AFCOM/Chicago Chapter

Our 2011 sponsors:

Sponsor: CoreLink Data Centers
Presenters: Michael Duckett, President - CoreLink Data Centers and Steve Harper, VP - StillSecure
Description:
Details: Free dinner and beverages will be provided along with a drawing for several prizes. Following the event, a tour of CoreLink’s state of the art data center will be available.

Title: Join CoreLink Data Centers and StillSecure for a tour of the newest CoreLink data center and an informative presentation on how to successfully navigate network security challenges and the PCI compliance maze. Learn how to protect your business and customer’s data, avoid costly oversights, and ensure your business complies with all twelve requirements outlined in the PCI Data Center Standards.

Working together, CoreLink and StillSecure now provide a service that delivers:
- A fully-managed suite of network security technologies
- A Consolidated compliance reporting coverage for 165 of the 179 sub-requirements outlined in the PCI DSS
- An Independent, auditor-assured QSA-certified solution
Free: Every attendee receives a FREE 30 minute Security Consultation Voucher

Sponsor: Comcast Business Services
Presenter: Ken Green, Director of Engineering Operations for Comcast
Description:
Learn how Comcast Business Class Ethernet Services are helping Enterprise level customers implement new applications and emerging IP-based, technologies including rich media services, VoIP, ERP, supply chain management (SCM), medical image transfers and data archiving, all over our wholly owned and operated FIBER Network. Download his presentation as PPTX or PDF

"Comcast is the Largest facilities-based, last-mile alternative to the phone company in the United States."

Sponsor: Zonatherm Products, Inc
Presenters: Zonatherm and Emerson Network Power
Description:
- Tour and see the latest advances in intelligent, integrated infrastructure at our SMART Solution Tour
- Hear how others are improving energy efficiency, gaining higher capacity, and saving money in their data center operations
- Talk to industry experts
- AND ENTER TO WIN AN Apple iPad

Our 2010 sponsors:

Sponsor: The Siemon Company
Presenter: Carrie Higbie, Global Director for Data Center Solutions and Services
Description:
"The Changing Face of the Data Center" Today's data centers have evolved more by need rather than planning. With 40/100G and green issues looming, there are better ways to design a data center. This presentation will consider budgets from all the varied departments for an end to end decision for today's speeds and tomorrow's needs.

Sponsor: Avocent, is a leader in advancing digital, embedded, wireless and mobile technologies
Presenter: Patrick McConaughy, a 10 year veteran specializing in data centers
Description:
Centralized Management - Take command of all your IT assets from a single screen
- Gain insight into power, cooling, and space issues in your data center
- Learn why using spreadsheets is not the best way to track your equipment
Power Management - Tame the hungry beast, enable more green initiatives
- Monitor energy consumption, costs and trends across all levels within the data center and remote locations
- Understand the effect of proposed changes on power and cooling capacities
- Validate energy saving strategies
Capacity Management – Understand what equipment you have and what it’s doing
- Visualize proposed changes
- Take the guess work out of moves, adds, and changes

Sponsor: SGI & Capital Data
Presenter: John Piech, SGI
Description:
SGI is focused on helping customers solve their most demanding technology challenges by delivering: high performance computing, servers, storage, data center and cloud computing solutions and professional services. SGI is a leader in HPC and data management. They develop, market and sell a broad line of low-cost, mid-range and high-end scale-out and scale-up servers and data storage solutions, infrastructure products designed-to-order as well as differentiating software. SGI enables enterprises to meet their computing and storage requirements at a lower total cost of ownership and provides them greater flexibility and scalability.

SGI and Capital Data invite you to attend this seminar focused on practical ideas and actions to help organizations take a realistic view of cloud technology. Join us as we help you separate fact from fiction and assist in defining your real “cloud” strategy.
- Cloud Computing: The processor does make a difference. Efficient systems for large scale cloud environments.
- Cloud Storage: How does it work? Security, compliance and continuity considerations for cloud computing.
- Decreasing Energy Costs: Programs that work. Moving workload in and out of the cloud, seamlessly.

Sponsor: Imation
Presenter: Imation
Description:
Imation is excited to introduce the Imation Defender Collection designed specifically to help companies physically secure and protect their digital information. Imation is a leading global marketer and developer of branded products that enable people to store, protect and enrich their experiences with digital information. Technology leadership, global distribution reach, and customer relationships make Imation a preferred partner for leading companies worldwide.