Room: 2
Presenter: Dennis DeLucas, IBM xSeries
Description:
This session will cover the IBM System X and BladeCenter portfolio with a focus on the impact of rapidly increasing processor performance. We will discuss the relationship of this trend to emerging hardware technologies such as converged networks and why scalable IBM X-architecture based systems are the right choice for maximizing ROI of virtualized and fit-for-purpose solutions.
Room: 5
Presenter: Ryan Naraine, Kaspersky
Description:
Windows computers are under siege from scareware programs. These malicious software threats masquerade as legitimate security and anti-virus software and then frighten and bully users into paying for them. They have emerged as the most prolific and fastest-growing threats facing PC users. In this presentation, Kaspersky security evangelist Ryan Naraine will explain how the scareware business works and how this threat fits into the large cybercrime ecosystem.
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Top 5 Skills an RPG Developer Needs To Know
Room: 4
Presenter: Derek McLaurin, Link Computer Corporation
Description:
RPG Lives! But you need to update your skills to move into the future of development. Learn the key RPG skills that will modernize your existing code, and learn what you should be doing to avoid becoming a relic.
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Business Intelligence Tools & Techniques
Room: 7
Presenter: Bruce Lane, Vertical Solutions
Description:
For many years Information Technology Systems were designed around the input user to make data entry simple and rapid. This approach created an environment where data was entered quickly but the ability to analyze, report and focus on important information was not easily accessible. This is why so many organizations now rely on the use of spreadsheets and auxiliary databases to have information that is useful for business decision making. Most of us would agree that these methods are time consuming and not very efficient use of our valuable time. This session will review methods and tools available to most organizations to rapidly and efficiently access important data.
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Session Initiation Protocol (SIP): How can this application help my business?
Today’s buildings consume half of the world’s energy. Lighting, elevators, HVAC, fire alarms, phones, computers, printers: all running at the same time, managed separately, out of sync, hogging energy and wasting millions in tax payer money. In the wake of a recession public entities are under more pressure than ever to slash waste and spend budgets to save. New focus on sustainability and “green” initiatives, such as the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED process, is motivating an emphasis on efficient resource utilization at all levels—energy, water, and space. Cisco provides the solution by unifying the various systems on to one simple, flexible, & scalable IP-Network where systems work collectively to optimize a building’s performance and maintain the “best possible” environment, continuously. It’s all made possible by Cisco Energywise (Best of INTEROP 2009, Green Award Winner) on a number of Catalyst switches and routers that monitors, measures, and controls the energy use of systems and devices throughout the enterprise. It is only part of a much larger and aggressive concept to establish role-based energy monitoring and management capabilities for Ethernet devices like IP phones, computers, printers and wireless endpoints---and extensible to virtually any network-enabled system such as lighting, HVAC and other facility-wide control devices. Join us to learn about Cisco EnergyWise and the exciting Connected Real Estate Portfolio as well as physical security, IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS), and Digital Media Signage from Cisco Experts.
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Financial Impact of Leasing for your Technology Acquisitions
Room: 3
Presenter: Bill Techman, DeLage Landen Financial Services
Description:
This session will address how you can use leasing to better manage your business more effectively. We will discuss the benefits of leasing from conserving capital, protecting against product obsolescence, to allowing you to structure payments to fit your budget.
DLL offers popular promotions such as 36 month, 0% lease structures to provide you with no cost financing for technology. Learn about the benefits of current tax legislation, Section 179, that allows you to write off the full amount of your lease payments and reduce your corporate income tax!
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Extreme Makeover iSeries Edition
Room: 4
Presenter: Tony Funari, Link Computer Corporation
Description:
Hear how MySQL and PHP have brought the power of open source applications to the Power i platform. See how your AS/400 has become an active player in the web development world. With ease of integration to your database and applications, you will be pleased with the latest and greatest makeover success.
Room: 2
Presenter: Bruce Moser, Link Computer Corporation
Description:
So you have a brand new website or are thinking of upgrading your current one, but are worried about it not benefiting your business? We will introduce you to industry proven tactics which can be utilized to drive traffic to your website, increasing your exposure and business. Everything from hosting informational or advertising videos on YouTube, employing search engine optimization, sending mailing lists, using email signatures, or even using employee blogging to get your name and message out there. In a world where anyone is able to set up a website you need to ensure that you are the first name to be seen and that someone thinks of. Please join us for a session on how to take advantage of the free services of the web.
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Continuous Data Migration and Complete High Availability to Ensure Your Critical Data is Protected and Available
Room: 5
Presenter: Rob Branson, Double Take
Description:
Managing IT workloads today is an expensive, complicated and inflexible proposition. Administrators have to purchase and learn new server, storage and virtualization platforms, migrate data, install and maintain workloads on disparate platforms - and all while managing business expectations and regulatory compliance.
In this training you will learn about new strategies and technologies that enable organizations to increase performance, reduce costs, and improve availability while addressing your disaster recovery needs. We will also discuss how Double-Take is providing new solutions which won't impact your production environment during migrations.
Please join us for this training hosted by Double-Take Software where we will review the challenges most organizations face today with existing backup, migration and recovery solutions. You'll hear a technical overview of how Double-Take Software's products can be used to replace a tape-only approach and improve your overall backup and disaster recovery plan.
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Backed up data: Asset or Liability? Best Practices for Securing Stored Data
Room: 8
Presenter: Robert Hammond, 10zig
Description:
In 2008 there were over 650 publicized security breaches affecting nearly 35.7 million individuals. Lost and stolen backup tapes contributed to a large number of these breaches. This session will examine different methods of encrypting stored data, outline best practices for protecting data, and explain multiple real-world scenarios in which storage encryption was used.
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Thermal and Power Considerations in the Data Center
Room: 3
Presenter: John Thompson, Chatsworth
Description:
We will discuss current Best Practices and considerations in data center design as it pertains to power, cooling and room layout. Furthermore, we will explain the method by which CPI deploys a passive cooling solution to maximize cooling eficiencies and reduce power consumption in the data center. Lastly, we will describe our power products offering which covers everything from basic, metered, monitored and controlled power distribution units (pdu's) to include a software platform by which you can control and track your power usage down to the outlet level.
Room: 4
Presenter: Pete Isaksson, looksoftware, Frank Zalisnock, Link Computer Corporation
Description:
Link and looksoftware have teamed up to offer products and services to put those green screens behind you without losing your investment. Together, Link and looksoftware provide dynamic application modernization and integration solutions for customers and application vendors. Our on-the-fly architecture automates the modernization process, requiring no changes to your back-end System i, AS/400, iSeries and System z applications.
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Doing More With Less- Should My Company Consider Managed Services?
Room: 5
Presenter: Chris Hansen, Vision Solutions
Description:
Vision Solutions, the leading experts in high availability and disaster recovery on IBM Power Systems, will be reviewing how to ensure non-stop, resilient business operations as well as protecting your critical data and recovering faster from planned and unplanned outages.
Room: 2
Presenter: Michelle Zenone, Link Computer Corporation
Description:
The Web Service Model lets you focus on your business rather than in your business. Here's an affordable, secure and low maintenance approach to website development, hosting and support. Another example of Link Web Solutions leading the way.
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM The First Cloud Operating System Built on the Industry's Leading Virtualization Platforms
Join us for this informative session showcasing the best platform for building cloud infrastructures using VMware vSphere 4.0 software and Cisco Nexus 1000V technology. At this showcase, you will learn how to transform your business by optimizing: - Efficiency: Maximize IT efficiency and decrease your costs per application by more than 50 percent - Control: Control availabiility, security, and scalability of service levels automatically - Choice: Deliver business services on demand, with your choice of hardware and operating system
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Barracuda Introduces 2 New Products. The Barracuda Backup Solutions and new Voip System
Room: 8
Presenter: John Vedrody, Barracuda
Description:
This presentation will review and demo the new Barracuda Backup Solution and the new CudaTel Communication Server which is a complete system with no per-user or per-feature fees, making it the most innovative and affordable system on the market. With automated phone deployment, Active Directory integration, and a simple Web-based user interface, the CudaTel Communication Server breaks all barriers on ease of use and deployment.
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Deliver IT as an On-Demand Service - Transform DataCenters into Delivery Centers
Room: 6
Presenter: Katie Lochrie, Citrix Systems
Description:
Citrix Delivery Center is a dynamic virtualization system that transforms applications and desktops into on-demand services that enable users to securely and productively work and play from anywhere. Citrix Delivery Center, composed of XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and NetScaler, virtualizes servers, desktops and applications, centralizes them in the datacenter and broadcasts them as an on-demand service. Citrix Delivery Center simplifies desktop and datacenter management for up to 50 percent lower operations costs
Room: 5
Presenter: Rick Womack, Xerox
Description:
The hidden gold mine. Managed Print Services can save up to 30% in the use and operation of printers, copiers and multi-function devices. Link Computer, in partnership with Xerox, has a proven process to help customers save money and provide a better utilization on their devices.
Room: 9
Presenter: Dan Quinlan and Bob Kenney, Cisco
Description:
Today there exists a unique opportunity for businesses. Customer and supplier relationships have never been so important, and businesses need tools to strengthen those relationships. It is a time to break down the barriers between people, places, systems, and technologies and transition to a truly collaborative environment that will provide a higher level of productivity. By "Transforming" your business processes you will have the competitive advantage that enables you to be more successful. To learn more about Business Transformation, Collaboration and what leading companies are doing to address this opportunity please attend this informative session. It's not about the technology, it's about how you want to work!
Room: 4
Presenter: Dean Woodke, IBM Systems Engineer
Description:
A recap of this year's announcements from IBM for the Power System and i for Business. We will overview IBM's ultimate server and its capabilities. Look how far we have come, imagine how far we can go.
The Cisco Payment Card Industry (PCI) Solution is designed to help you address PCI industry requirements by focusing on secure credit card processing and data management. Deploying this solution can help you build customer loyalty by ensuring that you're able to reliably protect cardholder data, for both your employees and customers alike, securely expand your network to add other technologies - such as wireless applications and devices, interactive kiosks, or unified communications - as and when you're ready and enjoy greater flexibility by giving you the freedom to assess and manage your system as needed.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fujitsu State of Tablet Computing
Room: 5
Presenter: Dan Repka, Fujitsu
Description:
Fujitsu will present its view of the tablet computing marketplace, how tablets might be used by your organization and why tablet computing increases the utility and effectiveness of mobile computing.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Precision Print, Precise Control
Room: 2
Presenter: Mike Phipps, InfoPrint
Description:
InfoPrint Solutions Company will present precision printing solutions that resonate with companies as they explore ways to increase revenue and lower costs. Automated Document Factory solutions that address common output management issues such as Intelligent Mail Barcode, Regulatory Compliance, Postal Optimization, Transpromotional Messaging and Output Integrity will be presented. We will show you how InfoPrint Solutions provides total integration with your existing assets and the "Best of Breed" components to deliver focused solutions that respond precisely to your requirements. Come see how InfoPrint Solutions Company puts it all together for you.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Real Vision Imaging - Turning PILES into FILES!
Room: 7
Presenter: Terry Brogan, Real Vision Software
Description:
How "findable" are your documents? How's that plan coming along that was supposed to eliminate all those file cabinets? RVI is a document imaging and report capture solution designed specifically for your System i. Your records are digitized for easy retrieval including secured access over the web. RVI can help you find it faster, manage it better and minimize your potential exposures.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Ergotron and Education: Doing More With Less
Room: 8
Presenter: Scott Gerstner, Symantec
Description:
Symantec Protection Suite creates a protected endpoint and messaging environment that is secure against today’s complex malware, data loss and spam threats, and is quickly recoverable in the event of failure. Reduce the cost of securing your environment and more effectively manage the inherent risks of today’s IT infrastructures with Symantec’s market-leading technologies.
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2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Is Your Recovery Plan a Disaster? Or a day at the beach?
Room: 11
Presenter: Mike Betcher, Link Computer Corporation
Description:
Business and data recovery are critical to the survival of your company. When a disaster strikes your building, your block, or just your computer; will you scramble for days and hope to live through it?
Join our iSeries and Network Services Team for an informative and dramatic presentation of how you can recover your critical business systems, and not cancel your vacation.
- Learn the additional benefits your organization can gain beyond recovery from a disaster. - Hear from customers that are already benefitting from strategic disaster recovery solutions!
Room: 3
Presenter: Joe Loffredo, Ingram Micro Technology Solutions Engineer, IBM Software
Description:
Are you tired of collaborating via email attachments, and never knowing if you have the latest version, or if you were included in the last round of an email? Do you spend a lot of time chasing down information because you're never sure who has it, or where it is? Are you sharing files with your customers via FTP, but want something more elegant, collaborative, and web 2.0 based? See what IBM Software's highly collaborative web based solution can do for you.
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Mobility & How To Select the Right PC
Room: 8
Presenter: Dell, Intel & Microsoft
Description:
Increased mobility dramatically changes the computing landscape. Security, durability, connectivity, remote support and new usage models call for different features, types, and management tools. Learn how selecting the right PC can drive short-term ROI and lower long-term total cost of ownership.
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Protect Your Virtual Environment with Double-Take and Hyper-V
Room: 4
Presenter: Rob Branson, Double Take Software
Description:
Managing IT Workloads today is an expensive, complicated and inflexible proposition. Purchasing and learning new server, storage and virtualization platforms, installing and maintaining workloads on disparate platforms, migrating workloads to right size your data center, all while managing business expectations and regulatory compliance. Virtualization is one of the fastest-growing technologies in mainstream Information Technology (IT) today. Market-leaders like Microsoft are pushing this growth by placing increasing focus on providing customers with the ability to consolidate servers and easily deploy development and test environments. The benefit of virtualization technologies such as these is clearly evident- they allow businesses to improve their IT efficiency while continuing to drive down costs. Join us for a seminar to learn how you can regain control of your data center with solutions for: Migrate to Hyper-V - P2V Migrations Mirror and replicate in real-time during work hours "Cut-over" to virtual within minutes Hyper-V Protection - Real-time replication and failover (High Availability and Disaster Recovery), Servers and Storage DO NOT have to match Hyper-V Backup and Recovery Solution - Continuous system protection, recovery of windows servers within a couple hours versus a lengthy and unreliable tape restore, reduce the cost and dependency on Tape. Please join us for this education seminar hosted by Double-Take Software where we will review the challenges most organizations face today with existing backup, migration and recovery solutions.
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Cabling for 802.11n Wireless Deployments
Room: 5
Presenter: Scott Thompson, Oberon
Description:
IEEE 802.11n is a proposed amendment to the IEEE 802.11 Standard. The IEEE 802.11n amendment defines a communication protocol and waveform to achieve unprecedented wireless data rates. Although the amendment is not presently ratified (ratification is anticipated within a year), most wireless vendors are selling products that are compliant with the 802.11n draft specification. This presentation covers the impact on new or existing cabling infrastructure when deploying higher speed wireless networks. Topics covered include data throughput rates, network design, Power over Ethernet (PoE), wireless coverage, antenna placement, applicable TIA standards, and other considerations
Room: 9
Presenter: Don Coulter, Cisco
Description:
Cisco technology can help you evolve to an intelligent network that fully integrates and optimizes the networked infrastructure, interactive services, and applications across your entire business, from data center to campus, MAN, WAN, branch and teleworker locations. Join this session to learn how Cisco's borderless network can provide tangible benefits for any business such as improving operational efficiency and customer responsiveness, as well as providing energy efficient solutions through Energywise.
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM IBM Storage Offerings and Overview
This session will review the current product suite of storage and network offerings from IBM in relation to current IT needs, touch on new technologies which are emergent and how to prepare your IT for the future.
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