ARKnet Technical Symposium, April 21, 2005

ARKnet is announcing the next in its series of Technical Symposiums. These are meant to be informal sessions during which technical support staff at our member institutions can gather to discuss pertinent issues that affect us all. The atmosphere is relaxed so that we can exchange information and ideas about common problems and solutions at our institutions. This symposium will have presentations from two vendors who offer bandwidth management products.

Agenda

10:00 - 11:00	Round-the-Room     Firewalls     Security practice     Student/staff security education best practices     VPN strategies
11:00 - 11:45	Demonstration of Allot	Jeff Garner, Allot Communications
11:45 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 1:15	Demonstration of Packeteer	Chuck Clark & Ken Casto, DefenderSoft
1:15 - 2:00	VOIP	Mark Hoeting, Arkansas State University
2:00 - 3:00	National LambdaRail e-Corridor Project	Bob Zimmerman, University of Arkansas Doug Elkins Executive CIO

This symposium will be held at the University of Arkansas System Office, 2404 North University Avenue, Little Rock. To get there, take the North University Avenue exit off Interstate-630, travel north for 2.0 miles (you will pass through major intersections with Markham and Cantrell) to the intersection of N. University and Hawthorne Rd. The entrance to the campus is to the left. Enter through the front gates and stay left at the Y intersection to go to the main office building, which is the first building on the left. This is where the symposium will be held. Parking is available either adjacent to the building or across the street. [MapQuest map...]

ARKnet will provide box lunches for those attending, but we need a head count IN ADVANCE so that we can notify the caterer. Please RSVP by sending email to Jeannie Winston, eewinston@ualr.edu.

Please note that the ARKnet Board of Directors will meet at the same location at 8:30 A.M. immediately before the Symposium.

We hope to see you in Little Rock on April 21st.