• May 15^th: NCHICA Spring Forum on Cybersecurity, we’re sponsoring and will be in attendance
• May 16^th: Planning for Digital Transformations & IoT in Healthcare presented by HPE and Carolina Advanced Digital

From the team that’s brought you successful NAC implementations for over 15 years! Join us for the second Tech Talk episode with the Carolina Advanced Digital crew. In this episode, Mark and Jen (and Ron if we can coax him) will cover:

• a vendor-neutral look at planning for NAC
• best and common practices plus “gotchas”
• phased approaches for implementing NAC
• vendor comparisons
• a short intro to FortiNAC including a demo
• updates on the product roadmap (at least whatever we can share that’s not NDA).

In future Tech Talks we’ll be covering Aruba’s ClearPass, and vendor-neutral topics of dynamic segmentation and Zero Trust Network architectures. This first NAC session will lay some groundwork for later.

In our third shorter episode, we’ll take a vendor-neutral look at the Wi-Fi technology and trends shaping today and tomorrow. Join Shital and Jen for the latest trends in WiFi 6 (802.11ax), WiFi 6e, cloud-managed solutions, security integrations, CBRS, and more. We’ll talk about what’s real, what’s hype, and how to start planning for what’s on the horizon. Since it’s a shorter session we’ll try to manage Q&A throughout. Hosted by Jennifer Minella.

• 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6, features and how/when to upgrade
• Update on wired needs for Wi-Fi
• New security standards, WPA3, Open Enhanced, and SAE
• On the horizon Wi-Fi 6e and what you should know
• Non-Wi-Fi wireless, CBRS and Private LTE moving in
• The real scoop on BLE, Location Services, and Contact/Proximity Tracing
• Today’s hot topic- MAC randomization, impact on guest portals, BYOD, and NAC; what behavior OS’s have, and how to work around it
• COVID and Wi-Fi, supporting expansions, pop-ups and more
• What’s new from our partners- Aruba’s announcements of AOS 10, Fortinet and the future of legacy Meru controllers, what’s cooking at Mist

Join Tech Talk episode 4 with the Carolina Advanced Digital crew. In this episode, Jen along with Dan and Mark (or whoever she can grab) will take a look back at the chaos of COVID-19 as organizations scrambled to work through remote access and the cleanup we need to do afterwards. Hosted by Jennifer Minella.

Kick off your eRate expedition with our engineering team covering what you need to know for planning your wired, wireless, and security projects for K12. We’ll cover highlights of these vendor-neutral topics and provide a brief introduction to our company, team, and contracts you can use including NC 204X and DPI.

• What’s New in Wi-Fi: K12 edition
• What to consider for your next edge switch upgrade to support IoT and upcoming Wi-Fi
• Considerations when moving to the cloud for network services
• Security hot topics for schools in 2021

Kick off your eRate expedition with our engineering team covering what you need to know for planning your wired, wireless, and security projects for K12. We’ll cover highlights of these vendor-neutral topics and provide a brief introduction to our company, team, and contracts you can use including NC 204X and DPI.

• What’s New in Wi-Fi: K12 edition
• What to consider for your next edge switch upgrade to support IoT and upcoming Wi-Fi
• Considerations when moving to the cloud for network services
• Security hot topics for schools in 2021

eRate 2021: Aruba Solutions Overview for K12 (Wi-Fi, edge switches, and ClearPass). Based on your pre-event feedback, we’ll cover some or all of the following topics:

• Aruba WiFi 6 solutions
• Aruba WiFi management options, Central Cloud, AirWave, and controllers
• New and upcoming from Aruba (what to expect after your funding and ordering)
• New Aruba CX edge switches and NetEdit
• Brief overview of Aruba ClearPass for authentication and NAC
• Q&A

eRate 2021: Mist & Juniper Solutions Overview for K12 (Wi-Fi, edge switches, and Marvis)

• Mist’s AI-driven network management and benefits of the cloud
• Deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting Wi-Fi with Mist cloud
• Comparison of pricing and features to other solutions and architectures (e.g. controller)
• Short intro to managing edge switches in the cloud
• Optional location services plus contact and proximity tracing (with built-in BLE array)
• Q&A

eRate 2021: Fortinet Solutions Overview for K12 (firewalls, remote access, and more). Based on your pre-event survey of topic interests, we’ll talk about some or all of the following:

• Firewalls, filtering, and gateway security
• When and how to use sandbox technology for K12
  
• Email security
• When and why you need SSL inspection
• Secure remote access
• SD-WAN
• Other security, NAC, SIEM
• Q&A

You’re invited to join Carolina Advanced Digital and Zscaler for our “It Starts with Zero” webinar on Thursday. May 19 at 10:00am ET

Zero trust is based on the principle that no entity—user, device, or application—should be inherently trusted. Instead, access is granted using identity and business policy, and it changes based on context. By removing access and security from the constructs of the network, zero trust reduces complexity and increases security.

Join us for a discussion on the topics below:

• Modernizing your network to reduce technical debt and cut networking costs for internet-bound traffic
• Strengthening security posture by implementing a zero trust approach
• Empowering work from anywhere with a better user experience and more visibility
• Securely providing corporate access to any user on any device from any location
• Promoting alignment between IT objectives and business initiatives

Thursday, May 19, 2022, 10:00am-11:00am ET

Register Today: https://bit.ly/3iUHY1d