UNC CAUSE is a group formed in 1970 by the computing centers of the 16-campus University of North Carolina for the purpose of promoting cooperation and information exchange between the campuses of the UNC System. UNC CAUSE holds a large technical conference each fall to facilitate the trading of technology information between campuses for the benefit of information technology staff statewide.

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Monday, 18th November 2013

Sessions
10:00

Introduction to Web Accessibility*

Greg Kraus (NCSU)

14:30

SCCM BOF

Andrew Sanders (ASU), Mike Childers (ASU)

Gone Google? - UNC Google Apps User Roundtable

Todd Sutton (UNCG)

Software Licensing During Lean Times

Bill Coker (NCSU)

Drupal BOF

Zach Seifts (ASU)

IT Professionalism - Creating Value and Commanding Respect

Joshua Gira (NCSU)

How Green is Your Data Center?

Eric Silberberg (NCSU), Richard McLane (NCSU)

15:45

Oracle: I/O Virtualization in Today’s Data Center

Jim Butler, Oracle Principle Sales Consultant

NetApp: Flash: New Wine in Old Skins?

David Schmitt, NetApp Director of Server Caching Solutions

Cisco - Cutting Edge DL Technologies

Colby Nish, Cisco Video Content Sales

Systel: Managed Print Services – 920M Program

Michelle Shepard, Systel Managed Print Services Program Manager

Alphanumeric: Better Control Without the Controller: How Controller- Less Wi-Fi Boosts Productivity, Enables More Flexibility in the Cloud and Increases Performance at All Levels

Tarrie French, Alphanumeric Senior Account Manager

HP: VDI: Client Virtualization Solutions

Bill Critchfield, HP Storage Solutions Architect

16:45

Microsoft Technologies BoF

Charles Cline (NCSU), Jeff Whitworth (UNCG), James Gardner (NCSU)

Security at an .EDU. We feel your pain, and we have aspirin.

Chuck Curry (UNCG)

Windows 8 BOF

Dave Kirk (UNCW)

Apple BOF-Unifided Casper Suite for UNC System

Everette Allen (NCSU), Kevin Snook (ASU)

RESTful Web Service Design: Wordpress Custom Plugin / Theme Repositories

Dustin Wheeler (NCSU)

Tuesday, 19th November 2013

Sessions
08:45

The Road Less Traveled is starting to get Busy!

Laketta Lee (NC A&T)

Integrating Oracle and non-Oracle External Data into the Ellucian/Banner ODS using Oracle Warehouse Builder and Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services

Ruben Villasmil (ECU), Keith Washer (ECU)

OSA IS Audit Update

Holli Harrison (North Carolina Office of the State Auditor), Robert Pitney (North Carolina Office of the State Auditor)

Using Vagrant, Puppet, and Virtual Machines to manage your development environment

Zach Seifts (ASU)

Building a Better Student IT Workforce

William Frady (WCU), Sara Smith (WCU)

Deploying Wireless Projection with Apple TV

Everette Allen (NCSU), James Nesbitt (NCSU), William Brockelsby (NCSU)

09:45

Dell: Threat-driven Cyber Security

Jeff Schilling (Colonel Retired), Director of Dell SecureWorks

HP: The Network is Not Just a Network Anymore

Skip Vail, HP Networking Account Rep , Adam Perrego, HP Networking Solution Architect

HP: 24 million and Rising

Dan Gilbreath

Code42 Software: Introducing NET+CrashPlan — Secure Endpoint Backup for Higher Ed

Ryan Smith, Code42 Account Executive

Meru Networks: Introduction to 802.11ac Gigabit Wireless LAN

Robert Crisp, Meru Networks Vice President & Worldwide Systems Engineer

Data Network Solutions: SDN, Network Virtualization and The Cloud

Kent Klitzke, HP Enterprise Architect

NWN: Smart Approaches to a Launching a Successful BYOD Initiative

Clif Morgan, NWN Solution Architect

11:00

Making IT Accessibility Accessible (and Fun?)

Greg Kraus (NCSU)

UNCG Banner XE Update

Moreland Smith (UNCG)

From Boot To Root Pentesting Attack Vectors for Humankind

Payman Damghani (NCSU)

Video Conferencing Freedom: Leveraging New Video Conferencing Software In The World of Higher Education

William Phillips (WCU)

The Compassionate Geek(y) Fish!erman Gives 'Em the Pickle

Tom Van Gilder (ASU)

Building an Infrastructure From Scratch: How I wouldn't do it all over again

Jason Young (NCSU)

14:00

The Friendly Ghost in the Machine - Managing Macs with JAMF's Casper Suite

Everette Allen (NCSU), Jason Robinson (NCSU)

Data Collection and Analysis: Building a Scaled Out Splunk Architecture

Brent Caison (UNC)

Can't We All Just Agree?

Bill Coker (NCSU)

Through the Looking Glass: Codebreaking the Enigma of Active Engagement, the Students' Perspective

Colby Deitz (WCU)

Going "all in" with Moodle 2

Lacey Vickery (ASU), Fred Woolard (UNC-CH), Steven Breiner (UNC-CH)

Cumulo-nimble: Providing the Agility of Cloud Storage Without Getting Struck by Lightning!

Nick Pantelidis (ECU)

15:00

On-Line FERPA Release Using Banner Proxy Access

Adrienne Oliver (UNC-A), Sam Cook (UNC-A), Debbie Race (UNC-A)

Our single Wordpress install, non-multisite, powers 165+ domains, and yours can too!

Mike Vysocka (NCSU), Scott Mccollum (NCSU)

File Integrity Monitoring for Compliance -- And Sanity

Kevin Wilcox (ASU)

The Not-So-Easy Project Management in Higher Ed

Anna McFadden (WCU), Alan Sanders (WCU), William Frady (WCU), Brandy Henning (WCU)

Chrome OS: To the Googleverse and beyond!

Joel dunn (UNCG)

Leveraging Microsoft Active Directory LDS to create a flexible enterprise directory

Jeff Whitworth (UNCG)

16:15

Managing Mobile iOS & Android Devices

John Garcia (UNC-CH)

Lessons Learned in a Continuously Developing Service-Oriented Architecture

Dustin Wheeler (NCSU)

Protect your NAS and File Server Data

Garrett Killian (ECU)

Let's Get Social!

Laura Dinunzio (WCU)

Data Loss Prevention in Today's University

Chuck Curry (UNCG)

Surfing the Tsunami: Riding the rising tide of wireless devices and moving to a wireless-only environment

Philip Garrison (UNCG)

Wednesday, 20th November 2013

Sessions
09:15

Putting the PI in Digital Signage

Everette Allen (NCSU)

Banner Course Schedules Made Easy

Donna Friddle (UNCG)

Vulnerability Management: One High Risk Pool Compliance Program After 2 Years

Kevin Lanning (UNC)

Alignment and Accountability: Moving from the Strategic to the Operational

Anna McFadden (WCU)

Server Automation

Daniel Sink (NCSU)

10:15

PiratePrint: A kiosk alternative to computer lab printing.

David Creech (ECU)

Blackboard Analytics: Our Journey on The Critical Path

Deloris Gee (NCCU)

PCIDSS compliance made easier through a collaboration between NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill

John Baines (NCSU), Eva Lorenz (UNC-CH)

Wrestling with Shadows - The Tragedy and Triumph of Classroom Virtualization

Colby Deitz (WCU)

Leveraging Irrationality

Margaret Hudacko (NCSU)

Next Generation Campus Network Architectures

William Brockelsby (NCSU)

11:15

A Deep Dive into the Windows Boot Process

Jeff Whitworth (UNCG)

Responsive Design and Theming

Diana Woodhouse (UNC-CH)

Intrusion Detection Without an Appliance

Kevin Wilcox (ASU)

Loud and Clear: Internaly Focused Digital Signage

William Phillips (WCU), Jeremie King (WCU)

Student Virtual Desktop

Bob Bair (UNC-CH), Mike Carr (UNC-CH)

System Center: Beyond Configuration Manager

Andrews Sanders (ASU), Mike Childers (ASU)