Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub

There are some great tools to help us install programs on new machines, and to keep them updated. We will cover 3 of them:

• Ninite
• PatchMyPC
• Chocolatey with BoxStarter

Come and see some great tools to help us install programs on new machines, and to keep them updated.

We will look at:

• IT professional use as well as end user use
• Paid and free versions (if they exist)
• Scheduling updates
• Some scripting
• Automating both initial installation and updating
• We will demo the programs and answer questions.

Presented by
Steve Shank: Is the founder and owner of Oregon Computer Solutions. He has been keeping clients' computers safe and profitable for over 30 years.

David Cornelius: Is the founder of Cornelius Concepts, LLC. He is a software developer creating custom business applications, writing retail point-of-sale plugins, and integrating disparate systems

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Choosing the right router for each client

Routers, we've all got them. We install them. How do we choose the right one? How do we balance security and price for different clients? Routers have many features which are useful in some situations but worthless in others. How do we match our client needs to the right router?

Christian Martin will lead a discussion of the various features of the routers we install and how well they work. We will discuss which routers actually have particular features and how difficult it is to use them. We hope to utilize the experiences of everyone in attendance. Members who have knowledge of Asus, Meraki, Netgear, SonicWall, Ubiquiti, and Uplevel Systems routers will share their experiences to get things started.

We will cover:
+ Maintenance and updating How is it managed, frequency of updates, are updates automated
+ Remote Access What options are available; VPN Client (IPSec, L2TP, SSL), Site-to-site
+ Advanced features DPI, DPI SSL, Content Filtering, configurable ports, QoS, VLANs
+ Performance Real-world throughput you can expect with and without advanced features enabled

If you will help us by sharing your experience with some routers, please come prepared with the model number, so we correctly identify the router with the features we talk about.

Agenda:
6:00--6:20 Networking
6:20--7:00 No-host dinner
7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements
7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A)

Presented by:
Christian Martin, a Senior Consultant and owner of Denali, has over 20 years of experience in the IT field. He provides both IT advising and technical support to small and medium-sized businesses. Christian is also President of the OCCA.

Windows 10 - Today and Tomorrow

Scott Hanselman will discuss many of the less well known but useful features of Windows 10. He will also discuss features he expects to see in upcoming releases.

Agenda:
6:00--6:20 Networking
6:20--7:00 No-host dinner
7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements
7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A)

Presented by:
Scott Hanselman. Scott works from his home in Oregon for the Microsoft Web Platform Team. He is a teacher. He speaks widely. He has written code that you've used. He's been blogging for over a decade, coding for twice that, and podcasting for over half that. He codes, writes, speaks, empowers, promotes, braids, learns and listens, usually not in that order.

We will have a panel discussion covering various remote access programs. Some for consultants to use with many clients, others for the clients to use to work on their office computers from home or elsewhere.

Remote access for Consultants:

Products: Teamviewer; GotoAssist, Splashtop Remote Support, Remote PC, Connectwise

Discussion points: Costs and what you get (multiple pcs, multiple consultants, how many clients can you have?) Ad-Hoc and unattended access File transfer, multiple screens and other issues Ease of getting clients onboard Experiences with reliability issues, speed, tech support Questions from audience

Remote Access for Our Clients: Products: Remote PC, Splashtop Business; Gotomypc; Logmein

Discussion points: Is it easy for clients to setup? - Any issues? Is it easy for you to setup for your clients? Does it run through a simple local desktop app or require logging in with a browser? Do your clients find it ok? (fast, have the features they need?) What complaints have your clients made about it and are they useful for distinguishing between products. Price options Questions from audience

Presented by The panel will consist of Tim Chalmers, Christian Martin, David Harold, Justin Swall and Jesse Black. But everyone will be encouraged to participate.

What is Intel doing and what are they planning?

The Oregon Computer Consultants Association presents a discussion with Intel engineer Baltazar Ruiz regarding Intel technologies. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers, but topics that will be covered include current and future developments for:

Servers (motherboards and CPUs)

Desktops and laptops (motherboards and CPU's)

Optane Memory

SSD connectivity

NUCs

How are Intel and Microsoft working together to mitigate Spectre (and meltdown) on various platforms?

Presented by:

Baltazar Ruiz is an Application Engineer based out of Hillsboro, OR. He covers Cloud Service Providers (Such as Groupon, Craigslist, Progressive, etc.). Baltazar is an immigrant from Monterrey, Mexico, where he studied Control and Computing, the technology you find in manufacturing plants where robots build cars. However; he spent his professional life working in ISPs and Communications Service Providers since 1997, as a Systems and Network Engineer and leading the technical teams.

Trends in Cybersecurity

The presentation will be a summary of security topics and risks based on notes from 2 cybersecurity presentations from the FBI in Oct. and Nov. 2016. Topics will include:

Tips for selling security
Tips for security audits
Some best practices
Live demonstrations
Cyber attack trends
Mitigating disaster if it occurs

Agenda:

6:00--6:20 Networking
6:20--7:00 No-host dinner
7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements
7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

Presented by:
David Bowman
Northbridge Secure
Business Development Manager
http://netconnect.co/

David has been working in the technology industry since he was performing child labor maintaining the Dial-Up BBS for his Dad during storms. Having grown up around technology the crowning achievement of his teenage years was finally talking his parents into the Palm Pilot IIIc. He was known to use his "school laptop to write websites during class and nearly didn t graduate high school because his final Project was plagiarized from himself. (yes he sold his Project to a company and got school credit for it at the same time)

David has spent the last 10 years working for companies such as Hewlett Packard, Cisco Systems, and CenturyLink. With a strong background in switching, internet connectivity, and rooms without windows full of technology he comes to us today from Northbridge Secure a company which enables "Work to be an activity not a place."

The Oregon Computer Consultants Association presents Advanced topics in Network Troubleshooting

-Overview of switches/networking devices that offer tcpdump/pcap.
-How a span port works
-Viewing and troubleshooting via Wireshark.
-If time allows, advanced topics such as how to view SSL payloads in Wireshark.

Bio: Eric Hardin has been in IT for over 14 years and has held positions from help desk to Sr. Manager. He has worked for a few large companies in the Portland area and spent two years as a consultant. Currently Eric is a Sr. Manager, Cyber Defense Center at Nike.

Eric enjoys spending time with his family along with coin collecting and woodworking. Eric and his wife Angela have been married for ten years and they have two boys Wesley and Everett.

Advanced Wireless Networking Technologies

Discussion Format: Roundtable of the full membership

Wireless networks in the business environment can be problematic. We will be discussing some advanced networking technologies and assessing which one is best for which scenario.

We will discuss the following issues:

What technologies do you use and what are the benefits?

Open Mesh

Mobile Beacon

Powerline adapters

Other?

What products do you use and what are the costs?

Ubiquity

Ruckus

Invictus

Linksys

Trendnet

Netgear

TP-Link

Other?

Presented by Christian Martin: Denali Consulting (Open Mesh)

David Harold: You PC Guru (Mobile Beacon)

Agenda:

6:00--6:20 Networking

6:20--7:00 No-host dinner

7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements

7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

How You Resolved a Big Technical Challenge

This is an opportunity for members and guests of monthly meeting of the Oregon Computer Consultants Association to share how they resolved a large technical challenge in the last year. An additional challenge will be to present your story in three minutes or less. The goal is to offer useful and novel solutions to problems other consultants could apply to their own work.

Presented by OCCA Vice President Christian Martin will moderate the event.

Christian is the founder of Denali Consulting.

Agenda:

6:00--6:20 Networking
6:20--7:00 No-host dinner
7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements
7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

Resources We Use: Part 2

In November we started a discussion of resources we use. We focused on what products and services we re-sell, where we get them and how that works for us. This month we will continue that discussion but focus on those resources that help us run our business and provide our services.

1. Website Resources: What Websites do you use in your business and how: For example, http://Speedtest.net to test Internet speed, or Passmark CPU tests to establish a baseline for CPU speed. MXToolbox.com for blacklists mxlookup etc.

2. Training Resources: What resources do you use to keep current and get training? These should include: websites, podcasts, schools, video casts, online training, webinars, etc.

3. Business Resources: Finances, Client tracking and billing

4. Software we use: Password safes, text editors, FTP, Email, PDF etc.

5. Dealing with Windows 10: How do you protect privacy? How do you prepare clients for upgrades?

6. Other: What did we miss?

Please try and make a list of your useful resources and bring it to the meeting. We'd like to get everyone involved.

Moderators: This will be an open discussion involving everyone. Tim Chalmers (Your computer Guy) and Andy Hundt (Pro Activist Computer Support) will moderate.

You are cordially invited to join us for our Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Oregon Computer Consultants' Association Monthly Meeting!

On July 29 Windows 10 will be officially released. We have lots of questions that need to be answered.

~ What does it look like?
~ What are the potential problems?
~ What are the important new features?
~ What was left out?
~ What compatibility issues might there be?
~ Should my clients move production machines to it right away, or wait?

These and many more questions will be answered by Scott just 1 day before the Windows 10 release.

Presented by Scott Hanselman. Scott works from his home in Oregon for the Microsoft Web Platform Team. He is a teacher. He speaks widely. He has written code that you've used. He's been blogging for over a decade, coding for twice that, and podcasting for over half that. He codes, writes, speaks, empowers, promotes, braids, learns and listens, usually not in that order.

Check out our speaker's web site and blog at http://www.hanselman.com/

About: Free and open to the public. Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month except November, (3rd Tuesday to avoid Thanksgiving week) and December, no meeting. Please help us keep the Restaurant happy by buying food and beverages.

Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A)

OCCA Meetings are free and open to the public though food and beverages orders help keep the restaurant owners happy.

Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

Title: My Favorite App - an Open Discussion

Come ready to share your favorite app (or two). We want everyone to contribute. Just tell us in 3 or 4 minutes what app you use a lot and think is wonderful. Any operating system. Any app type. We'll have a projector and attempt to get to a descriptive web page for each app. The goal is to present 15 to 20 different apps to give everyone an idea for software that could be useful for them and also for their clients.

Have you ever wondered where the internet backbones run through our region? Who owns it? What are peering and transit agreements? Ever wondered how much it would cost to run a fiber optic line across the Pacific to Asia? Are you curious about what makes data centers so special?

Eric Hulbert of Opus Interactive will discuss the internet backbones running through the region, and give a bit of history on how they came to be. Eric will also discuss options for hosting virtual servers on equipment that doesn’t belong to your or your client.

Agenda:

6:00--6:20 Networking

6:20--7:00 No-host dinner

7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements

7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A)

About Eric Hulbert:

Eric Hulbert is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Opus Interactive, a Portland-based hosting company that was founded in 1994 and provides services from Tier III+ data centers in Portland, Hillsboro, San Jose and Dallas.

With 16 years of IT experience, Eric provides leadership and vision for Opus Interactive’s strategic development and business growth goals. Eric also plays a key role in the company’s operations and is known for his hands on approach, hard work and determination.

www.opusinteractive.com

You are cordially invited to join us for our Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Meeting!

Topic: New Trends and Technologies from Intel

Program Description: Intel will discuss the trends and technologies in the ever-changing computing landscape. Topics will include Intel s technology roadmap and it s applications to various industries. See live demos of current technologies along with a sneak peak at what the future may hold.

Presented by: Ben H. Lee III is an Intel Technology Specialist located in Hillsboro, Oregon. Ben has an Electrical Engineering degree from Oregon State University and holds one patent in adaptive synchronization of data across networks. He started working at Intel in 1996 and held various positions in engineering for desktop and networking products. He went on to marketing in 2000, did four years in sales beginning in 2004, moved to technical sales in 2008, and then to business development sales in 2012. Today, Ben is speaking at many industry events across the US and Canada training partners on Intel products and technologies.

About: OCCA Meetings are free and open to the public. Please help us keep the Restaurant happy by buying food and beverages.

Meetings are usually held on the last Tuesday of the month (except December). This year, our November meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014.

Location Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 6 pm : Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub 12562 SW Main Street Tigard, Oregon 97223

Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

Social Security benefit strategies are like finger prints. Everyone s strategy is different. The Social Security personnel will not provide guidance for your benefit issues. Rick will explain some of the things you should understand and consider when applying for your Social Security benefits.

What is:

Early Retirement Age
Full Retirement age
Deferred retirement age (credits)
Spousal Benefits

What other factors should be considered when choosing to accept Social Security benefits.

How does continuing to work affect your benefits?
What about other income sources?
Life expectancy versus total benefits received.
The effects of inflation

Questions and answers

Meeting notes are downloadable at: http://occa.org/files/SSNotes.pdf

Agenda:

6:00--6:20 Networking
6:20--7:00 No-host dinner
7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements
7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

Microsoft Azure and the possibilities and potential it has for small business consultants to add to their revenue stream. Join us for an overview of how Microsoft Azure can help drive new business. In this overview, Scott will explain what Azure is and how partners can go to market with Microsoft and expand their reach.

Presented by Scott Hanselman. Scott works from his home in Oregon for the Microsoft Web Platform Team. He is a teacher. He speaks widely. He has written code that you've used. He's been blogging for over a decade, coding for twice that, and podcasting for over half that. He codes, writes, speaks, empowers, promotes, braids, learns and listens, usually not in that order.

Check out our speaker's web site and blog at http://www.hanselman.com/

About: OCCA Meetings are free and open to the public. Please help us keep the Restaurant happy by buying food and beverages.

Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month (except December).

Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

You are cordially invited to join the Oregon Computer Consultants Association for our June 2014 Meeting!

Topic: Google, SEO and Beyond

Program Description: Scott Hendison will speak on · changes in the “SEO” rules · some things to do for your local business that are even more important than Google, · how to best use the various Google services like Google+, Google Maps, and Google Local pages to best promote your businesses

Speaker: Scott Hendison is the CEO of Search Commander, Inc.and is the founder and creator of SEO Automatic.

As the owner of a computer & software store from 1997–2002, Scott first learned about search selling software and building a local on-site computer repair business using both Pay Per Click and organic search engine optimization.

He began working for clients in the search industry in 2002, and has been attending and speaking at national search marketing conferences since he founded Search Commander, Inc. in 2004.

Today, Search Commander, Inc. is a company with multiple services and brands, including SEO Automatic (a toolset for small businesses and internet marketers), GetWPress (Wordpress development and maintenance), Portland Technology Consultants (PDTC web hosting & technical services ), and several others.

Scott lives in SE Portland with his wife and two sons, and when he's not using a keyboard or cell phone, is often found coaching kids baseball, playing racquetball, snowboarding or watching TV.

About: OCCA Meetings are free and open to the public. Please help us keep the Restaurant happy by buying food and beverages.

Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month (except December).

Location: Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub 12562 SW Main Street, Tigard, Oregon 97223

Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):