Arizona Technology Summit 2010

Overview

In 2010, the Arizona Technology Summit conference theme chosen by the Governing Body members was "I.T. in the New Economy". Some of the topics of focus included Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Wireless Technologies, Web 2.0 practical application in companies, IT Management, Security, and others.

Sponsors

Our Sponsors provide invaluable knowledge and expertise to the Technology Summit. They are among the greatest contributors to the success of each conference. Below are the sponsors for the Arizona 2010 event.

Gold Sponsor
		IBM/Rational software helps customers deliver greater value from their investments in software and systems. It enables organizations to seize business opportunities, achieve precision in desired business outcomes, and execute with reduced risk and cost. In order to execute software delivery as a business process, Rational provides a rich series of capabilities delivered as part of a collaborative and integrated software delivery platform – powered by Jazz – and are supported by proven best practice processes and an entire ecosystem of IBM and partner capabilities. The capabilities, the platform and the best practices – customized based on client needs and integrated into an orchestrated workflow between all stakeholders – is what makes Rational’s solution powerful and differentiated. To learn more about Rational solutions visit www.ibm.com/rational.

Silver Sponsors
		Accuvant is a leading provider of information security, risk and compliance management consulting services, with more than 2,500 customers across North America and Europe. The company’s security advisors use industry expertise and proven methodologies to help organizations accelerate the alignment, clarity, and confidence of their information security programs and investments. Accuvant is one of the industry’s most credible security advisors and is focused on helping large enterprises assess their environments, improve their compliance postures and secure their infrastructures. Headquartered in Denver, Accuvant has 27 offices across the United States. For more information on Accuvant, please visit www.accuvant.com.
		BigFix is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise systems and security management software. BigFix offers the industry’s only unified management platform that radically simplifies and automates IT infrastructure management, saves costs, and improves performance. BigFix provides real-time visibility and control for over 6 million computing devices and 650 customers worldwide. Visit www.bigfix.com
		CommVault’s exclusive single-platform architecture gives companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk. CommVault® Simpana® software modules were designed to work together seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single code and common function set, to deliver superlative Backup & Recovery, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource Management capabilities.
		HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information is available at http://www.hp.com.

Presentation Sponsors
		Cisco helps state and local governments become more efficient and proactive by helping them transform the way they communicate internally and with constituents. Using Cisco� networking and voice solutions, governments can better deliver on their mission. The Cisco Connected Communities approach improves service effectiveness, empowers citizens, promotes social inclusion, facilitates economic growth, and increases public safety.
		Custom Storage Inc. is a data storage solutions company with headquarters in Scottsdale, AZ and offices in Salt Lake City, UT. We help our corporate and government customers create and build highly effective data storage infrastructures based upon the current and future needs of the organization.
		Faronics delivers software that helps manage, simplify, and secure end-user computing environments. Our products ensure 100% workstation availability, and have freed IT personnel from tedious technical support and software issues. Fueled by a customer-centric focus, Faronics� technology innovations benefit educational institutions, healthcare facilities, libraries, government organizations, and corporations.
		Kofax plc (LSE: KFX) is the leading provider of document driven business process automation solutions. Kofax provides award winning solutions that streamline the flow of information throughout an organization by managing the capture, transformation and exchange of business critical information arising in paper, fax and electronic formats.
		Laserfiche� creates simple and elegant enterprise content management solutions that help organizations run smarter. Since 1987, more than 28,000 organizations�including numerous federal, state and local government agencies�have used Laserfiche to streamline document, records and business process management. To simplify system administration, the Laserfiche product suite supports standard Microsoft� tools and technologies.
		Meraki provides enterprise-class wireless networks at a fraction of the cost of traditional networking vendors, made possible by its unique cloud-based technology. In addition to serving millions of users in over 14,000 organizations throughout 143 countries, Meraki has been the recipient of multiple awards, including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice, InfoWorld 100, and Techworld's Wireless Product of the Year.
		NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Customers around the world choose us for our "go beyond" approach and broad product and service portfolio. Our solutions provide nonstop availability of critical business data and simplify business processes so you can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get to revenue faster than ever before
		Veeam Software provides innovative software for managing VMware vSphere 4 and Virtual Infrastructure 3. Veeam offers an award-wining suite of tools to assist the VMware administrator, including: Veeam Backup & Replication; Veeam Reporter Enterprise; Veeam Monitor; and Veeam Business View. With its acquisition of nworks, Veeam's products include the nworks Management Pack and the nworks Smart Plug-in.
		VXTracker enables enterprises of all sizes to manage their telephone systems and related infrastructure more efficiently and cost effectively. It consists of a base �platform� that addresses the three main functional areas of voice management � Call Accounting, PBX Performance Monitoring and Security/Compliance Tracking. Hybrid networks will be with us for many years. VXTracker allows users to monitor and manage multiple voice systems whether TDM, IP-based or Cell Phones.

Governing Body

The Governing Body is a union of senior executives that directs the content of the Arizona Technology Summit. Machaon Corporation would like to recognize the following Governing Body members for their leadership and direction:

Neal Puff CIO Yuma County	Debbie Christopherson President ISSA	Chad Palmer IT Director Catholic Healthcare West
Colleen Carmean Digital Knowledge Architect Arizona State University	Lisa Maxwell Director of Records Management Division Arizona State Library	Ron Schott Executive Emeritus Arizona Technology Council
Stanton Jones Vice President & CIO ISG/TPI	Patrick Quain CIO State of Arizona ADOA	Mark Koan IT Director Arizona State University
Steven Porter CIO Touchstone Behavioral Health	Leo J. Hauguel, CISSP Founder/Chairperson Sonoran Desert Security Users Group	Mike Kern Director of Technology Mohave Accelerated Learning Center
Joe Hennessy IT Director RideNow	Dee Hathaway IT Director Town of Buckeye	Harvey Shrednick Professor Arizona State University
Jonathan Harber CIO & VP, IT Blood Systems	Wendy Greess IS Director/Enterprise Services APS	David Moore CIO Sonora Quest Laboratories
Sue Antonson IT Director Freescale Semiconductor	Terry Bright IT Director Noah Webster Basic School	Earl Monsour Director of Strategic IT Maricopa County Community College
David Bear Director of Information Technology Services Arizona State University College of Public Programs	Kevin Sauer President/AZ Chapter of SIM Former CIO/Merchants Information Solutions	Ken Watson IT Director Mt Graham Regional Medical Center
Stephen Wetzel CIO Maricopa County	Alex Deshuk CIO City of Mesa	Michael Brown Past VP of IS Peter Piper, Inc
David Velasquez VP of IS Best Western	Chad Kirkpatrick CIO State of Arizona	Marc Andrews Information Systems Chief Arizona Game and Fish Department
Catherine Rando Vice President Technology First Credit Union	James Whitfil, MD CIO Scotsdale Medical Imaging

Click Here for the Governing Body Form

Agenda

Phoenix Convention Center Room 150

7:30 am

Registration/Exhibits Open

8:40 am - 9:00 am
Tech Theater I

Leadership in the Current Economy with IT Initiatives and Morale

Chad Kirkpatrick: CIO - State of Arizona

Presentation

Slides

9:00 am - 10:00 am
Tech Theater I

Technology in Lean Times: More Than Just Keeping the Lights On

Neal Puff: CIO - Yuma County

Synopsis

Presentation

Slides

9:00 am - 10:00 am
Tech Theater II

Backup & Replication

Alon Zelico: Sr. Systems Engineer � Veeam Software

Sponsored by:Veeam Software

Synopsis

Presentation

9:00 am - 10:00 am
Tech Theater III

Desktop Protection For Modern Threats: A Layered Security Approach

Bimal Parmar: Product Manager � Faronics

Sponsored by:Faronics

Synopsis

Slides

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Networking/Tour Exhibits

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Theater I

When Am I Done Testing? � Monetizing the Business Risk Vs. Cost of Testing Software

Mark J Cesario: Master Certified IT Specialist � IBM

Jim Densmore: Principal Solution Architect � IBM

Sponsored by: IBM

Synopsis

Presentation

Slides

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Theater II

Using ECM as a Foundational Component for Risk Management

Lisa Garcia: Town Clerk � Town of Florence

Christian Talavera: Regional Manager, Pac West � Laserfiche

Sponsored by:Laserfiche

Synopsis

Presentation

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Theater III

Implementing Internal Clouds

Eric Mayer: SOSA Administrator – Arizona Department of Economic Security Division of Technology Services

Sponsored by: Custom Storage

Synopsis

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tech Theater I

Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Tech Theater I

The Real Truth on Web 2.0 and How to Use It (No Buzz Words Included)

Panel Lead:

Jonathan Harber: CIO - Blood Systems

Panelists:

Michael Brown: Past VP of IS - Peter Piper, Inc
Jay Mann: Director of IS - Madison School District of AZ
Ken Crabtree: President - Core Technology Services

Synopsis

Presentation

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Tech Theater II

Basic Capture vs. Intelligent Capture

Dwayne Ritchie: Sr. Sales Account Executive - Kofax

Sponsored by: Kofax

Synopsis

Presentation

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Tech Theater III

Cutting the Cord � Technologies Behind a Wireless Wave

Kiren Sekar: Product Marketing Manager - Meraki

Sponsored by: Meraki

Synopsis

Slides

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Networking/Tour Exhibits

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Tech Theater I

Top 10 Current and Emerging Security Risks

Erik Graham: Principal Information Security Engineer - General Dynamics

Synopsis

Presentation

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Tech Theater II

Cell Phone Management: Steps to Solve Headaches

Roger Blohm: Divisional Manager - VXTracker

Amy Bailey: Customer Relations Manager - VXTracker

Sponsored by: VXTracker

Synopsis

Presentation

Slides

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Tech Theater III

Accelerating the Journey to Cloud Computing

Diane Genova: Data Center Product Specialist - Cisco Systems

Sponsored by: Cisco Systems

Synopsis

Slides

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Tech Theater I

Sales and Useful Practices (The Sales Guys vs. The IT Executives)

Panel Lead:

Colleen Carmean: Digital Knowledge Architect, Arizona State University

Panelists:

Joe Hennessy: Systems & Technology Director, RideNow
David Moore: CIO, Sonora Quest Laboratories
Sheila Josephsen: Account Executive, BigFix
Wade Harris: Account Executive, CommVault

Synopsis

Presentation

4:45 pm
Tech Theater I

Drawings and Conference Wrap-Up

Exhibitors

On the Showroom Floor, you will see demonstrations of the latest in IT. We attract the most progressive solutions providers and present attendees with the opportunity to interact with the IT elite throughout the conference.