An Information Technology Teaming Outreach Event will be held on Thursday, 18 August 2016 at the Wake Technical Community College Western campus in Cary, NC.  This event is sponsored by Carolina Advanced Digital, The North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC), and Wake Technical Community College Small Business Center.

Who should attend?

IT businesses including any IT related activities such as staffing, cable installation, etc who:

1. Could benefit from hearing the “lessons learned” of a successful SB contractor who has endured the challenges and pitfalls of federal contracting.
2. Could use a “contract vehicle” to ease how a potential customer can contract with your company, speed the acquisition process, and reduce competition.
3. Would like the chance to network with other potential teammates and competitors “competi-mates”

When.  Thursday, 18 August 2016 from  9:30 AM – 2:00 PM

09:30-10:00            Check in & Networking

10:00-11:00            Lessons Learned as a SB entering the Federal Market

11:00-12:00            CAD Contracts – SEWP V Overview; Subcontractor Requirements

12:00-12:15            Break & Grab Lunch (provided)

12:15-  1:00            (Working Lunch) General Q& A Session

1:00 – 2:00             One on One discussions with CAD

Where.  WakeTechnical Community College, Western Wake Campus, 3434 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary, NC  27518

Registration. This is a free event; however, registration is required, and we will limit to the first 100 who sign up.

To register or for more information, visit: http://www.ncmbc.us/information-technology-teaming-outreach-event/

See what the buzz is about! If you haven’t heard of Mist (now a Juniper company) you should join us Tuesday, May 19th for a free half-day bootcamp on the new Mist technology including topics on security, remote access, and more. I’ve highlighted a few of our team’s recommended don’t-miss sessions in bold for you.

Carolina Advanced Digital is a Mist Masters partner. Join us for this half-day bootcamp featuring everything you need to know to break free from the shackles of your legacy network architecture.

• 15 engaging and entertaining workshops
• Jam-packed with FREE GEAR! We’re giving away a free AP + other prizes at every “drill”
• Bonus: Send us your controller config and we’ll send you a Mist Cloud Org with YOUR config replicated, so you can see it in action by the end of the day. You’ll even get a free Mist AP with your newly created Org.* (restrictions apply)

Sessions include
• Transitioning Your Controller Network to cloud? (30min)
• Remote Worker 101 (30min)
• What is the Self-Driving Network? Let’s get real about it! (30min)
• API Automation Customer Examples – Day 0, Day 1, Day 2 (30min)
• Mist Architecture – A behind the scenes look at Mist cloud (30min)
• Marvis Deep Dive & Roadmap (30min)
• How to Measure Wireless Experience w/ Service Levels (30min)
• Wired Experience Service Levels & Roadmap (30min)
• EX ZTP & Configuration with Mist Dashboard (30min)
• Guest Access (15min)
• Policy Configurations and Interoperability with Aruba Clearpass and Cisco ISE (15min)
• Auto provisioning with Mist (15min)
• Bonjour Gateway & Other Exciting Roadmap Elements (15min)
• Wireless IDS / IPS Security (15min)
• AI-Powered Radio Resource Management (15min)

Register

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.

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.