediation software and support services from Key
· 12 months prepaid discount is based on server configuration
· Expiration date is May 1, 2005

Discounts on IBM Education
· Buy your next IBM Education Pack from Key
· Education planning assistance from Key included
· Save from 5 to 20 percent
· For more information, contact Paul Johansen at 800-929-9541, or at pjohansen@keyinfo.com
· Expiration: ongoing

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Key Information Systems, Inc., (www.keyinfo.com) a Premier Business Partner with IBM, is a systems integration company located at 22120 Clarendon St., Suite 100, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, USA. Founded in 1995, the company provides corporate infrastructure architecture for business continuity, storage, and e-business solutions. Key Information Systems is a leading provider of IBM server solutions for the iSeries, AIX (UNIX), NT, and Linux platforms and has distinguished itself by extending its high availability infrastructure solutions to the Internet economy. The company delivers a complete range of professional services, including education, maintenance, and IBM Global Financing. For more information, please visit the company online or call 1-877-442-3249.

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