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Summit 2008: Is There Interest in a Google Apps Session?

Submitted by giofiocci on Mon, 2008-03-31 12:32

Is there any interest in holding a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday, April 15th from 4:30pm - 5:30pm at Summit? I had been looking forward to the Google Apps presentation since we are in the middle of our implementation and tying Google into our Luminis IV servers. However, I received the following e-mail last Thursday:

Please be advised that the session entitled, Luminis Platform/Google Apps scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 15 4:30 - 5:30 PM has been cancelled. Unfortunately the presenter is unable to attend the conference.

I have contacted Sungard about doing a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session in the timeslot that the Google person was set to present. I have also reached out to another Summit attendee who has already implemented it at his school. Please leave a comment if you'd be interested in attending this session.

Sincerely,

Christopher Frost

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Yes

Submitted by yi.jiang on Mon, 2008-03-31 21:56.

Yes, we would definitely be interested in attending.

Interested

Submitted by atoma on Tue, 2008-04-01 17:42.

Yes, we would be interested in this session.

Sounds good to me.

Submitted by Chuck on Tue, 2008-04-01 18:50.

I think this would be informative.

Count me

Submitted by spei on Tue, 2008-04-01 20:04.

Registered for the old seesion, will attend the new one.

Totally interested...

Submitted by aweeks on Tue, 2008-04-01 22:24.

...but I'm not going to summit :( Perhaps the results of such a session could be posted here afterward?

I am interested in

Submitted by Howler72 on Wed, 2008-04-02 10:58.

I am interested in attending.

Good News from Summit: Google Apps Session is Back On

Submitted by giofiocci on Wed, 2008-04-02 18:11.

Good News from Sungard. Even though the Google representative could not be there, I had wanted Sungard to keep the timeslot for us to discuss Google Apps. At the time, I had only been hoping for a Birds of a Feather session but Sungard has done one better. They are going to have a member of their Professional Services Team talk about Google Apps and Luminis integration. Below is the e-mail I received earlier today.

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To Whom It May Concern:

Some time ago I sent out a cancellation notice regarding the session entitled, Luminis Platform/GoogleApps, scheduled on Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30PM. We have now located a new presenter that will be offering the session as noted below:

NEW TITLE: Google Apps Integration with Luminis Platform

NEW DESCRIPTION: Interested in integrating Google Apps into the Luminis Platform solution? We can make it happen. The mail and calendar infrastructure within higher education is changing. More and more institutions are finding value in plugging-in externally hosted mail and calendar offerings such as Google Apps into their overall portal and online environments. This strategy not only lowers administrative overhead with respect to maintaining these backend communication systems but also allows the institution to focus on what they do best ... offering advanced online self services, information and overall innovation within their portal. Come learn how the SunGard HE product and Professional Services strategy supports this interest and see examples of Google Apps deployment to date.

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