10:00am
Event Registration

10:15am
Welcome, Event Overview and Introductions
Continental breakfast and beverages will be served

10:30am
Meeting the Needs of Higher Education - Mirapoint Overview
Today, technology managers face a set of challenges no one even imagined when the first email systems were deployed: spam, viruses, security, mission-critical reliability, new communication modes like instant messaging, and more. This presentation provides an overview of Mirapoint solutions for delivering cost effective messaging services. Speaker: Larry Rosof, Mirapoint

10:45am
Take Back Control of Your Email!
Mike Briggs, Director of IT, George Washington University Law School
Email at GW Law had reached its limit - exponential traffic growth, demands for additional user services and relentless spam and virus attacks had taken over creating a management nightmare. Join Mike Briggs as he explains how he solved numerous email challenges at GW Law with a reliable, easy to manage solution. 

11:15am
Peer Networking Break & Refreshment Break
This is a great opportunity to meet with other educational IT teams to find out what are some of their current email challenges that they face at their institutions.

11:45am
James Madison University Resolves Email Disaster
Hear James Madison University’s major email pains, their unique messaging requirements, and their email infrastructure replacement process. Also learn about their deployment and the status of email at JMU today.

12:15am
Expert Panel
Throughout today’s event we’ve heard about email strategies for universities dealing with complicated messaging infrastructures. This is a chance for you to get advice and insights from a panel of experts.

Panel Members:
Mike Briggs, George Washington University Law School
David Gutschow, James Madison University
Larry Rosof, Mirapoint
Darren Sapper, Mirapoint
Martin Stone, Mirapoint

12:35am
Conclusion & Lunch
Lunch will be served and you are encouraged to chat with some of your local peers.

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