Cover Page>>
Executive Corner
 · A Letter from Dave Sanders

The Portal Advantage
 · Rantings: Your User Group and You!
· Culminis Requests Your Opinion
· Need a Speaker? Request one via Culminis
· Expert Technical Presentations Available via Culminis Connections

  Upcoming Events
· TechNet Briefings
· Exclusive SharePoint Workshop: Presented by Culminis
· Windows and Exchange Connections Conference, Exclusive Culminis Discount
 · Sustaining Competitive Advantage: Western Washington Summit 2004
 · NYEWin Opens Certification & Training Program to a Wider Audience
 · BrightWork Selected to Deliver Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast

 Focus of the Month:
 Supporting Careers
 · Role of User Groups in Educating IT Professionals
· Mastering the Job Boards. Art or Science?
 · Key Differentiator Among IT Pros

Culminis Happenings
 · Around the Globe: Eye on EMEA
· Windows Developers Want Your Feedback
· Microsoft and Intel Join Forces to Defend Against Worms and Viruses
· AITP Mission Accomplished
· Updated Host Integration Server 2004 Guide
· Windows & .NET Magazine Changes Title to Windows IT Pro Magazine
 · Steve Delahunty Joins Culminis Taskforce
 · Tell Microsoft what Security Features You Want
· Culminis Member Organizations to Receive Special XP SP2 Kit
· Welcome New Culminis Member Organizations

Special Offers
 · Register for the Free Microsoft Security Newsletter
· Receive $200 off on the Connections Conference in Orlando

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September, 2004

Announcing the New Format for the Culminis Compass!
The Culminis Compass will now be adding articles as they are written and submitted. We will no longer wait to publish them until the first of the month! So check back frequently to find out the latest Events, Happenings, Tips and other useful information.

We will still e-mail you on the first of every month with the latest list of new articles, just to keep you up to date.

Enjoy!
 
Keep Opportunities Available: Culminis Requests Your Opinion.
In order to keep providing discounts and special opportunities, we need to gather feedback on us and our sponsors. Read more>>


Exclusive SharePoint Workshop: Presented by Culminis
Culminis has set up a SharePoint workshop taking place at the end of the Windows Connections conference in Orlando. At Culminis, we provide the majority of our communications and resources through our Culminis Connections Portal, which happens to be based on SharePoint technology. Read more>>


Around the Globe: Eye on EMEA. Culminis is only nine months old and we have been asked to spread our wings around the globe, starting with Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA). We are also starting to explore South America and Asia. Read more>>


Culminis Member Organizations to Receive Special XP SP2 Kit. During the month of September, Culminis will be sending Welcome Kits to Culminis Member Organizations. Included in each kit will be a special Windows® XP Service Pack 2 package assembled by Microsoft specifically for Culminis members . Read more>>

 The Role of User Groups in Education IT Pros. In a dynamic industry such as Information Technology (IT), the rate of technology innovation continues to outpace the rate at which IT professionals can prepare for the technology, which in turn decreases the rate at which this new technology can be adopted in the marketplace. Read more>>


Mastering the Job Boards. Art or Science? For most of us in the IT world, the job boards are a double-edged sword that is often both sharp and painful.  In the following paragraphs, I will attempt to demystify the boards, how they work and how they are used. Read more>>


Windows & .Net Magazine Changes Title to Windows IT Pro Magazine. Windows IT Pro Magazine Group Publisher, Kim Paulsen, writes a letter to IT Pros. Read more>>


Register for the Free Microsoft Security Newsletter. Available in text and HTML formats, the newsletter is a convenient way for you to stay up-to-date... read more>>