Topic: Infrastructure

Seminar Topics

[1 CPE] Hybrid Cloud: Empowering IT with Resiliency, Multicloud Strategies, Optimal Spend, & Sustainability

  Presented by Hitachi Vantara

The hybrid cloud has emerged as a game-changing paradigm for modern IT infrastructure, offering IT Leaders and above a wealth of opportunities to drive innovation and efficiency. With the ever-increasing demand for cyber resiliency, flexibility, and sustainability, it is crucial for IT constituents to grasp the intricacies of the hybrid cloud, including key concepts such as security, multicloud, nearcloud, cloud spend optimization, data refactorization, and sustainability practices.

Throughout the session, real-world case studies and examples will be shared from Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 customers.

  • Day 0 means you want to take advantage of this new framework but are still working through how to adopt hybrid cloud, how to secure it, and how to recruit proper talent to maximize it.
  • Day 1 means your organization took the first step and has a minimum spend commit they must meet. However, you’re still unsure of how to meet it because you’re still determining which applications to refactor, which containerized microservices to adopt, how to reskill existing talent, and how to implement your compliance and governance strategy.
  • Day 2 means your organization has already overcome these hurdles. Nice work! Instead of worrying about hitting a minimum spend commit, you’re now focused on optimizing your environment to limit sprawling cloud costs and looking towards data repatriation efforts.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in interactive discussions and pose questions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. By the end of this session, IT Leaders will have the knowledge and tools necessary to evaluate, plan, and implement hybrid cloud solutions that align with their organization’s goals, including sustainability. Afterall, Hitachi is committed to providing solutions that are exclusively carbon-neutral or zero-carbon, ensuring a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach.

[1 CPE] Hybrid Cloud: Empowering IT with Resiliency, Multicloud Strategies, Optimal Spend, & Sustainability

  Presented by Michael Donahue, Sr Director, Hybrid Cloud and XaaS  • Hitachi Vantara

The hybrid cloud has emerged as a game-changing paradigm for modern IT infrastructure, offering IT Leaders and above a wealth of opportunities to drive innovation and efficiency. With the ever-increasing demand for cyber resiliency, flexibility, and sustainability, it is crucial for IT constituents to grasp the intricacies of the hybrid cloud, including key concepts such as security, multicloud, nearcloud, cloud spend optimization, data refactorization, and sustainability practices.

Throughout the session, real-world case studies and examples will be shared from Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 customers.

  • Day 0 means you want to take advantage of this new framework but are still working through how to adopt hybrid cloud, how to secure it, and how to recruit proper talent to maximize it.
  • Day 1 means your organization took the first step and has a minimum spend commit they must meet. However, you’re still unsure of how to meet it because you’re still determining which applications to refactor, which containerized microservices to adopt, how to reskill existing talent, and how to implement your compliance and governance strategy.
  • Day 2 means your organization has already overcome these hurdles. Nice work! Instead of worrying about hitting a minimum spend commit, you’re now focused on optimizing your environment to limit sprawling cloud costs and looking towards data repatriation efforts.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in interactive discussions and pose questions, fostering a collaborative learning environment. By the end of this session, IT Leaders will have the knowledge and tools necessary to evaluate, plan, and implement hybrid cloud solutions that align with their organization’s goals, including sustainability. Afterall, Hitachi is committed to providing solutions that are exclusively carbon-neutral or zero-carbon, ensuring a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach.

[1 CPE] Practical Uses of Automation and AI: So Easy Even Your CEO Can Use Them

  Presented by Summit Technology

There is a lot of chatter about new AI, machine learning, and automation technology hitting the market. Many of these hyped capabilities are available to you in the technology platforms that you are already paying for. Join us for some simple live examples demonstrating how you can utilize some of these tools to capitalize on new technology to enhance your personal productivity.

[1 CPE] Solutions Success with Sourcewell

  Presented by Mitel & Structured

Sourcewell is a national cooperative purchasing program that exists to help organizations save time and money by purchasing from ready-to-use, competitively solicited contracts. Sourcewell often meets the competitive bid requirements for some public sector customers, eliminating the need for a formal RFP process when acquiring a new phone system and expediting the purchasing process for IT Professionals.

For Alaskan State & Local Government, Native Alaskan Tribes & Native Corps, Education, and Nonprofit organizations, there is an opportunity to leverage Sourcewell contracts. And because this contract vehicle is more than just UC Communications, it’s often already approved by purchasing groups inside these entities and provides an easy-to-use solution.

Local Mitel Partner, Structured Communications, currently services and supports Alaskan customers, many of whom have acquired premise or private cloud-based Mitel Phone Systems. We will highlight a few case studies that have used the Sourcewell contract and showcase how Mitel & Structured solved their business concerns through customized solutions.

[1 CPE] Cybersecurity Trends for 2023

  Presented by Jeff Simpson, Sr Sales Executive, Cybersecurity Solutions • AT&T Alaska

With Cybersecurity compliance mandates increasing, and attacks on vulnerable supply chains and endpoints on the rise, it has never been more important to assess and take proactive measures to secure your network. This presentation pulls together information from many different analysts and digests their views on which Cybersecurity priorities your organization may face this year, along with the top eight cybersecurity trends for 2023, such as Supply Chain Resilience, Security Architecture Modernization and Data-Centric Transformation.

[1 CPE] How Alaska’s New Broadband Reach Can Deliver Benefits to All Communities

  Presented by Mark Carlson, Director of Network Planning • Alaska Communications

Broadband is so influential in society that we would now call it essential infrastructure. Alaska has new broadband projects that are reaching places never touched before. In this session, you will learn about current and future broadband projects taking place around the state of Alaska, upcoming fiber optic projects in rural Alaska, LEO/GEO Satellite technology, and how broadband can influence and improve, life as we know it, to both individuals and communities.

[1 CPE] AI Innovations Fueling Demand for Rapid Network Modernization

  Presented by Joshua Gardiner, Engineering Lead of AI-Driven Enterprise • Juniper Networks

AI recently jumped from a buzzword to the start of a revolution. Juniper is visionary in its use of AI in IT Networking, and we invite you to join our session that highlights the advantages of adopting AI-Driven technologies in your enterprise network.

Attendees will learn how AI can simplify the management of wired & wireless networks as well as support the ever-increasing demands for modern technologies like NAC & SDWAN.

[1 CPE] How to Simplify and Secure Your Network & What You Need to Know About Wi-FI 6e

  Presented by Jerry Yarborough, Sr SLED Account Executive • Extreme Networks

During the presentation, we will discuss how to simplify your network and make it more secure by using the IEEE standard 802.1aq. We explain the standard, and how it is easier to use than traditional networking and much more secure. We will demo its simplicity and what makes it secure.

We will then move into Wifi 6e and how it is changing the way we must look at wireless deployments. We will discuss all the changes that it has brought us and what we must be planning for with the higher speeds that we will be able to achieve.

[1 CPE] Intune: What’s New and What’s Next

  Presented by Structured

Microsoft Intune is quickly becoming a strategic part of not only device management, but compliance and security as well. Structured will cover what’s new and how Intune will impact your Windows PC strategy management.

Structured is an award-winning solution provider delivering secure, cloud-connected digital infrastructure. For 30 years, we’ve helped clients through all phases of digital transformation by securely bridging people, business and technology.

[1 CPE] Improved Security for SecOps & NetOps that’s Recession Friendly

  Presented by Ryan Parr, Sr Solutions Architect • Infoblox

While the future economic impact on IT budgets is unclear, one thing is clear –– attackers will not slow down and may even ramp up knowing organizations are considering lowering IT and cybersecurity spending. It is clear enterprise security is of extreme importance and making investments stretch is going to become essential. Core network services you already have in place, including DNS, DHCP, and IPAM (IP Address Management) are often overlooked in the cybersecurity world but can become the most powerful weapon against attackers. During this session, you will learn how to leverage existing services to:

  • Reduce the burden on existing security investments, extending their capacity and lifespan
  • Combat up to 92% of malware and ransomware without new security tools
  • Decrease SecOps investigation time by up to 60%
  • Improve your security posture, lowering cyber insurance costs