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Attend Procurveâ??s Presentation “Successfully Playing the Network Security Game” at the 2008 Government & Health Technologies Conference and Expo

2008 – Toronto, Canada – ProCurve Networking by HP will deliver a presentation on “Successfully Playing the Network Security Game: Combining the Offense and the Defense” at the 2008 Government and Health Technologies Conference and Expo.

Building a secure network is no game to consider lightly. The age of innocence is over. Technologies, as well as those using them, have become more savvy, more intricate and at times, more dangerous. Enterprise networks, which act as the gateway and hotbed for both intentional and unintentional harm, are increasingly vulnerable. Downtime is no longer an inconvenience, but a costly and debilitating specter.

One successful strategy for building a secure network is to play both the security offense and security defense at the same time by combining the offense and defense into a single coordinated security strategy.

This session will offer direction for playing and winning against the complexities of secure network operations. It will identify trends in secure technologies that will enhance your network with the utmost protection in todayâ??s business and technology environment.

To register for Early-Bird Passes please visit http://gov.wowgao.com/registration OR call (416) 292-0038 Ext. 812.

About ProCurve Networking by HP

The ProCurve Networking business unit of HP delivers wired and wireless enterprise networking products, services and solutions. The foundation for ProCurveâ??s business model is the Adaptive Networks strategy in which networks are adaptive to users, applications and an organizationâ??s needs.

About the 2008 Government and Health Technologies Conference & Expo:

The 2008 Government and Health Technologies Conference and Expo will focus on the latest IT products and solutions being developed and sought after in the healthcare and public service sector, including Web 2.0, Patient Monitoring Systems, Document Management, Business Intelligence, Mobile Data Systems, RFID Solutions, Biometrics and much more.

As one of Canada’s leading annual IT conference and exposition, the event features ground breaking IT applications that aim to educate key IT professionals, Government officials, developers, architects, engineers and medical professionals with the necessary tools and techniques for the reliable, effective management of all public information services across Canada. For more information about the event, please visit http://gov.wowgao.com

About WowGao Inc.

WowGao Inc. is an award winning leading event management company that produces, since 2003, internationally renowned conferences and expositions that address the latest innovations and developments in the information technology industry. Our featured events include:

Government & Health Technologies Conference and Expo, April 15 & 16, 2008

Wireless & Mobile Expo and Conference, July 15 & 16, 2008

RFID Forum, July 15 & 16, 2008

Financial Services Technology Forum, October 2008

For more information about the events, please visit http://www.wowgao.com/

For conference inquiries:

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Is your Network Marketing training helping you create the success you hoped for? Are you generating your own leads? Do you have a web presence?

These are questions you must answer yes to if you want to create a successful home business in the internet age. It is an unfortunate that most network marketers are still being taught old school techniques and are failing in their home business.

First of all, let me begin by saying I have been marketing on the Internet since 1995 and own over 4,400 websites and several online businesses. When I joined my first Network Marketing company I was one of the many that had a sponsor that was teaching old school techniques. I figured she is the expert, so I started listening to her instructions. I was calling friends and family and my wife was inviting strangers over for parties. I spent time and money buying third party leads and cold calling complete strangers. But, something did not feel right in my mind.

One day I told my wife enough is enough!! This is not working and quite frankly, if this is how we are going to run our business I am out! I also told her, I am an Internet Marketer and earn a good living doing it. I need to integrate Network Marketing with what I already know and start building our business through the Internet.

I Was Told By My Upline…. “Do Not Reinvent The Wheel!”

When I told my upline of my plans, they told me. “The system we have in place works and you just need to work harder.” I was also told I should not try to reinvent the wheel! Thank god, I did not listen to them!

The new problem! How do I combine what I know on the Internet with network marketing and make it work?

I started searching for information on google and it was pleased to find that there were many new age network marketers using the internet and finding great success. I purchased dozens of training programs and started learning how to build my business using the internet as my primary marketing tool.

The rest is history! I became an expert, branded myself and started building my home business around me instead of my MLM. The information I received helped me become a successful internet marketer.

The first and most important thing you must understand!

YOU are your business! You need to start by marketing YOU to your prospects. After all, it is a well known fact among top network marketing leaders that people join because of YOU, not the company or the product. People join YOU because you offer them a solution to their problem. They join YOU because they believe YOU can help them become successful.

There are some very powerful training programs out there and I created a website with reviews of the ones that I have purchased and found to be the best available.

MLM Training Reviews is a great resource to find information you will need to turn your home business around. Just click on the link I have provided below in my resource section and read through the reviews I have provided. It is simple you have 2 choices. You can continue to listen to your upline and keep doing what you are doing or you can take control of your home business and learn the techniques you must have to be successful in the internet age.

Over the past 10 years the network marketing industry has gone through some major changes. Before the internet mlm leaders and trainers were using methods that at the time were considered effective and efficient. Many of these mlm training methods are still being used and it is making it difficult for new home business owners to create a successful business working from home.

Internet Network Marketing Is The Future!

The internet has changed everything! A simple google search can give people instant access to positive reviews, company information, and any negative information about the home business opportunity. A company can instantly become famous or go under based on information posted on the internet.

Network Marketing Distributors now have instant access to tools, marketing systems, team leaders, training, reviews, and above all, interested prospects.

The competition is heavy and people searching for a home business network marketing opportunity can become frustrated with all the latest greatest sales hype out there.

How can you rise above the hype, lies and poor training and become a successful network marketer?

It’s simple… Join the New Direction Network Marketing generation and start marketing yourself instead of your company or product.

Remember, as a network marketer you have no control or ownership of the company you represent. You do not own your up line or your down line. You are basically a 100% commissioned sales rep.

If you are one of the many network marketers that is currently being trained with old outdated methods such as cold calling leads, the 3 foot rule, harassing friends and family or name list building, it is time to take matters into your own hands and start taking advantage of the free network marketing training programs out on the internet.

You are your business!

While you search for free internet MLM training websites you must first understand that the most important aspect to your home business is YOU. You need to start by marketing YOU to your prospects. After all, it is a well known fact among top network marketing leaders that people join because of YOU, not the company or the product. People join YOU, because you offer them a solution to their problem. They join YOU because they believe YOU can help them become successful.

When you can understand this very simple principle and begin marketing yourself to prospects you are on your way to being successful and recruiting more distributors to your MLM. If you continue to push your company and product and build no value into yourself it will continue to be a uphill climb.

Working from home in the network marketing industry is one of the fastest growing areas as more people are searching for a replacement or supplement to their current job. It is very competitive and in order to be successful you must stand out. Stop pushing the company sales pitch, learn how to generate your own leads, and above all, start marketing yourself to interested prospects.

Focus the next several months on researching all the free mlm training programs available on the internet. Upgrade your knowledge base and start marketing yourself as a problem solver and you will see an increase in your down line sign ups. Learn the new techniques and become an expert at something. Experts write articles, create blogs, put up YouTube videos and than teach others how to do it. There has never been a better time in history to start a home business in network marketing. What you make of it is totally up to you!

When I was in Malaysia conducting many hotel presentations for my home business with a network marketing company, I received many similar questions about “What is your killer product?”. Not products that can kill you, of course. What they meant was, show them a product that would cure cancer, for example, such that every cancer patient in the world would be lined up at their doorstep, willing to pay every penny they own in return.

I don’t have such products and believe there is no such a magic pill at the moment. However, I have very high quality degenerative disease prevention products.

People who want financial freedom spend their time endlessly researching various opportunities, companies, products and the compensation plans. While this is important, it is done in an incorrect order.

If you want to guarantee your success with USANA, Manatech, Herbalife, Agel, Xango, Synergy or any other network marketing company, there are only three essential factors to consider, each in its correct order.

Factor # 1: Make A Decision To Commit

Whether or not you have drive and desire will primarily decide your success.

You need to commit for the long term in building a network marketing business. Understanding that network marketing is a business model designed to accrue value and net worth over time is important.

Our bookshops are filled with books by the richest, most influential and successful people of our time teaching you how to get rich. Believe me, all of them have invested in themselves and made sacrifices to get to where they are today. They don’t mention it because either they forgot all about it for it has happened some time ago or they think that it is just common knowledge. If you’ve studied any successful entrepreneur, you’ll see that they worked harder than anyone. Regardless of what anyone tells you or what you believe, you’ll have to do the same. There are no hand-outs.

That doesn’t mean you won’t make a substantial amount of money in a short period of time. You can very well do that.

Then, why is it that most people continue to be slaves for money working 70 hours per week?

Do you know that most of us were conditioned to believe that if we went to school and got an education, we would get a job in our chosen field, work for 40 years, climb the ladder of success, and then retire in comfort? How nice?

Unfortunately, that is not how it usually works out nowadays. So, you better be the first to start in your generation so that you can either share or leave this legacy to your kids. You can lead them to a better position to look after themselves and their future families.

On the other hand, there is no such thing as a ‘get rich quick’ scheme or rewards without effort. If you come across one, it is most likely a scam. At the minimum, you still need to play a part in bringing your customers to the pool and they must purchase something in order for you to earn the money. This is just a fact of life. Revenue is generated when a sale is made and you get commission based on sales.

Are you looking for a hand out in your network marketing business? Deep down inside, are you hoping someone or some system will do all the work for you? If you are, then let me save you loads of time and money and plead with you not to start a network marketing business.

Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking network marketing is a get rich quick program. It is not. It takes time to build up a passive residual income.

More than any other business, network marketing is a relationship business. Therefore, we are working with people all the time. People are unpredictable. We don’t know who will put in effort and duplicate and who will not. This is why most companies talk about network marketing as a numbers game. You have to recruit enough people until you have some coachable business builders who will expand your business.

Does this sound like get rich quick scheme?

Thus, building a stable residual income stream takes time, consistence, persistence and patience to enjoy the time and financial freedom you are seeking. You are in for long haul.

That is why your ‘WHY’ is so important. How bad do you want this? Why do you want it?

Too many people join my team saying “I’ll give USANA a go”. I have learnt to turn these bad eggs down because they are wasting my time which I can never gain back.

Do yourself a favor. If you’re planning to just try network marketing, you may as well not start. Also,in this business it takes the tenacity and professionalism to earn the six figure income. You have already decided the outcome by having little faith in yourself and unwilling to put all the time you got left to learn the business. Mind you most people lack of self-confidence when they start but because of their ‘Why’ which gives them the determination to learn to move forward.

Do you know your ‘WHY’? You must expect success. Make a decision that financial freedom is something you deserve and you will do whatever it takes to get it. Whatever skills you lack, you’re going to learn and each time you fall you’ll try again.

Factor # 2:

Partner Up With The Best Leadership and Marketing Team

If you have integrity, you will commit to your dream. But how will you get there?

Honestly, this is not a million dollar question. Lots of people have come through successful. The formula is well-known but the ways to apply the formula can vary.

There is no point going to Uncle Bob who works hard all his life to ask for advice on how to get rich. He doesn’t know the formula. If he did, he would be financially free too.

Warren Buffet and Randy Gage who are both very successful people in their arena, said “Never ask for financial advice from broke people”. Personally I think it is an excellent piece of advice.

You need to find a team of network marketers who have achieved financial freedom for themselves and learn their ways of the success formula. So partner up with someone successful who has the result you want.

It is leadership and marketing that sell products and build down lines. Thus, it is important to ensure that there is a simple system in place that gets you earning money early on. Be careful here, many leaders use the company business development system alone with their new associates. Their system consists of contracting everyone you know and when you finish talking to them, they encourage you to buy cold leads at $5-$20 a lead, pass out flyers, advertise on local newspapers, hang signposts, do mailbox drops, etc.

These methods can work but they are costly and time consuming. Most new associates spend themselves out of business before they could learn new skills. But hey, if that is something you want to do, its alright.

Otherwise, make sure you ask the leader what kind of system they have in place to generate leads and what it will cost you. I highly recommend joining a team that is internet savvy and uses both the traditional and internet-based marketing models to generate leads.

Factor # 3: Choose the Right Company

Notice this is the least important factor. You could have an excellent product, the best compensation plan, the cheapest startup cost, no monthly volume requirements and etc but if you don’t work with a team who know how to market, you will have to learn on your own.

Let’s face it, working from home takes discipline. It takes getting off your butt and taking action even if you don’t earn a paycheck today. It takes seeing the bigger vision of where you are heading and having faith to stay the course. It is pretty hard to work on your own especially most compensation plans in network marketing work best with team effort. Not only that, your willpower as an entrepreneur in the beginning may not withstand many challenges that you are going to face in any business. Hence, you do need team support and proven strategic marketing plan to execute.

When considering a company to partner with, remember the money you make comes from sales commissions until you attain a certain membership title level.Then you are entitled to receive leadership bonuses in addition to your sales commissions. Until that time comes, focus on how attainable you are able to make sales and not waste your effort down the track.

There are hundreds of network marketing companies out there. How do you separate a winning network marketing company from the rest?

Here are a few tips to help you judge opportunities and choose the right network marketing business for you.

Financial stability:

You should look for a financially stable network marketing company that has been in business for at least five years. Network marketing companies, like all new companies, have a high business failure rate in the first couple of years of operation. If they are still in business after five years, chances are they will be in business for a long time to come.

One way to be more certain of a network marketing company’s financial situation is to select a publicly traded company. They have to disclose their financial details to their national regulatory authority on a regular basis. You’ll be able to review their financial statements and quarterly earnings reports so that you can judge their financial stability. Remember, if you are going to get paid, the network marketing company needs to be solvent!

The right product or service:

What kind of products or services is the network marketing company offering? To successfully sell a product it needs to have its own unique selling point and be something that you would use and believe in. For example, there’s no point in joining a networking marketing company which specializes in car products and you are not interested in those products.

Make sure that the products and services offered are something that a large proportion of the public needs or will want to purchase repeatedly month in and month out. For you to earn money there must to be a good ongoing market in a growing industry for your product. The best products are those that are consumed or used up, because they generate repeat sales. Ensure that similar items are not available in retail stores. There’s no strong reason for anyone to buy products from a network marketing company if they aren’t unique or better in some way.

The right marketing system:

Examine the network marketing company’s marketing strategies. Do you have to sell items door-to-door? Does the network marketing company have high quality marketing materials that are good value for money? Are you permitted to generate leads through internet marketing?

Some network marketing businesses have developed a system and tools you can use to generate sales. These can include simple ads, catalogues and the internet. They’re far more time efficient and less draining than the hard slog of door knocking, or contacting every acquaintance in your address book.

In summary, if you have the discipline to grow, learn, and not quit, you will succeed. Isn’t this true with anything else in life? No one is going to create success for you. No system is going to create success for you. You are the only one who can work with a system to create success in your life.

One of President Obama’s major initiatives will be to bring the US health care system into the 21st century.    Our lagging health care infrastructure has lead to massive medical inefficiency, high premiums to the average citizen and an overall ‘leaky faucet’ effect that is contributing to the pool of problems our economy faces.  The Obama administration has proposed a five year, near $100 billion dollar, initiative to fix our health care system through innovative new technology that includes creating electronic versions of all health records.

Although creating electronic health records is a huge step in ‘leveling up’ our health care system to meet modern day information technology standards, there is also the less celebrity concept of implementing high-tech network technology towards health care.    It will be one thing for doctors and patients to have access to medical data, and another for them to communicate that data.

From the Cisco System’s blog:

“Web 2.0 technologies are beginning to change the practice of medicine,” says Lynne A. Dunbrack, program director for Health Industry Insights a market research and advisory firm in Framingham, MA. “We now have a significant number of doctors who grew up with the Internet, and they want to use online collaboration technology to keep up with the relentless demands for ever-greater speed and efficiency.”

Medical communication technology still needs to catch up to the rest of the Web 2.0 technology , whether it be the ability for patients to easily browse a number of potential doctors or primary care facilities, or the functionality to allow a doctor to instantly access and update a patient’s records via their iphone.  Although medical technology has advanced in leaps and bounds as far as its primary purpose- diagnosing and repairing patients, it still needs to embrace a new wave of communication and network technology.

This may be a difficult task.  One barrier to the health care stimulus’ task of digitzing records is simply doctors and medical specialists are used to the old way of doing things.  It can be extremely difficult to fully transition from the paper to digital world because it is a 180 degree change in the every-day routine and process of the work.  The same goes for embracing new health care networking and communication technologies.

However, the advantages to utilizing these new technologies will far outweigh the hurdles of changing old ways.  Cutting-edge video conferencing can allow multiple specialists to collaborate and diagnose on a level never before possible.      ‘Medical-networking’ platforms can allow for patients to easily communicate with their doctor’s and nurses on a personal level, but prevent over-inundation of the available medical resources.

The first step to leveling up our health care system is for the medical community to change their mindset, and realize that any significant change for the good requires crossing a number of hurdles.  The second step is rewiring and revamping the hardware and network infrastructure of medical facilities across the country.  The barrier to entry here is the enormous cost and risk for both public institutions and private practices to make the digital leap of faith.  There are ways to soften this blow as well.

Large network providers, like Cisco Systems and Juniper networks, can aid public medical institutions by providing the necessary network hardware infrastructure in bulk.   Private practices are scared of technological change because it seems like a risk (and investment) that could set them back some years, or worse, sink their business.    However, some of the costs that private medical institutions and practices will incur can be lowered by purchasing used network hardware and computer equipment, such as a used router or refurbished server.

Although costly, if US medical institutions change their mindset and network infrastructure, it will put us well on our way to 21st century health care.