IT Barcamp
http://www.barcamp.org/ITBarCamp%20-%20Austin%2C%20TX?lo=4907e748
Event details
Friday, November 14, 2008 10:00-4:00, Happy Hours 4-6
Registration/Intro(10-11), Session #1 (11-12), Lunch (12-1), Sessions (1-4), Happy Hour (4-6)
Location: Johnny Fins on Lake Travis (just off 620 in the Silicon Hills) 16405 Claravan Trail www.johnnyfins.com
Follow on Twitter
Sponsors
AITP -Association of IT Professionals - Austin, TX
Juniper Networks
Austin Networking
Vaco Technology Austin
Other sponsors are STRONGLY encouraged to contact Vale ( vkelley@threelakesmarketing.com ) ASAP if you want to get your logo on the T-Shirt
See ITBarCamp - Austin TX Sponsors Page for info on sponsoring this event.
ITBarCamp twitter
Budget
* T-shirts or other merch
* Food - Scott Foster from Austin Networking will buy lunch if no others sponsors commit.
* Visual/Presentation Aids
* Venue
Want to sponsor or donate any of the above? Contact: vkelley@threelakesmarketing.com
Proposed Sessions
*Sessions of interest to IT Management/CIOs/CTOs:
*Cost Cutting - how to save without spending
*Green IT - it's about the money - Earl McGehee
*Security
*Video - Netstreams or Polcom, Tandum NEED A SPEAKER
*Mobile -
*Managing Remote Workers / Remote office, work at home, going green, and great ways to let your employees stay at home and screw off. - Scott Foster
*Internet safety awareness beyond the classroom for parents, school and community leaders, and others. - Scott Foster
*Lead a discusion about The (http://iSAFE.org | I-Safe) program and how IT folks can connected in the community. - Scott Foster
*Cloud computing, planning for 2009, 2010 - Earl McGehee
*SharePoint: Ready For Prime Time? - Eugene Tai
*2009 AITP Topics
*FCAPS Network Management, overview; How to implement within your network and how to prevent scope creep - Allen Hebert
*Network Design 101 -Best Practices, Tips and Tricks of deploying a new network infrastructure, including an introduction to MPLS - Casey Miles
*Data Center Networking goes green, redefines what a server is?? - Mark Cathcart
* And, your ideas...
Topics I would like to hear about
* Hackers newest beefs and trends
* Social Networks and the Enterprise
* Mobile issues for the enterprise
* Green IT
* 2009, 2010 tools for Managing IT
* Brokering Enterprise Intellectual Property
* Bloggers IT Managers really admire
* Agile in the real world
* GPS/Location-based services applications in the Enterprise
* Unified communications in the Enterprise
* Enterprise IP
* Endpoint Security
* SPA
* IP Telephony
* Virtualization - Mitigating the Security Risks
* SaaS
* BPM
* BI
* SOA
* NAC
* Video & Gaming impact on the network
* Application Whitelisting
* Open Networks - "IP Anywhere" and its impact on the network
* New metrics of Enterprise 2009, 2010
* On Demand Infrastructure
* STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY RELATIONSHIPS
* Virtualization
* The relationship between the Recession and the Mainframe
* Partition Mobility and SAP
* Data center fabric
* 10gb Ethernet and converged enhanced ethernet (CEE)
* Becoming a information technology optimist.
* C'mon think about what you REALLY want to hear about...and put it here
Planners
* Scott Foster (sfoster@austinnetworking.com) - High Performance Networking Solutions
* Vale Kelley (vkelley@threelakesmarketing.com) - Product Management, Web 2.0 & Mobile Development
