Optimus' Deminar Series

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Past Deminar Series?every Third Thursday at Three

Feb 06- Information Leak Prevention
Presenter: Pete Foley, President and CEOClick to read Bio
PortAuthority Technologies Gartner research estimates that over 70% of information security incidents involve insiders. Is your company protected from information leaks? Are you in compliance with SOX, HIPAA, GLBA and other regulatory policies? Join Optimus and PortAuthority Technologies as we explore comprehensive monitoring and enforcement of information leak prevention for sensitive enterprise information. We will outline solutions that easily integrate into various communication channels, data sources and applications for enterprise-scale manageability of policy enforcement.

Thursday, March 16th - Understanding the Value of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Presented by Chris Delgado Click to read Bio
For the past year, the SOA message has been delivered on the cover of trade magazines, white papers, and presentations from major vendors and analysts alike. Is this a technology fad? Is there real value to organizations in SOA? Optimus will present a focused, value-driven message on SOA adoption and how your company can get results from this architecture.

April 06 Mobility Solutions
Presented by David Hoff Click to read Bio
As mobile devices and connectivity have become universal tools that extend the mobility of the workforce, enterprises of all sizes can provide more information and business applications to employees whenever and wherever they need it. Join Optimus to find out what it takes to extend your existing enterprise applications to the mobile environment. Live demonstrations of mobile solutions that encompass sales automation, field dispatch, and RFID technologies will be provided.

May 06 - Aligning Disaster Recovery Strategies with Business Needs
Presented by Scott Hall Click to read Bio
An effective disaster recovery strategy must align with your business?s needs. Optimus Consulting?s proven Business Impact Analysis (BIA) methodology delivers vendor neutral solutions that meet the recovery time objectives and unique business culture your company requires. Join Optimus Consulting to learn how to best manage your IT budget as we explore high availability, pre-position and quick-ship options that will help you recover from any catastrophic event.

June 06 - VMWare Server Consolidation
Presented by Michael Malkovich  Click to read Bio
This deminar is designed to show you how virtualization can alleviate these challenges and others that are putting pressure on your IT department.We?ll discuss how to resolve the issues of today and how to prepare now for a less problematic future.We?ll also give real customer examples of how virtualization positively impacted companies where it was deployed. You?ll leave this seminar understanding how virtualization will stop server sprawl and what your next steps should be to get started.

Thursday, July 20th -  Implementing Information Lifecycle Management
Presented by Keith Baskin Click to read Bio
Join Optimus for a tiered storage deminar to discuss the current state of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) tools and the best way to take advantage of the promise of tiered storage. We will present examples of current ILM implementations and discuss steps such as assessment, classification, control and automation as well as existing hardware and software tools.

Thursday, August 17th Next Generation of MSS - Virtual Security Operation
Presented by Dave McGinnis, Director, Security Operations Centers
Internet Security Systems (ISS) Click to read Bio

Join Optimus and ISS for a live demonstration of the Virtual-SOC. We will show you how to take advantage of ?Protection On-Demand? services to implement security wherever, whenever and however you need it. ?Protection On-Demand? allows customers to rapidly implement added protection in response to emerging threats. The ease with which companies can obtain and manage such a wide variety of security capabilities through the Virtual-SOC makes implementing high-end security feasible for a much broader range of organizations.

ISS offers these Protection On-Demand services:

• Security Event Management
• Log Management
• Vulnerability Management

Thursday, Sept. 21st  Integrating Storage Security into your Business Strategy
Presented by Dore Rosenblum (NeoScale) Click to read Bio

In order to compete, innovate and grow, companies add to their IT infrastructure faster than ever. With 24-7 access to information, managing the security, confidentiality and integrity of data - particularly data at rest that resides in a variety of environments and is stored on multiple mediums - has increased in strategic importance. Optimus Solutions and NeoScale will present new innovations and key considerations when implementing storage security, the impact and interaction with other security and storage elements, and examples of how, in the midst of continuing compliance regulations, customers are able to establish best practices for integrating storage security into their overall business and IT strategy.
 

Thursday, October 19th Virtualization
Presented by Jason Young, Senior Product Marketing Manager
Blue Lane Technologies Click to read Bio

Installing security patches on servers is difficult business. Administrators are pressured to patch quickly but internal processes can slow them down, patches can actually cause problems, and the servers can ultimately prove difficult or impossible to patch. Join Optimus and Blue Lane Technologies to learn an inline patch proxy for servers, which checks for the same conditions and applies the same corrective action as the software vendor security patch, eliminating the need to reactively patch servers.

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05 Deminars

Blackberry
Blackberry is mobile communication made easy. Optimus will present an overview of the Blackberry, including functionality, the latest improvements and basic details about the architecture, such as the e-mail programs it supports. We will also outline the benefits of Blackberry and give examples of common implementation scenarios for both small and large businesses. The deminar will include a demonstration of Blackberry features and usability as well as how to take current business applications and place them onto the Blackberry.

SCon
Do you want to significantly reduce your IT costs? Server Consolidation employs virtualization technologies to effectively use resources to increase operational efficiency. Optimus will present the cost-saving benefits of server consolidation as well as the major methods and tools used in optimizing youHigh Availability at the Executive Level

Application Modernization/Host Integration
Come to this session to learn how to get more out of your existing green screen applications. Optimus will present its framework for extending legacy applications, which allows an organization to expand the use of green screen applications to customers, vendors and business partners. This framework keeps the existing RPG and COBOL programmers productive.

IP Telephony & VoIP
Research shows that more than 95% of enterprises have now implemented VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or plan to do so within the next year. Join Optimus Solutions for an insightful look into the world of convergence?IP Telephony and VoIP. Optimus will present migration strategies and best practices to help you determine if now is the right time for your organization to travel down the convergence path. The benefits of convergence?cost savings, productivity increases, streamlined communications and voice-enabled applications?are too significant to pass up.

TSM
Optimus will discuss the more essential features of Tivoli Storage Manager, including how to go beyond backup toward storage management. This session will also explore how to reduce the complexity of managing your storage infrastructure as well as how automation can become the key to storage management productivity.

Systems Management and Optimization for iSeries
eServer News calls OS Director ?the best system management tool for the iSeries on the market today.? OS Director goes beyond simply monitoring and recording system details?it carries out essential systems management tasks to maintain and optimize your iSeries. Benefits include increased free space on your server, improved performance, shorter back-up windows and better managed data archival in compliance with new legal requirements.