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South East Regional Network Operators' Event
Thursday 11th February 2010
Free for Kent MAN connected sites.
Venue : Chandos House in central London
10.30-11.00 Registration with coffee/tea
11.00-11.05 Welcome and Opening Remarks
11.05-11.25 Building provisioning and setting up a data centre from scratch - Alan Brown - Canterbury College
11.25-12.00 Threat Landscape/Education slant - Warren Sealey- MessageLabs
12.00-13.00 Networking Lunch sponsored by LMN partner Message Labs
13.00-13.05 Introduction to the afternoon session
13.05-13.35 Outsourcing vs In-house e-mail filtering – Graham Francis, Havering 6th Form College & Patrick Griffin St Francis Xavier College
13.35-14.00 Setting up an Eduroam service -TBC- Canterbury Christ Church University
14.00-14.20 Q & A Session for the Delegates
14.20-14.30 Closing Remarks
Detailed Agenda
1. Introduction to the morning session: Jon Aldington, Business Manager, Kent MAN Ltd
2. Building provisioning and setting up a data centre from scratch, Alan Brown, Computing Support Manager, Canterbury College
As part of a major programme of investment, Canterbury College is replacing its ageing server room with a state of the art data centre. Alan will describe the highs and the lows, the trials and the tribulations of designing and building a new data centre from scratch.
3. Threat Landscape/Education slant, Warren Sealey, Senior Technical Specialist, MessageLabs
An insight into the world of cybercrime, spam, phishing attacks that plague us all.
4. Introduction to the afternoon session: Maria Ilia, Business Manager, LMN Ltd
5. In-house vs. Outsourcing e-mail filtering: Graham Francis, Director of IT Services Havering 6th Form College & Patrick Griffin, IT Director St Francis Xavier College
An insight of an in house vs. an outsourcing implementation of the email system along with the application to monitor potential usage problems at both colleges respectively.
6. Setting up an Eduroam service: Speaker TBC- Canterbury Christ Church University
Education roaming allows students, staff and researchers from participating institutions to obtain secure, authenticated wireless Internet connectivity. It works both across campus and when visiting other participating institutions with no need for a guest account. The talk will give an overview of Eduroam, and outline the steps needed to deploy eduroam for your institution. The talk is based on practical experience and includes useful hints to make your life easier and avoid a number of pitfalls.
7. Q&As
A chance for the delegates to debate their thoughts with the panel.
8. Closing: Guy Sudron, Services Delivery Manager, LeNSE Ltd