Cloud Expose

Thursday,  May 27

5:30 – 7:30PM

Technology Innovation Center (TIC)

325 E. Grand River Avenue

East Lansing, Michigan  48823

Sponsor: C3 and facilities provided by the TIC

Giveaway: $2500 Scholarship Raffle for MITN Members

The buzz word these days is the “cloud”, but it could mean so many things to the IT world. MITN is committed to educating the general IT crowd and is excited to invite you to join us for a Cloud Expose in May. At this meeting we will discuss a general definition of cloud technologies and how they are secured. In order to add depth, we are also going to feature speakers from small business and State government on how they use the “cloud”.

In addition, we are excited to hold our $2500 Scholarship raffle for members at this event. We announced this gracious gift from New Horizons at the last mixer that they sponsored and we are going to hold the drawing at the event. So make sure you are enrolled as a member to get your raffle ticket!

The meeting will be sponsored by C3. C3 is a telecommunications agency representing over 40 telecom carriers ranging from the biggest, AT&T, to some of the smallest, like US Signal. We work with businesses in optimizing their telecom efficiencies. We listen to our customers and tailor solutions based on your goals of, for example, increasing productivity, decreasing costs, or simplifying telecom management. MITN is happy to have C3 as the sponsor for this event.

Website: http://www.goc3.biz

Agenda

5:30 – 6:00 – TIC Tours and Membership Sign up

6:00 – 6:15 – Dinner and Meeting Kick Off

6:15 – 6:35  - Cloud Technology Overview – Craig Chapman – MCPC

6:35– 6:50 - Security in the Cloud  - Mike Bartkowiak, State of Michigan

6:50 – 7:05 - Small Business Use of Cloud – Chad Lincoln, Paramount Coffee

7:05 – 7:20 - Government Use of the Cloud – Bob McDonough, State of Michigan

7:20 – 7:30 – Q/A and Open Discussion

7:30 - Raffle and Wrap up