Insanity from the Real World (5D)

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We’ve talked a lot about the next steps for IT, but what comes after that? Some companies out in private industry have succeeded with IT practices that sound implausible from a campus perspective. Learn about chaos engineering, immutable systems, the future of network security, and how to automate destruction on a massive scale.

Cloud Strategy for Directors (and Everyone Else)

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What’s the big picture on cloud services? What can an IT organization achieve with new tools, and is it worth the effort? Do you just want to know what I’ve been telling your boss? I’ll share my vision for how we can all use commodity services to improve the quality of our service delivery and […]

Cloud Security: What We’ve Learned

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The Urbana campus has been using AWS for almost two years. During that time, we’ve been able to observe some patterns and common oversights. This session will discuss what’s happened, how we fixed things, and how others can proactively avoid the same situations.

Public Clouds and You

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Why would I want to use a public cloud? What advantages/disadvantages are there? Can I do more with less? These are a few of the questions that will be addressed in this session on ways to leverage public clouds to provide IT services, and some examples of how doing so could save you time and […]

Opportunities in Developing Leadership Skills & Overcoming Challenges in Applying Them

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Panelists will share their experience participating in programs that focus on managing resources and cultivating leadership skills. Programs to be reviewed range from Educause Institute’s Management Program to the Mor IT Leadership Program to the Professional MBA degree offered by our University. The focus for the panelists will be in illustrating how they applied the […]