SMBiT Professionals
Sydney Chapter
Next meeting
Tuesday
10 March 2020
SMBiT Professionals Sydney Chapter meets on the second Tuesday of the month
Dinner
6:00pm-7:00pm
Main Event
7:00pm-9:00pm
Stay a while afterwards and have a drink and a chat
Location
North Ryde RSL
Cnr Pittwater and Magdala Roads North Ryde NSW
Map
Registration
Register NOW using the link below (at left if you're on the Web page)
Member presentation: Cybersecurity
Andrew Bell, ethiSEC
Cybersecurity has become a frequent topic of discussion as more organisations and people fall victim to cyber-attacks. Your customers look to you and your expert knowledge to help guide their choices. Unfortunately informing yourself about security can be difficult. Most of the available information, whether it be books, news stories, expert articles or presentations, comes from product vendors and service providers. It is marketing material that is often biased towards particular technology and products. As SMBiT members and security specialists, we'd like to share some of our knowledge and experiences garnered over 20 years of security consulting activities. We plan a number of sessions covering different aspects as security is a complex topic. The goal of the first session is to provide a high-level overview of security and set the stage for future presentations. The topics covered include:
Gimme gimme some luvin…
Lena Small
As IT Geeks, we totally underestimate the importance of looking after ourselves. We really suck at looking after ourselves and put our clients first way too often. Our backs creak, our necks hurt, we get constant headaches from bad posture and hours on end staring at the monitors. Tonights session involves Lena Small – long time friend of the SMB IT Professionals Group as she brings her 15+ years of experience as a health professional to bear on our work environments. Lena’s going to have an open and frank discussion with us about what we can do to relieve pains we feel every day in our limbs. She’s going to show us how to do some basic exercises that will help when we’re under pressure, and hopefully bring some life back into our bones. This will be an interactive session for sure, and hopefully a lot of fun. Lena (pronounced Lay-na) Small is the founder of Lena’s Massage. She’s passionate about helping people heal using natural methods such as Massage Therapy. She’s been working as a professional massage therapist for over 16 years and loves seeing people relax and enjoy a good massage. She’s experienced in a range of massage techniques and always offers professional and personal approach to your massage needs. Lena’s office is in Norwest Business Park and she see’s a lot of office workers and IT geeks and knows too well the challenges they face in daily work life. Lena is qualified as a Diploma of Remedial Massage both here in Australia and also in the USA. Lena also has a bachelors degree in culinary, which means she understands the food side of our lives quite well too.
Round table discussion
Open forum ...
... issues, ideas, highs, lows, great tools you have found, bring them to the table!
Register using the link below To be eligible for any prize draw members need to have registered by the Close of Business the day before the meeting
Brisbane Chapter
Wednesday
11 March 2020
SMBiT Professionals Brisbane Chapter meets on the second Wednesday of the month
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Pineapple Hotel
706 Main St Kangaroo Point QLD 4169
Level up your Email Security Game and Services Revenue
Luke Smith, Regional Account Director
In the early 2000’s, the network security perimeter collapsed – it became important to secure data wherever it lived on the network. We are at a similar moment for email security. Join this session where Luke will take you through the Barracuda MSP’s multi-layered email security solutions. He will also take a deep dive into Sentinel, AI based spear phishing protection, and how it can guard against spear phishing, impersonation attempts, business email compromise, and cyber-attacks. He will also do a walk through of the Barracuda FREE Email Threat Scanner to help MSPs discover advanced threats and phishing attacks that are already in your customers' Office 365, and how to use it as a sales tool to help you drive more revenue from existing customers and gain new ones. Door prize for members: Breville Nescafe Dolce Gusto Infinissima Coffee Machine Barracuda MSP is a Silver partner of SMBiT Professionals
Agentless Backup & Recovery with ActiveImage
Richard Giddey Vice President, Asia Pacific and Sergey Zimin, Sales Engineer
Rich will provide a summary of the ActiveImage Backup & Disaster Recovery solution and our value proposition for SMBITPROS, followed by a presentation on how our Agentless backup and recovery solutions provide data availability, increase operational efficiency, and reduced cost for Hyper-V and VMware infrastructures. Sergey Zimin will then provide a brief demonstration of agentless backup and instant (1 - 2 minutes) virtual machine recovery and discuss our range of recovery options. Door prize for members: DJI Mavic Mini drone Value $700 Active Image is a Silver partner of SMBiT Professionals
Register using the link below
Optional Pre-Conference Dinner
Thursday
22 October 2020
7:00pm - 10:30pm View current menu here
Draculas Gold Coast
1 Hooker Blvd, Broadbeach QLD 4218 A 10 min tram ride from Crowne Plaza (tram tickets included in price)
Registration deadline 30 September 2020
Strap yourself in for an adrenaline filled night of Vampire madness!
$101 per person (drinks at bar prices) Includes a quality 3-course meal with set entree and dessert and a choice of mains, comedy variety show, entry through the Mausoleum experience and Ghost Train ride.
It all starts with the faint ripple on the surface of your wine glass, that tingle of anticipation, the lights dim, thighs slide to the edge of the seats… suddenly, to the crackle of a guitar amp, the dead scream to life! Aptly named Muertos or ‘dead’ in Spanish - the latest carnaval de la carnage to explode live on stage is a tribute to the Mexican Day of the Dead, and a wild celebration of living on the razors edge. Muertos opens like an exploding glitter-filled piñata. The show moves at a bone rattling pace, layering carnival acts, death-defying aerial acrobatics, groin-aching vocals and of course Dracula’s signature bible-clutching comedy. You’ll fall into a flowery grave of vibrant colours and hip gyrating flamenco, as the show takes on a life of its own, appearing across five stages, as well as mid-air above the audience. An epic night out!
Note: Dracula's is a MA15+ Cabaret featuring adult themes, partial nudity and coarse language
#SMBiT2020
Friday
23 October 2020
Saturday
24 October 2020
Over 18 attendees only.
Cancellation Policy:50% if cancelled between 1 January and 31 March 2020.$0 refund if cancelled after 31 March 2020.
You will need to meet your own costs for flights, accommodation and ancillary expenses.
Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise
2807 Gold Coast Highway Surfers Paradise Qld 4217
Join us at the Gold Coast in October 2020 for our annual Conference!
We are looking forward to some dynamic and exciting speakers from Australia and around the world. We anticipate excellent topics in the area of business development and cyber security, along with a host of other valuable information.
During the conference, there will be plenty of opportunities to engage with our sponsors and fellow delegates.
This year our conference is growing, with elective workshops on Thursday 22nd and activities on Sunday 25th. Registration for these will be separate to the conference.
The Gold Coast is renowned for its white sand beaches that stretch across 57 kilometres (35 miles) of coastline, including the world-renowned stretch of sand at Surfers Paradise. Beyond the beaches, discover laid-back neighbourhoods, a booming culinary scene from specialty coffee shops to boutique breweries and sophisticated restaurants.
If you are looking for the right conference to attend in 2020, the SMBiT Professionals Conference 2020 at the Gold Coast should be on your calendar.
For more information go to www.smbitpro.org.au/smbit2020
Staying a few extra days or bringing the family along?
Visit https://www.destinationgoldcoast.com/ to find out what to see and do on the Gold Coast.
Register using the link below (at left if you're on the website)
Optional Post-Conference Cruise
Sunday
25 October 2020
Lunch
12:00pm - 2:00pm Boarding 11.45am
Surfers Paradise Check-In Terminal
Tiki Village, river end of Cavill Ave, Surfers Paradise A 10 min tram ride from Crowne Plaza (tram tickets included in price)
What better way to relax after a conference than a buffet lunch cruise with fresh local prawns
Adults @ $75pp Children (3 - 13) @ $49pp (Licenced bar on board)
Numbers limited to 70 people
Set sail on the waters of the Gold Coast’s lovely canals at midday for a delightful lunch cruise. Experience the Gold Coast’s finest local produce including fresh local trawler prawns, roasted chicken, freshly baked ham off the bone, garden salad, caesar salad, coleslaw, damper style rolls, condiments and fresh fruit platters. Match the lunch with some locally crafted beers from Pickled Pig and Burleigh brewery or try one of delicious cocktails.