The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users
Group is a non-profit independent users group which meets on the first Wednesday of every month for
the open exchange of technical information regarding the networking industry and Cisco products for
the benefit of Cisco users.
Our meetings are free to attend
- all we ask is that you
register as a member
and work directly with Cisco equipment.
If you can not read this email for
some reason - see us at
http://dfw.cisco-users.org
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May Meeting
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Wednesday May 5, 2010 |
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Hardware Architecture - We will provide a thorough understanding of the Cisco Nexus™ 7000 switching architecture, supervisor, fabric, and I/O module design, packet flows, and key forwarding engine functions
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Kevin Downes CCIE# 1987 - Principal Consultant, General Datatech, L.P..; -
Kevin has 20 years in experience in engineering
positions where the responsibilities have included
planning, designing, and implementation of
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6:00-6:30 PM - Pizza provided
6:30-9:00 PM - Presentations
9:00-9:30 PM - Networking with your fellow packet-heads
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Cisco's Richardson Campus
2200 E President George Bush
Building 6 - Larissa Conference Room
Richardson, TX
(214) 575-3192
Enter on the East side - sign in
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DFWCUG Welcomes General
Datatech as our Meeting Sponsor 
Founded in 1996, General Datatech (GDT) is an award-winning, Cisco Gold Value Added Reseller providing core routing and switching, unified communications, security, wireless, datacenter and storage solutions to clients nationwide. As the 25th largest Cisco reseller (VAR) in the world, GDT has built a solid reputation as the “GO TO” VAR for large, complex, and strategic technology engagements. Our experienced, Cisco Certified, engineering staff and our Professional Services team have the real world experience, certifications, and partnerships to deliver a solution that is truly “best-in-class”.
GDT provides these best-in-class service offerings:
- A Service Provider Class Staging Facility
- Cisco Certified Engineers (CCIE/CCNP)
- Certified Cabling Technicians (BICSI/RCDD)
- Certified DC Power Installers
- Certified Project Managers (PMP)
3160 Commonwealth, Suite 125
Study Groups
We are looking for some help with study groups. If you would like to help out the DFWCUG and donate a few hours of your time, contact me or one of the other officers.
Director of Education and
Certification
SIP, Session Management and Beyond - Thursday, May 6, 10-11 a.m. Pacific Time Register here
Cisco Webex on iPad - here
Improving Air Quality with Cisco CleanAir -Thursday, May 20, 10-11 a.m. Pacific Time Register here
The New Collaboration Experience at Cisco Live 2010 -
Mandalay Bay Resort Las Vegas, NV
Immerse yourself in the New Collaboration Experience at Cisco Live 2010. Discover new ways Cisco Collaboration solutions can help your organization improve interactions, encourage innovation and creativity, make better decisions faster, and increase your responsiveness to customers and the market. Learn about Cisco's vision and watch live solution demonstrations of Cisco IP communications, conferencing, customer care, enterprise social software, messaging, mobile applications, and Cisco TelePresence solutions. Visit the Collaboration booth #1481 at Cisco Live 2010.
Learn More and Register
At each meeting, we give away a handful of Cisco Press books that
have been donated by Cisco Press. These are typically brand new releases by leading experts in the
field - thanks Jamie!
Meeting sponsors may also provide door prizes, so make sure you get
your ticket and as always - you must be present to win.

We are looking for volunteers to help run the CUG. If you are interested in giving back to the CUG, please contact me or any one of the officers.

Upcoming Presentations
- June - SIP Trunking
- July - IPV6
- August - GNS
We are always looking for good speakers.
If you would like to do a presentation for the group or if you know someone that would like to do
a presentation, please contact us.
Eric Severson

Contact Us
The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group
officers:
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President & a founding officer in 1996,
web - Ken Cooper

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Vice President, Presentations Director
- Eric Severson

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Education/Certifications Director - Tom
Young

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Marketing Director - Mark Szewczul

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Cisco
Liaison and Technical Advisor - Mark Egan

You may contact any officer at `first-initial``last-name
@ cisco-users.org, ie, kcooper -or- go directly to the DFWCUG
officers page.

Sponsorships
The Dallas-Fort Worth Cisco Users Group is
an all volunteer group that receives its support from generous companies. We encourage our members
to patronize our sponsors in order that we continue to receive contributions.
So how does your company become a sponsor of the Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group?
Contact us and we'll describe the benefits
of Gold, Silver and Bronze level sponsorships.
Mark Szewczul
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