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=**Next Meeting Thursday 5/12 at 10AM in Mike's office**= [] 2. Web Content Management Magic Quadrant 3. Top 10 CMS s Applications
 * 1. 10 Must-Have Utilities for Small Networks **
 * 1. 10 Must-Have Utilities for Small Networks **

4. An interesting couple article on the dilemma of moving to the Cloud vs Security concerns [] 5. // April 18, Help Net Security // – (International) **Security fears still an obstacle to cloud adoption.** Sixty-two percent of IT managers state concerns about security as an obstacle to cloud adoption, according to Kaspersky Lab. The research found that among the IT managers and directors surveyed, 41 percent of the businesses are planning to move or have moved their IT operations to the cloud. In addition to security fears, data protection (60 percent) and a perceived lack of regulation (26 percent) were stated as an obstacle to cloud adoption. As a result, almost one in five (18 percent) IT managers said their businesses had considered but rejected the idea of moving any aspect of their IT to the cloud, and almost a quarter (24 percent) had not even considered the cloud as an option. Source: []

1. Update on Wireless network development 2. Update on the status of the edge network upgrade Firewalls & Application Firewall. 3. Scheduling for EQL Install and vSphere JumpStart - (Monday afternoon, 5/23 at 1pm for the EQL install, and are also available Tuesday 5/24 through Thursday 5/26 for the vSphere JumpStart. ) 4. Update on computer electricalpowere management solution
 * Agenda from 4/28**
 * Agenda from 4/28**

5. Discuss strategies for rolling our Google APPs for schools[Work order #48029 assigned to Dale].

1. Update on Wireless network development 2. Update on the status of the edge network upgrade Firewalls & Application Firewall. 3. Check how most web pages load. 4. New WO 49074 - Catalyst 2960/3560/3750 upgrade 12.2(58) - Review this Cisco Update and suggest if it is needed here 5. Discuss strategies for rolling our Google APPs for schools[Work order #48029 assigned to Dale].
 * Agenda from 4/14/11**

- =**Agenda from Mar. 31st**= =-= 1. Audit Tompkins County 911 Database Information & Correct adding Room Numbers & Names [47438] I believe this request will be Job#1 for Dale once he has completed terminating unused Verizon lines because it is related to STUDENT SAFETY. - 2. Google APPS for education [WO# 48029] - S. Orange K12 announced it saved them $150,000.00/YR. New idea: use LACS as a pilot location for testing this transition (also for our new wireless). - 3. Is System Center Configuration Manager 2012 from MS for managing iPads and other MLDs something we should use? [WO#48469]. jason suggest we use OS X Lion for iPads and maybe use SCCM for Android.Good for management layer for patch management. - 4. ** 75% of Enterprises Have 'Bring Your Own Device' Policies. What That Means. (Charts) ** - 5. Website Development - A) Time line for a site map, B)Updating interface to BoE Minutes & Policies, C)Can content creators set expiration dates on some content? -

Mike's agenda was
1. Need a budgetary design for a nWLAN district wide supporting 1:1 MLDs in all schools 2. Need a quote for reducing the purchases of NOC gear to Switches and Memory Jason by next week) 3. Need a suggestion for how you would like to handle the notification of after hours work needed for: Core Network Router outage, SAN outage, SQL outage, Exchange outage, what else belongs on this list? Who will be the go to person for each service? Need for communication from who ever responds back to team: what was found wrong, what was done to fix it, any recommendations for preventing the problem again? 4. Changed meeting times to 10am Thursday every other week (unless needed more frequently some weeks).

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1. Review Scope of NOC Upgrade and expand to iunclude outfitting current Blades to deliver 500 thinclient seats.
UPDATE: Just a heads up that Updating Wireless IT Protocol is going to move from HIGH to CRITICAL over the next few months. Dr Brown just told me that building our 100% n-WLAN district wide is a higher priority that starting to build the VDI environment. This change is the result of meeting he held yesterday with Cornell. 2. Add ID Works upgrade to Top 5 goals for whom? 3. How much work is needed to start using WorkGroup Manager to push power policies to Apple computers? [WO#45335] 4. We ned to replace our EDGE FIRWALLS.
 * ACTION ITEM:** Jason get SMP quote amended to include VDI & 50 Thinclients (25 fixed wire & 25 mobil)
 * ACTION ITEM:** Jason get a quote for a day of Tom Homer to come down and finish the script that binds Apples to our Domain and allows WGM to push electrical power settings.
 * ACTION ITEM:** Dale get a quote for a pair of Fortinet FWs.

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Good Ideas with No Funding &/or Time table yet established:
1. Improve how we filter the Internet -- implement AD role-based filtering [social networking sites] WO# 47694 2. Prove Ustream can work inside our network to points outside out network .WO# 47695 3. Resolve email issues so TST listserve email reaches intended district staff. WO# 46136 4. Update the Wireless Policy. WO # 47729 5. Reduce power used by computers by implementing policy driven management WO# 44234 [" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Mike Babcock - Superintendent of Building and Grounds at Trumansburg CSD - regarding their energy savings program says that Trumansburg saves $55 per computer per year in the district by shutting them down at night." **For Ithaca this would meana savings of almost $150,000.00/YR]**.


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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Just fyi:[] Speaking at Northern Michigan University, Obama said he would use $18 billion in federal funds to get 98 percent of the nation connected to the Internet on smartphones and tablet computers in five years.

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=========================================================================== ====2/4/11 || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt;">Gartner: CIOs Predict Pervasive Cloud Computing Use by 2016 **


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">by Jeff James ** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Gartner has released the details of another survey about what is on the minds of CIOs these days, and it's mostly about cloud computing. Gartner polled more than 2,000 CIOs for their Gartner 2011 CIO Survey, a group that controls more than $160 billion in IT spending.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">According to Gartner's findings -- presented by a team of Gartner analysts led by Gartner Group Vice President Mark McDonald and Vice President and Distinguished Analyst Dave Aron -- close to 50% of CIOs surveyed "expect to operate their applications and infrastructures via cloud technologies within the next five years." Gartner stresses that this change in the way IT uses computing resources will require CIOs to "reimagine IT and lead their organizations through a process of creative destruction." [|**More...**]

2/3/11 Meeting Items - review goals
====1. Balancing NOC team work loads by transfering Server tasks from Jason to Mark & Dale -- define was work-load equity lloks like for the NOC Team. Dale to assist w/ accounts, Mark to assist with rebooting servers resulting from security updates. ====

2. TST Listserv issues (WO#46136) Contacted Bob Palla w/ CNYRIC - no word back.
=Next Network Team Meeting is Thursday Jan 27th at 3PM=

ID: **47446** ** Date Assigned: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:52:19 PM ** Due Date: ASAP Priority: Critical Requestor: Michael Pliss Assigned Technician: Perry, Dale Summary: Unblock Ustream.com to test for use in streaming KULP SCD on 1/24 --

ID 47274 Work Order : Resolve UNKNOWN devices in Spiceworks why don't I see any progress notes in the WO? -Mike --

[|"60GHz Wi-Fi coming next year"] Why do we use cables at all? Why not a wireless standard fast enough - over 4 Gbps - to handle all our home devices: GigE, SATA, video and USB 3.0? If the WiGig Alliance has their way, we will.

=Thursday Jan 6th at 3PM= If our Internet pipe was robust enough, would we still need a NOC? Couldn’t all network services run in the cloud cheaper? [|"A $525, 2048-core cluster in 45 minutes"] 10 years ago that would have been a top 10 supercomputer. Now all you need is a credit card and the Internet. Still think cloud computing is a fad? ======

[|"IT Operational Excellence- Best Practices for Optimizing Performance"] Prior Aberdeen research has shown that the typical company with 1 billion dollars in annual revenue loses over $140,000 per minute of unplanned company downtime. Depending on the industry, season, compliance concerns, and business model, this loss can potentially multiply by orders of magnitude, making it even more vital that businesses are able to avoid any potential disruptions or delays to conducting business. Best-in-Class companies have reduced these risks by aligning their business goals and pressures improve revenue, and minimize the chances of catastrophic business failure. Please review this and let me know if you have any suggestions for improving network services or reducing infrastructure costs.