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AfidenceITCEO Roundtable
Presentation2016 Technology Trends and Best Practices for IT
Departments
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Introductions
Trends in Technology
Best Practices for IT Departments
Final Q&A
Agenda
Introductions
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Introducing AfidenceITSTRATEGY
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SUPPORT
SECURITY/COMPLIANCE NEW!
• Technology Consulting
• Award Winning
• AfidenceIT = Entrust
• Launched in 2010
• Office Locations- Mason, Ohio (HQ)- Miamisburg, Ohio
• Client Reach- 75+ Active Clients- 30+ States & 15+ Countries
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Differentiators
Knowledge Transfer People No Contracts Truly Objective
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Bryan HoganPresident & CEO
• Co-Owner of Afidence (with Wife, Barbara)
• Three Children, Two Grandchildren• 30+ Years of Industry Experience• Areas of Expertise Include:
- Business Planning- Technology Strategy
• Board of Directors at Technology First
• Contributor at Aileron
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Trends in Technology
Cloud Computing Business Intelligence Mobile Devices
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Cloud Computing• Defined• Strengths/Benefits• Weaknesses/Concerns
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Business Intelligence• Defined• Strengths/Benefits• Weaknesses/Concerns
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Mobile Computing• Defined• Strengths/Benefits• Weaknesses/Concerns
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Impact• Sharing Economy
- Uber- Airbnb
• Industry Disruption- Technology- Hospitality- Transportation & Logistics- Retail
• Marketing- Print- TV (Commercials)- Web
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BEST PRACTICES FOR IT DEPARTMENTS
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Business Aligned IT Planning
• Business Alignment- Company Strategy/Goals- Department Initiatives- Industry Considerations- IT Department Priorities
• Business Justified- Revenue- Cost / Capacity- Risk
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Security & Compliance Management
• Assess- Outside Firm and/or Tools
• Remediate- Prioritized Based on Risk
• Educate- User Training
• Repeat- Two Year Lifecycle
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Backup Strategy• Locations
- On-Site and Off-site• Content
- Data Only vs. Image- Image (Bare Metal Restore)
• Other Considerations- Servers and Workstations- Cloud- Legal
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Purchasing Considerations• Servers
- Virtualization & The Cloud• Workstations
- Laptops, Desktops, Etc.• Mobile Devices
- Business Owned or BYOD• Applications
- On Premise or Cloud• Network Capacity
- Redundancy, Future Minded
