ITEC Wrapper - Portland
Technology is Broken and How to Fix IT

Wednesday 9:15 AM

James E. Gaskin's irreverent but successful approach will explain which technologies and technical products cause too many problems, which can be tolerated, and which can save time and make money. Using dozens of real world examples gathered during years of consulting, and writing 16 technology books and thousands of articles, Gaskin's "unbiased and unboring" speeches balance technical frustration with laughter. Learn how to choose hardware (computers and networking), software (Microsoft), and even people. Laugh while learning how to make the technology in your business work for you and not against you.

Speaker(s): James Gaskin
Free Software Choices: Building Your Network Without Paying License Fees Track: Software and Applications

Wednesday 10:15 AM

Limited dollars, but tied to Windows? Don't despair, because today more than ever, you can build your business with free software. Takeaway points in this session include:
  • A short list of totally free choices that range from email and accounting through productivity suites.
  • An analysis of the wide range of free anti-virus protection products
  • The best free graphics programs and tools to enable developers.


Speaker(s): KIM BRAND PRESIDENT
FILEENGINE
How to Keep Your Wireless Networks Secure – A Best Practices Guide to Security Including Intrusion Detection Track: Security and Business Continuity

Wednesday 10:15 AM

Just how secure can you make a wireless network? What are the essentials? What are the industry best practices? Whether you're in the wireless network planning stage, have one up and running, or even if you don't want wireless in your corporation, this session is not to be missed. Takeaway points include:
  • Learn about Intrusion Detection Systems, detection and protection, identity hackers and other bad guys.
  • How to develop and enforce WLAN security practices.
  • How to monitor and diagnose your network health, ensure compliance and much more.


Speaker(s): Nolan Garrett Co-Founder & Chief IT Consultant
Intrinium
Jeff Jones Co-Founder and Chief Security Consultant
Intrinium
Building a Strategy for the Mobile Workforce Track: Mobility, Wireless and Networking

Wednesday 10:15 AM

Evaluating, deploying and managing mobile technologies is one of the enterprise's top five initiatives. Costs, capability, applications and security, though still primary considerations, are no longer barriers to enterprise adoption. In this session, Verizon Wireless and RIM will tell you about the current state of wireless technologies and applications. Takeaway points include:
  • Learn how wireless broadband, PDA smartphones, and numerous wireless applications can liberate your organization and deliver productivity like never before.
  • Verizon Wireless will discuss advances in Field Force Management, Sales Force Management, and Business Continuity Planning.
  • A comprehensive overview about Mobile Computing and the impact that these technologies can provide for your enterprise.

    Speaker(s): Erin Anderson
    Verizon Wireless
    Mike Mosiadz
    RIM (Research in Motion)
campITEC- New Media Camp, Collaboration Camp

Wednesday 10:30 AM



Where are You on the Roadmap to Reliability? Track: Mobility, Wireless and Networking

Wednesday 11:15 AM

IT organizations today are struggling with meeting the increasing reliability requirements of their users. The Roadmap to Reliability provides a high-level perspective on what it takes to cost-effectively deliver reliable IT services. IT professionals can use it to map their facilities, system infrastructure and processes on a good-better-best continuum that covers a range from "best efforts" to a geographically distributed, high availability system. You'll discover how to:
  • Quickly assess your organization's IT Infrastructure to identify strengths and shortcomings. (In fact, you'll do it at the presentation!)
  • Identify the challenges IT organizations face when moving from good to better to best reliability
  • Create a plan to apply your limited resources for the greatest impact
  • Use virtualization technology to improve reliability and responsiveness while lowering operating costs

    Speaker(s): Rich Bader
    EasyStreet Online Services, Inc.
Window of Opportunity: Evaluating Vista Business and Office 2007 Track: Software and Applications

Wednesday 11:15 AM

Microsoft says that Windows Vista Business features new technology and tools to ensure your PCs are always up-to-date, more secure, and running smoothly. While migrating to a new operating system might not be on your current to-do list, you'll still want to check out the bells and whistles in Office 2007. Takeaway points include:
  • How Vista Business will make your PCs safer with built-in protection against malware.
  • The status of the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).
  • A thorough assessment of Office 2007.


Speaker(s): PETER NATALE VICE PRESIDENT
INTELLISAFE TECHNOLOGIES
Email Archiving - It isn't just about compliance anymore! Track: Infrastructure and Hardware

Wednesday 11:15 AM

Dean will discuss how organizations can benefit from email archiving, both for compliance as well as email management. Archiving email solves many problems such as compliance, discovery, storage management, information retention, employee productivity and liability reduction. Takeaway points include:
  • Options for eliminating the need to retain large volumes of old emails on your mail server.
  • Details about the government regulations (Sarbannes-Oxley, HIPAA, etc.) that require the retention of and access to email records.
  • How to use a compact network appliance for your archiving needs.


Speaker(s): Les DeFoor
Arcmail Technology Inc.
Botnets: Battling the Borg of the Internet Track: Security and Business Continuity

Wednesday 11:15 AM

Sure, you've heard of bots and botnets. But have you ever actually seen a bot, bot source code, or a bot herder's Command and Control (C&C) center in action? Now you can.In his presentation, network security analyst Corey Nachreiner, CISSP, uncovers what makes bots tick.During the talk, you'll see the inner workings of some real-world, malicious bots, found in the wild on underground sites. Learn about the many attacks botnets can launch, and how to defend against them. Since the best way to understand these sophisticated attacks is to see them unfold right before your eyes, Nachreiner will present video captures of bots in action. Once you understand how these evil botnets get built, you'll have the power to avoid assimilation. Resistance is not futile.Takeaway points include:
  • What a "botnet" is
  • What bot source codes looks like and does
  • How bot herders control bots via a C&C centers
  • How a crook might recruit an army of bots
  • How to render bots powerless on your network


Speaker(s): Corey Nachreiner Network Security Analyst
WatchGuard
Networking Luncheon and Keynote: The High-Tech Playground: Why Business Blogging, RSS and SEO Are Serious Tools You Need Now

Wednesday 12:00 PM

Web feeds, blogs and wikis are driving fundamental changes in how other organizations market their products. But what about YOU? Are you up on the latest trends in social networking for business? Find out how the correct strategy will allow you to extend your own reach beyond state lines without breaking the bank. In this session, you'll learn:
  • What makes a blog a blog and how to leverage blogging platform technologies to provide significant advantages to your business.
  • How RSS web feeds can be used to effectively monitor your company's reputation, as well as tracking industry trends that can impact your business.


Speaker(s): Timothy O'Connor Systems Consultant
CrossIntegration, Inc.
Open Source in the Real world, II Track: Infrastructure and Hardware

Wednesday 1:00 PM

This information-packed session will focus on lessons learned deploying open source software in a variety of real world applications. From content management systems and collaboration tools to customer relationship management, custom applications and Linux on the desktop, come learn about the pitfalls and best practices in open source.

Speaker(s): Brian Jamison CEO
OpenSourcery
The False Positive: Anti-Spam's Dirty Little Secret Track: Security and Business Continuity

Wednesday 1:00 PM

Before anti-spam, you never asked, "did you get my email?" Spams, viruses and phishing threats forced the use of email filtering systems, software and services. However, these solutions have made email untrusted for their high false positive rates and inconvenient quarantines. They often require extensive, hands-on training by your administrators, as well as your end-users. In this session you'll learn how to block spam AND save your legitimate email from being caught. Takeaway points include:
  • You'll learn how to avoid false positive rates.
  • The significance of SPAM signatures and how an appliance defeats them.
  • The new technology you need to successfully eliminate email threats and still deliver important, business critical emails to your user's inbox.


Speaker(s): David Troup CEO & Founder
MailFoundry
A Permanent Solution for IT Cost & Performance Problems Track: Mobility, Wireless and Networking

Wednesday 1:00 PM

How much or your money is being wasted by IT system failures, slow response time, missed customer opportunities, repetitive diagnostic & repair costs, underutilized IT staff and unproductive user downtime? This seminar demonstrates how the small to medium sized business can adopt Fortune 500 Technologies with Professional IT Systems Management to achieve that rare combination of reduced ownership costs with significant improvements in organizational productivity, business performance and profitability. This is a business seminar, targeted at those executives with a vested interest in cutting costs, eliminating wasted time and lost productivity and building a leaner, meaner, more profitable operation. A MUST ATTEND opportunity for the Business Owner, CEO, General Manager, Operations Manager, CIO, CFO and/or Controller of your organization. What you will learn:
  • Permanently reduce IT System Cost of Ownership
  • How to Achieve State of the Art Security & Performance with Public Utility Reliability
  •  Assure Business Continuity with system restore within Hours vs. Weeks or Months after catastrophic environmental failure.


Speaker(s): John Lipscomb
CompleteNetworkCare
IT and RF - Together More and More Track: Mobility, Wireless and Networking

Wednesday 2:00 PM

Wireless Technologies allow your company to move your enterprise closer to the customer, increasing customer service and speeding up cash flow. Today's complex wireless solutions depend on a reliable wireless infrastructure and that reliability can only be obtained through careful planning and an extensive knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering. Takeaway points include:
  • How to determine what the critical issues are in deploying wireless network technology
  • Insights into the latest in wireless network topography
  • IT and RF, how to plan for success


Speaker(s): Rob Hollis Zone Sales Manager
Day Wireless Systems
Steve Shelton Director of Market Development
Day Wireless Systems
Extreme Security Makeover: Protecting Your IT Infrastructure Track: Security and Business Continuity

Wednesday 2:00 PM

The task of defending your business and your technical assets has never been more of a priority than it is today. You need to take proactive steps now to protect your company from all types of security threats. In this session you'll find out how to secure your asset base with a comprehensive in depth defense. Most importantly, you'll learn how to develop a plan to ensure the continuing effectiveness of your security system. If the specter of another ominously named worm or a lost laptop full of confidential data is keeping you up at night, you won't want to miss this session. Takeaway points include:
Blogging for Beginners: A Hands On Guide To Blogs and RSS Track: Infrastructure and Hardware

Wednesday 2:00 PM

You already know that a blog is a relatively easy way to post your thoughts on the internet. But you might not know that maintaining a blog can support your business goals, get you brand recognition and provide you with valuable and qulaified sales leads. In this session you'll also learn about the importance of incorporating RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication)into you Blog. Takeaway points include:
  • How to create your own blog and exactly how it can work for your company.
  • How to create RSS feed.
  • How to track RSS feed


Speaker(s): Timothy O'Connor Systems Consultant
CrossIntegration, Inc.
Free Software Choices: Building Your Network Without Paying License Fees

Thursday 9:15 AM

Limited dollars, but tied to Windows? Don't despair, because today more than ever, you can build your business with free software. Takeaway points in this session include:
  • A short list of totally free choices that range from email and accounting through productivity suites.
  • An analysis of the wide range of free anti-virus protection products
  • The best free graphics programs and tools to enable developers.


Speaker(s): KIM BRAND PRESIDENT
FILEENGINE
Building a Strategy for a Mobile workforce Track: Mobility, Wireless and Networking

Thursday 10:15 AM



Speaker(s): Erin Anderson
Verizon Wireless
Mike Mosiadz
RIM (Research in Motion)
Information Security for layers 8 and 9 of the OSI model Track: Infrastructure and Hardware

Thursday 10:15 AM



Speaker(s): Lee Rudick Director of Profession Services
Incentra Solutions, Inc.
Performance Management for Better Business Decisions Track: Software and Applications

Thursday 10:15 AM

Performance Management is the process of allowing business decision-makers to monitor, analyze, and plan their business as well as drive alignment, accountability, and actionable insight across the entire organization. In partnership with ASAP Software, this presentation will demonstrate how:
  • Business executives can drive accountability and alignment across and up-and-down the organization.
  • Information workers can monitor, analyze, and plan activities with an integrated and collaborative solution.
  • IT managers can drive better adoption and compliance by enabling organizations to better associate business intelligence and corporate performance.


Speaker(s): Ben Muller Senior BI Consultant
CSG Professional Services, Inc
How to Keep Your Wireless Networks Secure – A Best Practices Guide to Security Including Intrusion Detection Track: Security and Business Continuity

Thursday 10:15 AM

Just how secure can you make a wireless network? What are the essentials? What are the industry best practices? Whether you're in the wireless network planning stage, have one up and running, or even if you don't want wireless in your corporation, this session is not to be missed. Takeaway points include:
  • Learn about Intrusion Detection Systems, detection and protection, identity hackers and other bad guys.
  • How to develop and enforce WLAN security practices.
  • How to monitor and diagnose your network health, ensure compliance and much more.


Speaker(s): Nolan Garrett Co-Founder & Chief IT Consultant
Intrinium
Jeff Jones Co-Founder and Chief Security Consultant
Intrinium
campITEC - Collaboration Camp, Open Source Systems/Free Software Camp

Thursday 10:30 AM



Ensuring a Safe Internet Learning Environment With Integrated Network Security Track: Security and Business Continuity

Thursday 11:15 AM

If you're operating in an academic environment, you need a cost-effective, completely integrated network security that protects your school against a wide range of threats to Internet learning. In this session you'll get the facts about Security Gateway appliances, and software for Intel PCs. You'll hear about the advantages of point-and-click administration, one-step updates, and unified reporting. Takeaway points include:
  • How to select a complete internet security solution that covers the 10 most critical security applications: Firewall and Intrusion Protection, VPN Gateway, Spyware Protection, Content Filtering, Anti-Virus for web and email, Email Encryption, Spam Protection, and Phishing Protection.
  • The cost benefits of a unified threat management system.
  • The accountability advantages associated with a system that supports unified reporting.


Blogging for Beginners: A Hands On Guide To Blogs and RSS Track: Infrastructure and Hardware

Thursday 11:15 AM

You already know that a blog is a relatively easy way to post your thoughts on the internet. But you might not know that maintaining a blog can support your business goals, get you brand recognition and provide you with valuable and qulaified sales leads. In this session you'll also learn about the importance of incorporating RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication)into you Blog. Takeaway points include:
  • How to create your own blog and exactly how it can work for your company.
  • How to create RSS feed.
  • How to track RSS feed


Speaker(s): Timothy O'Connor Systems Consultant
CrossIntegration, Inc.
Comcast Business Services Track: Mobility, Wireless and Networking

Thursday 11:15 AM

Productivity is the name of the game. But your business is no game. By offering lightning-fast Internet and the most innovative voice and TV services, Comcast offers solutions to help you meet all the demands of today's business environment. Takeaway points include: :
  • Why does a 100% Pure Broadband(tm) cable powered connection matter to business?
  • Learn about features designed specifically for business use.
  • Why does speed, security and know-how really matter?
MasterMind Keynote Panel & Luncheon: Security 2008-What You Need Now

Thursday 12:00 PM

The task of defending your business and your technical assets has never been more challenging than it is today. Because no single solution can stop the onslaught of security attacks on your IT infrastructure, we've assembled a panel of experts representing a wide spectrum of security knowledge from all aspects of the industry. The Panel will discuss why a multipronged approach is the only solution and what security measures you must include to get your best protection.

Speaker(s): Jesper Jurenoks Co-Founder
netVigilance
Moderator: James Gaskin
All Your Technology in One Place-Unified Communications Has Arrived and How it Will Deliver Big Benefits For Your Business Track: Infrastructure and Hardware

Thursday 1:00 PM

Real-time communications for your real world. Find out about Unified Communications (UC), the hottest time and money-saving technology to come along since the advent of the PC. In this exciting session you will learn:
  • The basics of listening to your emails, viewing your calendar and your faxes, forwarding messages and sending replies from your office or from 5,000 miles away.
  • How the convergence of computers and telephony, through all of your communications devices, can multiply the effectiveness and speed of communications within your company and with your partners and customers.
  • The best way to integrate your Outlook email, Instant Messaging, Voice-mail, mobile phone, Fax, video conferencing and more through the use of Microsoft-centric technologies.


Speaker(s): Nolan Garrett Co-Founder & Chief IT Consultant
Intrinium
Jeff Jones Co-Founder and Chief Security Consultant
Intrinium
7 Questions You Must Ask Your Software Development Company Track: Software and Applications

Thursday 1:00 PM

In this session you'll learn the key questions to ask a prospective technology provider when considering any important software product or new development effort. Discover how to spot the red flags that can save your organization time and money in the crucial selection stage and learn techniques to uncover vital information before committing resources.

Speaker(s): Brian Jamison CEO
OpenSourcery
The Connected Office: A How-To Guide For Your Business Track: Mobility, Wireless and Networking

Thursday 1:00 PM

Presenters Robert McMillen from the All Tech Radio show and Paul Cederholm from Link Sys discuss new business class products to achieve the new "Connected Office" standard in small business. They will cover new Network Attached Storage servers, wireless security cameras with amazing new NVR options, and low cost VOIP phones with high end features.

Speaker(s): Paul Cederholm
LinkSys
Robert McMillen
All Tech 1
 
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