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June 2013
The Greater Wheeling Chapter and the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will hold its yearly joint meeting on Monday June 17, 2013, at the Double-Tree Hotel at the Meadowlands, Exit 41 off I-77, 340 Race Track Road, Washington, PA. 15301 (Note: date is the 3rd Monday instead of our normal 2nd Wednesday night meeting.)
Annual AITP Pittsburgh / Wheeling Chapters Joint Meeting
DoubleTree Hotel, Meadowlands – Washington, PA
Monday – June 17th, 2013
Speaker and Topic
“Windows Azure and the Enterprise” – John Yokim, Microsoft
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John Yokim Azure Solution Specialist Microsoft |
John has been with Microsoft for 13 years. He is a Windows Azure Solution Specialist working with enterprise organizations as they take their journey to the Public Cloud. Prior to his role working with Windows Azure, he spent seven years as a Technology Strategist, responsible for helping large Western PA Enterprise companies understand the roadmap of Microsoft products as well as obtaining value from the current capabilities. He started at Microsoft working in the Premier Support Services division as a Technical Account Manager, responsible for managing support for all Microsoft products across several Western PA companies.
John holds several certifications including: CISSP, ITIL, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, MCTS
Before joining Microsoft, John spent time as a trainer and consultant architecting solutions centered on Microsoft technologies. John holds a Mathematics degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He lives with his wife and two children in Wexford, PA.
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| Session Description | Windows Azure and the Enterprise
There are three chief driving forces behind the move to the cloud — Speed, Scale and Economics. We all know these words, but in the last few years their definitions have changed radically. During this session will cover how Windows Azure integrates with what you have, but at the same time giving you the need in minutes not days, at a global scale and on-demand pace with the ability to pay for it as you need it.
During this session we will cover Microsoft’s public cloud platform: Windows Azure, which includes Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Websites, Media Services, Mobile Services, Database Services and much more. |
Event Schedule
5:00 – 6:00 Registration & networking
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner
7:00 – 8:00 – Speaker
Cost: $25.00 for everyone
RSVP to Join Us
Please note: There is a menu choice of Roasted ChickenorLondon Broil. E-mail Karen Kovacs at kkovacs@dwc.org to RSVP and state your menu choice, or make your reservation at the AITP portal at http://www.aitp.org/events/event_details.asp.
Reservations are essential to ensure there is sufficient food and seating available for our group. Please respond early to give the restaurant ample time to prepare. No shows will be billed for the reserved meal.
May 8th Meeting
The Greater Wheeling Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will hold its Wednesday, April 10 2013 meeting at the White Palace at Wheeling Park, Wheeling WV. White Palace is located inside Wheeling Park at 1801 National Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003 (map via bing).
Speaker and Topic
Earl Nicodemus will be the speaker for the evening.
Mr. Nicodemus is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at West Liberty University which is located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. His teaching career has spanned 42 years and he has taught Instructional Technology at West Liberty University for the last 36 years.
Mr. Nicodemus has conducted numerous free workshops, conferences sessions, and presentations on the topics that the pages on his website cover: https://sites.google.com/a/westliberty.edu/nicodemus/. This web site was created to provide resources for participants in those workshops.
During the last year, the most requested sessions have been workshops on PowerPoint , Cyber Security (Especially as related to personal data on retired computers and cell phones), and Free Resources (Web Sites, Downloads, and Smartphone Apps).
Education Session
SIG Session
Event Schedule
We will meet on the first floor of the White Palace. Social time, SIG groups, and registration will be from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. The buffet style dinner will begin at approximately 6:00 p.m. and the Ed Session and Main Presentation will start after the meal. Cost for the evening is$18.00 for AITP members, $10.00 for AITP student members, and $23.00 for guests. We will have our 50/50 drawing and door prizes for those in attendance.
RSVP to Join Us
E-mail Karen Kovacs at kkovacs@dwc.org to RSVP, or make your reservation at the AITP portal athttp://www.aitp.org/events/event_details.asp. Reservations are essential to ensure there is sufficient food and seating available for our group. Please respond early to give the restaurant ample time to prepare. No shows will be billed for the reserved meal.
April 10 Meeting
The Greater Wheeling Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will hold its Wednesday, April 10 2013 meeting at the White Palace at Wheeling Park, Wheeling WV. White Palace is located inside Wheeling Park at 1801 National Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003 (map via bing).
Speaker and Topic
National Collegiate Conference – John Parkinson
John will talk about attending the National Collegiate Conference.
NCC is the premier event for college chapters and students. This year’s event is being held in St. Louis April 4th through the 7th. The event is attended by over 700 student and professional members.
Students can enter national technology contest which include: office solutions, PC trouble shooting, database design, network design, Java developer, website projects and many others.
Also, Certiport offers free exams for certification in security and network fundamentals, database design, HTML5 application development and software development.
A Best Conference Video, Student Chapter Banner and t-shirt competition are offered too.
The event is being held at the Millennium Hotel Conference center.
Awards are given for Student Individual Performance Award, Student Chapter Outstanding Award, Region Student Outstanding Chapter of the Year. For faculty advisor, Going the Extra Mile and Faculty Advisor of the Year awards are presented.
Education Session
SIG Session
Scott Petrock will lead the SIG session on the Mac OS X Operating System.
Event Schedule
We will meet on the first floor of the White Palace. Social time, SIG groups, and registration will be from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. The buffet style dinner will begin at approximately 6:00 p.m. and the Ed Session and Main Presentation will start after the meal. Cost for the evening is$18.00 for AITP members, $10.00 for AITP student members, and $23.00 for guests. We will have our 50/50 drawing and door prizes for those in attendance.
RSVP to Join Us
E-mail Karen Kovacs at kkovacs@dwc.org to RSVP, or make your reservation at the AITP portal athttp://www.aitp.org/events/event_details.asp. Reservations are essential to ensure there is sufficient food and seating available for our group. Please respond early to give the restaurant ample time to prepare. No shows will be billed for the reserved meal.
To find out more about the Greater Wheeling Chapter of AITP,
visit our website at http://aitp-wheeling.org.
March 2013
The Greater Wheeling Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will hold its Wednesday, March 13, 2013 meeting at the White Palace at Wheeling Park, Wheeling WV. White Palace is located inside Wheeling Park at 1801 National Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003 (map via bing).
Speaker and Topic
Safeguarding Your Home Office – Bob Logan
The speaker for the March 13th, 2013 meeting will be Bob Logan. Keep your data safe and your clients happy with the knowledge of key facets of home office security. Robert Logan, MBA, MCP, MOS, A+, assistant professor, Kent State University at Salem, will explain the current threat landscape and what you can do to plan for disaster with strategies for data protection. You’ll also learn about available resources for security.
Bob Logan is from the Akron Chapter of AITP. He is a past Region 18 President, and has been the chairperson of our Region’s ITCons, and involved with the Leadership Retreats and Region 18 Conferences. Bob has visited the Greater Wheeling Chapter many times and we are glad to welcome him again.
Education Session
Our Education Session for February will be Bill Fairbanks demonstrating Team Viewer.
SIG Session
Scott Petrock will lead the SIG session on the Mac OS X Operating System.
Event Schedule
We will meet on the first floor of the White Palace. Social time, SIG groups, and registration will be from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. The buffet style dinner will begin at approximately 6:00 p.m. and the Ed Session and Main Presentation will start after the meal. Cost for the evening is$18.00 for AITP members, $10.00 for AITP student members, and $23.00 for guests. We will have our 50/50 drawing and door prizes for those in attendance.
RSVP to Join Us
E-mail Karen Kovacs at kkovacs@dwc.org to RSVP, or make your reservation at the AITP portal athttp://www.aitp.org/events/event_details.asp. Reservations are essential to ensure there is sufficient food and seating available for our group. Please respond early to give the restaurant ample time to prepare. No shows will be billed for the reserved meal.
To find out more about the Greater Wheeling Chapter of AITP,
visit our website at http://aitp-wheeling.org.
February 2013 Program
The Greater Wheeling Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will hold its Wednesday, February 13, 2013 meeting at the White Palace at Wheeling Park, Wheeling WV. The White Palace is located inside Wheeling Park at 1801 National Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003 (map via bing).
Ham Radio Operations
The speaker for the evening will be Jerry Fankhauser – WA8HTO. Jerry is an Extra class operator, the highest level which can be obtained through the Federal Communication Commission. Amateur Radio Operators were first licensed in 1934. In 1999 and 2000 the FCC issued major changes in the regulations to streamline the licensing system and bring the Amateur Radio service into the digital age. Since 2007 the agency discontinued the requirement that Morse Code be used in proficiency test.
Jerry has a wealth of experience in the electrical/electronic “arts”. While the focus of the presentation will be ham radio operations and equipment, don’t be surprised if Jerry goes off tangent and talks about his toaster oven at home that he modified to include a parallel port. A what????….Yes, a parallel port! He connects the toaster oven to an old computer, then through an EXCEL spreadsheet, regulates the temperature for reflow soldering.
The buffet style dinner will begin at approximately 6:00 p.m. and the Ed Session and Main Presentation will start after the meal. Cost for the evening is $18.00 for AITP members, $10.00 for AITP student members, and $23.00 for guests. We will have our 50/50 drawing and door prizes for those in attendance.
Education Session
John Parkinson will demonstrate online video websites YouTube, Vimeo and live streaming site Ustream.
RSVP to Join Us
E-mail Karen Kovacs at kkovacs@dwc.org to RSVP, or make your reservation at the AITP portal at http://www.aitp.org/events/event_details.asp. Reservations are essential to ensure there is sufficient food and seating available for our group. Please respond early to give the restaurant ample time to prepare. No shows will be billed for the reserved meal.
GWC Featured in Local News
WTRF-7 showed up at our meeting last night and filmed part of the presentation which was being given by Jeremy Campbell and Ginger Harin.
Visit the wtrf.com website or go to this link: http://www.wtrf.com/story/20553459/internet-predators-ditching-pcs-for-tablets-phones
January 2013 Program
The Greater Wheeling Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will hold its Wednesday, January 9, 2013 meeting at the White Palace at Wheeling Park, Wheeling WV. The White Palace is located inside Wheeling Park at 1801 National Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003 (map via bing).
Bethesda, Ohio Police Chief Jeremy Campbell will give a presentation on the Sexual Predator Internet Initiative (SPII) Task Force.
In 2007 the Bethesda Police Department developed the Sexual Predator Internet Initiative (SPII) Task Force to address the alarming increase in online predator activity. In conjunction with the Martins Ferry Police Department and funded by an Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, the SPII has developed twin labs used to investigate crimes against children and perform computer forensics.
A police officer logs on as an underage decoy and waits while invitations to chat pop up all over the screen. The officer begins conversing with a couple of the names, but doesn’t initiate any sexual discussion. The predator becomes more explicit with sex chat and many times offers to send materials to the child. The police are saving and backing up all chat sessions.
When the predator sends explicit information to the decoy, he has crossed the line, and police create his evidence file. Using tracking software and contacting his internet service provider, police are able to find out the perpetrator’s name, address, police records and any other pertinent information. They send this file to the county prosecuting attorney’s office. Bethesda Police Chief Jeremy Campbell says an investigation can take anywhere from two days to two months from the time of initial contact.
The proximity of the lab and the elimination of delays in processing evidence are boons to the prosecutors’ offices. In Belmont County, Prosecuting Attorney Chris Berhalter finds that most of his cases are using this lab exclusively now that it’s up and running. The ability to keep the evidence and investigation within the county and talk with the officers collecting and processing the evidence cuts hours — even days — from the investigation and prosecution. His office is able to write warrants and get the offenders off the street and off the computer. He translates that into protecting more children.
Chief Campbell will show some of the technology involved in this process and talk about the success the program has had.
RSVP to Join Us
E-mail Karen Kovacs at kkovacs@dwc.org to RSVP, or make your reservation at the AITP portal at http://www.aitp.org/events/event_details.asp. Reservations are essential to ensure there is sufficient food and seating available for our group. Please respond early to give the restaurant ample time to prepare. No shows will be billed for the reserved meal.
