IT Infrastructure is constantly changing, bringing more new challenges with it every day. From ransomware and the latest security threats to emerging developments in AI and the need for increased bandwidth and storage, it’s nearly impossible to keep up to date. Our conference is designed to help. We’ve assembled a combination of Best-in-Breed hardware and software solutions, along with local experts and organizations to help educate, advise and connect you to resources that can help you meet your goals.
Covering Information Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Communications, and more, you’ll find presentations, panel discussions, and exhibitors covering a variety of topics, as well as the latest innovations and best practices.
November 5th, 2020
8:30am – 4:30pm
Virtual Conference
Multi-track seminars with Q&A
1-on-1 chat and networking
Hourly prize drawings
Presented by Eric Finch • Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Spokane
Presented by Veeam
Today’s applications and data sets are larger, more complex, distributed and interdependent than ever. While many have a disaster recovery plan in place, executing, testing and documenting these plans is often complex and cumbersome.
We'll also discuss:
Presented by Zerto
As IT application availability requirements continue to evolve, technology continues change to meet the new requirements. Join us as we discuss planning considerations for bringing your virtualized workloads into the next generation of IT resilience. You will learn about data center options to consider as part of your recovery strategy, business and technical trade-offs that will have to be made, capacity planning considerations, and testing approaches to that are possible that will optimize application up-time.
Presented by Fortinet
Controlling users and devices on today’s networks is challenging. Many types of users requiring different levels of access need an automated solution. Devices are sneaking onto networks without approval and require visibility and control. Learn how Zero-Trust Network Access solution addresses the issue of knowing who, what, where and when and controlling everyone and everything on and off the network.
Presented by Structured
When the facilities team at a healthcare organization in the Pacific Northwest announced to the IT team that they were undertaking a campus remodel project and they needed the on-prem data center for office space, the IT team quickly sprang into action to find a new home for their DR environment. From learning of this management decision, to performing a due diligence assessment of their ability to use a DRaaS solution, into an RFI and RFP process, and coming to agreement on a contract, this was one of the most rigorous evaluation projects the company has undertaken. This presentation will describe that journey of evaluation and discovery, including the rest of the story which describes the onboarding process and challenges faced along the way. Craig Rhodes is an experienced professional actively engaged with various clients providing Data Center and Program Management consulting services.
Presented by Silver Peak
As cloud adoption and SD-WAN innovation hastens, global enterprises are transforming how they build and secure wide area networks. Leveraging automation, enterprises can deploy, connect and secure hundreds of sites per week, a feat not possible with a traditional device-centric approach.
During this session, we'll discuss how the unification of SD-WAN, WAN optimization, routing and security in a single, centrally orchestrated platform:
Presented by INTERFACE Advisory Council
You were ready for a power outage. Cooling equipment has worked properly in your server room or data center. You had plenty of backup in the cloud and you felt good about your BC/DR plan, until a pandemic hit. The sudden shift to remote working for many industries forced rapid change for IT staffs to keep businesses functional. Some of these changes were temporary, while some longer lasting.
Join the INTERFACE-Spokane Advisory Council for a look at what lies ahead with remote working. How are you adjusting your security procedures? Do you know if your end-users will return to the office? The dreaded elephant in the room will be addressed as well – BUDGETS! What do you need? What is expected of your IT staff? You will get tips on what has worked and what still is a challenge in keeping your users active and ensuring your business is fully operational.
Presenters:
Laurel Caldwell • Director of ITS, Latah County, Idaho
Carol DeMuth • Programmer & Analyst, Spokane Regional Health District
Clint Hagen • Manager of Information Technology, NEW Health
Eric FinchChief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of SpokanePresented by Eric Finch • Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Spokane
This presentation looks at how to build a more sustainable remote work environment, now that COVID-19 has made an enduring part of the technology support landscape. Using examples and lessons learned from Spokane and other organizations, we'll give a quick look at the rapid expansion, evolving best practices for security and support, and what this means for technology and organizations going forward.
Eric Finch started as Chief Information & Technology Officer (CITO- a combined CIO/CTO position) for the City of Spokane, Washington in March 2015 and is chartered to bring a new level of integration and service partnership to the City with an increasing focus on citizen engagement and access to City services through Strategic Planning, Smart City, Open Data, Emergency Management, and other initiatives. In 2016 the department name “Information” was changed to “Innovation” to better represent the many varied service needs and strategic future focus of the department and role.
Mr. Finch transitioned from the U.S. Army in November 2014 as Chief Operating Officer responsible for planning and operations of a U.S. Army Division of over 12,000 personnel. This included a final tour to Afghanistan in 2013 where he was responsible for all operations for two provinces in southern Afghanistan. Mr. Finch is currently an active member of the California Army National Guard in State level Army Operations.
In his previous 25-year civilian technology career, Eric was an I.T. Director for a Fortune 500 financial company and principal for a small technology and management consulting firm for 12 years. His roles included providing strategic direction and tactical leadership for information technology and innovation in the public and private sectors. His private sector work included consulting on technology, economic development, and tax base development for hundreds of City and County government organizations.
Eric has a Master’s of Business from the University of Southern California (USC) and holds over a dozen technical, management, and FEMA emergency management certifications including Project Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Presented by Darktrace
Against a backdrop of escalating geopolitical tensions and an ever-evolving threat landscape, the risk of cyber-attacks to governments and the private sector alike has never been higher. Join Darktrace’s Director of Strategic Threat, Marcus Fowler, and Americas CISO, JR Tietsort to discuss this new era of cyber-threat and how Cyber AI can help defenders regain the upper hand.
This speaking session will include a Q&A with our experts, and explore:
Presented by Aruba & Structured
Have you been tasked with implementing Zero Trust Network Access but are unsure of how to go about it? Are you confused about how to achieve “minimum access”? Are you struggling with employing “continuous adaptive risk & trust assessment” on your network? If so, attend this session. Learn how to deploy an open, multi-vendor Enterprise security framework that gives security and IT teams an integrated way to gain visibility, control, and advanced threat defense. See how security prioritization and machine learning helps organizations leverage existing third-party solutions to better protect investments and implement proactive risk controls.
Presented by IVOXY Consulting & NetApp
Over the last year we have witnessed tremendous growth in the virtual desktop/virtual application segment, as a significant number of organizations began to work remotely. VDI has replaced traditional VPN technology, providing a faster, more seamless experience for the end-user, while reducing administrative overhead for their IT support team.
In this seminar Alec will catch you up on the latest advancements in virtual desktop technology, as well as dive into what's new in the virtual applications space. From rapid provisioning to self-service provisioning, we have you covered!
Presented by Check Point
The connected network is undergoing significant transformation! A proliferation of connected Smart IOT devices for (in)security cameras, building management, Audio/Video Systems, Printers, Badge Readers and Access Points are just some of the IOT devices on all of our networks. Let alone the industry specific connected devices across manufacturing, healthcare, SCADA and other verticals which have their own alphabet soup of IOT and MOT assets. The Intelligent network must be able to identify, classify and integrate with the networks, security controls and data center deployments to securely allow the whitelisted application flows, while blocking unauthorized and malicious traffic. This challenge is amplified in that many of the applications which used to live inside of our physical data centers have migrated to the cloud or Software as a Service offerings requiring Smart IOT devices needing access to internet and cloud resources. Without proper security controls in place, IOT devices can and will be an entry point of malware infection and breach of our computer networks. Tools do exist allowing for dynamic profiling and monitoring of our physical and virtual network giving visibility and access controls back into the hands of IT. In this Session you will learn strategies & best practices for actively monitoring and enforcing dynamic access controls on the network with automated integrations across network & security controls.
Presented by Tonaquint Data Center
Carl Wilkins, Director of Cloud Operations for Tonaquint Data Centers provides a Top 10 list of things you can do to mitigate the risk of Ransomware affecting you. Topics will include how to protect your data, how to protect your systems and infrastructure, and situations to be aware of that might indicate the presence of Ransomware in your environment.
Presented by Clumio & Structured
Customers have a cloud-first mandate and SaaS is the easy button. Backup-as-a-Service is the easy button for Data Protection. To get to the cloud, you need seamless migration and a solid data protection strategy. In this session, we'll talk about the challenges with current data protection approaches and why they can't be used to protect your data in the cloud. You'll learn how SaaS data protection that is built for the cloud replaces the cost and limitations of existing solutions helps customers overcome those challenges. With one agile, scalable and simple service, you can protect multiple datasources across clouds- on-premises, public cloud and SaaS.
Advisor-approved content is the foundation upon which INTERFACE was developed. Each conference is guided by an Advisory Council of IT executives and senior managers. Advisor members represent both private and public sector organizations. The council contributes its insight into proposed educational topics and recommends local exhibitors and associations for participation.
Kevin Bleek
Director, Information Technology
Sunshine Health Facilities, Inc.
Rob Brewer
Workstation Support Supervisor
WSDOT
Dan Brown
Systems and Security Administrator
Washington State University
Laurel Caldwell
Director, ITS
Latah County
Ben Calvert
Manager, Information Technology
Wagstaff, Inc.
Ken Clegg
Director, Information Security
Ministry Brands
Ian Cornwall
Director, Information Technology
METER Group Inc USA
James Davidson
Chief Information Officer
Ferry County Health
Carol DeMuth
Programmer & Analyst
Spokane Regional Health District
Michael Dutcher
Manager, Information Technology
Columbia Basin Hospital
Jesse Flowers
Director, Information Systems
City of Moscow
Shane Fuller
Manager, Data Center & Network Operations
Community Colleges of Spokane
Clint Hagen
Manager, Information Technology
NEW Health Programs
Pete Hansen
Chief, Information Technology
Fairchild Air Force Base
Jerry Hindberg
Associate Dirextor, Network & Cybersecurity
Lewis-Clark State College
Bryant Kyger
Manager, Information Technology
Community Health of Central Washington
Frank Larson
Director, Information Technology
Allied Fire & Security
Jason Minton
Director, IT & Systems Assets
Washington State University, Spokane
Alan Nelson
Director of Operations
AssuriCare
Dave Nevala
Director, Information Technology
Lukins Annis PS
Sarah Rosman
Manager, IT Security & Tech Services
Labcorp of America Holdings
Joe Sams
Manager, Information Systems
Teck American Incorporated
Steve Simmons
Director, Center for Network Computing
Eastern Washington University
Justin Smith
Associate VP & Systems Administrator
Wheatland Bank
Derek Southerly
Manager, Global IT Operations
Harman International
Cory Staheli
Chief Information Officer
Trans-system, Inc
Duane Swizer
SVP Chief Technology Officer
Columbia Bank
Troy Wunderlich
VP & Director, Risk Management
Washington Trust Bank
Kitt Zimmerman
Chief Information Officer
Wheatland Bank
Participating exhibitors at INTERFACE achieve a greater return on their investment from this series of IT events than any other face-to-face medium available today. This success is achieved through a time-efficient and cost-effective presence for a pre-qualified audience. This simple formula leads to higher levels of business development opportunity at each event.
