Windows Vista and MS Office 2007 have recently become available to the general public. As a matter of fact, if you buy a new computer chances are 100% that by the time you read this it will come with a version of Vista pre-installed. Do you want to know more about these new products? If the answer is yes, come to our April General Meeting and hear all about it from Jay Ferron.

Vista has created a stir in the industry with its new Aero graphic interface, upgraded hardware requirements and major internal changes to improve security, among other enhancements. Learn about the new features and new versions, migration tools and integrated backup capability. Gain an understanding of what it can do for you and if you should install it on your current hardware now or in the future. Or perhaps just wait until it comes pre-installed on a new computer purchase.

Microsoft Office 2007 also has a number of new features about which you may want to know, including its new ribbon interface which replaces the menus you are used to.

If you have been reading about these products, you will find there are many divergent opinions as to whether Vista and Office provide enough benefits or if their annoyances should keep you on your current software. Although everyone will ultimately have to upgrade, is waiting the more prudent decision?

The press has been working overtime both praising and damning it. Since you can’t avoid it, you might as well learn as much as you can about it.

Our speaker for the night will be Jay Ferron, a current member of the Board of Directors of APCUG (Association of Personal Computer User Groups). He also has the following certifications: ADSP, CCDA, CCNA, CISM, CISSP, MCP, MCDBA. MCSE, MCT, NSA – IAM, RWMT, TCI. Jay is CIO, for Interactive Security Training, LLC , and works on various projects that include security and training and Windows and Unix network infrastructures. His customers include Microsoft, banks, government agencies, health agencies and providers.

As a speaker, Jay has presented at APCUG, Comdex, Tech Forum Managers meetings, Future Forum 2000, ISPCON, Corporate Advisory Board, CTEXPO, Web Developer conference, and many computer user groups. Jay travels the around the world teaching and training users of computer technologies.

Jay is currently a Board Advisor of The PC Users Group of Connecticut and board member of the CT– Information Systems Audit and Control Association. He is also an ex-President of several user groups.

Bring your questions and learn more about the new versions of both Microsoft Vista and Office. Drag along your friends, who will thank you for the opportunity.

Don’t miss this opportunity.

DACS meetings are held at the Danbury Hospital auditorium. Activities begin at 6:30 p.m. with registration and casual networking. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. with a general question and answer period (Ask DACS) and a discussion of what’s new in technology followed by a short break. The featured evening presentation begins at 8:00.

As a reminder, our General Meetings are free and open to the public so invite anyone you know who would be interested in this topic.