This session provides a practical framework addressing critical implementation challenges around data strategy, security, and responsible AI practices. Learn how to balance innovation with trustworthy deployment while maximizing business value through optimized implementations. Through real-world examples and industry case studies, participants will gain actionable insights for advancing their organization's AI journey, regardless of their current stage. The session focuses on key success factors including model selection strategies, security requirements, and governance considerations that enable sustainable AI adoption at scale.

Steven Koufoudakis
Amazon Web Services, Solutions Architect

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Session Speakers: 
Tim Spink, Cloud and AI 
AI Specialist 
Cisco Systems, Inc. 

Charles Lewis, Cloud and AI 
AI Solutions Engineer 
Cisco Systems, Inc. 

Moving applications to the cloud doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Join Presidio's CTO, Rob Kim to learn how a structured, collaborative approach between networking, security, and DevOps teams makes migration clear and achievable. He’ll cover when cloud refactoring makes sense, the business and technical value it delivers, and share real-world success stories from SLED, healthcare, and commercial organizations.

In this session we will take a high-level look at WiFi 7 802.11be. We will discuss what is new in the standard and why it matters to the enterprise user. We will also discuss the merging of dual persona Cisco URWB into Catalyst Access Points and what the means for adding flexibility to the use of unlicensed spectrum in several verticals including healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, and SLED. 

You’ll see how EDC: 

• Unifies data across on-prem, cloud, and edge—eliminating silos and complexity 

• Automates protection, mobility, and provisioning for secure, rapid access 

• Delivers consistent performance and availability to accelerate business outcomes anywhere 

Don’t miss this session to learn how to simplify and future-proof your data strategy. 

Session Presenters: 

Anthony Goco | Sr. Systems Engineer, Pure Storage  

Jason McIntire | Leader, Pure Storage 

Deploy Bravely - Prisma AIRS - the world's most comprehensive AI security platform  

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The APC team will provide an overview of their portfolio, and pair it with software tools and services that can help IT professionals get a better grip on their UPS fleet. The days of managing a UPS fleet with an excel file are over, proactive UPS management is easy to achieve with APC. 

Session Presenter: Daniel Hauser, APC Channel Manager. 

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries, but without proper oversight, organizations risk compliance failures, bias, and loss of trust. This presentation provides a practical roadmap for implementing AI governance, drawing on global standards such as the EU AI Act and NIST AI Risk Management Framework. 

Attendees will gain insights into: 

• The core principles of responsible AI governance 

• Frameworks and tools to manage risks across the AI lifecycle 

• A step-by-step roadmap for implementation 

• Roles, responsibilities, and enabling technologies 

• Real-world examples and success metrics 

Whether you are an executive, compliance officer, technologist, or business leader, this session will equip you with actionable strategies to ensure AI innovation is responsible, compliant, and trusted. 

Session Presenter: 
Jason Smith 
Manager of Consulting Services, IE, a Presidio company

In today’s threat landscape, cyberattacks are no longer a matter of if, but when. This presentation will explore how Cohesity empowers organizations to strengthen their cyber resilience by securing their data, detecting threats early, and ensuring rapid, clean recovery when it matters most. From ransomware protection to immutable backups and AI-powered threat detection, learn how Cohesity helps customers safeguard critical data and bounce back with confidence. 

AI is everywhere—but what’s real and what’s just hype? Join Rob Kim, CTO at Presidio, as he breaks down the current state of AI, where it’s headed, and practical ways it can benefit your organization. Discover industry-specific examples, learn how Presidio is helping customers leverage AI today, and explore the role humans play in guiding and maximizing its impact.

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Modern DDoS attacks span every layer — from massive Layer 3/4 floods to encrypted, application-layer strikes that mimic legitimate traffic. Traditional defenses act like sledgehammers, relying on blunt blocking or rate limiting that causes collateral damage and still lets attackers slip through. This session shows how surgical removal techniques bring precision to every layer, dissecting and eliminating malicious flows in real time while preserving uptime, performance, and user experience. 

Session Speaker: Frank Leyva, Director, Channel Engineering and Enablement, Radware 

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Join us to discover the powerful advantages of integrating ExaGrid and Veeam—delivering industry-leading data protection with ExaGrid’s robust, built-in security, a non-network-facing tier (tiered air gap), and unmatched ransomware recovery capabilities. Experience the fastest backup and restore performance available today. 

ExaGrid continues to enhance its partnership with Veeam. In 2024, exciting new features include the ability to write to ExaGrid as an object store target via the S3 protocol and direct support for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to ExaGrid. 

Explore all the latest integrations and discover how the ExaGrid-Veeam solution can help you maximize your data security and recovery at (Name of Event/Presentation). 

Session Speakers: 
Brad Benson, Senior System Engineer at ExaGrid 
Veeam: Jess Fuquay, Senior System Engineer at Veeam 

Join us to explore the power of the Fortinet SecOps platform and learn how we bring a proactive approach to work to stop breaches in their tracks by leveraging AI-driven solutions to enhance detection, response, and remediation capabilities while addressing the key security challenges organizations face across a multitude of vectors. Highlighting the importance of data, we will discuss how FortiDLP, a next-generation, cloud-native endpoint data loss prevention solution can help your security team anticipate and prevent data leaks, detect behavior-related insider risks, and train employees on proper cyber hygiene at the point of access to sensitive data including intellectual property—starting from day one. With FortiDLP, your organization gains immediate and full visibility into business data flows and usage across endpoints, cloud drives, SaaS apps and other points of egress, allowing teams to detect high-risk activity across users, stop the exfiltration or leakage of sensitive data, and drive prioritized investigations. 

Session Speakers

Richard Bleess - Director, Sales Engineering 

Jae Kim - Security Operations Sales Specialist 

Today’s security landscape is defined by complexity. With digital initiatives facing challenges from legacy tools, vendor sprawl, and an ever-expanding attack surface, organizations struggle to maintain a strong defense. The old model of fragmented security is no longer sufficient to combat sophisticated threats like zero-day exploits and malicious bots. 

This session introduces Cloudflare's platform-centric approach to application security. We will explore how the Cloudflare Connectivity Cloud unifies security, performance, and reliability into a single, integrated architecture. By leveraging unparalleled threat intelligence from our global network, our security suite delivers powerful, data-driven protection that is faster and more precise than traditional solutions. 

Attendees will learn how to consolidate their security stack and reduce costs. We will cover achieving faster protection against emerging threats and gaining superior visibility and control over your attack surface.  

Session Presenter: Johnnie Tabron, Solutions Engineer  

Johnnie Tabron is a Solutions Engineer at Cloudflare, where he owns the technical strategy and adoption of Cloudflare’s innovative cloud-based cybersecurity solutions. As an integral part of Cloudflare’s mission to help build a better internet, Johnnie works closely with engineering and architecture teams to deliver scalable, secure, and performant solutions for a rapidly evolving threat landscape. Johnnie is a trusted advisor for organizations making the transformation to a modern security posture, prioritizing risk reduction, managing maintenance costs, and eliminating the complexities of managing multi-vendor solutions. His deep expertise spans Cloudflare's application security portfolio, including DDoS mitigation, WAF, Bot Management,  and Zero Trust architectures. 

Join Brian Schissler, Channel Manager at ISI Analytics, for a deep dive into how organizations across industries are transforming their operations with ISI’s Queue Analytics. This session will explore how customers in education, healthcare, government, and enterprise sectors are leveraging ISI Analytics to gain visibility into their call flows, optimize staffing, and improve the customer experience—without the cost and complexity of traditional contact center solutions. You’ll hear real-world success stories, including: - A large school district that used Queue Analytics to justify staffing increases and improve response times. - A major county government that automated reporting across dozens of queues to enhance service delivery and departmental KPIs. - A global energy services company that gained visibility into dozens of distributed queues to improve service coordination and sales insights. Whether you're managing a help desk, a public service line, or a distributed sales team, this session will show how ISI Analytics turns raw call data into actionable insights that drive measurable business outcomes. 

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Session Presenter: Jim Kinney

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Companies spend millions on cybersecurity preventative solutions. But what happens when someone gets past the defenses and takes down a business.Join Rubrik to learn how they are helping thousands of customers recover under any circumstance with their “assume breach” approach to Cyber Resilience. 

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Transform your approach to document processing by attending our session on OpenText Capture.

In this dynamic presentation, we'll demonstrate how you can eliminate manual bottlenecks and accelerate critical business workflows related to inbound faxes, scanned documents, and email attachments.

Discover how to leverage cutting-edge AI, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically classify, extract, and route information with unparalleled accuracy and speed.

This session is your opportunity to see firsthand how intelligent capture can digitize your operations and free up your team to focus on higher-value tasks, driving efficiency and innovation across your organization.

Tim Wills / Regional Sales Manager / OpenText

& Ben Hardwick / Director of Business Development / Alitek 

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Ready to stop sifting through endless security data and start taking decisive action?  

In today's complex digital world, traditional vulnerability management often leaves teams overwhelmed. You have countless security alerts, but they're scattered across different tools, creating blind spots and a constant state of firefighting. It's nearly impossible to know what to fix first, and security teams are left reacting to threats instead of preventing them.  

Tenable is changing that. We've moved beyond traditional vulnerability management to a more powerful approach: Exposure Management.  

Our platform unifies all your security data—from IT, cloud, OT, and identity—into one clear view.  

We transform a mountain of scattered data into a handful of strategic, prioritized actions. This means you can:  

• See everything in a single platform, eliminating data silos.
• Prioritize the exposures most likely to be exploited, so you can focus on what truly matters. 
• Take strategic action to proactively close attack paths before they're used.

Come and hear our presentation on our journey to Exposure Management, and learn how to begin yours  

Session Presenter: Frantzy Victor; Senior Security Engineer  

I am Frantzy Victor, a Senior Security Engineer at Tenable, with over two decades of experience in cybersecurity. I specialize in designing and implementing robust security architectures, with a focus on vulnerability management, cloud security, and security management program practices.  

I've spent my career driving innovation in the cybersecurity field, with a proven record of enhancing security posture and mitigating risk. My work leverages deep expertise in compliance and automation to create resilient and secure systems. I am passionate about using my technical leadership and strategic insights to safeguard critical assets and foster a strong culture of security excellence.  

This event is organized by Internetwork Engineering, a Presidio Company (IE).

Registration is free to all **current IE/Presidio customers or potential customers.

Food and evening events are included with your Tekfest registration.

**IE/Presidio Partners are only allowed to attend the event if they have secured a sponsorship. Email marketing@ineteng.com if you are a fully contracted partner with IE and are interested in sponsoring at the event.

All non IE customers/guests registration are subject to cancellation by the event organizers. 

OktoberTekfest is only for current IE customers or potential customers, along with any fully onboarded IE partners that have secured and paid for their sponsorship.

Any registrations received from vendors or non-customers/guests will be cancelled.

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You can contact the event organizers at IE:

marketing@ineteng.com

Yes, but only to fully onboarded IE Partners. If you are a contracted partner with IE, you can contact marketing@ineteng.com about potential sponsorships opportunities.