2013 Conference Schedule
Highlight sessions by topic:
Full Schedule
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration
Upper level of the River Centre - near skyway
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Welcome Presentation & Continental Breakfast
Ballroom
9:15 am - 9:30 am
Break
Expo Tables
9:30 am - 10:15 am
Welcome to the Paradigm of Tablet Computing
Room 1
Tablets computers are starting to mature. Apple is on its third generation and continues to dominate the market. Androids new release includes tweaks that dramatically improve user experience.
I/T Management - Guiding Principles for the I/T-Business Intersection
Room 2
An elegant and simple map for the intersection
Healthcare Reform Brief - What changes are coming in 2014
Room 3
The change to the healthcare landscape ushered in by the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may present a daunting challenge in understanding the myriad of potential impacts.
Disk Pooling and Worry-Free Storage
Room 4
Learn about simplified data protection and worry-free storage with Dynamic Disk Pooling (DDP). See how IBM’s entry level storage solutions for small and medium size businesses offer the latest features and benefits to protect your data.
Real-World PivotTables - Beginning
Room 5
Learn to build, manipulate and even chart vast amounts of data with Excel PivotTables.
Prioritize your bandwidth to reduce costs, reduce risks and increase productivity
Room 6
How much bandwidth has your company increased in the last few years? How much do you expect to increase in the next 5 years?
Real Results Through Iterative Web Design
Room 7
Use the scientific process to grow your website with thoughtful updates.
Room 8
The new Windows Server 2012 is “Built from the Cloud Up” – a new platform that combines the best of the cloud and on-premise server technologies for business.
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Break
Expo Tables
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Process Management for Small Biz
Room 1
This breakout session will cover process management and its role today, and what commitment to process management means.
Goals to Results - Aligning an Organization Through Focused Metrics
Room 2
Goal articulation is the critical step, but often the most challenging
Wi-Fi Optimization: Achieving Improved Performance from Wireless Networks
Room 3
With wireless networks typically designed with less than 5% of the capacity of wired networks, enterprise users have come to expect less when they are connected using Wi-Fi.
IBM Smart Analytics System 5710
Room 4
The industry's most complete integrated, optimized, ready to use analytics solution family designed to accelerate your business. IBM Smart Analytics System 5710 offers pre-integrated analytics capabilities on a powerful, compact, cost-efficient system.
Real-World PivotTables - Advanced
Room 5
With this advanced look into PivotTable scenarios you will be able to maneuver within data, you will also be able to manipulate, sort, filter and create calculations to gain insight into your data that previously wasn't as obvious.
How to Build an Effective IP Surveillance/Video Network
Room 6
IP vs. Analog camera benefits, Defining an IP camera network and more!
Securing Networks in a Virtual, Cloudy World
Room 7
Virtualization Best Practices: Virtualization has been around since the inception of computing, yet many organizations have just recently started leveraging hardware virtualization.
The Truth About Information Security
Room 8
Hackers seem to be everywhere. Every company sells a product that will make you completely secure. But what’s real and what’s not?
11:15 am -11:30 pm
Break
Expo Tables
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
The Future of Small Business Technology
Room 1
With the myriad of challenges that face any small or medium organization how can you turn your technology into a strategic competitive asset vs. a significant liability.
Multitasking - How it is constraining the business
Room 2
The downside of multitasking, The upside of the alternative and Reorganization concepts with new found capabilities
Disk Pooling and Worry-Free Storage
Room 4
Learn about simplified data protection and worry-free storage with Dynamic Disk Pooling (DDP). See how IBM’s entry level storage solutions for small and medium size businesses offer the latest features and benefits to protect your data.
Room 5
In this session students will explore a wide variety of functionality pertaining to Excel charts.
Prioritize your bandwidth to reduce costs, reduce risks and increase productivity
Room 6
How much bandwidth has your company increased in the last few years? How much do you expect to increase in the next 5 years?
Real Results Through Iterative Web Design
Room 7
Use the scientific process to grow your website with thoughtful updates.
Donor & Constituent Management for Non-Profits
Room 8
Nonprofit organizations today exist to serve their “Constituents”, which generally fall into two groups: “Recipients”, who are the beneficiaries of the services provided by the nonprofit organization, and “Supporters”, who are those that invest their time and treasure so the nonprofit may succeed in its mission.
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Break
Expo Tables
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch & Keynote Speaker
Adrian Gostick
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Break
Expo Tables
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Make a Difference - Lions, Monkeys, Camels, Turtles Oh My!
Room 1
Did you know that you are surrounded by lions and camels and monkeys and turtles every day?
Linking Sales to Capacity - accelerating profitability through a new understanding
Room 2
"Just sell it" and we'll figure it out works against you
Coping with the New Paradigm of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
Room 3
Whether you’re a business owner, manager, end-user or an IT administrator, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is becoming the rule rather than the exception in today’s workplace.
IBM Smart Analytics System 5710
Room 4
The industry's most complete integrated, optimized, ready to use analytics solution family designed to accelerate your business. IBM Smart Analytics System 5710 offers pre-integrated analytics capabilities on a powerful, compact, cost-efficient system.
Welcome to the Paradigm of Tablet Computing
Room 5
Tablets computers are starting to mature. Apple is on its thrid generation and continues to dominate the market. Androis new release incldies tweaks that dramaitically improve user ecperience.
Basics of Network Infrastructure and Demystifying Wireless Design
Room 6
Learn about how to design an efficient and trouble free wired and wireless network for your business
2013 Predictions: Will a Cyber Attack Cause a Human Death
Room 7
Over the past three years, the information security threat landscape has changed drastically. Malware and attacks have become more advanced, new state-sponsored operators have joined the fray, and hackers have begun focusing on new targets, including mobile devices and ICS systems.
Spontaneous Combustion Communication Skills
Room 8
Interpersonal communication is most effective when it is face-to-face and in the moment. In this entertaining and participatory workshop, the team from Out of the Blue Creative applies tools and techniques of improvisation to help you build exceptional communication abilities.
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Break
Expo Tables
3:15 pm - 3:45
Closing & Prize Giveaway
Ballroom
