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Archive of past Topics/Events
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June 21, 2007
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March 29, 2007
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November 30, 2006
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September 27, 2006
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July 27, 2006
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April 27, 2006
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January 26, 2006
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November 24, 2005
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September 15, 2005
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May 19, 2005
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February 17, 2005
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November 4, 2004
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September 9, 2004
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June 11, 2004
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April 16, 2004
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February 13, 2004
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December 4, 2003
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October 7, 2003
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April 10, 2003
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January 23, 2003
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October 10, 2002
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July 11, 2002
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May 8, 2002
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April 26, 2002
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Topic:
The Wireless Supply Chain - Bar-coding, RFID, and Warehousing
Current and future wireless technologies, standards and systems in the supply chain.
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(video stream - requires Windows Media Player)
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June 21rst 2007
The Seminar took place on Thursday June 21rst 2007, at the Oracle Canada HQ
Speakers:
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Intermec
- PPT- 9.01 MB
Presented by:
John Nagelmakers
Oracle
- PPT- 5.62 MB
Trapeze Networks
- PPT - 2.15 MB
Presented by:
Matt Hanna
SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
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Topic:
Devices, Gadgets and Tools for the workforce – from Apple to Laptops what are mobile workers using and why.
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March 29th 2007
The Seminar took place on Thursday March 29 2007, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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FingertipWare and TeamSFA
- PPT - 4.58 MB
Presented by:
Michael Flynn
Founder
Allegro Wireless
- PPT- 2.02 MB
Presented by:
Director, Information Technology
Allegro Mobile Solutions
IT Business Canada
- PPT- 1.05 MB
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Topic:
Client Stories and Client Case Studies.
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November 30 2006
The Seminar took place on Thursday November 30 2006, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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TorWUG
- PPT - 816 KB
Oracle
- PPT - 1.55 MB
Presented by:
John Fontenot
Director, Communications Industry Solutions
North American Technology Business Unit
Toyota Car Plant
- PPT- 1.48 MB
Presented by:
John McDonald
CTO
blueC 802 Inc.
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Topic:
Market Update
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September 27th 2006
The Seminar took place on Thursday September 27th 2006, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Microsoft
- PPT - 5.24 MB
Exchange Server 2003 provides improved support for the mobile devices already in use in your organization. In this session we cover these improvements, from administering mobile access through setting security on these devices. We will explore the basic steps that you’ll need to take to enable mobile messaging on the Exchange Server and on the mobile device itself. From a user’s perspective, we will focused on simplicity and usability of areas like the Outlook Mobile experience and we will explore the administrative options while these mobile devices are in the field. Finally the session will finish with a brief discussion on how to secure your mobile messaging deployment using Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2, ISA servers, and the Mobile Security and Feature Pack.
Presented by:
Damir Bersinic
IT Pro Advisor
Microsoft Canada
Bell
- PPS - 2.61 MB
Presented by:
Arun Kumar
Wireless Design Specialist
Colubris
- PPT - 1.19 MB
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Topic:
Data Applications and Data usage
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July 27th 2006
The Seminar took place on Thursday July 27th 2006, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Rogers
- PPT - 2.06 MB
Topic: Rogers’s clients are showing increasing interest in mobile and wireless complex solutions. Enterprises can gain tactical advantages deploying mobile solutions. The key: manage mobile workers by category and integrate applications on the right mobile data service.
Presented by:
Darcy McDonald - Senior Manager – Channel Development & Support
Prime Message
- PowerPoint - 1.77 MB
Topic: SMS has been used for daily communications in many countries between users; Now, it finds its way as a new medium to be used in business arena; by using SMS, daily business processes can be redefined and re-implemented to not only save lots of resources and time, also adding new features and services to be used by employees and executives as well as end users.
Presented by:
Shayan Mashatian and Farshad Mahlooji
RIM
- PDF - 1.19 MB
The Competitive Impact of Wireless
Presented by:
Mark Keating
Manager, Technical Solutions
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Topic:
Security Issues & Hacking a Wireless Network
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April 27th 2006
The Seminar took place on Thursday April 27th 2006, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Cognio
- PowerPoint - 1.43 MB
Presented by: Zach Roros and Jim Florwick
Adesso Systems
- PowerPoint (compressed) - 6.26 MB
Presented by:
Michael Ping
Neotel
Managed security and biometrics
Presented by: Jay Ennis
Esentire
- PowerPoint - 156 KB
Presented by: Eldon Sprickerhoff
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Topic:
Hardware, Devices and Smart Mobile Units
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January 26th 2006
The Seminar took place on Thursday January 26th 2006, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Intel
- PDF (compressed) - 1.10 MB
Presented by: Cassey Tan
Marketing Program Manager, Intel
Lucent Technologies
- PDF (compressed) - 1.25 MB
Presented by:
Ray Gilbert
AVP Lucent-IT
Martin McManus
Director Lucent-IT
Opticon Inc.
- PowerPoint - 4.89 MB
Presented by: Stacy Clay
Director of Marketing - Opticon, Inc.
TELUS
- PDF - 1.04MB
Presented by: Eric Fergin
Member of the TELUS Team
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Topics:
1. Mobile Business - Case Studies
2. Hardware and Networks
Focus on RFID: Components and devices comprising RFID
networks will be shown and discussed.
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November 24th 2005
The Seminar took place on Thursday November 24th 2005, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Circul Technology
- PowerPoint - 548KB
Customer
Genpharm Pharmaceutical Toronto, Ontario
The 2nd largest generic drug manufacturer in Canada.
Objective
To provide access to patient information to mobile health
care providers in a secure, real time environment.
Presented by: Seema Esteves
Intermec
- PowerPoint - 8.61 MB
RFID Overview
Presented by: Maged Girgis
Senior Systems Engineer - RFID Intermec Technologies Canada Ltd.
mBiztech Corp.
- PowerPoint - 2.08 MB
Presented by: Cathal Copas
CTO, mBiztech Corp.
PalmOne
- PowerPoint - 3.99MB
Jordan Silverberg
Enterprise Sales Manager
Visto
- PowerPoint - 3.67MB
Heath Everett
Director of Sales, Visto
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Update on the Market including Wi-Max, Wi-Fi, and Smart Devices.
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September 15th 2005
In current environments, immediacy drives efficiency. Whether for an hospital,
financial institution, manufacturing warehouse, retail business or a government
department or a university campus, organisations today are depending more and
more on Wireless technologies to communicate effectively. Join us to learn about
the latest in Wireless LAN Solutions such as Inventory & Asset Management,
Mobile Workforce Solutions and RFID and more.
The Seminar took place on Thursday September 15th 2005, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Bell Canada
- PowerPoint - 7.53MB
Andrew Mitchell
Director, Enterprise Wireless Solutions
Intermec Canada
- PowerPoint - 3.54 MB
The presentation discusses Field service Automation, the technical aspects of automating the 'front line' and the cost-benefits involved in automating mobile workers
Sean McGuire
Solutions Sales Consultant,
Wav, Inc.
- PowerPoint - 443 KB
Wireless internet service is becoming available to people in hotels, restaurants, coffee shops and mass transit systems. There are many new applications and many reasons for this new phenomenon.
The presentation explores the drivers causing these new trends in the wireless public access market and how some of the advancements in WiFi and WiMax technology are enabling wireless service availability for people while they are outside of their homes and offices.
Claudio Ricci
Country Manager
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Networks - from 2.5 G to 4 G - Reality and Hype
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The Seminar took place on Thursday May 19th 2005, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Bell Mobility
Alan Liu
Associate Director, Services Development
Convergent Telecom Inc.
Bell Canada Authorized Distributor
Bell Mobility Authorized Distributor
Roland Bissell
President
Convergent Telecom Inc.
SMC Networks
Jeremy Bolton
Sales Engineer
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The Markets and Applications for RIM and Palm - Business Applications and Usage for the Mobile Worker
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The Seminar took place on Thursday February 17th 2005, at the Oracle Canada HQ
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Research In Motion
Mark Keating
Enterprise Business Unit
Research In Motion
Oracle
Speaker : Philip Darringer
Group Product Manager
Oracle Corporation
PalmOne
Speaker : Jordan Silverberg
palmOne Canada
Mike Olivier
Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR & ED) Specialist
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Smart Phones - Another Transformative Technology?
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The Seminar took place on Thursday November 4th 2004, at the Ramada Hotel
(2 Holiday Drive, Toronto)
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Microsoft
Speaker : Alex Nanos
Mobility Solutions Manager
Microsoft Canada
Nokia
Speaker : Brian Woods
Nokia Technology Platform
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RFID Technologies
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The Seminar took place on Thursday September 9th 2004, at the Ramada Hotel
(2 Holiday Drive, Toronto)
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Nokia
Speaker : Peter Wakim, Director, New Business Development Americas, Focused
on RFID. Mr Wakim will discuss the use of RFID technology in Smart phones
and how this is aiding technology processes and business users.
Bell
By JP Kamel, Enterprise RFID Solutions Specialist of Bell Canada’s Enterprise
Wireless Solutions will examine the adoption of Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) by such industries as retail and manufacturing and how
it has fuelled market growth to other verticals including Transportation,
Logistics, and Healthcare.
R.Moroz
Bob Moroz, President, R. Moroz Ltd.
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In-Building Wireless Systems and Building-to-Building External Wireless Systems.
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The Seminar took place on Friday June 11th 2004, at the Ramada Hotel
(2 Holiday Drive, Toronto)
Speakers:
(zip file ~ 5780 KB)
Presented by
Spotwave Wireless
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(zip file ~ 357 KB)
Presented by Stephen Parry
Enterprise Wireless Data Solutions Specialist
Bell Mobility
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(PPT format ~ 4555 KB)
Presented by
Intermec
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Wireless Business Cases for Top Management
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The Seminar took place on Friday April 16th 2004, at the Ramada Hotel Toronto Airport Ramada Hotel Toronto Airport
Speakers:
Introduction & Overview
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc. |
(ppt format ~ 703 KB)
Presented by Steve Dekker
Product Manager
Wireless Enterprise Solutions
Rogers Wireless
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(ppt format ~ 1.2 MB)
Presented by Pam Ferguson
Product Manager, Asset Tracking & Logistics
Rogers Wireless
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(ppt format ~ 22.5 MB)
Presented by Jordan Silverberg
Enterprise Sales
palmOne Canada
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(pdf format ~ 3.74 MB)
Presented by Enn Martin
CGI
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Voice over IP - VoIP.
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The Seminar took place on Thursday February 13th 2004, at the Ramada Hotel Toronto Airport Ramada Hotel Toronto Airport
Speakers:
Introduction & Overview
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc. |
(ppt format ~ 5MB)
Presented by Tracy Fleming
Convergence Specialist
Avaya Canada
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(ppt format - 2407KB)
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Real applications for Wireless LAN’s.
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The Seminar took place on Thursday December 4th 2003, at the Ramada Hotel Toronto Airport Ramada Hotel Toronto Airport
Speakers:
Introduction & Overview
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc. |
(ppt format - 747 KB)
Presented by Mark Fronczak
JMO Systems
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(pdf format - 278KB)
Presented by Robert Young
TELUS
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Hands on Session to explore WLAN Hardware and Hardware fundamentals.
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The Seminar took place on Tuesday October 7th 2003, at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel, Mississauga
Speakers:
Introduction & Overview
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc. |
(ppt format - 9.08MB)
Intermec Technologies Canada Ltd.
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(ppt format - 1.31MB)
Robert Pitton
3Com
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The security on Wireless LANs
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The Seminar took place on Thursday April 10th 2003, at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel, Mississauga
Speakers:
Introduction & Overview
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc. |
(ppt format - 1.93MB)
Maged Girgis
Systems Consultant.
Intermec Technologies Canada Ltd.
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(ppt format - 475 KB)
Rosario Macri
Psion Teklogix
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Robert Pitton
3COM
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Mobile Operating Systems and Devices
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The Seminar took place on Thursday January 23rd 2003, at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel, Mississauga
Topics covered:
Introduction & Overview
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc. |
Managing principals, wireless and Mobile solutions
Victor Garcia
HP Services
Dan Reio
Product Manager/commercial Notebooks and Tablet PC.
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Palm OS and new Palm PDA Tungsten-W
Jordan Silverberg
Palm
Enterprise Sales Manager.
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MS CE and Pocket PC - and New Fujitsu Tablet
Jon Barry
Cristina Paquet
Fujitsu
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WLAN Hardware and Software
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The Seminar took place on Thursday October 10th 2002, at the Marriott Hotel Eaton's Centre.
Speakers
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc. |
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Richard Mintz
Project Manager q.data
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Development of Wireless LAN Systems.
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The Seminar took place on Thursday July 11th 2002, at the Marriott Hotel Eaton's Centre.
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Q-Data: WLAN and Warehouses:
Richard Mintz
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University of Toronto: Campus WLAN:
Norman Housley
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Fieldworker: Wireless Laptop LAN:
Jim Barnet
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Mobile Solutions in Business Symposium.
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The Seminar took place on Wednesday May 8th 2002, at the Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame.
Speakers
Craig Read
Director of the Toronto Wireless User Group
IT Director m-trilogix Inc.
Mr. Read has 9 years experience in Europe, North and South America with IT systems integration,
open standards and distributed computing. Mr. Read has served in various capacities in Europe and
North America, in both corporations and medium sized businesses, as a Business and Technology
manager aiding clients in building distributed applications using Internet, Wireless and WAN technologies.
As well Mr. Read has taught various courses to programmers and business leaders on technology.
He has studied computer science at Harvard and received degrees at other institutions in Canada and Europe.
He helped found the Toronto Wireless User Group forum.
Mr. Read discussed the potential for businesses to make a firm ROI using proven techniques and
methods in building a distributed application.
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Sam AbdelMalek
Vice President, Technology Research, RavensCraft Technologies
Prior to joining RavensCraft, Sam was one of the co-founders of SmartK a wireless development company.
Sam held many technical positions in Canada and abroad, including working for Sun Microsystems.
Sam is a faculty member of the Professional Development Center 's Telecommunications management
Certificate-University of Toronto. Sam has a Masters of Engineering in Telecommunications with focus
on wireless applications and solutions-from the University of Toronto, Canada and BSc. of Electronics
and Telecommunications Engineering for Ain-Shams University, Egypt
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Ian Angus
President - Angus TeleManagement Group Inc
Ian Angus has been called "Canada's guru of the telephone," and "a visionary in telecommunications," to
quote only two of the many accolades he has received. Since 1983 he has been co-editor of the monthly
journal Telemanagement, which has been called "the bible of business telecommunications in Canada."
In 1995, Angus TeleManagement Group launched, Telecom Update, a weekly electronic newsletter which is now
the most widely-read telecom newsletter in Canada. Ian is the author or co-author of thirteen books on
telecommunications, including Phone Pirates and Canadian Telecom in Transition: Competition and Regulation
on the Information Highway. Ian is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and his seminars on key issues
in voice and data telecommunications management have been attended by thousands of managers from across the
United States and Canada.
In 1990, Ian and his partner Lis Angus were co-recipients of the Honorary Award from the Canadian
Business Telecommunications Alliance (CBTA), "in recognition of their leadership and significant
influence on the Canadian telecommunications environment."
In 1997 Angus TeleManagement received the CBTA's "Media Award,"
making this team the only two-time award winners in the Alliance's history.
Ian is a past vice-president of the U.S. Society of Telecommunications Consultants, and is a past
Director of the Canadian Telecommunications Consultants Association.
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Wireless Systems - Fact or Fiction,
Session One of our Series
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The Seminar took place on Friday April 26th 2002, at the Marriott Hotel Eaton's Centre.
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Welcome 10 minutes. |
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Introduction to WLAN and WWAN:
An overall view of the software, hardware and standards used with mobile technologies.
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Mobile Systems in practice, case study 1:
Case example using a distributed mobile architecture in business.
Topics covered the hardware, software and network topology used and the
business and technological reasons for pursuing a mobile architecture.
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Mobile Systems in practice, case study 2:
Case example using a distributed mobile architecture in business.
Topics covered the hardware, software and network topology used and
the business and technological reasons for pursuing a mobile architecture.
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Q&A
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