MacTech BootCamp II: Seattle, WA - March 6, 2013

MacTech BootCamp II Seattle, WA 2013

MacTech BootCamp is a one day event specifically targeted at the issues facing techs supporting small to medium sized businesses, small office, and home office (often referred to as SMB or SOHO markets), as well as home users (consumers). Specifically, it is for anyone providing support services as a consultant or part of an organization. MacTech BootCamp’s sessions cover a variety of topics from those in the know about the following topics: all designed to make BootCamp attendees more successful in supporting these markets. See the individual session descriptions below for a break down of each topic.

MacTech BootCamp is a one day event for those that support the small business market, small office/workgroup clients, or in the case of our DC event, provide services to government or subcontract to systems integrators.

Who Should Attend?

MacTech BootCamp is a single-track, hotel based seminar that is specifically geared to serve the needs of consultants and techs wanting to serve their base better. Those that already support SMB (small to medium business) communities, organizations, provide services to systems integrators or government clients, consumers, or that want to become a consultant supporting these areas.

Packed Schedule.

Using MacTech’s proven “running order” approach, we pack in the maximum amount of sessions possible into the time available. Session titles and descriptions below. At MacTech BootCamp, you learn from the experts and get to ask questions from those “in the know.” See more details below.

March 6, 2013 Location Bell Harbor Int’l Conf. Center 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66 Seattle, WA 98121	Registration at 8:15am (no earlier please). Sessions begin at 9am. Day ends by 6pm. Full day’s schedule. Subscribe to iCal calendar.
Hotel Accomodations If you need a hotel, The EdgeWater Hotel is nearly next door at 2411 Alaskan Way, Pier 67 Seattle, WA 98121, (800)624.0670. Mention that you are “attending an event at the Bell Harbor Conference Center,” and they should give you 20% off the current rate. Other hotels in the area may do something similar.
Microsoft Office Accreditation. If you register for this event, you can attend the Microsoft Office accreditation event from 2pm-6pm the day prior at no additional charge. Space is limited.
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Sessions Chairs

Neil Ticktin, MacTech Magazine

Neil not only emcees the event, but oversees the session chairs and content for each MacTech event. Neil has been the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of MacTech Magazine since 1992. With both a technical and business background, Neil has authored hundreds of articles including most of MacTech’s well known benchmarking articles on productivity applications, virtualization, and performance products.

Shelley Watson, Wheelwrights, LLC

Since 1997, Shelley has run her own Apple consulting firm. Currently she is the Managing Partner at Wheelwrights, an Apple-focused technology consulting company. Shelley has worked on curriculum development teams for Apple, been an Apple Certified Trainer, and is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator for 10.7. She is a long time member of the Apple Consultants Network, previously serving on the Advisory Council. Shelley also participates in Northwest Mac Pros, an organization of consultants, trainers and developers specializing in Apple Mac OS X and iOS systems.

Luis Giraldo, Ook Enterprises, Ltd.

Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Luis began using Macs in 1983 with the release of the Apple IIe. His first computing experiences were in Logo. Although the release of Windows 95 brought a 4-year “dark era” to Luis’ computing history, it also introduced him to MIDI, and computer music sequencing with software like Cakewalk. Turning full-time musician, Luis later recorded albums and toured with Colombian acts such as Poligamia and Shakira. Luis moved to Vancouver in ’97 to pursue an Audio Engineering career, and later began his IT career by becoming an Apple Certified Trainer in Apple’s Logic Pro audio production software. Wildly interested in other Apple technologies, Luis founded his own consultancy in 2006, Monkey Mac, which was awarded with the 2011 Consumers’ Choice Award, and subsequently joined forces with Fully Managed. In late 2012 Luis went back out on his own, starting “Ook Enterprises”, his current consultancy focussing on Apple-centric managed services. Since Mac OS X version 10.4, Luis has continued to maintain the highest level of Apple technical certification, ACTC and ACSA

Speakers

Brian Govatos, Microsoft Senior Trainer

Brian Govatos is a Senior Trainer for Microsoft who has also been heavily involved in the Apple community since 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Mac consultant for several small business clients in Las Vegas. With a passion for communicating ideas, Brian loves to discuss technology and to inspire users to make the most out of it.

Chris Dawe, Wheelwrights

Born and raised a Texan, Chris studied history at the University of Chicago before getting sidetracked into the world of Apple and computer networking. Part of the Seattle consulting community since 1999 and Principal Systems Engineer for Wheelwrights, LLC since 2007, Chris provides support, solutions, planning, and training for a variety of business and education customers in Western Washington. In his spare time, Chris focuses on continued development of his cooking skills.

Scott Neal, acmeFoo

Scott M. Neal has been utilizing and programming Apple products since first getting his hands on an Apple ][+ and later NeXTcube. Scott’s believes strongly in automation–getting devices to do your work the way you want to, with minimal effort and stress. Often, the real benefits of device automation are underutilized–Scott would prefer that you be empowered with how to automate (meaning script and program) devices YOURSELF to do what YOU want, not just what you may see yourself limited to by default application and service setups. With that goal specifically in mind, Scott co-created acmefoo, the Apple Technology focused training and development co-op, which offers training, courseware, and consulting on a peer level, without being tied to specific device sales or marketing.

Luis Giraldo, Ook Enterprises, Ltd.

Jeff Carlson, TidBITS

Author and photographer Jeff Carlson (@jeffcarlson on Twitter) is a Mac columnist for the Seattle Times, a senior editor for the weekly electronic newsletter TidBITS (www.tidbits.com), and writes for publications such as Macworld and Photoshop Elements Techniques. He is the author of The iPad Pocket Guide, The iPad for Photographers, and Photoshop Elements 11: Visual QuickStart Guide, among many others. He believes there’s never enough coffee, and does his best to test that theory.

Kirk Godtfredsen, kkhe.consulting

Kirk has over 23 years of Mac related IT experience – from StarControllers and 3270 emulation over Token Ring to WPA, Active Directory and iPhones, he’s had to integrate it. He spent 13 years at Apple as a systems engineer and trainer (before the stock splits – natch). For the last 10 years he has provided IT support to small biz, K-12 and higher-education, and also spends time helping out @ BusyMac, the makers of BusyCal. He has been involved with mobile computing since its inception, working on the first email client for the first internet-based phone w/AT&T Wireless. When he isn’t working, he’s biking.

Sessions

Sessions are 30-50 minutes long, with most sessions are about 40 minutes. There are nine sessions in the 2013 curriculum.

Topics Covered

The topics covered will include:

Overview of What are the Key Building Blocks for Today’s Apple Consultant
Mobility and Profiles
Local Storage, Network Storage, Backups
Networks and Routing
The World of Apple IDs
DNS
Microsoft Office: Feature and Deployment Options
Command Line
Deployment
and more…

Read on for more details.

Keynote:
How Do the Key Building Blocks for Today’s Consultant Fit Together

What does today’s Apple consultant need to know to be effective in serving everyone from small business to Enterprise, support personnel, or even home users and networks.

Mobility and Profiles

Who owns the data on your mobile device? How do you keep sensitive data from getting into the wrong hands? What do you do when you blur the lines between personal and business needs for a phone? At an increasing rate, clients and staff need help managing mobile devices. They need to keep their data secure, and give users the features and access they want, and they want to do so without compromising. There are a variety of ways to accomplish these goals. Learn about mobility, profiles, and the steps you can take to find the right solution for their needs.

Local Storage, Network Storage, Backups

Data is growing faster and larger than ever before. SSDs, Fusion drives, cloud, and network are just a few buzz words of the day. Do you know the proper use for each? Do you know your options for connecting storage? Do you know how to serve your backup needs properly? Learn about storage area networks vs. network attached storage, backup options and critical knowledge for keeping data safe.

Networks and Routing

Networks: Can’t live with them, can’t live without them — they often are plagued with invisible, black box problems, yet need to be working 24/7. Are you trying to design a network that should not be seen nor heard about? Do you have the knowledge to eliminate or identify network issues in tackling a problem? Are you ready for what IPv6 is going to do to every network, everywhere? Learn about network design and troubleshooting from the ground up, and see a great example of what a common small business network should look like.

The World of Apple IDs

Apple is continually changing the rules for Apple IDs, iTunes accounts, and more. Learn the latest rules, how devices are treated, migrating to new hardware, dealing with multiple IDs, and iCloud. Find out how iTunes Match works, how Mac App Store differs from iTunes, and the right way for working with deployment and imaging. Learn the restrictions for merging Apple IDs and how to combine them.

DNS

There is one technology that is core to how all other technologies today work. It affects email, web, file servers, databases and in short, just about everything. As a core technology, it’s often the cause of so many problems — or as one of our sessions chairs says “It’s Always DNS®”. In this session, you’ll learn not only about the most important parts of today’s DNS, but also some of the best examples of how you can use DNS as a tool, debug, and finally, find additional resources and information about domain name services.

Microsoft Office: Feature and Deployment Options

Microsoft Office is at the core of how people work, yet many people don’t know what Office for Mac can do, let alone take advantage of it. Did you know that Office includes collaborative editing features both through the web and the cloud? Or that Office can be deployed in a variety of ways, and licenses used on more than one computer? Do you know which Office features that help people work the most efficiently? Learn from Microsoft experts how you can not only make the most of Office for yourself, but those that you support.

Command Line

Because the Mac has such an intuitive user interface, many consultants forget about the power of the command line — which can often accomplish something faster, or more easily. Sometimes, it’s the only way to accomplish certain things. Learn about how the command line works, the best way to use man pages, and scripts. Walk away with real examples and useful tips.

Deployment

How do you stop doing the same thing over and over again? How do you help someone get a number of computers ready for use very quickly? Deployment and management of devices, disk images, and packages are often the critical solution. And, yesterday’s best practices are quickly being replaced by new methodologies. Learn about deployment options, imaging, packages and the tools you need to be productive and efficient.

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Note: All information is approximate and projected, but it does evolve. All sessions, speakers and descriptions are subject to change at any time without notice.

MacTech BootCamp II: Seattle, WA – March 6, 2013