Making school networks safe and secure protects your students, faculty, and staff. As our schools add new devices to the network, making it more complex, it is harder to manage and control.

Join us on February 14th at 2pm EST to learn more about how to:

• Protect your IT infrastructure
• Comply with data protection laws like FERPA
• Implement data protection best practices
• Make IT management simple

Register today and be entered to win an iPad! The winner will be announced at the end of the webinar.

The WhatsUp Gold team is now proud to celebrate the launch of its own authorized and certified hands-on training.  Built and delivered by the people that know WhatsUp Gold best, training is being offered at a special discount for a limited time only as part of the special launch! To receive the discount, simply enter the Coupon Code: TRAIN20 at purchase and receive 20% off our new and improved training. 

With this special training you will receive access to your own cloud-hosted network of devices for hands-on lab exercises as well as state of the art facilities for regional classroom training in every major metro area.  But most importantly – you will have access to the brand new training curriculum built specifically from creators of WhatsUp Gold.  Training is offered in three different ways: Online (WebEx), Onsite at your Office or in an Open Regional Class Room.

This hands-on training is the perfect chance to make the most of your WhatsUp Gold license – and by signing up now you can take advantage of the 20% off promotion! Coupon Code: TRAIN20

To learn more, register, or for class information you can:

1. Visit our website.
2. Contact your preferred reseller partner.
3. Contact our Sales Team directly at (781) 676-5736.

Sign up for a hands-on training session today and find out how to make the most of your WhatsUp Gold license! But you must purchase training by February 29th to take advantage of the 20% off promotion! Class dates are subject to change and seating is limited.

Are you at the CiscoLive Show, January 30th – February 3rd, in London? We are! Come check us out at Booth #E64 and see what we’ve got in store this year:

• Be one of the first 200 people to stop by the booth and get a WhatsUp Gold aluminum water bottle
• Have any questions? Register for a “Meet the NMD Experts” session with one of our gurus. Take advantage of free time in your schedule and use this opportunity to meet with one of our experts and discuss questions, challenges, our product roadmap, or anything else on your mind. Email us to sign up for a session today or stop by the booth!
• Stop by the booth to check out the latest version of WhatsUp Gold! WhatsUp Gold v15 has a completely redesigned web interface which allows you to see deeper than ever before.

Hope to see you all there!

In the final installments of WCBS’s CEO Radio’s Ray Hoffman’s interview with the CEO & Founder of Ipswitch, Inc., Roger Greene,  the following topics are discussed:

Part 10: A Company That Gives As Good As It Gets

• Ipswitch donates 5% of company profits before taxes to charity. If Apple did this, it would have donated more than $2 billion.

Part 11: The Power of Good Deeds

• Ipswitch Network Management Division has the “Twenty4Twenty” program in which every employee in the division must complete 20 hours of community service within the year.

Part 12: It’s Been A Good Last Few Years for Ipswitch

• Since 2007 (at the beginning of the recession), Ipswitch’s earnings nearly doubled and revenues increased 42%.

Part 13: An Affinity For Birthday Celebrations

• For Ipswitch’s 10th birthday all employees went on a cruise and for the 20th birthday all employees and their families went to Palm Beach for a 3-day weekend.

To listen to these installments, or if you missed parts 1-9, click here!

In the eighth installment of the series of interviews with Roger Greene, CEO & founder of Ipswitch Inc., Hoffman and Greene discuss how you can usually learn a lot about a company from its mission statement.  For instance, the mission statement of Ipswitch talks about developing innovative IT software, which is easy to learn and use.  “That is the essence of what makes a good software company I think,” says Greene.  Greene also highlights how really good communication and process are necessary for success and resources must be allocated appropriately despite the extensive time, thought, and effort this task might take.  

To listen to Part 8 of this series, or Parts 1 – 7, click here!

In the 6^th installment of the series of interviews with Roger Greene, CEO & founder of Ipswitch Inc., Ray Hoffman discusses how over the years of conducting many interviews, he has learned that many successful entrepreneurs started their companies when times were tough.  When Roger Greene founded Ipswitch in 1991, Hoffman notes how this not a great year to start a company, considering the downturn in commercial real estate.  Greene, however, achieved successful by taking it slowly.  His personal nature in combination with the state of the economy influenced his slow pace and his decision to wait for positive feedback before scaling up.

To listen to this installment, and Parts 1-5, click here!

In the 5th installment of this series, Roger Greene, CEO & Founder of Ipswitch, Inc., discusses that before his founding of Ipswitch in 1991, Roger Greene worked for a pioneering software company, FTP Software, where he was able to witness first-hand the dramatic changes that resulted from the development of the internet.  Before this development, Greene talks about how dial up phone lines were used to check emails every hour or so.  Greene discusses with Hoffman how the internet’s early childhood was a “magic time” due to the ability to send and receive emails from PC to PC much more quickly.  “The magic of being able to send and receive email on your PC was something that gave people a visceral satisfaction” says Greene. 

To listen to this radio broadcast, click here.

Missed Parts 1-4? No problem, you can find them here.

Part 4: Preparing For Technology Of Today

In “Part 4: Preparing for Technology of Today,” Roger Greene discusses how the courses he took years ago still have helped prepared him for the technology of today.  Greene notes how the courses he took in business school were beneficial because they focused on learning many different computer languages and this type of learning is general enough that as technology has changed, he is still able to talk about it with people today. 

Listen to Part 4!

Haven’t listened to Part 1, 2, or 3? Listen now.

Part 3: The Importance Of Business School Training

In Part 3, Greene discusses his decision to leave his job as a computer programmer and pursue a graduate degree in business.  By attending business school, he took advantage of the opportunity to talk to experts and learn as much information as possible in order to use this knowledge to start his own company.  After a few years, he founded Ipswitch, Inc. and was able to avoid many common business problems by putting to use the experience and knowledge he gained in graduate business school. 

Listen to Part 3!

Missed Part 1 and Part 2? Listen to them now.

Congratulations to David Jones from Logica UK for winning the CiscoLive London contest!

This contest called for participants to tell the WhatsUp Gold team why he or she wanted to go to CiscoLive London. In addition, bonus entries were given to those that “followed” WhatsUp Gold on Twitter and “liked” WhatsUp Gold on Facebook.

As a result of winning, David Jones will be receiving a full conference pass (£1,795 value) to the CiscoLive London show and a travel and hotel voucher for up to $1,000 USD. Congratulations David!

Thank you for all that participated in the contest and we hope to see you at CiscoLive London – January 30 – February 3, 2012.