Welcome to the 2018 C.I.T.O. Vendor Show!

Thank you for participating in this year's show!

Alexander Open Systems (AOS)

Aruba a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

CDW-G

CEC (Communications Engineering Company)

Cisco

Communication Innovators

Computer Comforts, Inc.

Connection

Diversified

Eagle Technologies

E&I Cooperative Services

Eagle Technologies

Electronic Engineering

ETS Erb's Technology Solutions

FRSecure LLC

Heartland Business Systems

IP Pathways

OneNeck IT Solutions

Park Place Technologies

ProCircular Inc.

Rick’s Computers, Inc.

Riverside Technologies, Inc.

rSmart

SCI Communications, Inc.

SEAtS Software

SKC Communications

Spectrum Industries, Inc.

Tegile Systems

Varonis Systems, Inc.

Thank you to the following Vendors for hosting

a Seminar!

Eagle Technologies

Communications Engineering Company

IP Pathways

ProCircular Inc.

rSmart

SKC Communications

Tegile Systems

Thank you for attending this year’s show!

Des Moines Area Community College

Eastern Iowa Community College

Hawkeye Community College

Indian Hills Community College

Iowa Central Community College

Iowa Lakes Community College

Iowa Valley Community College

Iowa Western Community College

Kirkwood, Community College

North Iowa Area Community College

Northeast Iowa Community College

Northwest Iowa Community College

Southeastern Community College

Southwestern Community College

Western Iowa Tech Community College

Comments and Suggestions!

Your feedback is always welcome. Feedback may

be sent to Lori Jury at:

CITOVendorShow@dmacc.edu

Gateway Hotel and Conference Center

2100 Green Hills Drive

Ames, IA

AGENDA

March 7, 2018, 10:00-3:00 Exhibitor Displays

and Lunch—Central and North Prairie Rooms

10:00-10:30 Registration, Continental Break-

fast and Exhibitor Displays

10:30-11:20 Seminars and Exhibitor Displays

11:20-11:30 Break

11:30-12:20 Seminars and Exhibitor Displays

12:20-1:20 Lunch

1:20-2:10 Seminars and Exhibitor Displays

2:10-3:00 Exhibitor Displays

2:45 Exhibitors will draw for the door prizes.

Prizes and the winners will be announced.

10:30 Campus Life Simplified with Next-Generation Portal Join rSmart and information technology leader from Northeast Iowa Community College to understand how launching a next-generation campus portal helped con-nect students faculty and staff with campus services. Attendees will gain a unique perspective on how to:

Centralize all campus services in a single location

Manage distributed publishing Meet the next-generation of students where they

are

Presented by: rSmart

11:30 Community College Cybersecurity Challenges Jon Neff, CIO for Kirkwood College and Aaron R. Warner, CEO of ProCircular Cybersecurity, offer a lively and inter-active session on the unique cybersecurity challenges and solutions to community colleges. Balancing academ-ic freedom, student access, and organizational security requires a variety of knowledge and skills. Neff and Warner will outline the most current challenges, talk through a few case studies, and present solutions that can be applied in a number of scenarios. Presenters: Jon Neff, CIO, Kirkwood College Aaron Warner, CEO, ProCircular

Presented by: ProCircular Inc. 1:20 Hyper-Convergence: Worth the Hype? Explore the pro's and con's of traditional converged and hyper-converged infrastructure and discover the best use cases for today's latest storage technologies.

Presented by: Eagle Technologies

10:30 Modernization of Data Storage

Business demands on IT infrastructure are increasing while the pace of change accelerates. In order to support business re-quirements companies must understand the value that new storage technologies may provide. Storage technologies are emerging that provide benefits beyond those already deliv-ered by Flash and SSDs. In order to evaluate and plan for these new technologies it is important for companies to know how to evaluate their business needs in light of these emerg-ing technologies. This session will cover the economic and performance benefits of non-volatile memory-based storage technologies along with new access methods known as NVMe. What you will learn: Performance and economic considerations for storage Emerging storage technologies including NVMe Real-world test results of NVMe Recommendations for NVMe planning and deployments

Presented by: Tegile

11:30 Skype for Business at the desk and in the class-

room and Zoom rooms with Polycom solutions

Learn how to fully utilize Microsoft Skype for Business at the desk and in the classroom using Polycom voice and video solu-tions. Discover how SKC can help design, build, and manage solutions as a Microsoft Skype for Business Partner using Mi-crosoft My Advisor.

Presented by: SKC Communications and Polycom

1:20 Skype for Business at the desk and in the class-

room and Zoom rooms with Polycom solutions

Learn how to fully utilize Microsoft Skype for Business at the desk and in the classroom using Polycom voice and video solu-tions. Discover how SKC can help design, build, and manage solutions as a Microsoft Skype for Business Partner using Mi-crosoft My Advisor.

Presented by: SKC Communications and Polycom

North Meadow

Room

10:30 Protecting your Digital Assets and Busi-ness Continuity The only thing harder than defending yourself against Ransomware is explaining why you didn’t protect your-self from an attack. This session will discuss challenges IT professional face today and best practices around backup and disaster recovery.

Presented by: IP Pathways

11:30 Be a Data Visionary: HOW TO USE DA-TA TO TRANSFORM, INNOVATE, EXPAND

AND THRIVE.

Data-centric organizations are deciding the future. Tear down the barriers to your digital transformation by uni-fying your data across silos and clouds. NetApp has a whole new approach to data, so you can align your re-sources, unleash your data’s full potential and realize your vision. Data visionaries wanted.

Presented by: IP Pathways

1:20 Audio/Visual technology and IT technol-ogy have been on a collision course for years. What should you be thinking of as you begin to put your AV equipment on the network? What are the risks? What are the benefits? Presented by: CEC

South Meadow

Room

South Prairie

Room