Upcoming CIPS Golden Horseshoe talks
Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) is a national association of information technologies professionals that offers networking opportunities, certification of IT professionals and accreditation of University and College IT programs.
CIPS Golden Horseshoe (CIPS-GH) holds a monthly series of talks aimed at such IT professionals. The events usually happen on the last Wednesday of every month, and lately have been taking place at Mohawk College. I have been to several of these events and gave a talk myself at a recent event. The events do have a charge for non-CIPS members and prior registration is required. They are of very strong educational value to those in the area who work in IT or those who manage IT, in addition to providing some great networking opportunities.
The events for March and April have been scheduled, check them out below!
When: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 – 6-8pm
Where: Mohawk College – Room E108
Talk: It’s time to virtualize your Business Critical Applications – Barnaby Jeans, I.S.P., ITCP/IP3P – Senior Systems Engineer, VMware Canada
Details: As customers continue their journey to a virtualized data center there are often questions around virtualizing applications like Oracle, SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint, and even SAP. With vSphere’s performance and reliability even large scale production databases run comfortably within a virtual machine and in many cases these business critical applications enjoy even higher levels of availability than running in a physical environment. Join Barnaby for an interactive session that will address common concerns around support and licensing and will provide you with insight into best practices to consider when virtualizing business critical applications.
Presenter: Barnaby brings 15 years of Solution Architect and pre-sales experience spanning Oracle, Red Hat, Microsoft, and VMware. Barnaby’s current role is to support the VMware Canada sales and pre-sales team in helping customers evolve their environments through virtualization and cloud enablement. Barnaby is a certified member of the CIPS Grand Valley Section and a former CIPS national board member.
Registration: http://gh.on.cips.ca/?q=node/93
When: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 – 6-8pm
Where: Mohawk College – Room to be advised
Talk: 2011 Global Risk Study debrief – Product and Portfolio Manager for IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency Services Canada
Details: Organizations are adapting to an increasingly complex global environment with more holistic approaches to business resilience planning. Traditional business continuity plans (typically with a strong IT focus) are still critical, but they are becoming part of a bigger picture, as senior executives strengthen their oversight of enterprise-wide risk management. To ensure business resilience, companies are moving toward a risk management process that both addresses the myriad types of risk that functions across the organization face, and encompasses all facets of risk management, from its identification through to mitigation. Mr. Yip will review key findings of the study and discuss their impact to Business Resiliency in Canada.
Presenter: Rodney Yip is a Product and Portfolio Manager for IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency Services Canada. Leveraging over 30 years of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity experience, Mr. Yip brings a pragmatic approach to resolving industry issues. His experience includes plan development and execution, product development and recovery team management. An advocate and proponent of Business Continuity, Mr. Yip has helped bring recovery planning and continuity to the Canadian business consciousness. He has worked with all sectors of business including government, financial services, retail, manufacturing and healthcare. His current projects include Cloud Backups, Cloud Recovery Infrastructure, IT Recovery Services, Work Area Recovery Services and Managed Continuity. Mr. Yip is an advisor to IBM Canada’s Crisis Management team and is a proud supporter of industry groups such as the Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE) and the World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM).
Registration: http://gh.on.cips.ca/?q=node/94
