EDU Seminar - Nashville, TN




	Vanderbilt Campus 1231 18th Ave. South, Suite 143 Hill Center Nashville, TN 37212 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM 11:00am Event Registration 11:15am Welcome, Event Overview and Introductions Continental breakfast and beverages will be served 11:30am 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 11:45am Take Back Control of Your Email! James Hammond, Winthrop University Email at Winthrop University 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 James Hammond as he explains how he solved numerous email challenges at Winthrop University with a reliable, easy to manage solution. 12:15pm 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. 12:45pm Middle Tennessee State University gets out of Email Hell Hear Middle Tennessee State 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 MTSU today. 1:15pm 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: James Hammond Winthrop University Tim Brown, Middle Tennessee State University Larry Rosof, Mirapoint Dan Coffey, Mirapoint Michael Wright, Mirapoint 1:35pm Conclusion & Lunch Lunch will be served and you are encouraged to chat with some of your local peers.