Date of Event: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Join RKON and Citrix for “From Wow to How,” with all new content that dives into the how of virtual desktop delivery, networking, and the Cloud. Afterwards, join us for a private event featuring the movie “Captain America: The First Avenger,” the day before its official release!
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Thursday, July 21
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT
Agenda:
8:00 – 9:00am—Registration & Networking
9:00 – 9:15am—Welcome
9:15 – 10:00am—From Wow to How 2: Virtual Desktops, Networking & the Cloud
10:00 – 10:45am—Q&A with virtual computing experts & peers
10:45 – 11:00am—Break & Boxed Lunch Pickup
11:00 – 1:00am—Captain America: The First Avenger
Location:
AMC Loews Theatres – Streets of Woodfield 20
601 N Martingale Rd | Ste 105
Schaumburg IL 60173-5909
Date of Event: Thursday, July 14, 2011
RKON is partnering with Check Point to participate in Chicago Fire Fighters 5K Run and 5K Walk for Kids on Thursday, July 14. The run and walk kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at Soldier Field, Stadium Green and is followed by food, music, and fun at the finish line. All funds from the event support foundations and organizations dedicated to helping children burn victims, click here to learn more.
RKON clients and friends are welcome to join. If you are interested in participating, contact Lindsay at RKON (lambrose@rkon.com or 312-654-0300) to register and complete the waiver form.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Experience Chicago by boat with an architectural tour, boat drinks, food, and an opportunity to discuss technology with one of RKON’s partners—Websense, Rapid7, eIQ Networks, or PaloAlto/Computerlinks—all while enjoying a relaxing ride along Chicago’s lakefront and river. RKON is hosting clients and prospects to day rides on Thursdays and Fridays and night rides on Wednesdays (to see the fireworks) on various dates this summer. The pick-up and drop-off location is River City Marina at 800 S. Wells street.
Dates are filling up fast. To learn more or to schedule an outing for your team, contact your RKON sales representative or contact solutions@rkon.com or 312-654-0300.

Date of Event: Friday, July 29, 2011
Register now for an interactive lunch and learn at RKON Labs on Friday, July 29. See how you can enhance visibility and control over data and Web 2.0 tools and improve Identity Awareness, Data Loss Prevention, and Mobile Access.
Register to attend.
You will learn:
- What is 3D Security
- How to leverage Web 2.0 tools without jeopardizing security
- How to enable Check Point blades to evaluate new functionality
- How can IPS, DLP, Application Awareness, and User Identity functionality add more value to your business
- How can SmartEvent help you to quickly pinpoint network and security issues in your network
- How to use SmartReporter to generate reports for network trending and management overview
Lab Location:
RKON Lab
820 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 550
Chicago, IL 60607
To register or for more information, contact Lindsay Ambrose (lambrose@rkon.com or 312-654-0300).
Friday, June 17, 2011
RKON has enabled many IT departments to refocus on adding value to the business while we supply the on-demand computing platform. Click on the link below to watch a quick, 3-minute video about our capabilities.
Contact us today to up a quick call with one of our engineers to see if our cloud solution is a good fit for you.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011
At Citrix Synergy 2011 in San Francisco, RKON Practice Director Cameron Christo presented with Citrix Netscaler Senior Product Manager Marissa Schmidt about What’s new in NetScaler MPX and VPX. Click here to see the presentation.
Overview
The industry-standard solution for providing load-balancing functionality has become the application delivery controller, or ADC. Besides load balancing, ADCs provide increased application availability, security, performance and visibility. Citrix NetScaler has led the industry with breakthrough performance, integrated security and more recently virtual appliance options. Come find out the latest advancements in ADCs and what NetScaler application delivery networking can do for your application, desktop and server infrastructure. Learn more about RKON’s Citrix practice.

RKON presents with Citrix at Synergy 2011