AWS Strategies for Understanding and Controlling Costs

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Amazon Web Services makes it easier than ever to deploy IT infrastructure and provide IT services at the click of a button. How can we ensure we know what we’re running and what it costs? Can we automatically monitor spending? How can we identify what changed? In this session we’ll answer these questions and share […]

Library Virtualization: A Success Story

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Between 2011 and 2015, the Library spent approximately $750,000 on storage and virtual server infrastructure. We will review the path from supporting three server rooms independently, to partnering with Technology Services for reduced cost and increased system administrator free time. Working through the timeline, we will outline the intended and unintended consequences, lessons learned, and […]

The Master Builder’s New Toolbox

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To work efficiently and at scale in the clouds, IT Pro’s need an entirely new toolbox. Tools like Software Defined ‘Anything’, Dev/Ops methods, automation, and containers are only a few of the tools/concepts I’ll touch on. Come learn about what tools you should be putting into YOUR toolbox to become a Master Builder in the […]

Lync 2010 Infrastructure

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Lync is one of the platforms that comprises Unified Communications. We’ll take a look at the back-end architecture as well as the available clients and features that make up Lync. Through demonstrations and a discussion with experts you will have a better understanding of how Lync will work in on the Urbana campus.