The IT Summit San Diego 2012 « IT Conference | IT Conferences

Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee while catching up with your IT-professional peers and visiting with our vendors, before beginning your day of education and networking.

Steve Reese is in his first season with the Padres as the Vice President of Information Technology. With over 22 years of experience in systems development, deployment and support related activities; Steve is responsible for all information technology related activities for the San Diego Padres and Petco Park.

Prior to arriving in San Diego, Steve worked as the Sr. Director of Information Technology for the Houston Astros. While with the Astros, Reese spearheaded the implementation of Wi-Fi throughout Minute Maid Park. This was shortly followed with the implementation of a vendor neutral Distributed Antenna System to significantly boost the 3G/4G capabilities at Minute Maid Park.

Other projects included the implementation of In-Seat Food Ordering via MLB@Bat, loaded Value Tickets, Professional & Amateur Scouting, Time & Attendance and Human Resources applications. In addition, he participated in the construction of the Astros Dominican Baseball Academy in the Dominican Republic.

Steve was a founding member of the National Football Leagues’ Technical Advisory Committee and served as its Co-Chairman for 3 years. This committee was responsible for coordinating the Information Technology strategies of the NFL and its member teams. One of the most visible projects of the T.A.C. was the design & implementation of the NFL’s “Game Day Live” system which features live game statistics on www.NFL.com.

Justyna Bak joined Riverbed as a Solution Marketing Manager responsible for Hybrid Cloud, Video and Mobile solutions. In her former roles with Cisco Systems and Nokia Siemens Networks she was helping organizations, mainly from mobile service provider sector, to plan and execute network transformation and new product strategies.

Is a lion share of your IT infrastructure distributed across remote offices to satisfy performance needs of your employees? Do you operate multiple data centers because you fear that user experience decreases the farther they are away from the data center? If at least one of your answers is “YES” your IT environment is not just complex and expensive to manage, it may be a ticking bomb. Unprotected storage hanging at the branch offices carries a risk of security breach. Handling too many data centers does not give you the flexibility and efficiency you need to scale your business.

The good news is that with the latest innovation in IT performance you can:

– Consolidate entire data centers for greater efficiencies without affecting end-user experience

– Centralize and secure your business critical data without breaking applications

– Extend your virtualization efforts to remote locations to simplify troubleshooting and operations

Join Justyna Bak as she walks you through the latest recommendations on how to achieve the consolidation nirvana.

Simon Guest is the General Manager of the Business Innovation Group at Neudesic, where he works with organizations to develop and deliver solutions that push the boundaries of technology. Prior to joining Neudesic, and named as one of “Microsoft’s Key Employee Losses of 2010″ by eWeek, Simon was with the Redmond-based company for almost 10 years, as Senior Director of Technical Strategy, leading the Platform Architecture Team, and as Editor-in-Chief of the Microsoft Architecture Journal. Simon is a 2-time winner of the Oracle / JavaOne “Rock Star” award (2005 and 2010) and he is the author of Microsoft .NET and J2EE Interoperability. Simon was born in England, and holds a Master’s Degree in IT Security from the University of Westminster, London, and a Higher National Certificate in Software Engineering from Plymouth College. Simon is a certified IT Architect (CITA-P) and a member of the British Computer Society (MBCS), a regular speaker at conferences worldwide, the author of numerous articles, patents, and books, and maintains an active blog at http://simonguest.com.

In the time it takes you to read this abstract, Facebook will have received another 150,000 unique page views from around the world. LinkedIn adds 10 new members every 5 seconds, with over 50% contributing to active discussions. And from flash mobs to #OccupyWallStreet, Twitter has already established itself as the tool of choice to redefine organized movements and protests.

Despite these incredible advances in social technology, however, collaboration in most organizations is still performed using a product first invented in 1971: Email.

In this presentation, we’ll look at the taxonomy of social networking and ask the question if and how it can be applied and extended to a traditional business. We’ll push the boundaries of what social networking can mean within an organization, from "friending" ERP and CRM systems through to using a social network as a knowledge library where employees can discover skills and share ideas. We’ll investigate the power of context as it relates to an organization’s social graph, and even look at how social networking can be used to transform reporting for your organization.

Whether you are new to the subject, or already have an implementation plan, you’ll walk away with a thorough understanding of how the technology can be effectively used within the four walls of your organization, and maybe even a different perspective on why we are all still relying on that technology from the 1970’s!

Join your IT peers for a complimentary luncheon including assorted sndwiches, salads, and dessert. This is a perfect opportunity to interact with other technology professionals in a relaxed environment.

During the course of his information technology career, Aaron has overseen and managed hardware installations for companies throughout the Northwest. His in-depth knowledge of the software that drives these systems has enabled him to leverage his experience to develop a virtually comprehensive understanding of the issues that his IT peers currently face every day.

As a result of demand from our partners in the IT professional community, The IT Summit has launched a program called The IT Match. The IT Match is a series of local gatherings for CIOs with similar immediate IT projects to gather information and exchange ideas.

Aaron will be presenting details of The IT Match, collecting input from those attending, and explaining how your company, and you personally, will benefit from this program.

Participation in The IT Match meetings is complimentary for all qualified IT executives.

Christine Bagwell has been in the information technology sector for twenty years focused on technical and project management, application development and large-scale infrastructure projects and services. Christine is the San Diego Supercomputer’s Division Director of IT Systems and Services. Christine is a founding member of the UC San Diego Extension’s Teaching Online Certificate advisory board and has taught online in the program for the past decade. Christine is the founding chair, senior project manager and passionate advocate for University of California’s IT accessibility initiative. Christine is a partner in UC San Diego’s K-16 initiative, STE[+A]M, a collaboration that promotes the blending of science, technology, mathematics and art in education.

Cloud and virtualization technologies can be utilized to leverage economies of scale, mitigate risk and cut costs by using concepts from mature data management methodologies. Scarce resources can be better utilized by using data aging techniques to optimize storage and bandwidth of data stores. Planning for later data curation should be done at ingestion.

As a special thank you to all of our guests at The IT Summit, our sponsors have arranged for a prize drawing for you, our valued supporters. The prizes are different at every conference, but in the past have included items such as iPods, golf clubs, sporting event tickets, and eReaders.

The love of sound is Biamp‘s reason for being, and has been since our founding 35 years ago. We’ve grown to be an acknowledged international leader in professional installed audio electronics. Our staff still shares a passion for sound that resonates through every product and every decision the company makes.

You can sense our dedication to sound when you call for support and Biamp’s own technicians answer — in-house. You touch it when you use our intuitive software to configure new systems. You can hear our passion for great sound grow louder with every breakthrough design Biamp launches.

Most people have never seen Biamp products, but they’ve probably heard them work wonders — in airports, arenas, courtrooms, Houses of Worship, theaters, universities, corporations, and conference centers. Around the world, around the clock, Biamp equipment is delivering, managing and enhancing the sound.

For the love of sound, we never stop experimenting, tinkering and making the impossible actually practical. Because ultimately, when the lights dim and the speakers come on, it’s not about the system. It’s all about the sound..

Computer 1 is a full-service nationwide small business. Our clients range from individuals to federal, state and local government agencies to Fortune 500 companies. We’ve been servicing the IT industry for 19 years and we’ve beat the competition with:

New Cloud service offering
Enterprise applications and databases
Fix/break
Four-hour, on-site, 24/7 next-business-day support, nationwide
GSA prenegotiated pricing
IT management and strategic planning
Manufacturer deal registration
Manufacturer expedited drop shop
Microsoft Exchange, including antivirus, antispam, BlackBerry server, backups and security
Network and security devices and appliances, including routers, switches, firewalls and assessments
Outsourcing IT professionals
PC help desk and user support
PC, server, hardware and software troubleshooting
Remote management services
Server and back-office infrastructures, including domain administration and back-up operations
Six months’ warehousing of product
Troubleshooting and implementation assistance
Volume discounts
WinView, WinFrame and MetaFrame implementation and upgrades

Crexendo, Inc. (NYSE MKT: EXE) provides a business optimization suite of cloud-based services including ecommerce, web marketing and cloud communication services for home office, small business and medium size companies. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the company sells our web services using a SaaS model to help users build a successful Internet presence to sell products or services or ideas, accept online orders, analyze marketing performance, and manage pricing and customers. Our professional web services for small or medium size businesses, work to broaden business’ online reach to target audiences with marketing strategies including: SEO, conversion rate optimization, link building, social networking, web design, web hosting and web analytics. The company recently launched a cloud communication solution to complement its other web and ecommerce services.

OUR MISSION

e-Cycle is dedicated to empowering businesses and organizations to take a more responsible, secure and cost-effective approach to wireless recycling. Our clients take this responsibility very seriously and so do we.

OUR VALUE PROPOSITION

Being a leader goes beyond offering innovative green business solutions. The e-Cycle team is devoted to exceptional customer service, client protection, education, environmental responsibility, and community support through charitable contributions and philanthropy.

e-Cycle is the partner you need to help achieve your sustainability initiatives by turning old wireless technologies into new revenue, protecting your corporate reputation and expanding your role in safeguarding the environment.

GTC Cloud is a wholly owned division of GTC Systems, Inc., a global IT services company founded in 1995 by Keith Michael Esshaki/CEO. GTC through its various divisions provides complete IT as a Service (“ITaaS”) solutions to SMB/Commercial companies while augmenting the diverse requirements of our Fortune 500 Enterprise and Multi-National clients worldwide.

GTC has been hosting customer servers and applications in our Cloud since 2005. In 2012, we have significantly upgraded our capabilities as Cloud becomes more pervasive and adoption rates have skyrocketed.

HCL is a leading global Technology and IT Enterprise with annual revenues of US$ 6.2 billion. The HCL Enterprise comprises two companies listed in India, HCL Technologies ( www.hcltech.com ) and HCL Infosystems

The 35 year old enterprise, founded in 1976, is one of India’s original IT garage start ups. Its range of offerings span R&D and Technology Services, Enterprise and Applications Consulting, Remote Infrastructure Management, BPO services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration and Distribution of Technology and Telecom products in India. The HCL team comprises 90,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, operating across 31 countries including 505 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including several IT and Technology majors.

Imation will:

•Utilize customer insights to build a world-class portfolio of quality digital storage products, audio and video electronics, and accessories.
•Extend our category leadership in key markets through our powerful global distribution network.
•Focus our resources on profitable growth areas.
•Increase the value of our brands and demonstrate return on marketing investments.
•Maintain an uncompromising commitment to strong execution.
•Lead with the highest ethical standards, demonstrating good citizenship in all we do.

Kelly IT Resources ^®specializes in connecting companies around the world with information technology professionals.

We are a part of Kelly Services^®, a US-based Fortune 500 company and a global industry leader in workforce solutions. Our network of international branch locations allows us to provide consistent, quality service to our employees and clients worldwide.

From its beginning, Level 3 Communications was founded on the principles of the Silicon Economicssm cycle: create a global telecommunications network with the scale to reduce unit costs, stimulate demand with these lower costs, support that demand by scaling even more. Level 3 created a network that serves as a foundation for the communications services of the 21st century by providing, among other things, information transmission over a fiber optic network and media delivery over a content delivery network. And we’ve grown to support the end-to-end communications services that businesses and carriers rely on.

Neudesic is a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold ISV Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on Microsoft’s technology platform. Our technical and industry expertise empower enterprises to enhance their technological capacity and respond to business opportunities with greater efficiency.

Neudesic was founded in 2002 by forward thinkers Parsa Rohani, Tim Marshall and Anthony Ferry, who saw opportunity in the advent of the Microsoft.NET platform. Since then, we have earned a sterling reputation for our comprehensive understanding of how emerging technology can change the way people do business. Neudesic’s in-depth knowledge, strategic alliances, diverse experience and technology expertise continue to provide a sustainable competitive advantage to companies and organizations in nearly every industry.

Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise.

With Riverbed®, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery, without fear of compromising performance.

When organizations consolidate IT and move to cloud environments, the distance created between users and their data often results in high-latency and reduced bandwidth. Riverbed WAN optimization, network performance management, and cloud storage solutions enable enterprises to overcome these drawbacks. At Riverbed we make it easy to understand, optimize, and accelerate IT, so that organizations can build a fast, fluid, and dynamic IT architecture.

Veeam® Software, an Elite VMware Technology Alliance partner and a Microsoft managed partner, develops innovative products for virtual infrastructure management and data protection. Customers can reduce costs, minimize risks and fully realize the promise of virtualization with Veeam.

Veeam is an international company with global headquarters in Baar, Switzerland; North American headquarters in Columbus, Ohio USA; EMEA headquarters in Paris, France; and APAC headquarters in Sydney, NSW Australia. Veeam has more than 50,000 customers worldwide. The company’s free FastSCP™ tool is used by more than 150,000 VMware professionals, making it the most widely used tool to help manage VMware.

Xiologix is a leading provider of innovative information technology (IT) solutions serving corporate and public-sector customers, with special expertise in select markets, including healthcare and distribution. We provide technology solutions – including hardware, software and services – to help customers resolve their most complicated IT needs. Our expertise includes enterprise architecture and high availability, infrastructure optimization, storage and resource management, identity management and business continuity.