July 21 Webinar on Archiving Data for Compliance
and Performance :.

Presenters: Alan Stuart of IBM and Jim Mazzeo of Princeton Softech

Summary

Key Information Systems, a systems integration company and Premier IBM Business Partner, and Princeton Softech, a market leader in application database archiving, are co-sponsoring a strategic Webinar, "Data Archiving for Strong Compliance and Fast Performance," that offers comprehensive database archiving solutions across applications, databases and operating platforms.

During this Web-based seminar, participants will learn how IBM's new TotalStorage DR550 solutions enable medium and large enterprises to meet new regulatory requirements for archiving and storing data. Attendees will learn about:

• Latest storage compliance issues
  
• IBM's DR550 lower-cost, compliance-ready archive solution
  
• WORM disk technology to protect data
  
• How the DR550 uniquely addresses HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC 17a-4, FDA Part 11, DoD 5015.2 and other regulations
  
• Enforcing archive rules for confidential email, instant messaging, fax and other regulated records
  
• Archiving Just-In-Case data
  
• Improving Oracle and DB2 application performance and availability using Princeton Softech database archiving and retrieval software

The complimentary Webinar will be held on Thursday, July 21, from 11am to noon, Pacific Time.

For Webinar registration:
https://keyinfo.webex.com/keyinfo/onstage/g.php?d=771981545&t=a&SourceId=6

From Pete's Desk :.

Mid-Year Check

To our clients and friends,

July is a time to take stock of the year--see how it's gone and where it's headed; make mid-year corrections in plans to stay on course. At Key, we review our programs for the remainder of 2005 to make sure they are in sync with our clients' needs. In doing so, we decided to address the growing need to respond to government and regulatory actions that come under the heading of Compliance. As a result, our July Key Webinar will be on data archiving for compliance. The Webinar will contain much of the content from our very popular June Webinar with added emphasis on achieving compliance with data archiving and boosting performance for database applications like Oracle and DB2.

Here's an updated schedule of free Key Webinars for the remainder of 2005:

July 21 Webinar -- Data Archiving for Better Compliance and Faster Performance with focus on Oracle and DB2 applications
September 15 Webinar -- iSeries Security and SOX Compliance
October 20 Webinar -- Grid Computing and Hosting

Key Webinars offer an excellent opportunity to participate in online seminars on highly relevant topics with the nation's top speakers.

On Tuesday, July 26, Key will be at the OCEAN User Group's Catch the Wave conference and expo in Irvine, CA (see: http://www.ocean400.org/TechConf.html). Our technical staff will be at the expo to demonstrate a document development and publishing solution called Scriptura XBOS, and to answer questions about how to make the current generation of business documents more efficient.

For more about our future activities, you can check the Calendar page on our Website:
http://www.keyinfo.com/Resources/calendar.htm.

Yours in success,

Pete Elliot
Director of Marketing
pelliot@keyinfo.com
818.737.2804
Bio: http://www.keyinfo.com/About/People/pete.htm

June 7 Webinar on Archiving and Compliance :.

Presenters: Alan Stuart of IBM and Gary Thomsen of Key

Summary

Key's June Webinar featured Alan Stuart, IBM's Chief Strategist/Business Line Executive, and Gary Thomsen, Storage Specialist at Key, in a Web-based learning session titled IBM DR550 Storage for Regulation Compliance. Stuart covered new regulatory mandates that address the archiving of computer data. These regulations include the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA, SEC 17a-4, FDA Part 11 and DoD 5015.2. Stuart also covered considerations for managing long-term data retention and how the new IBM TotalStorage DR550 disk storage solution addresses those considerations. Thomsen described Key's new Data Archiving Assessment offering. Computer platforms addressed in this Key Webinar include Unix, AIX, Linux, OS/400, MVS and NT/Windows.

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News at Key :.

Charles Clinton

"Chip" Clinton has been in the IBM channels world for over 10 years, with four of those years at Key. He is a Microsoft MCSE, Citrix Certified Administrator, Marathon FTvirtual Server Integrator and an IBM xSeries Server Integrator.

We asked him to tell us a little about his work at Key and with Key's clients:

1. What are your areas of specialty?
   
   I've been fortunate to develop a broad range experience in designing network communications, SAN and NAS attached storage, Anti-Virus measures, Active Directory and Security Server, workstations and Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). I also have experience in working with Local Area Networks, DOS and Windows using my skills as a Microsoft MCSE. My most extensive software experience is in Citrix, Marathon FTvirtual Server fault tolerance, plus Windows and Linux operating systems.
   
   
2. What are some of Key's clients that you have assisted recently?
   
   I helped migrate Acres Gaming software and implemented Marathon fault tolerance software at the Cache Creek, Thunder Valley, Colusa and Agua Caliente casinos. I implemented Marathon fault tolerance software with IGT gaming software at Aristocrat; helped with financial software migration at LPL Financial Services; and did a Marathon Implementation at IGT Technologies. I worked on a server consolidation project using xSeries and IBM BladeCenter at Avery Dennison; and a Citrix implementation at the Los Angeles Federal Credit Union. I also recently worked on a video warehouse project using VMware for the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department and the Santa Maria Sheriff's Department.
   
   
3. What are your interests outside of work?
   
   I have been an amateur painter in the past. In the winters I enjoy snowboarding and in the summers I participate in off-roading in the Southern California area. Prior to joining Key, I worked as a Senior Systems Engineer at El Camino Resources.

Allen Shahdadi, Key's Director of Business Development, says about Clinton, "If you want the job done right, call Chip." Clinton can be reached at cclinton@keyinfo.com.

Key Offers :.

For more information about these offers from Key, please contact your Key representative or Allen Shahdadi at ashahdadi@keyinfo.com.

Data Archiving Assessment
Analysis of the current IT environment to determine the business rules for data governance. The result is a specific data archiving strategy tailored to the client's own needs.
Cost: none
Expires: September 30, 2005

Blade Server Evaluation
Online planning session with qualified Key systems analyst assessing potential benefits and costs of using a blade server for consolidation of applications and servers.
Cost: none
Expires: August 30, 2005

Server Consolidation Assessment
Onsite analysis to identify and assess consolidation areas and prepare formal findings, hardware specs and migration strategy.
Cost: none
Expires: August 30, 2005

Risk Assessor
Security assessment and remediation software with support services from Key.
10% discount on software (priced by CPU); discounted services package.
Expires: August 30, 2005

Reader Feedback :.

We value your ideas and comments. Please send your thoughts to Pete Elliot at pelliot@keyinfo.com or call him at 1.818.737.2804.

Publisher :.

Key Information Systems, Inc. (http://www.keyinfo.com), has been a Premier Business Partner with IBM for five years, and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA. Founded in 1995, the company provides system integration services, corporate infrastructure architecture for business continuity, storage, and e-business solutions. Key is a leading provider of IBM eServer solutions for the i5 / iSeries, p5 / pSeries, xSeries and OpenPower servers. Operating systems supported include i5/OS, OS/400, AIX, Unix, NT, and Linux operating system platforms. IBM storage products include IBM TotalStorage DS8100 SAN, DR550, FAStT, BladeCenter, LTO tape solutions, Tivoli, plus TSRM for storage virtualization and management. High availability and fault tolerant solutions are backed up with a complete range of professional services including education, critical assessments, installation, maintenance and financing. All these computer resources are available at Key's Business Partner Innovation Center at 22120 Clarendon Street, Suite 100, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, USA. For more information, visit the company online, or call 1.877.442.3249, or email info@keyinfo.com.

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