The IT Summit Denver 2012

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

Jamie Yancy is The Chief Technology Officer, for United Western Bancorp; Jamie’s professional career might best be described as eclectic. Jamie has worked in the IT industry since 1977 as a communicator for the United States Navy. In 1984 he worked for the Argonne National Laboratory and had a key role the redesign of the USDOE Secure Automated Communications Network (SACNET) Jamie also, participated in the government wide Neutral Particle Beam experiment. He has provided communications support for the National Science Foundation experiments at ANL. Jamie in 1990 and began working with Rockwell International and EG&G; providing management of communications at the Rocky Flats Facility Mr. Yancy was a key member of the Rocky flats Leadership academy. In addition, he Co-Founded a Denver based DSL provider Broadband Solutions and designed and operated the network for a International long distance provider VDC, Built call centers for Teletech. Networks for Matrix Bancorp, Inc. and Legent Clearing and the list. And recently, co-founded Novitious LLC an IT consulting company. Jamie holds a number of certifications including a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and is a member of ISACA, ASIS, and ISSA.

Jamie kicks off The IT Summit Denver 2012 with a brief history of the conference, followed by an overview of the topics guests can look forward to learning about throughtout the day.

Peter Maravelias is a Principal Product Strategy Manager at Oracle and focuses on the Oracle User Productivity Kit. Peter has 23 years of professional experience in the public and private sectors concentrating on media and software technologies associated with training and education. Peter’s current work includes defining and managing the application integration strategy and new requirements for the User Productivity Kit.

Transforming the business is a key management process that has now become an everyday practice. While transformation can have a significant impact on the people in an organization, those same people can have an even greater impact on the transformation. Discover how managing the people, process, and technology can help CIOs manage knowledge as intellectual property and ensure employees understand their job role. Learn how when knowledge is managed within the organization, users are productive and agile business processes bring greater results to the organization. Transforming the business can lead to competitive advantage – start managing your knowledge today.

Michael Lani has over twenty years of experience in the IT industry, and is currently the Director of IT for Rio Blanco County. Since taking over the department in 2000, he has brought the network from a small ineffective operation, to a cutting edge network with minimal funds. He regularly participates in collaborative IT groups locally, regionally, and statewide. He was also instrumental in implementing a Municipal Area Network (MAN). The MAN serves voice and data to nine County buildings over a 60 mile radius, as well as Town Hall, Meeker School District, and Pioneers Hospital, all from one central location. He was also employed by the 9th judicial district for over 10 years. During this time he was a key member of the IT department, and served on many boards. In 2000-2001 he was President of the Colorado Family Support Council and helped to write the legislation regarding the revocation of driver’s licenses from parents who did not pay their child support. Mr. Lani is very passionate about IT, and finding the best solution for the least amount of money.

JOHN D. CONLEY is the Executive Director of Colorado’s Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA). Mr. Conley is responsible for the daily management and operation of SIPA and is tasked with leading the strategic efforts of the organization. SIPA is responsible for delivering eGovernment applications and services to citizens throughout the state of Colorado. One of the primary missions of SIPA is assisting governmental entities to be successful with utilizing shared services to reduce costs and increase functionality. Under his leadership, SIPA has made new services available including website templates for all governmental entities, intelligent forms, and Google Apps for Government. SIPA has grown from 24 partner agreements to more than 90 under his direction and revenue has increased by 284 percent in the last two years. Prior to becoming the executive director of SIPA, Mr. Conley was the deputy state chief information officer for Colorado, where he was responsible for policy, project governance, and operations. In this position he helped centralize all IT functions across the executive branch into the Governor’s Office of Information Technology, thereby transforming the service delivery model. The focus of this initiative was to create an improved platform for effective and efficient information technology operations. In this role he championed streamlining mobile devices, saving the state $600,000 annually, was responsible for the procurement of multi-million dollar IT systems, and lead the efforts to modernize the infrastructure of all driver’s license offices throughout Colorado while avoiding $1.8 million in costs. Mr. Conley also serves as the chair of the EAGLE-Net Alliance, which received a federal grant of approximately $100 million to increase broadband deployment and availability throughout Colorado. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his master’s degree in public policy from the University of Denver.

With specialization is Cloud/SaaS and distributed computing, Mr. Pirooz has been at the forefront of this emerging technology first identified as ASP computing, then as managed services – and now evolving to cloud services. For 5 years, Pirooz managed infrastructure and service delivery for Fortune 100 companies, then built and led operations for an early-stage Oracle ASP. His experience has culminated at CenterBeam where, for 10 years, he has built out the managed service organization focused on delivering enterprise-class IT services to the mid-market. Notably, CenterBeam was delivering its services over the internet before the terminology “cloud” existed.

CenterBeam’s CTO, Shahin Pirooz, will discuss how cloud-based solutions can simplify mobile device management for IT departments and make it easier for users to access all applications irrespective of device.

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.

Brent Stark has worked as a Cisco Certified Premier Partner for telepresence and digital signage. He closely helped Cisco Enterprise clients to facilitate the design and sale of large telepresence projects including Immersive rooms, multipurpose rooms, personal telepresence, and Cisco Telepresence Infrastructure applications. His unique understanding of video networks and the audio/video/network standards required lead to many successful implementations of quality video on a private network. Brent now is expanding on this video background by providing network audio solutions as the Southwest Regional Manager for Biamp Systems. Based in Arizona, Brent oversees all sales and operations throughout Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Brent has extensive experience in designing large scale projects in multiple industries. Brent understands the challenges and opportunities presented as the IT industry now encompasses Audio and Video solutions in the enterprise space.

Now you can future-proof your projects and your business. With the first open, industry-accepted standards for transporting audio and video over the network, AVB bridges the gap between AV and IT technologies.

The new IEEE AVB standards synchronize multiple streams of audio and video, eliminate buffering delays and create resource reservation. And because AVB standards leverage existing Ethernet technology, they will benefit from ever increasing speeds and enhancements backed by major consumer electronics companies, allowing the AV industry to benefit from solutions aimed at the mass market.

For IT Managers, AVB means end-to-end digital networks that are simple to design and easy to manage.

AVB advantages include:

· IEEE standards

· Significantly lower latencies

· Larger channel capacity

· Intelligent switches

· Ethernet-based

· Single network for all media, including non-AVB traffic

Well known in the industry as a services expert and long-time channel advocate, Justin Crotty is constantly evangelizing a “pain free” and more profitable approach to managing an IT services business. His formal role involves managing the market-facing functions of the company and generating ways for NetEnrich partners to grow and scale their business in a more profitable way. With 18 years’ experience in IT management, he understands how to get to profitability faster, solve problems and push sales growth. Prior to joining NetEnrich, Crotty conceived, launched and grew the services division at distribution giant, Ingram Micro, Inc. His team pioneered the first IT managed and cloud services distribution model in the business, which included: • Managed Services, Cloud Computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) • Ingram Micro’s Service Network of solution providers • Warranty maintenance services and professional IT labor based services Widely recognized as an IT channel champion, Crotty has held management positions in IT sales and marketing and he began his career as an IT network engineer with IBM. Crotty serves on the CompTIA Ambassador Council, is founder and board chairman of the San Juan Capistrano Education Foundation, Inc., and serves on several non-profit boards. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Bentley College in Waltham, MA.

David DeCamillis’ first career encompassed 12 successful years in the financial industry including running national syndication for a regional stock brokerage firm and consulting in private equity funding, bridge financing and public stock offerings for SMBs. After leaving the financial industry, David started his own venture as an overseas promoter and producer in the entertainment industry for eight years partnering with MTV Asia. In 2008, David returned to the United States to become the Head of Business Development at Platte River Networks (PRN) in Denver, Colorado. Since David joined the firm, PRN has grown to become a leading IT Cloud service provider, both within the Denver-metro area, regionally and nationally. Over the last four years, David helped package, perfect and market Intuition, PRN’s signature Cloud product bundle. Thanks in part to the success of Intuition, PRN has gained a great deal of national distinction, both by winning major national awards and by being featured in multiple national publications. Some of the firm’s more auspicious achievements include receiving the 2011 Ingram Micro MVP of the USA Western Region at the Annual Cloud Summit; being named one the prestigious Top 250 Next Generation Service Providers in North America by CRN Magazine in 2011; and distinction from the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce by being named a finalist for the 2012 Small Business of the Year Award. Currently, David serves as the President of Colorado Technology Partners (CTP), a 15-company strategic partnership comprised of reliable and experienced technology providers in Colorado; PRN is one of the Founding Partners of CTP. David also serves on the Ingram Micro Cloud Services National Advisory Council, as well as the Mile High Association of Legal Administrators Partner Advisory Board.

Mike Sexson is the Projects Manager for the State of Colorado’s Integrated Document Solutions (IDS). His focus has been with the Mail Print to Post Operations and customer outreach throughout the state. Over the last eight years that Mike has been with IDS, he has acquired extensive knowledge of the mail/print process by exploring new technologies and software that has proved a cost savings to all governments under the State of Colorado’s umbrella: local municipalities, counties, and state agencies. He has forged a unique partnership with the United States Postal Service (USPS) that has contributed to IDS evolving to a full service document management/publishing agency. Mike is responsible for the development of the State Address Quality Program and manages the National Change of Address (NCOA) vendor program. He coordinated with the USPS to make the State of Colorado the first and only state to have its own NCOA vendor. Mike is one of the Technology of Participation (ToP) certified state facilitators and is a five-year National Postal Forum (NPF) speaker and workshop education leader. In 2008, Mike started his speaking tour with the National Postal Forum Conference in Anaheim, California, moved onto Washington, D.C. in 2009, Nashville, Tennessee in 2010, San Diego, California in 2011, and recently presented earlier this month in Orlando, Florida. In 2011, Mike presented at the National Government Publishing Association (NGPA) Conference in Virginia on the topic of Re-engineering Government Print, as well as the MailCOM Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, raising awareness for Government Mail: A Road Map to Reduce Costs and Re-engineering Government Mail and Print Operations. Mike’s published article on “Moving Mountains in Government” in the March-April 2010 Mailing Systems Technology Magazine and has recognized him as an expert in this field.

Economic conditions and decreased tax revenues have caused state governments across the country to evaluate all aspects of operational spending. State governments have had to examine all issues regarding print and mail materials from all agencies. This re-evaluation has permitted front line print and mail employees to tear down individual silos and work towards feasible and cost saving solutions: making government agencies accountable for the decisions they make, the money they spend, and increasing ROI to the taxpayers. Come learn how the State of Colorado utilized new technologies and software to change the “business as usual” model to cut spending, reduce budgets, and deliver a higher return of service to constituents.

Chuck Fredrick is the Chief Information Officer for the City and County of Denver. Chuck has over 17 years of experience in Information Technology, leading all aspects of software development and support/infrastructure processes. For the last three years, Chuck has held the positions of Deputy CIO and Director of Enterprise Applications at the City. He was a leader in molding information technology into a strategic business partner for government services. He crafted the City’s current technology investment and governance processes. He implemented industry IT standards that allowed for cost reduction and continuous gains in efficiency and productivity. Chuck’s teams have implemented several successful IT projects, including a new Sales Tax Collection System, an upgrade to PeopleSoft HR, Document Management for Contracting and Financial Records, automating the city’s Procure to Pay (P2P) process, installing a system to automate employee performance management, and several projects to improve the stability and the Customer Experience of Denvergov.org. Previous to his time at the City, Chuck held positions of Chief Technology Officer and Deputy CIO for Douglas County Government. As Deputy CIO, he had responsibility for the IT Operations, PMO, Software Engineering, and Quality Assurance divisions. Key contributions include the establishment of agile software development practices, the introduction of automated testing, and re-engineering the release and resource planning processes to increase overall department productivity and improve system stability. Prior to joining Douglas County, Chuck held several IT management positions at Nextel Communications over a six-year period. Chuck also served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he received an honorable discharge as a Captain. Chuck has a B.S. in Computer Science, and an MBA with a Marketing emphasis. He is also a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner, and is certified in Six Sigma.

As the world of IT becomes increasingly more complex, it is no wonder that we see the same topics bubble to the surface of almost every major organization’s list of top IT concerns center around technology: mobile strategy, social media, business intelligence, and cloud computing. But there is one topic that needs addressed now more than ever. This presentation will discuss why the recruitment and retention of top talent is your organization’s biggest area of need in the coming years, why it could in fact becoming a looming crisis and could actually be the defining factor in your organization’s ability to compete, and what you can do about it – no matter your level of the organization.

Wayne Gadberry is the founder and CEO of Viatech Consulting, a Colorado based company founded in 2003. Viatech Consulting offers a variety of services for the IT industry ranging from custom software architecture/development, network architecture, domain/server implementation, database architecture/development, and placement services. Viatech Consulting maintains a diverse portfolio of clients within the telecommunications, food and beverage, healthcare, automotive, and insurance industries. He has 20 years’ experience in information technology, with a personal focus in database architecture and development. Previously, Mr. Gadberry has acted as senior database architect for such companies as Frontier Communications, Network Associates, Mcafee.com, and AT&T; Broadband. Most recently, he manages the day-to-day operations of Viatech Consulting, as well as serves as co-lead architect on Viatech’s new flagship product line, Mobaddo, a service-based, rapid development and storage platform for the mobile device industry. Wayne also oversees the architecture of Comcast’s Enterprise Messaging System, components of Qdoba Mexican Grill’s database infrastructure, and Automotive Titling Corporation’s service based offerings. He attended the University of Arkansas majoring in Computer Systems Engineering. More information on Viatech Consulting and its products can be found at the following locations: http://www.viatechconsulting.net and http://www.mobaddo.com

With the introduction of Big Data Map/Reduce technology in recent years,has this technology alone done away with the need for relational/multi-dimensional database environments, or can these three play nice with one another?

We’ll explore the different technologies and discuss how each could be leveraged most efficiently by sites, services, mobile devices, and analytics.

Mohamed Lotfy is the Chair of Computer Science & Mathematics, School of Computer & Information Sciences, Regis University’s College for Professional Studies. Mohamed just finished his 30th year in academia. Mohamed taught in more than ten Universities in his academic career as a full time faculty and/or adjunct faculty. He taught a plethora of classes in these thirty years including: Data Communication Theory, Computer Graphics, Pascal, C, and C++ Programming, IT Project Management, Computation Theory, Data Structures, Advanced C Programming, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, and Computer Systems Security courses. Mohamed has presented and published numerous articles. His current research interests include: Parallel Radiosity, Distributed Computer Graphics, Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management, and Information Systems management. Mohamed received the excellence in best teaching practices and the excellence in teaching award from Regis University, and the Ambassador Program Award Rocky Mountain Information Management Association (RMIMA) for the 2003 & 2004 years. He is also a steering committee member of the IT Summit Denver, CO, and an honorary advisory board member for RMIMA, since October 2005. In addition, he is a member of ACM since 1991 and the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate since 1981. Under his leadership, the Computer Science and Information Technology department was awarded a Colorado Institute of Technology (CIT) educational grant ($239,930) to provide a seamless transfer from Colorado 2 year to 4 year institutions, in July 2002. The grant allowed Regis University to develop eight online courses to complete the Computer Information Systems and Computer Science online degrees. Also, the department was awarded a WIRED grant for $448,000 to fund the Business Technology Management (BTM) major which was established fall 2007 and to increase the number of Hispanic students enrolled in the technology majors at Regis.

Kara Miller joined FORTRUST Data Center in November, 2011 as their Director of Marketing. Kara has 6 years of Marketing and Business Development experience. She came to FORTRUST from the Private Equity Industry, but has an extensive background in marketing and analytics. She is actively involved in the community volunteering her time with the Humane Society and the Lupus Foundation. Kara obtained a dual degree in Statistics and Marketing from the University of Denver.

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.

Kara will be presenting the Luxury Prize at the conclusion of The IT Summit, from the main stage in Tech Theater I. Join us for this exciting conclusion to the conference, and for the opportunity to become the next lucky winner.

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.

ASIS International, with more than 34,000 members, is the largest international organization for professionals responsible for security, including managers and directors of security. In addition, corporate executives and other management personnel, as well as consultants, architects, attorneys, and federal, state and local law enforcement, are becoming involved with ASIS to better understand the constant changes in security issues and solutions.

Founded in 1955 as the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), the organization officially changed its name in 2002 to ASIS International. This new name preserves our history while better reflecting the growth and expansion of the society to more than 34,000 members around the world covering a wide array of services and specialties within the security industry.

Avema Critical Wireless (ACW) combines the best of breed capabilities of Avema Corporation and Mission Critical Wireless. Our clients benefit from the deepest technical expertise in the industry to provide full service support to their employees, and to keep their wireless costs contained to the minimum required.

Having worked hands on with every model of equipment and every software application from every major vendor in the mobile ecosystem, we make recommendations to our clients on the most effective use of these. Technologies that we work with regularly include not just smartphones and tablets, but also the servers that enterprises require, and security and support software such as Mobile Device Management.

Axis provides IP-based network video solutions including network cameras (IP cameras) and video encoders for security surveillance and remote monitoring.

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.

BrightWave Mobile specializes in wireless business products and services. Our team is comprised of tenured, experienced solution sales associates who strive to provide the best service in the industry. We have numerous years of experience, so we fully understand the competitive landscape and will work to put together the most aggressive offer for your business.

The management team at BrightWave Mobile has over 20 years of wireless experience, most of which is in business solution sales. We are unique in the fact that we are not only incentivized to earn your business, but to keep it and renew your phones with us for years into the future. This means your satisfaction long term is our top priority.

What started as a technology products catalog company has grown to a $1 billion communications and infrastructure services provider. This growth enables us to offer you an unrivaled solutions portfolio and international footprint, all built on the foundation of our business—trusted technical advice and support.

Black Box Network Services is now your single-source provider of comprehensive communications, infrastructure, and product solutions.

Over the last decade Bridgeline has developed 6dm, our proprietary delivery and development methodology. Rapid and iterative, 6dm strives to maximize the potential of your project while meeting your requirements and budget.

In today’s knowledge economy, Bridgeline does more than simply throw sophisticated technology at its customers, it provides real solutions through inspired planning and execution throughout the entire constituency chain.

Over a decade ago, CenterBeam became one of the very first ‘cloud services’ providers when we built, and patented, the first hosted Microsoft® Exchange environment. It was then that CenterBeam realized the need to build the infrastructure from the ground up so that we could successfully serve our clients.

CenterBeam understands that a secure, robust infrastructure is critical to our business and to our clients. When clients are considering the pros and cons of moving to a hosted or cloud based IT solution, security, high availability and the ability to achieve industry standards are always the top concerns. At CenterBeam, we are continually evaluating and evolving our infrastructure to meet the growing demands of our customers and ensure that we meet or exceed the strictest of standards.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, provides customers with uncompromised protection against all types of threats, reduces security complexity and lowers total cost of ownership. Check Point first pioneered the industry with FireWall-1 and its patented stateful inspection technology. Today, Check Point continues to develop new innovations based on the Software Blade Architecture, providing customers with flexible and simple solutions that can be fully customized to meet the exact security needs of any organization.

Check Point is the only vendor to go beyond technology and define security as a business process. Check Point 3D Security uniquely combines policy, people and enforcement for greater protection of information assets and helps organizations implement a blueprint for security that aligns with business needs. Customers include tens of thousands of organizations of all sizes, including all Fortune and Global 100 companies. Check Point’s award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumers from hackers, spyware and identity theft.

Comcast was founded in 1963 as a single-system cable operation of 1,200 subscribers. Since then we’ve grown to be the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services with 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers and 6.1 million digital voice customers in 39 states and the District of Columbia.

Convergint Technologies is a service-based North American integrator of Electronic Security, Fire Alarm & Life Safety, Healthcare Technologies, Communications and Building Automation. We provide professional services that seamlessly combine both our systems and enterprise integration skills to integrate disparant facility systems to meet customer’s evolving business requirements.

If you are buying IT equipment and services, CounterTrade will quickly and accurately respond with a quote that is on a government contract and will give you SDB Woman-owned small business credits for the purchase. Deadlines are always approaching. Requests are mounting and your desk looks like it could use a complete makeover. CounterTrade responds rapidly and accurately to get the items in your INBOX through to your OUTBOX. Our 25 plus years of Federal / State Government and Education experience can be relied on especially at critical times of the year. We answer the phone. We answer emails. We answer requests. Don’t wait on a vendor. We are AT YOUR SERVICE. It is not the other way around.

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.

Geography connects our many cultures and societies and influences our way of life. Esri is built on the philosophy that a geographic approach to problem solving ensures better communication and collaboration.

Geographic information system (GIS) technology leverages this geographic insight to address social, economic, business, and environmental concerns at local, regional, national, and global scales.

Firetide is the leading provider of multi-service mesh networks for industrial and municipal applications. Firetide provides a secure, high performance wireless mesh infrastructure and access solution for video surveillance, Internet access, public safety networks, and temporary networks wherever rapid deployment, mobility, and ease of installation are required.

FORTRUST is a world-class high-availability data center services provider, progressively designed and precisely managed to preserve business continuity for our customers. Our Denver colocation facility was built to be the most reliable and secure data and colocation center in the Rocky Mountain region.

Leading companies choose the FORTRUST data center to gain a trusted partner who will preserve and protect their data as well as serve as an essential extension of their operations. We stake our reputation on exceptional customer service and back our promise to uptime with industry-leading colocation service level agreements.

If finding the right ERP professional is a challenge, Glickman Consulting can help.
ERP recruiting is our sole focus. Glickman Consulting is dedicated to providing ERP recruitment and IT staffing services — including contractor, contract-to-hire and direct-hire placements — for companies nationwide with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) sourcing needs.

From offices in Denver and San Francisco, our seasoned IT recruiting firm places all levels of SAP, Oracle ERP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards (JDE) and Microsoft Dynamics AX professionals. Plus, we provide services and sound advice along the way, such as interview arrangements, advice on current salary and hourly rates, back-office arrangements and more.

Let us do what we do best, so you can focus on what you do best.

GovConnection is dedicated to fulfilling the unique, specialized IT needs of federal, state, and local governments and academic institutions (K-12 and higher education) throughout the United States. We help academic and government IT and purchasing professionals make informed decisions and reduce procurement costs.

Graybar has specialized in supply chain management services and distribution of high-quality components, equipment and materials for the electrical and telecommunications industries for over 80 years.

Incorporated in 1925, Graybar procures, warehouses, and delivers just about any kind of electrical or communications and data product, component, or related service to its customers. It stocks and sells hundreds of thousands of items from thousands of manufacturers.

HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.

Imation (NYSE: IMN) is a global scalable storage and data security company. Our portfolio includes tiered storage and security offerings for business and products designed to manage audio and video information in the home. Imation reaches customers in more than 100 countries through a powerful global distribution network and well recognized brands.

ISSA Background

The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is a not-for-profit international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides education forums, publications, and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members. Visit www.issa.com for more information about the international ISSA organization.

Our Chapter

The Denver Chapter of the ISSA organizes monthly meetings during which we typically invite speakers to address different security issues. The meetings also provide great networking opportunities with other Information Security professionals in the Denver area.

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.

Lenel offers systems that combine access control, alarm monitoring, ID card production, and personnel management into a number of integrated security solutions.

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.

LogLogic is the provider of industry’s only scalable log and security intelligence platform for the enterprise and cloud. LogLogic, with over 1,250 customers, provides solutions that allow customers to collect and analyze terabytes of big data generated by their IT assets and gives Security, IT Ops, and Compliance professionals actionable information at their finger tips to identify issues proactively and make insightful decisions, and also get compliant with various regulations. Currently, LogLogic customers are leveraging its solutions to manage over 1,000 Petabytes (or 1 Exabyte) of data. LogLogic collection software like Lasso Enterprise has been downloaded by over 250,000 enterprises.

Today’s IT networks are a complex mix of interdependent devices co-mingled with application databases, business applications and various sources of identity information. The ever-increasing volume of information generated by these data sources combined with increases in service level agreements and reductions in operational staff has resulted in one of the biggest challenges in information technology today — effective and proactive network management. Without network availability and performance, business will suffer. Automated tools are required to manage the volume of network issues and critical events that occur each day, ensuring maximum network and application availability for mission critical functions.

That’s where LogMatrix comes in. Our network management software solution is an extensible monitoring and event correlation framework that enables users to implement their IT operational practices and policies. The core component, NerveCenter, helps deliver end-to-end network management by providing visibility across networks, systems and applications, collecting and correlating data, identifying issues and determining root cause.

MDC is a world leader in Vacuum and Ceramic Seal Solutions. MDC was founded in 1975 to serve a rapidly expanding vacuum industry and to satisfy the increasing demand for high quality vacuum components with fast delivery and reasonable prices. Over the years MDC has expanded its portfolio acquiring Insulator Seal (ISI), a ceramic to metal bonding company, Innovent Technologies, a gas and vacuum weldment company. Today MDC is a leading manufacturer engineered process solutions; in HV & UHV Vacuum, ceramic-to-metal bonding and gas delivery.

Memeo Professional Backup allows for distribution of a backup solution across a company in minutes! It’s easily setup by employees and simple to use, and the IT management console provides secure, centralized data control and management. Memeo’s Professional Backup is uncomplicated, yet comprehensive, data security!

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.

Founded in 2004, NewsGator transformed the way people consumed information with the use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). This vision propelled NewsGator into the world of knowledge sharing, collaboration, and ultimately, enterprise-class social business software. NewsGator has since thrived largely as a function of two attributes: pace of innovation and a fanatical focus on customer satisfaction.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified and Depth Managed Partner, NewsGator is helping over three million paid users in industries across the globe propel the future of productivity. NewsGator’s flagship solution – Social Sites – delivers robust social technology to the enterprise with proven scalability and security. Flagship clients include: Accenture, Adidas, Deloitte, Ericsson, General Mills, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Kraft Foods, Merck & Co., Unisys Corporation, and the US Army.

No other social software vendor can match our deep integration with the Microsoft stack. Customers reap rewards such as reduced total cost of ownership and swift user adoption and we get kudos such as being honored by Microsoft as its 2011 US Partner of the Year.

Nimble Storage was founded by a team of industry veterans who developed groundbreaking primary storage and deduplication architectures at several market-leading storage companies. Their experience has given Nimble a unique perspective to solving the industry’s most pressing storage issues: reining in storage complexity, reducing costs, and implementing affordable backup and recovery.

The Nimble approach is based on the concept of converged storage, backup, and disaster recovery. It replaces an enterprise’s expensive high-RPM drives with a hybrid architecture that combines high-performance flash memory with low-cost, high-density SATA drives. And by deploying a second Nimble array in an off-site location, enterprises of any size can now obtain a complete, cost-effective data protection solution incorporating WAN-efficient primary-to-primary replication.

At Nuance, we’re the people who make voice work. We design and deliver intuitive technologies that help people live and work more intelligently. We provide the tools to inform, to connect, and to empower people to be more productive and creative. We give people more than just control over their communications. We give them command of their lives.

From speech technologies that help companies offer superior customer service experiences, to healthcare solutions that help physicians focus on patient care instead of documentation, to imaging technologies that convert physical documents into searchable digital files, our priority is creating solutions that put people in command. That’s what has made us the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions around the world.

With more than 380,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100—and with deployments across a wide variety of industries in more than 145 countries around the globe, Oracle offers an optimized and fully integrated stack of business hardware and software systems.

Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center–from servers and storage, to database and middleware, through applications. Oracle systems:

Provide better performance, reliability, security, and flexibility
Lower the cost and complexity of IT implementation and management
Deliver greater productivity, agility, and better business intelligence

Pahoda Image Products of Lakewood, CO has been in the business of selling printers, copiers, and toners for over a year now and we promise to continue with providing our clients with excellent service and premium products at competitive prices. If you want to save money without having to buy something new, Pahoda Image Products can help.

Platte River Networks (PRN) strives to identify problems before they arise. Rather than looking to address individual computing snags, we use our own Intuition technology to take a 24×7 proactive approach when assessing and managing our customers’ environments. This allows us to be everywhere simultaneously with both onsite and remote monitoring capabilities. Many companies throughout Colorado and the United States benefit from both our proactive tactics and flexible service plans.

In today’s business environment, your data is one of your greatest resources. Any glitch or loss equates to needless wasted hours and dollars.

Sanity Solutions is a specialist in comprehensive equipment and services for your data storage needs. If your organization has stored data, consider Sanity Solutions.

At Sanity, we identify your business needs and create strategic goals and technical solutions that maximize your investments and results. Our employees are trained on the latest products, services, and industry standards to provide you with storage and technology solutions that surpass your objectives, including eliminating data loss, increasing data availability, and lowering overall costs, with continual technical and account support.

SharkRack has been a leading provider of data center solutions for over fifteen years. We provide solutions to Small, Mid-Market, and Enterprise sized clients through our direct and channel sales teams which reach across the United States, Canada, and beyond. We’ve also since our beginning added critical technology and infrastructure partnerships with industry leaders such as Cisco Systems, VMWare, SonicWALL, Extreme Networks, D-Link, Leviton Fiber Connect, Geist Manufacturing, HID-Dirak, Server Technology and Minicom Advanced Systems- just to name a few. This allows us not only to provide our customers and partners with outstanding data center cabinets but also best of breed technology solutions for everyday technical operations- all designed to fit any budget.

South Seas Coporation, founded in 1992 and privately held, celebrates its second decade of providing IT professional solutions to the Colorado front range. Over the years, South Seas Coporation remains dedicated to providing companies with the superior level of products and services they need to manage the challenge of day-to-day operations. South Seas aims to improve performance, increase service levels and advance the benefits of applying information technology to meet the key business needs of each and every client.

The IT Summit would like to gratefully acknowledge the State of Colorado’s continued support of our conferences.

Software as a Service (SaaS) has become mainstream IT. Applications like Salesforce.com, ADP, Concur, Google Apps, Success Factors, Rearden Commerce and others are slashing the cost and complexity of IT and proving to be mission critical systems. According to Forrester, Think Strategies, Gartner and others, enterprise-wide adoption of SaaS has reached a tipping point, recently accelerated by the current economic downturn. Today, over 60% of enterprises have multiple SaaS apps, and that number is growing.

Tandberg Data is a leading global supplier of affordable, easy-to-use data protection solutions.

Tandberg Data offers a complete range of tape drives, autoloaders, libraries and media, disk systems and deduplication software, designed to meet the backup, recovery and archive requirements of small and medium-sized businesses around the world.

As a global leader in cloud security, Trend Micro develops Internet content security and threat management solutions that make the world safe for businesses and consumers to exchange digital information. With more than 20 years of experience, we’re recognized as the market leader in server security for delivering top-ranked client, server, and cloud-based security solutions that stop threats faster and protect data in physical, virtualized, and cloud environments.

Founded in 2002, Viatech Consulting has provided development and administrative services to a variety of businesses, ranging from small to Fortune 100 corporations in the United States. We pride ourselves in our work ethic, and in our ability to design and build custom applications to meet the needs of our clients.

We are based in Englewood, Colorado, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, where we combine our love of the outdoors with our love of technology.

WatchGuard builds affordable, all-in-one network and content security solutions to provide defense in depth for corporate content, networks and the businesses they power. WatchGuard’s award-winning Extensible Threat Management (XTM) network security solutions combine firewall, VPN, and security services to protect networks from spam, viruses, malware, and intrusions. The new Extensible Content Security (XCS) appliances offer content security across email and web combined with data loss prevention for complete content protection. WatchGuard extensible solutions scale to offer right-sized security for small businesses up to enterprises with 10,000+ employees. Since our founding in 1996, more than 600,000 WatchGuard signature red security appliances have been deployed worldwide. Today more than 15,000 dedicated partners back our products in 120 countries. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

For more than a half a century, Xerox has been a leader in document technology and services. We continue to build on this heritage of innovation. Through our acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services, we now are the world’s leading enterprise for business process and document management, offering global services from claims reimbursement and automated toll transaction to customer care centers and HR benefits management. The new Xerox is dedicated to innovation, service and giving our customers the freedom to focus on what matters most: your real business.