The IT Summit Los Angeles 2013 | 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.

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.

Chief Information Officer for the RAND Corporation. RAND is a unique non-profit entity providing objective research and analysis to a broad range of clients and grantors. RAND’s mission is to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Our core values are Quality and Objectivity.

In October 2009 Bill’s chapter "Growing Productive Vendor Relations through Nurturing, Supervision, and Feedback" was published in the text "Strategies for Optimizing Vendor Relations" (ISBN: 9780314911834).

In the May 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review the article "The Right Way to Close an Operation" chronicles one of the two very successful plant closures Bill has been responsible for.

In November 2007 Bill was interviewed by CIO Magazine about my experiences hiring staff. To read the interview go to www.cio.com and look for the Hiring Manager Interviews (under Advice & Opinion/IT Organization/Staffing/Hiring). There are two items: The actual Q&A Interview and a second "Outtakes" part of the interview.

Would you like your users to describe your IT organization as the best they have ever seen? In this entertaining talk, Bill will share his thoughts and experiences with building IT teams in academic, industry, government, public, private, and non-profit sectors. Bill will describe the methods and techniques that he has learned by observing other organizations and what he has used to effectively build high performing information technology teams.

Chris has 13 years of IT experience, serving as a system COBOL and C programmer, system administrator, IT Service Management lead and project manager. He currently leads Service Management transformation projects implementing ITIL best processes and tools for the County’s Information Technology Service. Most recently, he led the effort to assess, select, plan and implement the County’s newest service management platform, Cherwell CSM and associated processes. Chris’s credentials include a B/S in Computer Information Systems, ITIL Certifications, a Six Sigma Green belt and an Associate Degree in project management.

Steve has 28 years of IT experience with the County of Los Angeles. Over the years he has implemented and administered Unix Servers, Network Monitoring Systems, an Asset Management System, a Data Center Infrastructure Management System and four generations of IT Service Management Systems with the first over 25 years ago on an IBM Mainframe and most recently with Cherwell on Windows/SQLServer. Steve has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and is ITIL Foundations certified (and he never wears a tie).

LA County IT Professionals Chris Pretzman and Steve Wynsma talk about their recent ITSM software selection and implementation. Learn the highs and lows of taking on a project of this size and complexity and how they navigated pitfalls, self-inflicted wounds and other obstacles on their way to the successful objective: best practice IT Service Management enabled by Cherwell.

Abbas brings over 15 years of experience across a wide range of domains including systems engineering, product management and strategy, technical marketing and sales. As the CTO, Abbas is responsible for promoting the use of relevance engines across all markets through analyst and media relations, public speaking, publishing and blogging. He also spends time working with clients to map out the value that a relevance engine will provide in their environment. As a recognized thought leader in IT management and BCM he is a frequent speaker and author on providing relevant information to the right people at the right time. Previously, Abbas was the VP of Product Strategy at Managed Objects (now Novell BSM), and AVP of Pre-Sales Engineering at OPNET Technologies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto. Be sure to follow him on Twitter, and the xMatters blog.

The freedom of mobile technologies has changed the way people work. But the reality of the evolving workplace is that employees are more dispersed than ever. Employees today rely on mobile devices for business communication. In this presentation we’ll discuss why a mobile strategy needs to be included in business continuity planning, crisis management and incident management. We’ll cover best practices for critical communications in the enterprise and the benefits of accessing and initiating plans from mobile devices.

Jeanna Trammell is a Program Manager at UCLA Extension in the Engineering and Technology Department for the past six years. She manages and facilitates approximately 150 Shortcourses and two Technical Management Programs each year that includes local and international clients from large companies such as DirecTV, Boeing, Symantec and Northrup Grumman. She organizes large conferences and events that include more than 700 participants. She directs and creates the marketing efforts of the Shortcourses that includes online, print and direct referrals. She received an MA in Comparative and International Legal Studies from SOAS, University of London and a BA in International Studies from Austin College in Texas.

This presentation will focus on what Shortcourses and the Technical Management Program (TMP) are, what kind of courses we offer, where we offer them, and how to enroll in any of these courses. During the discussion, Ms. Trammell will include companies that have benefitted from the Shortcourses and TMP, their testimonials, and the benefits of taking these courses. Benefits that will be shared in taking Shortcourses and the TMP include: learning from renowned experts in their fields, becoming an expert in your field, helping to secure your job, and networking with other professionals in the field. Lastly, Jeanna will talk about the ability we have to customize programs to fit the needs of your company.

Successful sales leader who has lead direct sales, partner sales for both new business and customer account management. Built sales channel and succesfully met direct sales quotas with over 17 years of computer software industry experience. Served as VP of Sales for North America at Lakeview Technology and now as VP of Sales for Visions Solutions’ Enterprise Accounts. Have built sales organizations and helped transition those orgnaizations through a series of mergers and acquisitions.

Specialties:Recruited, trained and managed partner channel. Built direct sales teams. Have sold through partners and been successful selling directly.

Review the different types of migrations, why companies put them off and what technologies are available to perform these migrations. Migrations don’t have to affect the productivity of your workforce or impact your customers. Learn how you can complete any migration at a time that is convenient for you.

Enjoy networking with your IT peers over lunch at The IT Summit.

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

Kapil Raina, a security and cloud expert, leads product marketing at Zscaler, Inc. Raina serves as an evangelist for the Zscaler Security Cloud, educating enterprises on the challenges and considerations to securely enable the benefits of mobility and cloud applications. Previously, Mr. Raina has held senior product leadership roles at IronKey, Vmware, and VeriSign and led numerous products from concepts to revenue including a 2012 SC Magazine Award Winner. He has authored several books including: “mCommerce Security” (McGrawHill), “PKI Security Solutions” (Wiley). Mr. Raina has presented at leading conferences and has been quoted in leading publications.” Mr. Raina specializes in 1.0 product development and launches and getting new products and programs to market.

Looking Past Behavioral Analysis & Traditional Security Solutions
Without a proper understanding of advanced persistent threats, organizations have no way to expose the gaps of overhyped security solutions. Enterprises today are increasingly faced with the challenge of protecting employees against advanced persistent threats (APTs). These threats leverage previously unknown attack techniques and vulnerabilities – they are sophisticated, combining social engineering and zero-day exploits for infection, often establishing botnets and maintaining communication with command and control servers before exfiltrating data or sabotaging systems

This problem is made worse by:

Highly mobile and unpredictable end-users
The limited capabilities of first generation behavioral analysis solutions and commoditized point appliances

Join Kapil Rainer, Senior Director of Product Marketing, at Zscaler for a compelling presentation focusing on a comprehensive new approach to addressing the entire advanced persistent threat (APT) and advanced targeted attack (ATA) defense lifecycle, including protection, detection and remediation. This new approach will leverage Zscaler Direct-to-Cloud Network, the world’s largest and most scalable global security cloud providing:

Continuous coverage of any user on any device in any location to prevent infection
Pervasive protection delivered in-line and bi-directionally to reduce dwell time
Real-time “big data” security analytics for actionable insight to remove infection
Cloud-based community threat intelligence from 10 million global users for on-going visibility and protection

Joe Andrulis currently serves as Vice President, Global Marketing at AMX Corporation. Joe has over two decades of experience in marketing and business development of image processing, communications, and monitoring and control systems at Texas Instruments, Pinpoint Communications, Blue Wave Systems, and TelOptica. He also worked as a business strategy consultant at McKinsey and Company working out of their Dallas office. Most recently, he served as Vice President and Group Manager at RF Monolithics, where he built and managed a business unit dedicated to developing and marketing a family of hardware and software solutions for integrated building management.

For more than two years, Joe has served as an advisor to Yagna, a Texas-based developer of software tools for designing, configuring, and quoting complex network products and systems. Joe brings to this role his four years of experience at TelOptica, a developer of software tools for designing, optimizing, and managing optical networks where he served as Vice President of Marketing and, later, CEO.

This session will explore the migration of AV systems from analog…to digital…to network service. Traditional Audio-Visual Systems were designed as stand-alone solutions to serve the needs of a single, independent environment. The evolution of network-based, centrally managed Audio-Visual systems brings with it a number of challenges to ensure the systems operate effectively and harmoniously with other network applications. Overcoming these challenges will yield enormous benefits for the enterprise by leveraging technology to enable collaboration in previously unimagined ways.

Ralph Johnson is the Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer for King County, Washington and President of the Holistic Information Security Practitioners Institute (HISPI) Governance Board. Mr. Johnson’s has been with King County for 23 years serving in multiple IT and management roles. For the past 8 years Mr. Johnson has held the position of Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer in which he oversees information security and privacy issues for the entire county infrastructure. In this capacity he established the information assurance program from policy development to controls selection, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. He has held the position of HISPI Governance Board President since April of 2012 and served as Governance Board Secretary for three years prior to assuming his current role. Mr. Johnson also serves on the Product Review Board for the Trusted Purchasing Alliance of the Multi State – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and is a member of the MS-ISAC’s Education and Awareness Committee and the National Association of Counties (Naco) Cyber-Security Task Force. Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Eastern Oregon University and an Associate’s degree in Mortuary Science form San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. He holds multiple certifications in information security, information privacy, network administration and project management.

This presentation introduces the essential goals of information security and presents success factors essential for a successful information security program. The audience will also be introduced to the HISPI (Holistic Information Security Practitioner Institute) framework and how this framework benefits organizations and individuals who chose to become trained and certified.

Allan brings over 15 years of experience across a wide range of domains including IT management, product management and strategy, technical marketing and sales. As the DCIM Consultant, Allan is responsible for providing technical expertise in the field of Data Center management across all markets through various sales relations, public speaking, publishing and blogging. He also spends time working with clients to map out the value that a DCIM Software solution will provide in their environment. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Kabul.

This presentation will focus on how Planning and optimizing utilization of actual physical infrastructure capacities via shared data center model, can be enabling efficient equipment provisioning and right-sizing of your data center.

Virtual environment integrations between Data Center Operation: Capacity and VMware and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

The integrations provide insight into how virtual machines relate to physical servers and their location, automatically migrating virtual machines to secure host environments from faulty infrastructure enabling customers to maintain Service Level Agreements and view and manage network health.

Dr. Bria Jones, PMP, is a seasoned Project Management Professional who is currently consulting in the role of MISIS Project Director for the Los Angeles Unified School District. LAUSD is the 2nd largest school district in the nation which serves 700,000+ students. Professionally, Dr. Jones is known for transformational leadership, cutting-edge technology deployments, business enablement services, company strategy optimization, and business benefits realization. Personally, she exhibits action bias decision-making; adaptability, quality focused team development, proactive communication, practical interpersonal and problem solving skills. Her career highlights include involvement in numerous industry changing IT projects, including:

Online Content for Handheld RAM Devices (the precursor to smart phones) – Texas Instruments
Online Insurance Quotes – Trilogy/Progerssive.com
Online Pharmacy – API/Caremark/CVS
Online Video Rentals – Blockbuster.com
Online Graduate Education – American College of Education
Online Retail Risk Education Management Systems – McKesson
Online Student Information Systems – SchoolNet, Global Scholar, and proprietary LAUSD

Dr. Jones is a passionate and compelling speaker who is sought after by corporations and professional organizations internationally. Her contagious humor about her most challenging project experiences makes her a popular speaker. She tackles thorny project issues and shows IT professionals how to motivate their teams toward new levels of achievement. Her message is delivered with grace and empathy which allows participants to find the humor in the choices they have made in the past and the critical decisions that lie ahead. As a keynote speaker, she blends personal wisdom with her professional insight to motivate positive changes and produce dramatic results. Dr. Bria Jones can be reached at www.linkedin.com/in/drpmp/

If you have been in IT for 5+ years, chances are high that you have probably seen a failing project first hand. Regardless of the industry, the truth is not all projects will be successful. Just like your favorite sports team, they can’t win the championship every year. If they don’t win the championship, it is comforting to know that they won more games than they lost. We call that a “winning season.” Successful companies understand this principle and plan strategically to balance high risk and low risk initiatives. The hope is to have more successful than failing projects in a fiscal year.

So, if projects can fail at any point in the life cycle and success only occurs at the end of the project, what is different about companies that have a high degree of project success? What do these companies know that others do not know? Come learn the answers to these questions and more from a seasoned Recovery Project Manager, Dr. Bria Jones, PMP. She shares the industry secrets on how a failing project can finish with reasonable benefits and value for the customer and the stakeholders. Learn the “root causes” for project failure and the ten essential steps for reversing them.

B. Scott Cassell is a Corporate Solutions Architect for Media and Entertainment at EMC’s Isilon Storage Division. B. Scott has over 15 years industry experience and specializes in content editing, media transcoding, content distribution, and broadcasting technologies. B. Scott is a proven and accomplished C-level executive, strategic decision maker, innovator, visionary, and leader who is an expert in digital cinema, satellite and terrestrial broadcasting, 3D/2D production and live streaming, audio and video compression, and computer networking technologies.

B. Scott holds a Master of Communications Technology from NRE Texas; a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from UOP Arizona; a Certification in Accounting from LTU California; MCSE, MCDBA, MCNPS, MCPS, MCPSI, and MCT certifications from Microsoft; CCDA, CCNA, CIPCESS, CIPCES, CIPCCES, CIPTDS, CUDN, CUDS, and CSEv2 certifications from Cisco; a GRO License from the FCC; A+ certification from CompTIA; and a design patent for media replication (20080250077). B. Scott is an FCC Licensed Satellite Teleport Engineer, a member of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum (ISDCF), and the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), as well as a member of the Department of Homeland Security and a Certified Instructor in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Businesses that exploit Big Data to improve strategy and execution are distancing themselves from competitors. The Big Data solution, scale-out storage, a unified analytics platform, and business process and application development tools allow organizations to draw deeper insights and become a more predictive organization. This presentation will address questions about what is Big Data and how it can be harnessed to provide value to the enterprise.

• Learn how to boost efficiency. Automate infrastructure scale and performance to gain the maximum value from your Big Data.
• Be more agile. Improve responsiveness and speed time to market.
• Achieve new breakthroughs. Gain deeper insights to deliver second-to-none solutions.

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.

Since 1968, SIM has inspired the minds of the most prestigious IT leaders in the industry. Highly regarded as the premier network for IT leadership, SIM is a community of thought leaders who share experiences and rich intellectual capital, and who explore future IT direction.

People want to work anywhere; on any device, and IT needs to enable them — without drowning in complexity or compromising on security, performance, reliability or cost. Aerohive’s mission is to Simpli-Fi these enterprise access networks with a cloud-enabled, self-organizing, service-aware, identity-based infrastructure that includes innovative Wi-Fi, VPN, branch routing and switching solutions.

AITP is the community of IT knowledge focused on empowering the IT profession by evolving its members to their full potential as a professional.

It is our goal, our purpose to provide a community network for the IT business professionals to reach their true potential by providing education programs for advancing technology and business skills, leadership development opportunities, networking, peer mentoring and knowledge sharing, and online resources.

AMX hardware and software solutions simplify the way people interact with technology. With the increasing number of technologies and operating platforms at work and home, AMX solves the complexity of managing this technology with reliable, consistent and scalable systems. Our award-winning products span control and automation, system-wide switching and audio/video signal distribution, as well as digital signage and technology management. They are implemented worldwide in conference rooms, homes, classrooms, network operation / command centers, hotels, entertainment venues and broadcast facilities, among others.

To enable a world where people can choose how they want to work.

AppSense empowers enterprises to liberate employees while providing the appropriate levels of governance and security. The vision is a people-centric world, where technology is a transparent enabler of productivity.

The San Fernando Valley chapter membership is comprised of security professionals including federal, state and municipal law enforcement; private security; educators; consultants; and security vendors in the Greater Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley area. The Chapter received it’s charter on June 26, 1980.

ACP (The Association of Contingency Planners) is the premier organization for business continuity professionals providing a powerful networking and learning environment for ACPits members. Known for its progressive programs, workshops and symposiums, the organization has become a unifying force in defining and leading the continuously evolving fields of business continuity, disaster recovery, and emergency response (the “profession”). The Organization is strategically aligned with business partners such as DRI International, and BC Management, as well as our corporate sponsors. With a strong presence in North America, ACP has 42 chapters and over 2,300 members. We welcome all individuals, regardless of experience or certification, with an interest in the Profession.

BEAR Data Solutions prides itself in providing Information Technology solutions to meet your business requirements. They specialize in designing, implementing, and supporting your IT infrastructure by helping you select the correct solution.

BEAR Data Solutions has built relationships with the leaders in data center management, storage optimization, software implementation/customization, virtualization, networking, security and unified communications so we can craft a complete technology solution. Their certified engineers and sales teams will review your business needs and assemble the appropriate technologies and resources.

When clients choose Cal Net Technology Group for their IT needs, they don’t just get an IT professional; they get an IT department. Because of theirt echnical expertise, large full-time staff, and flexible packages, Cal Net Technology Group is able to offer first-rate computer support Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura County businesses have relied on since 1995. Cal Net Technology Group has helped hundreds of clients throughout our Southern California network in need of Los Angeles computer services and IT support in cities spanning from Santa Clarita, Oxnard, and as far south as San Clemente. Cal Net Technology Group is considered by Microsoft as one of their top partners in Los Angeles for many reasons, including these:

Cal Net Technology Group saves their clients money by providing one specialized consultant or an entire IT department for less than it costs to pay full-time personnel.
Cal Net Technology Group hires specialists with targeted skill sets, so each consultant we send is perfectly suited to the client’s project need
Cal Net Technology Group strategically sends their specialists to perform the tasks they are specialized to do. This means that they have done the same system upgrade or fixed system outages time and time again—unlike many full-time employees who, while knowledgeable about IT systems, are often required to troubleshoot problems they have never handled before through trial and error.
When companies use Cal Net Technology Group consultants, they eliminate the challenges that occur when a full-time employee calls in sick or takes a vacation. Also, Cal Net Technology Group clients can avoid making changes that might disrupt the 8am to 6pm workday. Cal Net Technology Group can work day and night—without requiring overtime wages.
Both Cal Net Technology Group and its founder have received recognition and awards from the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Computer Reseller News (CRN), and many other news media outlets.
The Cal Net Technology Group support network covers many locations, offering IT services in Irvine and Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Ventura County—plus cites in the San Bernardino area.

Finally, Cal Net Technology Group understands the crucial role that budgets play in IT decisions. Whether you own a small company seeking computer services in Orange County, a large corporation in Long Beach, or a mid-sized firm in Santa Clarita, Cal Net Technology Group can provide you with IT support Los Angeles and Southern California clients have trusted for over a decade.

CETPA is an association of Educational Technology Professionals (technologists) within the State of California. Founded in 1960, the major emphasis of the association’s activities are directed towards improving Administrative Information Processing in public education within the State of California and to prepare its membership to better meet and support the technological needs of the Instructional Program.

The Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum is a joint venture of Caltech’s Industrial Relations Center, Caltech’s Office of Technology Transfer, the Caltech Alumni Association. The mission of the Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California.

Through its monthly programs, the Forum provides advice, support, education and networking opportunities to technology-based ventures in the Southern California area.

Programs address a range of key entrepreneurial issues from financing, marketing and business planning to executive leadership and staffing. Case presentations feature companies in emerging technology areas reviewing their business plans with expert panelists. Special sessions examine new entrepreneurial opportunities, in such areas as life sciences, medical technologies, energy, software, communications and entertainment technologies.

Charter Business® provides a full range of advanced broadband services and solutions to business organizations, including Charter Business Internet, Charter Business Phone and Charter Business TV in Digital entertainment programming.

All services are delivered over our state-of-the-art network, and backed by professional customer service and support from local technicians. We’re dedicated to bringing our customers innovative, reliable services, and responsive customer care — to help businesses to succeed today and in the years to come.

Cherwell Service Management™, created by Cherwell Software, provides service desk professionals with out-of-the-box ITSM processes, a self-service portal, real-time metrics/dashboards, complete Outlook integration, tablet and smart phone access, codeless customization, seamless upgrades, and social media integration — all at competitive pricing. Available SaaS or On-Premises as a subscription or purchased.

Citrix is the cloud company that enables mobile workstyles—empowering people to work and collaborate from anywhere, securely accessing apps and data on any of the latest devices, as easily as they would in their own office. Citrix solutions help IT and service providers build clouds, leveraging virtualization and networking technologies to deliver high-performance, elastic and cost-effective cloud services. With market-leading solutions for mobility, desktop virtualization, cloud networking, cloud platforms, collaboration and data sharing, Citrix helps organizations of all sizes achieve the speed and agility necessary to succeed in a mobile and dynamic world. Citrix products are in use at more than 260,000 organizations and by over 100 million users globally. Annual revenue in 2012 was $2.59 billion.

The Los Angeles/SoCal Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is an organization formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing.

Founded in 2001, Code42 is comprised of 230+ engineering, sales, marketing, design, and support professionals located throughout the world, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. We’re best known for CrashPlan, a system that manages and protects your digital life with easy-to-use software and high-performance hardware storage.

Leveraging our collective experience, we create extraordinary, elegant solutions for everyday problems. Not satisfied with making solutions that simply work; we demand they look amazing and behave intuitively. Our innovative, open, collaborative environment views all challenges as opportunities, new ideas expected, and the best one should always win.

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.

For more than 26 years, Dell has empowered countries, communities, customers and people everywhere to use technology to realize their dreams. Customers trust us to deliver technology solutions that help them do and achieve more, whether they’re at home, work, school or anywhere in their world.

EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service (ITaaS).

Flycast Partners provides IT Service Management consulting to organizations across North America. Flycast Partners clients remain ahead of the curve on technology adoption while maintaining the rock-solid principles of ITIL in practical, focused projects.

As premier implementers of on-premise and cloud technologies Flycast Partners delivers amazing change quickly and sustainably.

GBH Communications is a leading provider of conferencing, collaboration and unified communications products. Since 1986 our sales and support teams have dedicated themselves to providing our clients customized solutions to fit their exact needs, budget and timeline. With three corporate offices and over 15 satellite locations we provide superior quality, award winning support to customers regardless of location or time zone. By merging the expertise of our sales and support teams with advanced product solutions from partners including Polycom, Plantronics, LifeSize, Jabra, and Easynet we are able to provide complete solutions that improve communication and productivity while increasing employee morale through more effective collaboration. GBH and TechShield Services, our technical support division, offers clients their robust support solutions including project design, installation, and 24/7 technical support services. These premier services have been rated at 98% for customer satisfaction by an independent research group.

HDI is the worldwide professional association and certification body for the technical service and support industry. Facilitating collaboration and networking, HDI hosts acclaimed conferences and events, produces renowned publications and research, and certifies and trains thousands of professionals each year.

HDI also connects solution providers with practitioners through industry partnerships and marketing services. Guided by an international panel of industry experts and practitioners, HDI is the premier resource for best practices and emerging trends.

The Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) Institute (HISPI) is an independent certification organization consisting of volunteers that are true information security practitioners, such as Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Information Security Officers (ISOs), Information Security Managers, Directors of Information Security, Security Analysts, Security Engineers and Technology Risk Managers from major corporations and organizations.

The HISPI certification approach prides itself on ensuring that an educational foundation provided by information security training is the corner stone of the HISP certification and the Institute as a whole.

Don’t stop at IT security certification alone. IT certification is important but full security training for a business’s IT Security team is what will make you stand out from the competition. The security certification available through HISPI will show your commitment to the process.

The High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) was formed to provide education and collaboration to our global members for the prevention and investigation of high tech crimes.

As such, we are an organization that aspires to help all those in the high technology field by providing extensive information, education, collective partnerships, mutual member benefits, astute board leadership and professional management.

We are the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis, IIBA^®, supporting our local members in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. Local chapters advance the mission and objectives of IIBA^®by promoting professional standards and practices at the local level. Ongoing professional development is a key benefit to membership and is supported at the chapter level through activities, meetings, and educational programs. Joining IIBA^® and getting involved with a local chapter demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and professional excellence in the area of Business Analysis. In addition, ongoing interaction with fellow professionals leads to knowledge exchange and communication of best practices.

To learn more about our chapter, please contact us at [email protected]

Infoblox delivers essential technology to help customers control their networks. Our patented Grid™ technology helps businesses automate complex network control functions to reduce costs and increase security and uptime. Infoblox is a global company, with operations in 25 countries. Our solutions help over 6,500 enterprises and service providers make their networks more available, secure and automated.

InfraGard is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) program that began in the Cleveland Field Office in 1996. It was a local effort to gain support from the information technology industry and academia for the FBI’s investigative efforts in the cyber arena. The program expanded to other FBI Field Offices, and in 1998 the FBI assigned national program responsibility for InfraGard to the former National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and to the Cyber Division in 2003. InfraGard and the FBI have developed a relationship of trust and credibility in the exchange of information concerning various terrorism, intelligence, criminal, and security matters.

IntelesysOne is built on a foundation of unparalleled dedication to award-winning customer satisfaction. Recognizing from the beginning that they could not be a successful provider of any solution to their customers without first listening to the clients’ exact needs and tailoring the entire process around the individual requests of each and every client. Regardless of how high the quality of a product may be, or how cutting-edge the technology surrounding it is, neither matters in the absence of the value it would bring to the organization considering investing in it.

This nearly-obsessive focus on the fulfillment of their clients’ needs has never been more apparent than now. Regularly since 2007, ShoreTel – a company who itself has a strong focus on customer satisfaction – has openly recognized IntelesysOne for their loyalty to the ideals of putting the needs of our clients first and foremost. Most recently, IntelesysOne garnered the acknowledgement from both ShoreTel and AT&T, separately, of a customer satisfaction rating of higher than 95%.

The Information Systems Security Association of Los Angeles (ISSA-LA) is the founding chapter of a not-for-profit international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. We provide educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of our members.

The itSMF USA, a chapter of itSMF International, is the independent professional organization and forum for IT Service Management professionals in the US. A not-for-profit organization, itSMF is a prominent player in the on-going development and promotion of IT Service Management (ITSM) best practices, standards and qualifications in the United States. This network of industry professionals, white papers, webinars, podcasts, conferences and other resources creates an opportunity for you and your organization to connect, learn and grow. Come be part of the profession of IT service management.

The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) is the region’s leading provider of economic development services. Since 1981, the LAEDC’s mission is to attract, retain and grow businesses and jobs for the regions of Los Angeles County. The LAEDC serves the 88 cities and more than 100 unincorporated communities of L.A. County through its free business assistance and attraction programs, economic research, fee-supported economic and policy analysis, and public policy leadership

Meru Networks provides a virtualized wireless LAN solution that optimizes the enterprise network to deliver the performance, reliability, and operational simplicity of a wired network, with the advantages of mobility.

Meru’s innovative approach to wireless networking uses virtualization technology to create an intelligent and self-monitoring wireless network. With Meru, enterprises can become all wireless, smoothly migrating their business-critical applications from wired to wireless networks.

Gain a competitive advantage by replacing inefficient and error-prone paper forms with automated mobile solutions that boost productivity and increase revenue. Our code-free enterprise mobility platform enables businesses to easily create, deploy and administer sophisticated custom mobile applications. Our intuitive point & click system eliminates time-consuming and expensive custom coding and includes the management tools necessary for a successful mobility project.

QuickStart offers the largest public Guaranteed-to-Run schedule. At any given time, we offer over 150 public IT training classes. Covering topics from SharePoint to PowerPoint courses for people of all levels. With QuickStart you won’t have to worry about last-minute cancellation or have to be pushed into a different date. QuickStart guarantees that our classes will run or you get your class for free!

Today, energy is at the heart of everyone’s concern. More than ever, the current situation compels each and every one to achieve more while using fewer resources. Global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric makes energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green. How? Simply by making energy visible and giving you the means to act to optimize its consumption.

Our powerful security solutions encompass networking, site-to-site communications, telecommuting, POS transactions and Secure Web sites, to help your business address a wide range of security threats.

You deserve an affordable business cell phone plan that works as hard as you and your company do. With T-Mobile, you can pick what’s right for your business today with the room to expand as your business needs expand. Make the switch to T-Mobile and get transparent business pricing, a nationwide 4G network, and service you can trust.

When it comes to competitive telecom carriers, one name stands above the rest. TelePacific. The largest competitor to AT&T, Verizon, and CenturyLink in California and Nevada is now one of the top communications provider options nationwide with a private fiber network that can serve any business in the country. We’ve also added a major footprint in Texas. This strong position brings competitive advantages to our more than 40,000 business customers who have over a million lines in service all across the U.S.

As one of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive continuing higher education providers, UCLA Extension gives you all the options and wide range of courses you need.

Extension offers:

The excellence that comes with a UCLA-approved curriculum.
Open Enrollment—start a course or a program anytime throughout the year.
Evening, weekend, daytime, and online courses.
Locations throughout L.A.—Westwood, Downtown, and more.
Certificate Programs, transferable undergraduate degree-credit, and continuing education credits.
Courses for specifically designed for working adults, high schoolers, college students, and lifelong learners.

Vision Solutions is the premier provider of cloud replication and recovery, high availability and disaster recovery, migration and cross-platform data sharing solutions for Windows®, Linux®, AIX®, IBM® i and Cloud Computing markets. Vision Solutions’ Double-Take®, MIMIX® and iTERA™ brands enable organizations from SMB to enterprise to affordably and efficiently protect data, systems and applications with products that have been trusted for over 22 years.

xMatters makes relevance engines that connect people with what they need to know, at the exact moment they need to know it – so they can act quickly. It’s a simple concept that packs huge benefits. It can save the sanity of an IT team – or save the lives of people affected by disaster. It can breathe new life into a product, or capture a customer’s attention at just the right instant.

Relevance engines work with a company’s existing products and services to deliver what matters most – on time, every time. Our clients use relevance engines to save time, resources, and headaches – and to prevent their staff and customers from being inundated with useless mass notifications. Everyone wins. And that’s what matters to us.

Yorktel is a leading global provider of video managed services for large enterprise and federal government customers. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in New Jersey, with offices across the U.S. and in the U.K., Yorktel enables customers to successfully integrate video into their operations – from video conferencing to streaming, video event production to digital signage. Yorktel designs, integrates, and manages enterprise-wide video communications solutions.

ZeroLag is Peace of Mind as a Service. Our fully managed hosting services provide you with best of class security, performance, and reliability. Plus our live technical support team is available around the clock and located in the data center so you can rest assured and focus on what matters most, your business.

Zscaler is transforming enterprise security with the world’s largest Security Cloud built from the ground up to safely enable users doing business beyond the corporate network. Zscaler’s Security Cloud processes over 10 billion transactions a day with near-zero latency to instantly secure over 10 million users in 180 countries, with no hardware or software required. More than 4000 global enterprises are using Zscaler today to simplify their IT operations, consolidate point security products, and securely enable their business for mobility, cloud and social media.