Keynote Seminars

This year Misco hosted a total of 10 keynote seminars throughout the day - they were free to attend and received a great response from customers at the event. Five of these keynote seminars were held in the main seminar room and delivered by HP, Evoco, Zenprise, Apple and Microsoft, based on key technologies transforming the world of IT.

The other five mini-keynote seminars were held in the Licensing Zone on stand 73, and delivered by licensing experts Symantec, Sage, Microsoft, Vmware and Veeam. They gave customers a chance to gather expert advice and recommendations on licensing solutions available to them and their business, and proved to be beneficial to all those who attended.

Videos of selected keynote seminars are coming soon for those that could not make the event or seminars on the day - watch this space!

Mini-Keynote Seminars (Licensing Zone - Stand 73)

Topic	Attendee	Job Role	Time
Symantec.Cloud	Jay Epton	Director SMB Sales, EMEA Northern Region	10:30am
Real Time Information Payroll Software	Andy Savage	National Account Manager at Sage	11:30am
Windows Server Licensing Changes	Wayne Meyer	Windows Server Product Manager at Microsoft	12:30pm
Managing your Virtual Infrastructure & new vCloud Suite	Hardev Sanghera	Lead Partner Systems Engineer at VMware	1:30pm
Backup & Replication for VMware & Hyper-V	Kevin Ridings	Systems Engineer at Veeam Software	2:30pm

Technology Seminars (Main Seminar Room)

Storage, Back-Up and Resource Strategies

Presented by Neil Fleming, UK Mid-Market Storage Development Manager at Hewlett-Packard
10.30am

As data grows ever bigger and availability becomes business-critical, dealing with back-ups is a challenge for both the commercial and public sector. Find out how HP is leading the industry in changing the rules in back-up, restore, data mobility and e-discovery in this seminar presented by Neil Fleming, UK Mid-Market Storage Development Manager at HP.

Making Cloud Less Overcast

Presented by Ian Moyse, Sales Director at Workbooks.com
11:30am

In this seminar, Ian Moyse, a leading speaker on Cloud Computing, will discuss the state of the market regarding cloud computing, the economics of the cloud and give his audience some food for thought on how cloud might affect them personally in their business and private lives.

This seminar is your chance to meet, engage and ask questions to someone who has lived in a Cloud focused world for eight years and has worked with a wide mix of vendors, distributors, resellers and large and small end user businesses on their thoughts, understanding and use of cloud computing.

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Ian Moyse

Ian Moyse has over 25 years of experience in the IT sector, with nine of these specialising in security and over 23 years of channel experience. Starting as a Systems Programmer at IBM in the mainframe environment, he has held senior positions in both large and smaller organisations including Senior Vice President for EMEA at CA and Managing Director of several UK companies. For the last 7 years, he has been focused in Cloud Computing and has become a thought leader in this arena.

Moyse has been keynote speaker at many events and runs one of the largest Channel Groups worldwide on LinkedIn. He sits on the board of Eurocloud UK and the Governance Board of the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) and in early 2012 was appointed to the advisory board of SaaSMax. Moyse was recently awarded global ‘AllBusiness Sales AllStar Award for 2010’ and The ‘European Channel Personality of the Year Award for 2011’ and was named by TalkinCloud as one of the global top 200 cloud channel experts in 2011 and listed on the MSPMentor top 250 list for 2011 which tracks the world's top managed services experts, entrepreneurs and executives. He has also recently been awarded the accolade of Channelnomics 2011 Influencer of the year for Europe. In early 2012 Ian was the first in the UK to pass the CompTIA Cloud Essentials specialty certification exam, was appointed as a Thought Leader to Compare The Cloud and was listed in the worldwide SMB Nation 150 Channel Influencers list and appointed as Cloud Advisory Director to the Board of evoco.co.uk, a cloud transformation company.

Managing and Securing Mobile Data, Devices and Applications

Presented by Mike Oliver, Senior Marketing Manager - Enterprise Mobile Computing at Zenprise
12.30pm

Everybody has a smartphone, or a tablet, or both! That's great for productivity but is an overwhelming challenge for IT departments tasked with maintaining control and security, while simultaneously enabling flexible working. In this seminar presented by Mike Oliver, Senior Marketing Manager at Zenprise, discover how to simply and securely manage your mobile devices, data and applications - whether corporately or privately owned.

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Mike Oliver

Mike Oliver has worked in the mobile software industry since 1998, for Extended Systems, Xecellenet, Sybase and SAP, before joining global leading provider of Mobile Device and Mobile Application Management software – Zenprise. Mike has direct experience of hundreds of deployments throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa, and indirect of many more from the USA and APAC. Mike’s career highlights to date include presenting to an audience of several hundred Nordic mobility resellers, and presenting on radio many years ago. Mike has created many whitepapers and documents on mobility and mobile device management and is currently working on an audit of best practices and industry focus.

How Apps Have Changed The Way We Work

Presented by Neil Emery, Apple Education Mentor
1.30pm

The iPad is simply a wonderful blank canvas. With on average around 700 new applications being submitted to the App store everyday, the iPad has no issue with inspiring in the classroom, empowering businesses or exciting individuals. But how exactly would a school gain best use from a one to one scheme and how would a business offer and manage iPad's within an Employee Choice roll out. In this Apple focused session, Apple Education Mentor Neil Emery looks to cover the iPad out of the box including business specific apps, through to student one to one use and content creation using iBooks Author and iTunes Course Manager.

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Neil Emery

Neil Emery is a passionate and driven technology presenter and educationalist with a strong understanding of Apple technologies and their routes to market. Certified as an Apple Distinguished Educator and Apple Education Mentor Neil's passion is making sure schools benefit from their technology purchases. Aside from education Neil's work with verticals such as Blue Chip, Public Sector and Health gives him the ability to show the benefits of Apple iOS devices across multiple sectors.

Windows 8: Enabling Flexible Workstyles

Presented by James Akrigg, Head of Technology for Partners at Microsoft
2.30pm

Come and meet Windows 8, Microsoft's latest operating system launching in October 2012, during this seminar presented by James Akrigg, Head of Technology for Partners at Microsoft. James will be demonstrating the business benefits of using Windows 8, including the OS metro-style interface, which can be used across multiple devices including PCs, tablets and Windows phones. See Windows 8 in action and find out how it can enhance your workforce's mobile work styles and protect your business info through a highly secure and well managed environment.

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James Akrigg

James has worked in and around the IT industry for over 20 years, which includes the last 10 years at Microsoft in the UK. His passion for technology and what it can do to deliver real value and benefit to businesses of all sizes and to individuals is clear to see when he presents and meets with Microsoft partners and customers. With experience in infrastructure, architecture, software development, business process, information management, software and hardware technologies, James is able to simplify how to use what can be a complex mix of technologies to deliver solutions in today’s business environments.