![SCITDA Fall Conference 2019 @ Columbia Downtown Marriott | Columbia | South Carolina | United States](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/logo-affiliate-scitda1-300x133.png)
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring and exhibiting at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities
![Date TBD: IT Hot Topics Conference 2020 @ Grandover Resort & Conference Center | Morrisville | North Carolina | United States](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/ITHT_2020_logo.png)
IT Hot Topics Conference 2020 is being rescheduled due to COVID-19.
The IT Hot Topics Conference, hosted by Carolina Advanced Digital and industry partners, is one of the most unique technology and security events in the area. An event that started as a technical user group in 2002, the IT Hot Topics Conference has blossomed in to a full-featured conference, with internationally-recognized speakers, trainings, and technical content unparalleled in the area.
This fun and intimate event brings together a few hundred IT and security professionals from across North Carolina, the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, and offers hand-picked content based on attendee requests, exceptional peer networking, and technical content that transcends sales-driven conferences and seminars.
Call for Speakers – https://www.papercall.io/itht2020
![Tech Talk Ep 1: Contact Tracing and Mist AI Wi-Fi @ Virtual](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/tech-talk-podcast-02-large-whitebg-300x243.png)
Join us for the first of our Thursday Tech Talk series with the Carolina Advanced Digital crew. In this episode, we have a friend from Mist joining us to talk about returning safely to work with contact and proximity tracing inside the organization, how it’s different than the public-private app partnerships, and then we’ll hop over to a demo of Mist’s AI-based Wi-Fi, show you what’s going on in our office, and offer a sneak peek at some upcoming news.
![Tech Talk Ep 2: Planning for NAC and intro to FortiNAC @ Virtual](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/tech-talk-podcast-02-large-whitebg-300x243.png)
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.
![Tech Talk Ep 3: What's New in Wi-Fi @ Virtual](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/tech-talk-podcast-02-large-whitebg-300x243.png)
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
![Not your mama’s Antivirus – Deep dive with SentinelOne @ Virtual](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/temp-webinar-sentinelone-20200825-300x174.jpg)
Yes, you read correctly, join Carolina Advanced Digital and SentinelOne and get a $50 Amazon card just for listening in. We are partnering with SentinelOne to talk about why legacy anti-virus consistently fails to recognize these new threats, and how next-gen antivirus is designed to future proof your security investment. Only a select group of our customers are invited, so you will have an opportunity to talk with others about pain points and ask our expert the tough questions. Lucky you!
About SentinelOne Demo of Next-gen Antivirus solution:
- Real Time Endpoint Protection
- Active Detection Response
- Cloud Delivered IoT Discovery & Control
- Native Cloud Security
Hurry, spots are limited and registration link is provided by invitation only or upon request from qualifying organizations.
![Tech Talk Ep 4: Securing a Remote Workforce- 10 things you missed @ Virtual](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/tech-talk-podcast-02-large-whitebg-300x243.png)
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.
![SCITDA Fall Conference 2021 @ Columbia Downtown Marriott | Columbia | South Carolina | United States](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/logo-affiliate-scitda1-300x133.png)
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring, exhibiting, and speaking at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
Our session
“What’s New in Wi-Fi”
Tuesday, 9/21 at 11am
With Shital Patel, Wireless Engineer, Carolina Advanced Digital
Join CWNP-certified wireless engineer Shital to take a vendor-neutral look at Wi-Fi technology and the latest trends in wireless that are shaping today and tomorrow. We’ll talk about what’s real, what’s hype, and how to start planning for what’s on the horizon
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities
![SCITDA Fall Conference 2022 @ Columbia Downtown Marriott | Columbia | South Carolina | United States](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/logo-affiliate-scitda1-300x133.png)
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring and exhibiting at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities
![SCITDA Fall Conference 2023 @ Columbia Downtown Marriott | Columbia | South Carolina | United States](https://cadinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/logo-affiliate-scitda1-300x133.png)
Carolina Advanced Digital is sponsoring and exhibiting at the SCITDA Fall Conference this year.
About SCITDA
The main focus and mission of SCITDA is on collaboration of technology to benefit our agencies, and thus the citizens of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Association of Data Processing Directors (SCADPD) emerged in 1978 as the result of discussions by technical people from a few state agencies. It has since grown from a handful of people to being an organization that includes most state agencies, state colleges and universities. During the Fall Conference 2000, the membership voted to change their name to better reflect current responsibilities