BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:US/Central
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20130310T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:CDT
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20121104T010000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11
TZNAME:CST
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20130218T171634Z
UID:20C9ADAA-CB3F-1030-AD29-0050568D3657
DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20130221T160000
DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20130221T180000
DESCRIPTION:Tour of local data center\nThe Cedar Rapids Section of the IEEE
  invites members and guests to a tour of Involta's data center on Thursday
 \, February 21\, 2013. Tours will begin at 4:00 p.m. Later arrivals are we
 lcome. The last tour will begin at 6:00 p.m.\nImportant! Photo ID required
 .\nTo comply with the company's SSAE 16 procedures\, you must have a gover
 nment issued photo ID with you to tour an Involta facility.\nAbout Involta
 \nInvolta provides highly secure and reliable co-location\, cloud\, and ho
 sting services to a variety of businesses. In addition to the facility in 
 Marion\, Iowa that we will visit\, Involta operates data centers in Akron\
 , Boise\, Duluth\, and Tucson. We will begin our meeting in a conference r
 oom\, where our hosts will give us an overview of the company's history an
 d tell us how the company helps its clients. Our hosts will then take us i
 n small groups through the building to see the computers and the various m
 eans of protection that assure continuous service.\nDirections\nInvolta's 
 facility in Marion\, Iowa is located at 5055 REC Drive. The drive connects
  to Route 13 north of the intersection with Route 151. The facility is wes
 t of the Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative. It is the most westerly b
 uilding complex on the Rural Electric Cooperative road. There is no sign f
 or Involta on the highway or the building. There is a collection of dish a
 ntennae and diesel motor-generators near the building. [Here is a map.](ht
 tps://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=1005691987140702967
 30.000475ffdd4c44d14d50a&ll=42.05385\,-91.552033&spn=0.024154\,0.055661&t=
 h&z=15&layer=t)\n\nOur host\nPaul Neuhaus will be our host. Paul serves as
  Regional Sales Director for Involta\, LLC. He has been with the company f
 or 14 years. His primary responsibility is account management and new busi
 ness development for the Marion\, Iowa data center. Paul holds an Associat
 es of Applied Science Degree from DeVry University and has worked in the c
 ommunications industry since 1985 as an electronic technician and in sales
  (low voltage communication systems to include professional sound reinforc
 ement\, CCTV surveillance\, nurse call communications\, copper and fiber o
 ptic cabling systems\, computer networks\, IT consulting\, and data center
  colocation and managed services). Paul works with customers which range f
 rom 2 person start-ups to global Fortune 500 enterprises and all points in
  between. Those customers span vertical markets and include privately and 
 publicly owned firms.\n\nSpeaker(s): \, \, \, \, \, \n\nAgenda: \nTours of
  facility begin at 4 p.m. Late arrivals will be welcome. The last tour wil
 l begin at 6 p.m.\n\nForecasters have predicted bad weather for Thursday\,
  February 21. If bad weather arrives\, please call to make sure that we ar
 e still holding the event.\n\nBldg: Involta\, 5055 REC Drive\, Marion\, Io
 wa\, United States
LOCATION:Bldg: Involta\, 5055 REC Drive\, Marion\, Iowa\, United States
ORGANIZER:l.tabak@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Tour of Involta data center with Cedar Rapids Section of IEEE
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/17001
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h1>Tour of local data center</h1>\n\nThe Ced
 ar Rapids Section of the IEEE invites members and guests to a tour of Invo
 lta's data center on Thursday\, February 21\, 2013. Tours will begin at 4:
 00 p.m. Later arrivals are welcome. The last tour will begin at 6:00 p.m.\
 n\n<h2>Important! Photo ID required.</h2>\n\nTo comply with the company's 
 SSAE 16 procedures\, you must have a government issued photo ID with you t
 o tour an Involta facility.\n\n<h2>About Involta</h2>\n\nInvolta provides 
 highly secure and reliable co-location\, cloud\, and hosting services to a
  variety of businesses. In addition to the facility in Marion\, Iowa that 
 we will visit\, Involta operates data centers in Akron\, Boise\, Duluth\, 
 and Tucson. We will begin our meeting in a conference room\, where our hos
 ts will give us an overview of the company's history and tell us how the c
 ompany helps its clients. Our hosts will then take us in small groups thro
 ugh the building to see the computers and the various means of protection 
 that assure continuous service.\n\n<h2>Directions</h2>\n\nInvolta's facili
 ty in Marion\, Iowa is located at 5055 REC Drive. The drive connects to Ro
 ute 13 north of the intersection with Route 151. The facility is west of t
 he Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative. It is the most westerly buildin
 g complex on the Rural Electric Cooperative road. There is no sign for Inv
 olta on the highway or the building. There is a collection of dish antenna
 e and diesel motor-generators near the building.\n\n<a href="https://maps.
 google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=100569198714070296730.000475ff
 dd4c44d14d50a&ll=42.05385\,-91.552033&spn=0.024154\,0.055661&t=h&z=15&laye
 r=t">\nHere is a map.</a>\n\n<h2>Our host</h2>\n\nPaul Neuhaus will be our
  host. Paul serves as Regional Sales Director for Involta\, LLC. He has be
 en with the company for 14 years. His primary responsibility is account ma
 nagement and new business development for the Marion\, Iowa data center. P
 aul holds an Associates of Applied Science Degree from DeVry University an
 d has worked in the communications industry since 1985 as an electronic te
 chnician and in sales (low voltage communication systems to include profes
 sional sound reinforcement\, CCTV surveillance\, nurse call communications
 \, copper and fiber optic cabling systems\, computer networks\, IT consult
 ing\, and data center colocation and managed services). Paul works with cu
 stomers which range from 2 person start-ups to global Fortune 500 enterpri
 ses and all points in between. Those customers span vertical markets and i
 nclude privately and publicly owned firms.\n\n<br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p
 >\nTours of facility begin at 4 p.m. Late arrivals will be welcome. The la
 st tour will begin at 6 p.m. \n</p>\n\n<p>\nForecasters have predicted bad
  weather for Thursday\, February 21. \nIf bad weather arrives\, please cal
 l to make sure that we are still holding the event.\n</p>
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR