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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

Thank you(513) 234-5822

www.Afidence.com

TrustedAdvisor@Afidence.com

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