BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T020000 RDATE:20180311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180429T235503Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180509T201500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180509T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180429T235503Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180429T235503Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473668 DESCRIPTION:Over the past 20 years\, advances in Information technologies have continuously remade the business world. Think– the Internet\, virt ualization\, cloud\, the smartphone to name a few. That has however been one exception – the wide area network (WAN)\, that is … until now. One of the hottest topics in IT Infrastructure is Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN or SDWAN). It is a specific application of software-def ined networking (SDN) technology applied to WAN connections. WAN links a re used to connect enterprise networks – including branch offices and da ta centers – over large geographic distances. SDWAN technologies promise the moon\; lower costs\, faster performance\, business agility to name a few. So\, what is real and what is pure marketing? \;\n \;\nCo me hear from someone who has been an Oregon pioneer in SD-WAN. John Spie gel from Columbia Sportswear will provide an overview of SD-WAN\, relate his first-hand experiences implementing this new technology\, the resul ts he has seen and how it has changed John’s approach to the ever-evolvi ng landscape of IT infrastructure (both good and bad). \;\n \;\n John Spiegel is the Sr Manager of Infrastructure at Columbia Sportswear Company. He is a leader with 20 years of experience in Information Techn ology and Networking. Forward-leading\, big thinker with a passion for t ransformative and cutting-edge technologies such as SD-WAN and Cloud. Be liever in the power of sharing and collaborating with other like-minded individuals to evolve the industry. Outside of work\, focus and energy i s on family\, brewing beer\, Duck and Packer football and currently plan ning a trip to Africa with his family. \;\n \;\nAgenda \;\n 5:30 PM Social \;\n6:30 PM Dinner \;\n6:50 PM Meeting Start & #13\;\n7:00 PM Keynote and Q&\;A \;\n8:15 PM Close \n\nTags: In formation Technology\, cio\, cto\, it director\, leadership\, management \, networks\, WAN\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/12504736 68 URL:https://www.simnet.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1099777&group=6320 3 SUMMARY:SIM-Portland May Meeting: "What is so smart about SD-WAN?" LOCATION:University Club of Portland: 1225 SW 6th Avenue\, Portland OR 97 204 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR