IT Articles and Events from The Platform Lab

IT Articles & Events - March 2010 TechColumbus Board Passes Resolution in Support of State Issue 1 for Jobs The Board of Directors of TechColumbus – Central Ohio’s leader in technology based economic development – has adopted a resolution in support of State Issue 1... Cloud 'Recovery' or Just The Same Old Thing? Cloud computing means many things, but almost all definitions include some key value propositions: scalable on-demand resources, a metered pay-per-use model, access over the Internet, and infrastructure management and optimization that is better than most data centers... Virtualization Transforms Storage Management Few would question the need to simplify IT infrastructures after years of growth in both servers and storage. With no end in sight, server and storage consolidation using virtualizationhas become an important way to reduce data center costs and complexity... The Grid Approach to Desktop Virtualization Both VMware and Citrix, the two clear early leaders in desktop virtualization have built solutions that leverage the infrastructure of server virtualization. However there are a couple of vendors who have come up with a completely different approach... Backup Strategy – Continuous Backup Needed? I had an interesting conversation with Vizioncore yesterday about how backup is not as much a decision about what software to use but what process to use. In addition, this process needs to be considered and thought about from the very beginning of your virtualization architecture design process... March 9th - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab Platform Lab hosts numerous VMWare training classes, most are taught by one of VMware's preferred national trainers, J.D. Corder... March 9th - GroundWork Group Non-profit IT Forum The topic for the March meeting is "Simple Security for the Budgetarily Challenged IT Manager" for a Nonprofit Organization... March 10th - TechLife Coffee Connect - Clintonville Beechwold Join us for coffee, networking and technology talk at Crimson Cup... March 10th - Start Up & Ready to Go After months of hard work Mylee and MobileXpeditions are ready to show their products off to the Central Ohio Tech Community... March 11th - Optimizing Infrastructure Efficiency Infrastructure and IT Managers are invited to join DLP Technologies, in conjunction with Dell, VMware, CommVault and Vizioncore, for a free, interactive breakfast seminar... March 11th - Ohio Information Security Conference - 2010 Technology First presents the Ohio Information Security Conference... March 11th - SharePoint Conference 2010 ICC is teaming with industry powerhouses Microsoft, Quest Software and KnowledgeLake to host the Heartland Region SharePoint Conference... March 13th - COSI - Imagination Celebration On Saturday, March 13, 2010, the Friends of COSI will host COSI's sixth annual gala, Imagination Celebration 2010... March 15th - Technology Landscape 2013 Proposal Deadline This Technology First conference will showcase a glimpse of the future and feature information that would be impossible for an individual to collect on their own and in one day... March 16th - Grow Your Business in the Hilliard Area Hosted by the Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce, the City of Hilliard and TechColumbus, this networking mixer will provide you with information on some of the resources that are available to help you to start and grow a tech-related business in the Hilliard area... March 16th - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab Platform Lab hosts numerous VMWare training classes, most are taught by one of VMware's preferred national trainers, J.D. Corder... March 19th - The Regional Entrepreneur Forum Dr. Timothy Johnson began as a Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the University of Cincinnati and is the founder of what is now the largest independent employee owned wealth management firm in Ohio, managing more than $4 billion in assets... March 23rd - PHP Security PHP is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language, originally designed to produce dynamic web pages. In 2007, The PHP Group reported it was utilized on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers... March 24th - Preparing for the Data Breach: Live Incident Response Team Drilling Intuitively we understand how a plan can be well-executed: we practice. Athletes practice their games day in and day out. Nobody wins on game day without going through the exercise... March 30th - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab Platform Lab hosts numerous VMWare training classes, most are taught by one of VMware's preferred national trainers, J.D. Corder... April 2nd - SHI/Compellent Clash of the Titans Please join SHI and Compellent for an informative meeting on April 2nd... April 8th - The Agile Enterprise This will be a recurring meetup series, oriented towards large organizations and growing organizations. Everyone is welcome... April 13th - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab Platform Lab hosts numerous VMWare training classes, most are taught by one of VMware's preferred national trainers, J.D. Corder... April 14th - The CEO's view of IT IT supports the company. So, what does the head of the company think of the IT industry? How does the CEO think IT benefits a company?... April 21st - Central Ohio Investment IT Forum The mission of the group would be to gather professionals in central Ohio who have an interest and/or a career in the information technology field supporting Investments and Investment Systems... April 27th - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage Class at Platform Lab Platform Lab hosts numerous VMWare training classes, most are taught by one of VMware's preferred national trainers, J.D. Corder... April 29th - ISACA - Combating Computer Fraud Any fraud committed with the aid of, or directly involving a computer or network is considered computer fraud. In this two-day seminar you will examine the key risks surrounding computer-based fraud and explore the "who, what, and how" of this pervasive crime...

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