Efm Events

Storage Asset Optimization:  A Model for Improved Business Efficiency and Bottom Line

sponsored by Hitachi Data

Harry Wheeler
Vice President
First State Bank

In this session Mr. Wheeler will explain the process and the resulting benefits of First State Bank’s business continuity and disaster recovery plan from the executive non-technical perspective.  Among the many technologies and implementations utilized to build the complete and cost-effective BC/DR overall plan for First State Bank are the use of Virtualization, SAN Storage, Thin Desktops, Data Replication Software and Remote Site Office Location.

sponsored by CITE

Achieving Strategic Initiatives Utilizing WAN Optimization

Wes Owen
Senior IT Performance Manager
Black and Veatch

From enabling firm wide collaboration to eliminating tape back-ups this presentation will be a review of best practices in utilizing WAN Optimization as the enabler for achieving a multitude of strategic initiatives.  Wes Owen from HNTB will speak to the role of WAN Optimization from allowing for global project teams - to the complete elimination of tape back-ups. 

With the multitude of Smartphone devices available, how does an IT department ensure the quality and availability of services to its users, while ensuring the security of the device itself and the information on it?  This discussion will focus on the benefits of centralization and standardization of equipment and platforms, along with the challenges of pleasing the gadget minded end-users.

sponsored by Beloit Solutions Group

Richard Daley
Director of Records and Information Management
Tejon Ranch Company

Don’t let the practice of putting out fires and dealing with emergency’s become a part of your business practice.  This will erode the relationship with the business long term and create an environment where IT is not viewed as a partner. 

This breakout session will share the journey The Tejon Ranch has taken to change the culture in the IT environment from a short term fix to a long term way of thinking.  Richard Dayley will specifically share how they organized piles of paperwork into an electronic format that will also support compliance laws, audits, and regulations where everything you need for emergencies is only a click away.

Steve Patterson
Manager of Information Technology
Kansas City Missouri Police Dept.

In this session Steve Patterson from the Kansas City Missouri Police Department will speak about how the Police Department utilizes a unique way to use Metro Ethernet as a secure data transfer between their police vehicles, police stations and other area police departments.

Attend this session to learn how you can leverage Ethernet services that are complex and impossible with other services. See a real world example of Metro Ethernet being used such as Point to Point, Point to Multipoint, Multipoint to Multipoint and Dedicated Internet Access.

Managing IT demand is of paramount importance in ensuring successful business operations. Demand placed upon IT is multi-faceted ranging from daily provisioning of routine capabilities such as laptops and security access, to the creation of new business solutions. Successfully managing this demand helps the business remain productive in satisfying customer requirements while ensuring resources are effectively applied to the “right” efforts. This session will present how YRC Worldwide is addressing the challenges of IT demand management.

Solutions that surround the time-intensive task of recovering your data are many.  There are so many different options, and not so much information about them.  Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Dr. Allan Engle, Director of Technology, who recently went through the process of solving Buhler Unified School District’s recovery needs with storage replication technology.  Learn about his process of selecting this particular solution, why he chose Storage Replication as a solution, and the powerful results he has been able to achieve.

Utilizing Dashboards to Integrate Sprint’s Business

David Kring
Manager, Enterprise Reporting
Sprint/Nextel

Like most organizations, Sprint experiences challenges turning data assets into relevant and actionable information to facilitate the decision making process. With thousands of decision makers and some of the world’s largest databases, Sprint faces huge challenges to integrate data silos and reduce the costs and complexities associated with shadow IT functions. Learn how Sprint is using dashboards as a vehicle to bring the business on board to an enterprise business intelligence platform that reduces costs and increases customer satisfaction.

sponsored by CITE

Jim Lucke
Systems Manager
DST Technologies

Cloud computing is changing the way IT resources are utilized. Users want the ability to access infrastructure resources how and when they choose.  IT teams are asked to accommodate this shift in the consumption model, but still deal with the security, compatibility, and compliance issues associated with delivering that convenience to application business owners and developers.  

Attend this session and learn how to transform your datacenter into a private cloud – a pool of virtualized resources within a datacenter – and how your company can leverage external cloud providers within your private cloud.  IT Leaders from local companies will share their experiences about their journey toward this transformation, including lessons learned and key benefits achieved.

Mike Sargent
Technology Project Coordinator
Walsworth Publishing

In this session, Mike will explain the methodology used by Walsworth Publishing to convert from a custom software architecture to an off-the-shelf architecture and the importance of implementing flexible, robust reporting during the transition. This includes but is not limited to the use of dashboards and on-demand reports.