Upcoming Events

Join RoundTower for an Executive Luncheon featuring Fortinet’s CISO, Phil Quade, as he discusses strategies for cutting-edge cybersecurity.

Between data breaches, system hacking, and identity theft, securing your systems is of critical importance to your business. Having best practices and the right technology to help you meet your security goals is essential. Understanding the problems businesses face and where security gaps typically exist will ultimately solve those security challenges. Learn how businesses are fine tuning their approach and ultimately making an impact on their security operations.

Phil brings more than three decades of cybersecurity and networking experience working across foreign, government, and commercial industry sectors at the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Senate. Phil has responsibility for Fortinet’s information security, leads strategy and expansion of Fortinet’s Federal and Critical Infrastructure business, and serves as a strategic consultant to Fortinet’s C-Level enterprise customers. Prior to Fortinet, Phil was the NSA Director’s Special Assistant for Cyber and Chief of the NSA Cyber Task Force, with responsibility for the White House relationship in Cyber. Previously, Phil also served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Information Assurance Directorate at the NSA, managing day-to-day operations, strategy, and relationships in cybersecurity. He held a variety of roles earlier in his tenure at the NSA, including head of the Information Operations Technology Center’s Advanced Technology Group, professional staffer to the U.S. Senate, and in the Office of the Director for National Intelligence.”

Speakers: Andy Craig, Vice President of Technical Operations, Maple Knoll Communities, Inc.; Austin Gresham, Senior Consultant, IT Transformation, Roundtower and Megan Ulrich, Vice President of Communications, Marketing and Development, Maple Knoll Communities, Inc.

Workshop Description:
In the age of Digital Transformation, Internet of Things (IoT) has the ability to change business models for organizations across almost every vertical. As the population of older adults continues to grow, their desire to remain in an independent living setting continues to increase, while access to care is shrinking. We must create a sustainable path forward to address their needs and enable them to stay safe and healthy in their own environment. We see innovation in technology, specifically the Internet of Things (IoT) as that path forward to bridge this gap. Equipping the homes of senior citizens with various sensors, devices, and artificial intelligence to monitor their well-being, keep them safe, and alert family and caregivers when an intervention is required could greatly improve their quality of life and reduce the burden and cost on the healthcare system. Come learn about the technology behind the hype, some use cases of real-world companies using IoT to change how they do business and some advice on how to get started (and how not to!)

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will understand the meaning and value proposition of Internet of Things (IoT)
Participants will learn and understand how Maple Knoll is creating a new model of care
Participants will understand the use technology to improve outcomes

Register now: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efzfr0vp27520f66&oseq=&c=&ch=

Join RoundTower to explore the tools you need to make it easy to manage and control all your business services, resources, and costs while also ensuring compliance with corporate security and privacy policies and rules to minimize business risk.

We will delve into best practices on how you can move IT operations from a reactive response team to a proactive business unit while improving your company’s security posture using the ServiceNow platform. We’ll discuss how to keep sensitive data safe, business systems reliable, and how ServiceNow can help minimize the time to resolution by quickly prioritizing incidents and automating response and remediation.

ServiceNow’s platform layered with RoundTower’s Managed Services team, will let you focus on your core business. Our experts handle your IT requirements and incidents while maintaining transparency and accountability to your organization.

Attend to hear our experts share industry and experience-based knowledge. Listen as our special guest, Steve Pruell, CIO of Affiliated Managers Group, as he shares how AMG leverages ServiceNow and Managed Services to make a business impact.

Technology First invites you to join the 16th Annual Ohio Information Security Conference. The conference will focus in four areas/tracks: management, technical, implementation, and workforce development. The audience will be over 250 IT professionals and most of audience being CIOs and their direct reports with some attendees at the technical level. They also have a cross presentation of all industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics/distribution, government sector and many more.

Register now at: https://technologyfirst.org/blog/1312-oisc-2019-landing-page.html

The 46th Players Championship with RoundTower & Dell EMC

March 14th – 17th, 2019

Dell EMC serves a key role in providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset: information. They enable customer’s IT and digital business transformation through hybrid cloud and big data solutions, built upon converged infrastructure, servers, storage, and cybersecurity technologies. Enjoy the Player’s Tournament and learn how RoundTower and Dell EMC can improve your business.
Join us in exclusive Dye’s Pavilion for the 2019 Player’s Championship at TPC Sawgrass!

Schedule:
8:30 a.m. – Dye’s Pavilion will open to guests
11:00 a.m. – Beverage service will begin and run through the end of play.

Venues close for the day 30 minutes after play ends.

Parking will be located in TPC Sawgrass’s General Parking Lot – located off of 210/Palm Valley Road.

RoundTower will assist in honoring C-level executives for their leadership in the region.

This award is given to the region’s leading chief executive officers, chairman, vice-chairman, chief operating officers, chief information officers, chief financial officers, chief marketing officers and other C-level executives. The criteria for this award is based on the company’s invaluable contribution to our region and the nominee’s personal leadership characteristics that cultivate a thriving and progressive community.

Register now: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eg0pum9w70afc946&llr=vwg9epoab

Join us on March 14 for lunch and a technology briefing, then enjoy the FC Cincinnati vs. Portland Timbers game in our suite with a guest on March 17!

Learn how the leading hyperconverged platform, VxRail, powered by VMware’s vSAN, speeds time to value in the core data center, in the cloud, and at the edge. Delivering a turnkey experience that enables you to continuously innovate, VxRail features next-generation technology that provides future proofing for your infrastructure.

Join us to explore the following and more:
• Consolidating compute, storage, and virtualization with end to end automated lifecycle management
• Deep integration with VMware tools, including operational transparency with vCenter
• Automating network setup with SmartFabric Services
• Providing a single point of support for appliance software and hardware

Attend to hear our expert, Shane Kuhn, RoundTower Consulting System Engineer, share industry and experience-based knowledge. Listen as our special guest, Larry Nanni, VMware Software Defined Storage & HCI Sales Manager, as he shares how he leverages VxRail and vSAN to make a business impact.

The 46th Players Championship with RoundTower & Dell EMC

March 14th – 17th, 2019

Dell EMC serves a key role in providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset: information. They enable customer’s IT and digital business transformation through hybrid cloud and big data solutions, built upon converged infrastructure, servers, storage, and cybersecurity technologies. Enjoy the Player’s Tournament and learn how RoundTower and Dell EMC can improve your business.
Join us in exclusive Dye’s Pavilion for the 2019 Player’s Championship at TPC Sawgrass!

Schedule:
8:30 a.m. – Dye’s Pavilion will open to guests
11:00 a.m. – Beverage service will begin and run through the end of play.

Venues close for the day 30 minutes after play ends.

Parking will be located in TPC Sawgrass’s General Parking Lot – located off of 210/Palm Valley Road.

The 46th Players Championship with RoundTower & Dell EMC

March 14th – 17th, 2019

Dell EMC serves a key role in providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset: information. They enable customer’s IT and digital business transformation through hybrid cloud and big data solutions, built upon converged infrastructure, servers, storage, and cybersecurity technologies. Enjoy the Player’s Tournament and learn how RoundTower and Dell EMC can improve your business.
Join us in exclusive Dye’s Pavilion for the 2019 Player’s Championship at TPC Sawgrass!

Schedule:
8:30 a.m. – Dye’s Pavilion will open to guests
11:00 a.m. – Beverage service will begin and run through the end of play.

Venues close for the day 30 minutes after play ends.

Parking will be located in TPC Sawgrass’s General Parking Lot – located off of 210/Palm Valley Road.

The 46th Players Championship with RoundTower & Dell EMC

March 14th – 17th, 2019

Dell EMC serves a key role in providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset: information. They enable customer’s IT and digital business transformation through hybrid cloud and big data solutions, built upon converged infrastructure, servers, storage, and cybersecurity technologies. Enjoy the Player’s Tournament and learn how RoundTower and Dell EMC can improve your business.
Join us in exclusive Dye’s Pavilion for the 2019 Player’s Championship at TPC Sawgrass!

Schedule:
8:30 a.m. – Dye’s Pavilion will open to guests
11:00 a.m. – Beverage service will begin and run through the end of play.

Venues close for the day 30 minutes after play ends.

Parking will be located in TPC Sawgrass’s General Parking Lot – located off of 210/Palm Valley Road.

Join us to hear our cloud expert, Earl Gay, speak at the WSTA Cloud Seminar.
Financial services firms have made a commitment to moving to cloud. That includes a cloud-first operating model, which can (if planned and managed effectively) deliver unprecedented operational efficiency: Companies that deploy cloud effectively can achieve as much as 40% operating savings.

But as with many transformational initiatives, the devil is in the details. Firms that do a poor job will find their operational costs rising (by as much as 25%) rather than falling.

For those planning a transformation effort to a cloud environment or those already established within one, therefore, the challenge lies in doing cloud well. That means effectively allocating and segmenting compute resources, deploying flexible application development services and adding robust security designs that satisfy cautious compliance teams. These are exciting days for service and product providers as they help businesses formulate the best strategies to turn this dynamic framework into competitive advantage.

This seminar addresses the practical, operational strategies to ensure your team is among those achieving cost reduction and performance improvements. Participants will learn:

• Which cloud management, security, and integration tools are essential and which are merely “nice to have”
• The fundamentals around key technology areas including cloud management platforms (CMP), cloud service brokers (CSB), cloud security brokers (CASB), Cloud data loss protection/prevention (DLP), DevOps and DevOps development, containers and container management, and automation
• How to beef up cybersecurity and data governance to address the challenges posed by a cloud-first operating model
• Insight into key infrastructure components, including software defined networking and storage and cloud-centric WAN design
• How to optimally staff and organize to implement cloud-first initiatives
• How to measure the success of cloud initiatives

Register now: https://www.wsta.org/events/event/cloud-first-design-infrastructure-development-operations/

Join RoundTower to kick off the first round of the NCAA March Madness tournament while networking with your fellow basketball fans and industry peers. Prior to the games, hear from our experts as they explore the capabilities of VMware Cloud on AWS, Cloud Assembly, and Site Recovery.

Cloud solutions open up the door to a world of new business and technical capabilities. With VMware Cloud on AWS, environments can be seamlessly extended into a true hybrid model. Learn how to take advantage of existing operational tooling and capabilities while harnessing the power of the AWS datacenter and native services. Layered with the cloud, Cloud Assembly connects to your public and private cloud providers, seamlessly allowing you to deploy machines, applications, and services faster. Simplify disaster recovery by easily enabling application availability and mobility across sites in private cloud environments with Site Recovery Manager. Together, RoundTower and VMware, are providing a total cloud solution.

You’re invited to join one of the largest IT networking events of the season!

Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ Mac’s Pizza Pub from the first tip-off until the end of the last game.

Beverages provided by our sponsors. Lunch and dinner provided in the RoundTower Pavilion. Appetizers all day. Prepaid taxi available at any time, up to 15 miles – cash tips encouraged. Registration required for all attendees (in advance or on-site). Upon arrival, please check-in at the registration table to receive your wristband. As in year’s past, this free event will include the opportunity to support local charities.

Join RoundTower to watch your favorite college basketball teams as they go head-to-head in the NCAA March Madness tournament. Kick off the tournament while networking with your fellow basketball fans and industry peers. Let out your competitive side as you cheer on your first round picks and watch the inevitable upsets at this all-evening event. You will not want to miss out on the excitement!

We’re celebrating this year’s March Madness tournament by hosting our very own RoundTower March Madness bracket. Following Selection Sunday, you will receive an invite to fill out a bracket for a chance to win prizes!