Improving IT security / infrastructure

Achieving an IT infrastructure which is secure, reliable, fast, global and easy to maintain

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Aberdeen, Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Aberdeen Treetops

Keeping IT and communications systems secure, reliable and fast is a massively growing challenge, with more hackers, more demands for communications speed, more complexity and more demands for mobile devices. IT managers often feel like they are the last to know about new projects, yet are required to get office standard communications infrastructure working quickly in remote parts of the world. This event looked at the latest practise and technology to achieve it, including ISA99, unified communications networks, maintaining security and being prepared for the future.

Part of our 2014 Aberdeen Offshore Data Week - subsea data, engineering data, IT infrastructure




Topics we will cover; maintaining security, reliability, keeping costs down, achieving fast deployment, finding the balance between security and usability, managing mobile phones, unified communications architecture

Event history - we previously ran this event in May 2013 and June 2012.
See delegates list for May 2013

Agenda

Sponsors of this event

SafeNet
SafeNet is one of the largest data security companies in the world, and is trusted to provide data protection solutions to the most sensitive data for market-leading organizations around the globe. Our data protection solutions ensure high value information is secure throughout its' lifecycle, providing data security from the data center to the cloud.

Commsworld
Commsworld is Scotland's leading Independent Business Network Provider, delivering bespoke communications solutions to companies across Scotland, the UK and Internationally.

Commsworld have invested heavily in our state- of-the-art Fluency Network which spans the length and breadth of the UK that is designed to deliver low-latency Wide Area Network performance to our clients in a way that most other Providers fail to deliver. We have a growing number of PoP's across the UK including London Telehouse, Manchester and the Central belt of Scotland. Additionally, we have unbundled five Exchanges to date, with another three being brought online now.

We fully manage and monitor our own Network with a comprehensive online portal accessible by our clients. We were instrumental in the deployment of the recently launched Internet Exchange, IX Scotland, based in Scolocate / Pulsant designed to deliver Carrier peering and bring enhanced Internet performance to our Scottish based clients.

We are also the leading provider of Unified Communication solutions inclusive of running our own SIP and Voice Billing platforms.

Truphone
Truphone's mission is to deliver an outstanding international mobile experience around the world. That means excellent call quality, fast data speeds, reliable connections and local rates, both at home and away.

Registered Delegates

Graeme Coghill
Managing Director
Aberdeen Group Ltd
United Kingdom 		Murray Callander
Chief Technical Officer
Eigen Ltd
 Siripetch Saetia

RGU
Gavin Bain
MD
Celtic3d Ltd.
UK 		Gordon Paterson
Systems Engineer
Eigen Ltd
United Kingdom 		Ian Harris

RGU
Graham Davidson
Applications Manager
CNR International UK Ltd
United Kingdom 		Bill Green
Account Director
Hermes Datacomms
United Kingdom 		Alan MacLennan
lecturer
Robert Gordon University
United Kingdom
Jane McVey
Business Development Manager
Commsworld
 Geoff Watkins
ICT Lead
HRH Geological Services
 Wisdom Zigah
Student
Robert Gordon University
United Kingdom
Paul Gray
Technical Sale
Commsworld
 Jim Maitland
Client Exec
IBM
United Kingdom 		Fraser Day
Regional Sales Manager
Safenet
Charlie Boisseau
Director at Fluency Communications / Head of Network Operations
Commsworld
 David Ford
Client Executive
IBM
United Kingdom 		Joseph Pindar
Principal Solution Specialist - Storage
SafeNet
United Kingdom
Andy Arkle
Commercial Director
Commsworld
 Michael Mauchline
IBM Software Consultant
IBM UK
United Kingdom 		Stuart Macdonald
Managing Director
Seric Systems Limited
Martina Corr
Marketing Executive
Commsworld
 Mark Kuszpit

IFB
United Kingdom 		Gerard Stott
IT Security & Compliance
Talisman Sinopec Energy UK
United Kingdom
John Walsh
Group Information Security Manager
Dana Petroleum
 Laura Walker
Marketing Co-ordinator
IFB
 Gavin Miller
Information Security Manager
TAQA
United Kingdom
Panas Kalliantas
news editor
Digital Energy Journal
 Prasanna Kumar Narayanaswamy
Principal Consultant
Infosys Limited
United Kingdom 		Steven Anning
Business development Manager
Telstra International
United Kingdom
Karl Jeffery
Editor
Digital Energy Journal
United Kingdom 		Vicky Glynn
Business Development
Level 3 Communications
 Sam Murray
Business Development Manager
Truphone