Backups to the Cloud: Our Journey to Move Beyond Tape

  Presented by Commvault

Learn how Portland State University ditched tape and took advantage of cloud storage to improve the geographical diversity of offsite backups as well as enhance recovery capabilities. Replacing tape backups and offsite storage with public cloud within the existing budget can be a daunting challenge. The presenters provide an overview of Portland State University’s backup methodologies, technical challenges, security concerns, and budget strategies to prepare each organization for what is required when transitioning from tape to cloud.

Mitigating Cybercrime Through Automated Response and Integration

  Presented by Fortinet

Come join our talk on mitigating cybercrime and learn about best practices to help your company maintain a strong security posture through the digital transformation and beyond. The bad guys are using automated tactics to try to find a foothold in your network. Isn’t it time to leverage an integrated security approach to automate your response?

Welcome to the New Age of Converged Secondary and Primary Storage

  Presented by StorageCraft

Managing storage continues to be complex, and often expensive. Something needs to change, and it certainly won’t be a dramatic increase in staffing. Fortunately, object storage is the answer. By eliminating the use of legacy RAID, object storage, can be the foundation for a scale-out converged storage solution that solves both data protection and primary storage challenges. Want to recover a multi-TB VM in less than a second? No problem. Want to protect files from ransomware? No problem. Need an enterprise file serving, archiving, or virtual server storage solution? No Problem. Attend this session to learn how object storage is changing the landscape for IT admin and the technology of the future.