Power Block Session: NSX-T Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) for Multi-location VDI
2021-03-03 11:00 - 11:45 (America/Chicago) | NE
Dive into NSX-T Federation to deploy a resilient virtual desktop infrastructure across multiple sites while controlling ingress traffic using the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (formerly Avi networks). The NSX Advanced Load Balancer provides a definitive ingress point for your virtual desktop infrastructure across multiple sites to ensure optimal uptime for critical user connectivity and application access.

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Fortinet Demo Day
2021-03-04 08:15 - 12:00
You are invited to join us for a series of technical discussions and demonstrations on March 4th, 2021.
During this virtual event, we will be hosting three 55 min sessions on FortiNAC, FortiEDR, and Secure SD-WAN.

Below you will find the topics and the information that will be covered in each session:
FortiNAC
During this session, we will demonstrate how Fortinet’s FortiNAC solution provides complete, end-to-end visibility and enforceable controls.
Through simple Device Profiling capabilities we will show you how to dynamically detect, identify and apply network policy to allocate Printers, Cameras, IP Phones to the right network segment, with the proper port based configuration parameters dynamically assigned.
During this session, we will:

Demonstrate how to perform a network discovery while leveraging secure mechanisms;
Create and leverage Device Profiling mechanisms to identify and classify new devices connecting to the network;
Cover use-cases involving the assignment of network access policy based on identity, regardless of device;
Demonstrate how Policy and User/Host based information can be leveraged to isolate unknown devices, quarantine security risk hosts and assert role based access policy for known assets/users.

FortiEDR
This session is designed to demonstrate how Fortinet’s FortiEDR solution provides real-time automated threat detection and response across your endpoints and how it enables you to protect all workstations and servers against threats, while providing you with real-time visibility into your environment.
We will also detonate live malware samples (including zero-day threats) and demonstrate how the solution prevents these threats in real time. You will also see how the FortiEDR solution enables you to automatically remediate threats, ultimately increasing your organization’s security posture while decreasing the amount of administrative overhead needed to manage an endpoint solution.
During this session, we will also:

Demonstrate how FortiEDR prevents against both known and unknown/zero-day threats;
Review how FortiEDR provides deep forensic analysis and vulnerability assessment within your environment;
Review Application / Communication Control and Threat Hunting Capabilities;
Demonstrate FortiEDR integration with the Fortinet fabric such as FortiGate and FortiSandbox;
Review how to create automated responses to compromised devices.
Review discovery of IOT devices

Secure SD-WAN
During this session, we will discuss and demo Fortinet’s implementation of Secure SD-WAN using FortiOS 6.4.
We will explore the software-defined controls available to assist your organization in making intelligent routing decisions across multiple WAN links while being secured by an Enterprise-grade Next-Generation Firewall.
Various use-cases will be demonstrated involving proper utilization of high-cost links such as MPLS or LTE, as well as the ability to implement reliable and secure Internet connectivity at the branch office level using SD-WAN over high-speed broadband Internet connections.
With the current pandemic issues we are facing, we will also be discussing how SD-WAN can help with mitigating risks while increasing productivity associated with Full time remote workers.
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Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium 2021
2021-03-08 - 2021-03-11
Join us virtually at the Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium!
The Symposium provides a national forum for industry and government to work together to help solve the challenges of cybersecurity, community cyber readiness and national defense. This year’s theme is “The Power of Convergence.” The Rocky Mountain Chapter invites and challenges leaders and strategists from all areas of Military, Government, and Industry to discuss and debate our national progress in this area; and to discuss applicability to the newest Service, the United States Space Force.
The virtual Exhibit Hall is full of industry, academia and non-profit organizations that will give you the opportunity to learn about cutting edge cyber technologies and the chance to share your own ideas.

Sterling Live Demo: Horizon on VxRail
2021-03-09 11:00 - 11:45, 2021-04-13 11:00 - 11:45
VxRail with Horizon delivers a turnkey solution enabling organizations to cost-effectively and quickly transform physical desktops into secure digital workspaces with a hyperconverged infrastructure appliance (HCIA) that is easier to procure, deploy, manage, and scale as demand grows. VxRail nodes come pre-configured with ESXi server, vCenter Server and Virtual SAN for all nodes, streamlining the onboarding of your Horizon environment. We will demonstrate the how the VxRail infrastructure is pre-configured for Horizon, and how Horizon provides on-demand virtual desktops via the web or Horizon desktop client.
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Power Block Session: vRA and Terraform: More Powerful Together
2021-03-10 11:00 - 11:45
When you add the functionality of Terraform with the customer engagement of vRealize Automation, you get a really powerful solution that empowers developers, and operations to manage and solve business issues quickly. This walkthrough will take a peek into how you can use both of these functions together to leverage the individual strengths for a agile solution for your customers.

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National Institute of Health (NIH) Virtual Tech Day
2021-03-11
Gain valuable insight into current technologies at the Virtual Tech Day with NIH, taking place Thursday, March 11! The event will start at 9am.
This one-day event includes educational presentations from subject matter experts, educating NIH personnel on updates and advancements in the technology needed for cutting edge research and development. You’ll be able to connect with capability providers who can address NIH’s IT and cyber needs.

Power Block Session: Automated Application Scalability with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
2021-03-17 11:00 - 11:45
Avoid application bottlenecks due to manual intervention during times of load by using horizontal pod autoscaling on top of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters. Learn how to achieve application elasticity on-prem with your existing vSphere deployment by adding Tanzu enabled services to your environment.

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Virtual Spring Cue 2021 Ed Tech Conference
2021-03-18 - 2021-03-27
The Virtual Spring CUE edtech conference is bringing together thousands of educators to share, inspire, and collaborate! Attendees will have more than 400 sessions to choose from with keynotes from thought leaders and world-renowned educators.
Join us for ten dynamic days of innovation, inspiration and learning – all with actionable takeaways you may immediately put into practice in your classroom, school, or district!

Sterling Live Demo: VMware Cloud on AWS
2021-03-23 11:00 - 11:45, 2021-04-27 11:00 - 11:45
Using VMware Cloud on AWS you can leverage your existing VMware investment by extending expertise into the cloud for immediate benefits in resiliency, scalability, and elasticity. VMware Cloud on AWS provides a conduit to ease cloud migration without the need for complete application rehauls or complex conversion processes. We’ll examine how a hybrid cloud environment looks and feels while also demonstrating an actual migration of a workload from on-prem to VMC on AWS using VMware HCX. By the end we’ll have a full grasp what a sample cloud migration takes to accomplish when using VMware as the common workload platform.
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Power Block Session: Ansible and vRA
2021-03-24 11:00 - 11:45
In this webinar we show the open source power of Ansible, with the infrastructure management, and configuration of vRealize Automation. With these features and best practices, you will learn how to save time and resources.

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Michigan Defense Exposition and Detroit Arsenal Opportunities Conference
2021-03-25 - 2021-03-27
MDEX 2021 offers:

Buying briefings from 9 Army orgs
1:1 meetings with Army & Primes
Buyer & Supplier Exhibits
Meet old friends and new contacts!
Showcase your company’s capabilities through media and exhibits, Affordable Packages Available

Educational opportunities
Contracting 101, matchmaking, how to get the most from MDEX and more!
Programs presenting include:

United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
PEO Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
PEO Combat Support & Combat Support Services (CS&CSS)
Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
NGCV Cross Functional Team (NGCV CFT)
Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA)
Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV)
Cross-Functional Team (CFT)
Ground Vehicle Robotics (GVR)
Vehicle Electronics and Architectures (VEA)
Ground Vehicle Power & Mobility (GVPM)
Ground Vehicle Survivability & Protection (GVSP)
Center for Systems Integration (CSI)
Ground Systems Cyber Engineering (GSCE)

Cisco Data Center Automation with Ansible
2021-03-25 11:00 - 11:45
A decentralized control plane in a traditional networking environment has its benefits but can become difficult to manage and maintain over time. Utilizing RedHat Ansible Tower automation platform we will begin to take command and control of a Cisco-based data center by centralizing device configuration through a trusted source of truth. RedHat Ansible and Cisco Networking work in tandem to achieve a single point of control for your sprawling data center environment.

Power Block Session: Container Security with NSX-T
2021-03-31 11:00 - 11:45
For environments that have a mix of bare metal, virtual machine, and container workloads security policy can easily sprawl across many different solutions. Using NSX-T for data center, we’ll demonstrate how to create a centralized security policy for all your workloads while still enabling application owners to interact with their apps as they’ve intended. Whether that is through Kubernetes network-policy objects, or simple virtual machine naming schemes, NSX-T provides a unifies fabric to apply all security policies as needed.

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Power Block Session: No Scheduled Session
2021-04-07
There will be no scheduled Power Block Session for April 7th, 2021. Please check the calendar for upcoming Power Block topics. Power Block sessions are held every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. CST.

Iowa Technology & Education Connection (ITEC)
2021-04-10 - 2021-04-16
ITEC stands for the Iowa Technology & Education Connection. ITEC promotes the use of technology in education by demonstrating to its members, other educators and the public, developments in educational technology and how its appropriate use supports teaching and learning.
ITEC serves its members by:

conducting an annual educational technology conference in the Fall
conducting an annual technology infrastructure conference in the Spring
providing a network of educators available to share their expertise
making contact with legislative groups, department of education, user groups, and other professional organizations
displaying information about the organization at statewide conferences
providing leadership on how technology can impact teaching and learning

ITEC Spring 2021 will be a little different this year as we transition to a virtual conference format. We still aim to provide a truly effective learning experience for all attendees but with a few changes:

All regular sessions will have an asynchronous part (30 minute recorded video that will be released on the Saturday of the conference week) and a synchronous part (an up to 30 minute live Q&A session that will be scheduled between Monday and Friday of the conference week)
Keynotes and Featured Speaker sessions will be live and accessible through the Whova application
Vendors will be available through either a hosted session or through the Whova app in the Exhibitor Center
There will be multiple ways in the Whova app to connect with other educators in order to make those connections that are so impactful and are a key to any educational conference.

ITEC Spring 2021 will start on Saturday, April 10th and the projected schedule is as follows:

Saturday: Asynchronous sessions available in the Whova application
Monday: Q&A sessions 12pm – 8pm (last session starts at 7pm)
Tuesday: Featured Speakers: 9am – 12pm, Q&A live sessions: 12pm – 8pm
Wednesday: Keynote: 9am – 11am, Featured Speakers and Keynote sessions: 11am – 3pm, Q&A live sessions: 3pm – 8pm
Thursday: Q&A live sessions: 12pm – 8pm
Friday: Q&A live sessions: 12pm – 4pm

Power Block Session: vRealize Automation with ABX
2021-04-14 11:00 - 11:45
vRealize Automation, enables additional automation through ABX(Action Based Extensibility) to run functions as a service (FaaS) code that does additional configuration and management based off the lifecycle of the deployment. This demo will focus on how it can be utilized and enabled.

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TIE Virtual Conference
2021-04-18 - 2021-04-19
TIE curates lesson resources, provides instruction for the best uses of online tools, and offers customized support on the best pedagogical strategies for learning. TIE empowers educational communities to respond productively and responsibly in a networked global society. Our professional development incorporates current technologies with traditional strategies to provide participants with experiences focused on their current practice, meeting learners where they are and taking them to where they want to be.

TechNet Augusta
2021-04-20 - 2021-04-21, 2021-05-18 - 2021-05-19
Attend TechNet Augusta and take advantage of these opportunities:

Continuing education sessions to maintain cybersecurity certifications
Special programs for small businesses
Insight into upcoming business opportunities
Demonstrate technology solutions: The Cyber Center of Excellence wants your solutions.
Network with potential partners

Leaders and operators also discuss procurement challenges the military, government and industry face during a time of uncertain budgets and runaway technology advances.

Power Block Session: Using NSX-ALB as an Ingress for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
2021-04-21 11:00 - 11:45
Utilize the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Formerly Avi Networks) to provide Ingress services for Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters to distribute traffic to applications based on application context aware, layer 7 routing.

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Cybersecurity Webinar Series
2021-04-27 11:00 - 12:00
The average cost of a cyber breach is $3.68 million. It’s not a matter of “if” and it’s not a matter of “when”; it is whether you will survive the cyber-attack.
Since the early days of the pandemic, we’ve seen an accelerated and unprecedented digital transformation that would’ve taken years but instead happened in months or even weeks.
Have you looked ahead at what safeguards will be needed to counter the emerging threats? Can you guarantee the security of your data? Our dependency on the digital economy is irreversible. The systemic risk we face includes vulnerabilities to all things connected.
Industry thought-leaders Stevan Bernard, former Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures; Chris Cyr, Sterling CTO; and Jeff Moore, Sterling Senior VP of Business Development and Contracts, take a look at cybersecurity past, present, and future:
• Sony Pictures’ story of surviving North Korean cyber-attacks
• Present global-scale threats and dark-web risks
• Importance of a secure supply chain
• Future threatscape
• The proactive approach your organizations can take
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Power Block Session: Getting Started with vROps
2021-04-28 11:00 - 11:45
For those who have never used vRealize Operations before we’ll be taking a high level look at some of the key tenets of vROps including Troubleshooting, Capacity adjustments for performance and cost savings, and taking a look at the Dashboarding and Reporting features in the tool.

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Power Block Session: vRealize Automation Extensibility
2021-05-05 11:00 - 11:45
vRealize Orchestrator is the Anything-as-a-service(Xaas) that can be utilized for API management, SSH/Winrm connection, LDAP connectivity and so much more. This demo will show just a fraction of the many ways this can be used to enable users to run automation from the Service broker, as well as combining with infrastructure deployment.

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Sterling Live Demo: Dell Powerstore & Powerscale
2021-05-11 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for a demo on Dell’s leading storage solutions – PowerStore and PowerScale

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Power Block Session: Threat Hunting and Incident Response in the New Threat Landscape - Carbon Black
2021-05-12 11:00 - 11:45
Last December, the security industry was stunned by the magnitude and sophistication of the SolarWinds breach. Today, efforts are still underway to assess the impact of the more than nine-month-old cyberespionage campaign. While the task might seem daunting, looking for anomalies like SUNBURST in your data becomes easier with additional intelligence. Please join VMware Carbon Black for this Power Block session as they cover what normal looks like and how to find the abnormal, dig to the root cause, quickly respond and destroy on-going APTs, and set yourself up to automatically detect emerging threats like SUNBURST moving forward.

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Power Block Session: Capacity Planning with vROps
2021-05-19 11:00 - 11:45
We’ll be discussing the building blocks for capacity planning with vRealize Operations Manager to help better understand the numbers behind the capacity values. We’ll also be demonstrating how to optimize capacity for saving resources and costs in your data centers.

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Cybersecurity Webinar Series- Part 2
2021-05-25 11:00 - 12:00
Ransomware: no limits, no borders, no fear

Part 2 in the Sterling Cybersecurity Webinar Series Click to register now!

Tuesday, May 25th at 11:00 a.m. CST

One ransomware attack happens every 14 seconds. 55% of small businesses pay the ransom demand, but data is recovered intact only 8% of the time. Not only are attacker’s objectives for financial gain, but they are carrying over into a physical impact.

Cyber-attacks are a matter of individual, local, regional, national, and international security. In this era of cyber-attacks, hackers will stop at nothing, there are no limits. What is your cyber defense strategy?

Join industry thought leaders Stevan Bernard, former Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment; Chris Cyr, Sterling CTO; and Mindy Schweitzer, Sterling Director of Marketing and moderator, as they look at the cybercrime crises happening now and what you must do to safeguard your world.
• Magnitude and escalation of ransomware: From Sony Pictures to recent attacks
• Urgent strategies for cyber protection
• Continuous monitoring and the zero-trust model
• Preparedness as the only means of survival

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Sterling Live Demo: Dell Technologies PowerProtect Backup Services
2021-05-25 13:00 - 14:00
PowerProtect Backup Service is a cloud data protection solution designed to deliver SaaS based protection without increasing IT complexity white ensuring predictable, controllable costs. PowerProtect Backup Service deploys in minutes and provides unlimited on-demand scaling to ensure growing data volumes are always protected.

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