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The Ubuntu Server Edition is changing the server market for businesses by delivering the best of free software on a stable, fully supported and secure platform. In the two years since initial launch Ubuntu can now be found in hundreds of organisations across the world delivering key services reliably, predictably and economically. Ubuntu Server Edition is an energy efficient, low memory and disk footprint operating system that helps build server functions that respect our environment without compromise on agility and versatility.

The Ubuntu Server Edition can become the backbone of many of the services that a typical business needs to run to be successful. With no license fees, an expanding ecosystem, minimal maintenance, a growing community of peers and references, Ubuntu Server Edition is making many organizations reconsider how they use Linux for their information technology needs.

During this session, Ubuntu Server Product manager, Mr. Nick Barcet will present some of the key benefits of deploying Ubuntu Server Edition in your organization and how Canonical and Fast Lane can help your business take a closer look at some of its advantages, namely:

• Easy to manage installation, startup, shutdown, service initialization, package management – simple on a single machine and now across a data center with Landscape.
• Built for purpose – no bloatware and no extraneous applications clogging up what you really want to so - run the services that run your business.
• The platform for open and free computing – save not only on the operating system but take advantage of the fantastic array of free server software out the to compound the savings for your organization.
• Cloud enabled - Official images of Ubuntu on Amazon EC2 and Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud to deploy a similar architecture internally, offer unprecedented flexibility in elastic computing.
• Simple to upgrade - get the latest and greatest every 6 months or stay for the longer term on a single platform in the knowledge that we will ease the upgrade path. It's long term confidence.
• Simple to update - Debian packaging and APT packaging are recognized as the easiest, smoothest methods of introducing software to your server stack. It is pre-configured to insure a smooth introduction.
• The ideal 'green' solution - whether it is virtualization maximizing your server efficiency or simply running a lean services across your network, Ubuntu is a great partner in the drive to improve efficiency.
• Secure - the greatest risks to your business are eliminated. Continuous updates respond to the changing landscape of risk on an already hard to hack distribution.

Believe it or not, very few customers enjoy the prospect of watching a demo. Feature, feature, feature, feature, feature, feature, feature, feature, glass of water, feature, feature, feature, feature, feature, feature. Now web-based demos are making the situation even worse. Without the “captive audience” dynamic, gaining and retaining attention has become a huge challenge. Many of us are guilty of the “Mice Gone Wild” syndrome which irritates some customers to no end. Just as many of us are guilty of “sleepy time” monotonic elocution. This webinar discusses several of these demonstration “sins” and provides quick tips and exercises that yield effective and engaging web-based demos.

About the Presenter: Phil Janus has over 20 years experience in pre-sales operations. Leveraging his background in pre-sales, continuing adult education, and instructional design and development, Phil founded salesengineering.com (SEDC) in 1997 to fill the void of pre-sales specific services, training, and productivity tools. He has led the development of a repeatable pre-sales change management program that empowers subject matter experts (SMEs) to leverage their technical credibility to impact business. SEDC’s offerings have been provided in nearly 50 countries to thousands of pre-sales professionals. Prior to SEDC, Phil was a pre-sales manager/director, pre-sales engineer, and database engineer at companies such as Digital Equipment, Sybase, UniSQL, and Siemens. Phil’s pre-sales expertise has been quoted in media such as Selling Power magazine, Harvard Business Review, trainingindustry.com, VARBusiness, and CRM Magazine.