Presented by Nutanix & Sirius Computer Solutions
You’ll see file storage in nearly every IT environment. From user data to application data to machine data, it’s a common storage technology. File storage should be simple, secure, and intelligent.
Join us in this informative session where we will go in-depth on storage technology to help you create a next-generation file storage solution..
Presented by Airgap Networks
Despite significant investments in security each year, cybercriminals are constantly developing new attack vectors to thwart existing security controls. The growth of connected devices, IoT, and an increasingly remote workforce has widened the enterprise attack surface, enabling cybercriminals to find new ways to breach enterprise perimeter defenses.
A new paradigm shift needs to occur in security to deal with the eventual breach and lateral movement of cyber-attacks. Implementing an enterprise zero-trust security model can help to block the lateral movement of cyber attackers and isolate attacks to where they originate, helping to dramatically reduce the enterprise-wide impact of a cyber-attack. Enterprises need to migrate to a Zero-Trust architecture, helping to gain back control and limit the damage done by cyber-attacks that occur each year. In this session, Ritesh Agrawal, CEO and Co-founder of Airgap Networks, will lead a detailed discussion on how to:
Through this discussion, Ritesh will build on these topics and emphasize how zero-trust principles can empower enterprises and achieve better control and response to emerging cyber-threats. Zero-Trust is not hype. Join us to find out more!
Presented by Aruba, a HPE Company
Over the past couple of decades, we’ve relied on a certain predictable and repeatable model of expectations from our infrastructure that has delivered. However, the demands of Digital Transformation, the pace of change, the capabilities within our teams — and of course the pandemic — have created business pressures that traditional ways of building and security infrastructure just can’t keep pace with.
The time is now to reflect, reset, and embrace a different way that will increase agility and flexibility as well as enhance performance and security. Lose the baggage of the past, travel light, and let’s chart a course for the journey ahead.
Presented by Kara Lowe • COO, KC Tech Council
The KC tech industry has proven to be durable and resilient in a year full of economic challenges and overall uncertainties. We can better understand how to move forward by looking over data and analysis from the past in the fourth edition of the KC Tech Specs report outlining economic and workforce trends affecting the Kansas City region and both Kansas and Missouri.
Since 2017, the KC Tech Council has released KC Tech Specs, a report capturing data and analysis around Kansas City’s tech industry. The report is designed to give the tech community, businesses, educators, lawmakers, civic leaders, and students a consolidated, data-driven resource to find information about our region’s tech landscape. Data sources are cited on every page and feature a compilation of relevant statistics from KC Tech Council’s partners at CompTIA, Code.org, and other sources like CBRE’s annual “Scoring Tech Talent” report.
Tech enterprises rely on data to inform and drive business decisions every day. Join KCTC COO Kara Lowe as she discusses opportunities to leverage our strengths, improve our deficiencies, and grow together as a tech hub of the future.
Kara is Chief Operating Officer of the KC Tech Council, a membership-based association serving as the regional advocate for Kansas City’s tech industry. Her role is focused on driving organizational and industry growth through investor development, strategic partnerships, marketing, and events.
Kara currently serves on the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) advisory board for The University of Kansas Edwards Campus, the advisory board for SkilledKC’s Software Development program, and is an active volunteer and girls basketball coach at St. Elizabeth Catholic School. Kara was named a member of the NextGen Leaders class of 2021 by the Kansas City Business Journal. She is a 2015 graduate of the KC Chamber’s Centurions Leadership Program and a journalism graduate from the University of Kansas.
Presented by Nutanix & Sirius Computer Solutions
You’ll see file storage in nearly every IT environment. From user data to application data to machine data, it’s a common storage technology. File storage should be simple, secure, and intelligent.
Join us in this informative session where we will go in-depth on storage technology to help you create a next-generation file storage solution..
Presented by INTERFACE Advisory Council
Remote working during the pandemic proved to be beneficial for some companies and employees. Even as we are returning to the office, many will want to work remotely on a permanent basis. We are seeing an evolution of the definition of an office. There will certainly still be offices for all organizations where employees perform their work as normal. Now that remote working has shown to be an added value, IT departments need to lead this change in structure.
Join the INTERFACE Advisory Council for a look at what lies ahead. How are you adjusting your security procedures? What have you learned over the last year with employees working remotely? We will discuss how IT departments should be involved in decision-making and execution of policies. Also, this changing model of a traditional office could impact the job pool. Opportunities for IT professionals to find employment from out-of-market companies will only increase.
Panelists:
Jason Kentner • Director, Information Technology, KCAS Bioanalytical & Biomarker Services
Chris Mann • Chief Information Officer, DH Pace
David Witte • Sr Manager, Information Security, Jackson County, Missouri
Meggan Carter • Director, Enterprise Data Management, AMC Theatres
Presented by Scott Taylor • Principal Consultant, MetaMeta Consulting
Data leaders must create a compelling narrative to evangelize their data management programs and secure long-term support from enterprise stakeholders and business leadership. Data management leaders who seek to improve soft skills and execute simple storytelling techniques will be more likely to gain a rightful place for their initiatives on their organization’s strategic plan. Join this presentation and learn:
Scott Taylor, The Data Whisperer, has helped countless companies by enlightening business executives to the strategic value of proper data management. He focuses on business alignment and the “strategic WHY” rather than system implementation and the “technical HOW.” As Principal Consultant for MetaMeta Consulting, he helps enterprises and tech brands tell their data story.
An avid business evangelist and original thinker, he continually shares his passion for the strategic value of master data through industry events, public speaking, blogs, videos, whitepapers, podcasts, cartoons, puppet shows, and all forms of thought leadership. His new book Telling Your Data Story: Data Storytelling for Data Management is available now.
Presented by Duo Security
The perimeter-focused security model of decades past is no longer adequate for securing the modern enterprise. Now, organizations must secure a mobile workforce using a mix of corporate-owned and personal devices to access cloud-based applications and services, often from outside corporate networks — and this trend only accelerated during 2020’s global shift to remote work. Fortunately, a modern access strategy built on zero-trust fundamentals can defend today’s workforce while paving the way to a passwordless future. Attend this session to learn how the zero-trust access model works, reduce your reliance on passwords and risk of password-based attacks, and how to start planning and staging your zero-trust evolution today.
Presented by Bitglass
Secure access service edge has quickly emerged as a hot topic in cybersecurity, but what exactly does it mean and why should organizations care? As cloud migration, BYOD adoption, and remote work have skyrocketed in prevalence, it has become increasingly apparent that organizations need to think differently about security. While legacy tools like firewalls are no longer equipped to handle the modern IT ecosystem, SASE platforms are built for this exact moment.
In this presentation, you will learn:
Presented by iboss
Millions of people shifted from working in the office to working remotely, which has resulted in lost productivity due to overloaded VPN connections slowing access to critical cloud applications. With virtually every app delivered in the cloud, why are remote workers sending traffic through the VPN, to begin with? Move your security to the cloud and allow users to connect directly to cloud apps without the VPN. Take these 5 steps when building your SASE cloud migration.