A Technology Training and Consulting Company

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L. Ben Motten - Owner
A Technology Training and Consulting Company San
Diego, CA
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Todays Presentation

• Company origins and what we do
• What makes us different?
• Training and consulting case Studies
• Technology shifts
• Where is this coming from?
• Why does it matter?
• Where does Conner Networks, Inc. come in?
• Acknowledgements/Questions

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Company Origins

• Basic, Pascal and TRS80
• Undergraduate Biology/Limnology
• Graduate Zoology/Marine Biology/Molecular
  Evolution and Ecology/GIS Database, Remote
  Sensing and Air Photo Interpretation.
• Microsoft Certified Trainer
• Adjunct Professor at Mesa College
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer/Consultant
• Business Owner

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Certifications

• California certified SB and MB
• SBA 8(a)
• Microsoft Gold Partner
• Microsoft Designations
• Small Business Specialist
• Information Worker Solutions
• Network Infrastructure Solutions
• Advanced Infrastructure Solutions

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Company Ethos

• Dont be greedy! Google took ours!
• Bring to bear a systemic and systematic approach
  to IT learning and consulting.
• Common Sense Sometimes
• Scientist Showing!
• Miltons Baking Company

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Training /Consulting Competencies

• Microsoft Technologies Infrastructure
• Server, Workstation, Active Directory, Exchange,
  SharePoint, SQL and System Center
• Virtualization
• VMware
• Hyper-V
• Cisco
• Routing, Switching and VOIP

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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest
source of learning. -Bill Gates
The first rule of any technology used in a
business is that automation applied to an
efficient operation will magnify the efficiency.
The second is that automation applied to an
inefficient operation will magnify the
inefficiency. -Bill Gates
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Why we are cool!

• Listening to the client and customize training to
  meet specific needs.
• Trainers/Engineers.
• Speaking plainly and with real experience.
• Delivering solutions and training to increase ROI
• Ability to overcome obstacles and just get the
  job done

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Listening to the client and customizing training
to meet specific needs
Case Study

• Symantec
• Sit down with client over technology needs
• Concerning Active Directory, DNS, TCP/IP, Windows
  2003, Windows 7 and Windows 2008
• Developed curriculum specific to pain points
• Mapped out a training strategy of client to
  optimize effort (i.e. Skills test and cascading
  training)

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Trainers that are engineers
Case Study

• USMC
• Consulted with USMC engineers to determine needs.
• Helped to design and deploy an Active Directory
  and Exchange infrastructure in Camp Pendleton to
  be used in Iraq.
• Trained the Marines on best practices and how to
  implement and maintain the new infrastructure.

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Delivering solutions and training to increase ROI
Case Study

• Milton's Baking Company
• After consulting with client and addressing needs
  SharePoint solution was suggested.
• Projected ROI 3x
• Round table with client
• Separate Star Trek from Tech Fact.
• Staff trained on SharePoint use and integration.
• ROI well beyond 10x and continues to evolve.

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Case Studies
Getting it done!

• No books
• No projectors
• Diverse classes
• No computers

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Technology Crossroads

• Technology Synergy between two forces.
• Moore's Law
• In 1965 observed that the number of transistors
  per square inch of processor every two year.
• Exponential growth in processing power.
• Technology Epoch Im coining this but you can
  use it )
• 7-10 years massive software and technology
  changes.
• New hardware technologies (i.e. Solid State, USB,
  Gigabit), Operating Systems (i.e.. Windows 7,
  Windows 2008) , Virtualization (i.e. Hyper-V or
  VMware), Cloud Computing, Broadband and other
  technology platforms (Droid /iPhoneIve got an
  app for that!)

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What does this mean to you?

• The 3 Cs
• Choices
• Change
• Chaos

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What can it mean?

• The 3 Ps
• Power
• Productivity
• Profit

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How can we help?

• First were geeks! We like this stuff!
• Find the right technology and the right use of
  that technology (i.e. SharePoint)
• Education, Education and Education
• Focused on an end to end implementation
• Implementation to end user training
• Optimizing workflow in an organization for better
  ROI

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Thank you

• DoD Western Regional Council for Small Business
  Education and Advocacy
• JPL
• SBA
• Gunnar Schalin and staff - San Diego Contracting
  Opportunities Center (SDCOC)
• Pearl Andrews - L-3 communications

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Our offer to you
2 free days of training onsite or at our
classroom in San Diego Windows 7 or Windows 2008
L. Ben Motten bmotten_at_connernetworks.com http//
www.connernetworks.com