Past MTUG Technology Events

Did you miss an MTUG event? Many of our webinars and a few of our in-person events are available as either slideshow decks, recorded webinars, and other handouts. Check out our event archives for topics ranging from data center solutions, to VoIP solutions, to virtualization, to municipal broadband challenges, and so much more! Hear from many of your colleagues at organizations and companies just like yours about what their experience with new technologies has been.

Our 2016-17 Season of Webinar Recordings are available at our Webex Portal -- Click on "View Event Recordings" at top-right. Over time, our sessions, along with PDF files of the presentations, will also be added below.

Please note that our Peers & Beers after hours events are not recorded. Some may have presentations posted.

Past Events

Feb 24 2021
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Decision-Making in a Crisis: Preparing for Your Next Tech Disaster

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download Available]

Jamie Popkin, digital technology strategist and former vice president and research fellow at Gartner Inc. will bring the MTUG audience through a tabletop exercise of rapid decision-making using the OODA Loop approach in IT.

The acceleration of digital business has been turbo-charged by the COVID pandemic. Innovative and...

Jan 27 2021
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Legal Considerations for Technology Contracting

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download (slide deck) Available]

[Recording to be posted soon]
As businesses rely more and more on third party software, data, and technology in order to function, those third parties have become increasingly critical to ongoing operations, security, and legal compliance. In this presentation, attorneys Kyle Glover (Pierce...

Dec 16 2020
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Tech User Groups - Catalyzing the Maine Tech Community

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download & Video Available]

This MTUG webinar panel introduces several regional User Group leads, and explores the purpose and activities of tech user groups in Maine. 0

Panelists from 4 regional User Groups discuss the role of tech groups in the Maine technology community. Panelists include: Larry Cushing who runs the SMMUG users...

Oct 14 2020
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Cyber Threats vs. Humans & the Future

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Video & Downloads Available]

Cyber threats are increasingly targeting individual users in small to large organizations – initiating attacks via social engineering, spear phishing, or even attacking through their trusted suppliers. Technology based counter threats are trying, but sometimes failing, to keep up with the constant pace of...

Sep 02 2020
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Upgrading Your Scripting Toolkit

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Video & Downloads Available]

Long time MTUG community participant and tech consultant William Wade discusses his perspective and key tips in using a variety of scripting tools and environments, including PowerShell, Visual Studio, Source Control (such as GIT), and more.

This session's goal is to introduce these...

Aug 19 2020
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Mid-Summer Webinar: Maine IT Micro‑Credentials

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Video, Download & Links Available]

A diverse panel discusses the development and implementation of a series of aligned micro-credential pathways in digital literacy and technology using a unified state framework.

We will discuss:

  • What are Maine employer’s IT and foundational skill needs?
  • How can we implement...
Jul 22 2020
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Business Continuity in the Cloud - Disaster Recovery as a Service

11:00 to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Video & Download Available]

Organizations are responsible for implementing technologies to enable the business while keeping critical data, applications and processes secure and running 24x7. Would failure to prepare for technological or natural disaster disrupt your business and lead to financial catastrophe? Is cloud based virtualization DR...

Jun 24 2020
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Maine's Internet Infrastructure, Libraries & Workforce -- the Impact of COVID-19, and the July Bond Vote

11:00 to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Video & Downloads Available]

This webinar presentation discusses Maine's Internet Infrastructure as it has been endeavored to be made available through the Maine Library System. How connectivity concerns have been amplified during the pandemic, and how our perspective on high speed / high quality internet infrastructure will be ...

Jun 11 2020
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CANCELED: 2020 Annual Summit & Tradeshow

7:30am-4:00pm, Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland, ME

(No downloads yet available for this session).



Unfortunately the MTUG 33rd Annual I.T. Summit & Tradeshow has been canceled due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.

MTUG's board and staff are actively planning for an alternative/rescheduled program of informative, timely online sessions.
May 27 2020
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DNS New World Order -- QuadX! DoH! DoT!

11am to Noon, Online at mtug.webex.com

[Video & Downloads Available]

DNS is the fundamental glue that makes the Internet function, but it often goes unloved — unless you are an ISP looking to further monetize subscribers, or you are trying to track malware on your network. Recently, new ways to provide and secure DNS for end-users have...

Mar 25 2020
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Microsoft Teams -- Remote Collaboration in the Time of Pandemic

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Downloads & Video Available]

On March 25, 2020, we heard from two organizations trying to make remote work "work" over their existing Microsoft Teams infrastructure during the current global pandemic. Please enjoy the attached recorded video of this session.

Amanda Downing of L.L.Bean presents their experience deploying Microsoft Teams for...

Oct 09 2019
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Industrial IoT SCADA and Security Considerations

11a-Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download & Video Available]

Industrial IoT/SCADA Context and Security Considerations 

Justin Hogue discusses the Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) in control and monitoring systems (commonly referred to as SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) with an eye toward Maine’s varied and often rural industrial sectors and a look at security concerns specific to...

Sep 25 2019
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Broadband Progress in Maine

11am - Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download & Video Available]

Broadband Progress: Where we are, and strategies for making the case.

Broadband Progress: Where we are, and strategies for making the case. In this webinar, MTUG features a legislative and programmatic update on broadband expansion in Maine from two of Maine’s frontline advocates, Peggy Schaffer of the...

Sep 05 2019
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Portland Peers & Beers co-sponsored with Centripetal

THU 9/5 - 4:30-6:30p, Allagash Brewery

(No downloads yet available for this session).

MTUG hosted our season-opening Peers & Beers on Thursday Sept 5, 2019 -- co-sponsored with Centripetal!

Allagash Brewery was stop #1 on our 5 city tour of Maine breweries!

TECH TOPIC: Brief Intro &...

Apr 10 2019
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Bangor Peers & Beers
with co-sponsor OTELCO!

4:30-6:30pm, Seasons Restaurant

(No downloads yet available for this session).

MTUG's Bangor Peers & Beers was April 10, 2019, with co-sponsor OTELCO!

MTUG's Peers & Beers events are a great chance to meet regional tech professionals and enthusiasts, network, and learn a little about a new topic! Come out to Seasons on Main...

Mar 27 2019
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Microsoft Teams Deployment at RMS

11am to Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download & Video Available]

Please join us for the final MTUG Webinar of the 2018-19 season!

Kent Goodrow of Systems Engineering and Nate Flynn of Residential Mortgage Services (RMS) discuss the nuts and bolts of creating and working with Microsoft Teams at the RMS implementation, including:

  • what happens...
Feb 27 2019
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WEBINAR 6: Supporting Collaboration with Technology

11am to 12pm, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download & Video Available]

The technology landscape is not just evolving faster -- the people and processes in implementing technology are requiring more subject matter experts (SME's) than ever before, across a wider set of disciplines than ever before. Companies looking to hire the best and brightest must compete on a...

Jan 16 2019
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WEBINAR 5: Multi-factor authentication at Bowdoin and Beyond

11am to 12pm, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Video & Download Available]

Eric Berube walks through how multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been implemented at Bowdoin College, some of the challenges encountered and strategies used for a successful roll out. Looking ahead to what's next, Eric will discuss the future roadmap for MFA and the steps necessary to reach ...

Oct 24 2018
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Fall 2018 Breakfast & Webcast: "Security & the People Risk"

7:30-9:30am (Webcast starts at 8a), TIQA, 327 Commercial St., Portland, ME

[Download & Video Available]

"Security and the People Risk"

A Special Breakfast Workshop and Webcast co-sponsored by TEVORA!

Wednesday, October 24th MTUG held our Fall Breakfast & Webcast -- a live-event webcast at TIQA on the Portland Waterfront. The event began with breakfast treats and networking at 7:30am. The presentation was...

Sep 19 2018
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WEBINAR 1: L.L.Bean & Google Cloud

11a-Noon, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download & Video Available]

Randy Dyer of L.L. Bean presents:

L.L. Bean and the Google Cloud Platform: "How a 106-year Old Retailer Modernizes Customer Experience Through Omnichannel Architecture"

Learn how LL Bean modernized its IT infrastructure by moving capabilities from its on premises systems to a cloud-native platform, improving customer satisfaction ...

Apr 11 2018
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WEBINAR 7: Info Security & Data Inventories

11am-12pm, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Downloads & Video Available]

Two presentations: "Insight and Inventories: The ingredients of good I.S. decisions" and "Forcing function on data inventories: GDPR implementation"

Insight and Inventories: The ingredients of good I.S. decisions 
with Eric Berube, Bowdoin College ...

Mar 21 2018
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Augusta Peers & Beers co-sponsored by Consolidated Communications!

4:30-6:30pm, The Gin Mill (above Riverfront BBQ)

[Download Available]

MTUG gathered for an evening of refreshments and learning! The evening featured a brief “Tech Spotlight” presentation, “The Maine OPA – Consumer Advocates in an Age of Net Uncertainty” with Liz Wyman, Senior Counsel, State of Maine Office of the Public Advocate. Ms. Wyman gave an overview...

Feb 28 2018
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WEBINAR 6: GSuite in the School Community

11am-12pm, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Downloads & Video Available]

Alice Barr of Yarmouth High School, and Eric Lawson of the York School Department, technology leaders in the area of Google deployments in education, share their experiences and discoveries in using Google's GSuite product in their districts.

Eric Lawson's presentation, "Going Google" gives an overview of York's journey...

Jan 17 2018
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WEBINAR 5 - Cables to the Cloud

11AM - 12PM, http://mtug.webex.com

[Downloads & Video Available]

Cables to the Cloud: Hybrid network connectivity into Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Edward Taggart of WEX discusses connectivity options to Amazon Web Services (AWS) including VPN, Direct Connect Gateway and Inter-Region VPC Peering. The presentation focuses on real world challenges and...

Aug 24 2017
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Portland Peers & Beers

4:30 - 6:30 PM, Bruno's Restaurant & Tavern

(No downloads yet available for this session).

MTUG hosted our season opening "Peers & Beers" -- co-sponsored by Blue Spruce Technologies! (www.bluesprucetechnologies.com)

The evening featured a brief "Tech Spotlight" presentation:
"Instant Infrastructure with Amazon CloudFormation."

Christopher...

Sep 13 2017
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Broadband Update from TAM2017

12-1 pm, WEBINAR - Webex

[Downloads Available]

MTUG broadcast their September Webinar LIVE from Booth #16 at TAM 2017 from 12pm-1pm on Wednesday September 13th.

MTUG was on site to celebrate the 50th Convention of the Telecommunications Association of Maine! We heard from leaders with municipal broadband and rural broadband initiatives and got a chance...

Sep 27 2017
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Bangor Peers & Beers

4:30-6:30 PM, Season's Restaurant

(No downloads yet available for this session).

MTUG hosts our Bangor “Peers and Beers” event at Season's Restaurant -- Co-Sponsored by FairPoint Communications !

Join us for a brief "Tech Spotlight" presentation -- Google Augmedix at Eastern Maine Health Systems with Dr. Rafael Grossmann!
Google Augmedix is a comprehensive real-time medical transcription solution that...
Oct 11 2017
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WEBINAR 2: Case Studies in Cloud Security

11 am, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

[Download & Video Available]

MTUG held a Webinar on Wednesday October 11th at 11:00am focused on a detailed discussion of cloud security strategies at L.L. Bean.

In this webinar, the Information Security and Compliance Team at L.L. Bean shares their experiences, functions and strategies securing...

Dec 13 2017
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WEBINAR 4: DevOps Tools & Techniques

11AM - 12PM, http://mtug.webex.com

[Downloads & Video Available]

MTUG held a DevOps-focused Webinar to look at how Mingle Analytics moved from manual deployments of its custom-built .NET console and web applications to a fully automated deployment pipeline using modern DevOps tools and techniques.

Speaker Floyd Hilton, owner, Tacoma Software, will present how Mingle Analytics has progressed from...

Mar 11 2015

Webinar #6 & Peers & Beers: Finding and Keeping Good IT People

3 pm to 6:30 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

A panel discussion with Ron Cantor, President of SMCC, Alex Kellogg, Recruiting Manager at TEK Systems, and Michelle Love, VP/HR Manager, Camden National Bank.

Maine IT Workforce: Maine businesses, like most US businesses, are having a hard time...

Nov 04 2015

Bangor Peers & Beers

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

TECH SPOTLIGHT: Log Management - Navigating the Log Jam

Feb 10 2016

Webinar #5 (2015-16): Enabling a Mobile Workforce

11a-12p, Online at http://mtug.webex.com

(No downloads yet available for this session).

This MTUG Webinar features a panel of telecommunications and network managers who will discuss their organizations' approaches to enabling a mobile workforce.

The speakers will touch on the strategies and tools they use to support workers within the office setting, on the...
Jan 14 2015

Microsoft Exchange 2013 Migration with Bangor Savings

12 pm to 1 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

Andrew Grant and Jared Simpson of Bangor Savings discuss their recent MS Exchange 2013 migration.

Overview of Migrating to Exchange 2013 - Bangor Savings Bank's Experience, with Jared Simpson and Andrew Grant, Bangor Savings Bank. Event coordination by...

Mar 09 2016

Mobile Device Management

6 pm - 8 pm,

[Video Available]

Dan Groves of Gorham Savings Bank, Jeremy Koch of Foxcroft Academy, and John Revy of AT&T heir organizations' approach to managing mobile devices for their respective internal staff and customers and the mobile device management market in general.

Jan 27 2016

TECH SPOTLIGHT: The Internet of Things

6 pm - 8 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

Aron Semle gives a brief overview of the the Internet of Things as it has applies across a variety of applications and industries.

Apr 12 2017
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NNENIX - An Internet Exchange for Maine and Northern New England

11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Webinar

[Download Available]

Join MTUG online for a discussion of the role of Internet Exchanges, and how organizations can benefit by either directly connecting to NNENIX or NNENIX-affiliated member ISPs.

NNENIX -- Northern New England Neutral Internet Exchange -- is a new, non-profit Internet Exchange (IX) specifically for Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Dec 09 2015

PCI Compliance

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

Jockel Carter returned to the MTUG platform to do an updated webinar version of his excellent PCI Compliance presentation from the 2015 MTUG Summit. MTUG Board member Linda Ollen and director Kate Carpenter moderated.

Sep 16 2015

Bangor Beers & Peers

4:40 pm to 30 pm, Ri-Ra, Portland

(No downloads yet available for this session).

MTUG Boardmember Christopher Falk of Reliable Networks and Samual Gaudet of Tenable Network Security demonstrated Wireless Spoofing and discussed strategies at the September 16, 2015 Peers & Beers event at RiRa Irish Pub, Portland. Aruba Networks was our generous co-sponsor.
...

Nov 18 2015

Security Awareness

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

A panel of Maine security experts detail security awareness and training tips, stories, and techniques.

Apr 22 2015

The Internet, Your People, HR and the Law

, Webinar

(No downloads yet available for this session).

A panel discussion with Kirk Egge of Mechanics Savings Bank, and Michael Malloy, Associate Attorney - Brann and Isaacson Attorneys

Apr 13 2016

Trends in Server Infrastructure

6 pm - 8 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

Doug Ennis of OneBridge Consulting, Joe McIntyre of Systems Engineering, and Brad Martin of Franklin Savings Bank present their views of trends in infrastructure solutions toward Software Defined Networking (SDN) and hyperconverged solutions.

Jan 13 2016

What's New - Hosted PBX

12 pm,

(No downloads yet available for this session).

Mike Linn of Switch.co, presents the history and latest tools/techniques in Hosted PBX, and Al Bakutis, Enterprise Network Manager, at Fairchild Semiconductor, presents their hosted PBX decisions. Boardmembers Abbie Brown and Chris Falk coordinated.

Feb 11 2015

Wireless for Business Continuity and Mobility

12 pm to 1 pm, Webinar

(No downloads yet available for this session).

Chet Smith of Verizon Wireless gives an overview of industry trends and options for supporting business continuity and a mobile workforce with 4GE LTE wireless solutions.

Event moderation by MTUG director Kate Carpenter, with coordination assistance from MTUG...

Feb 11 2015

Wireless for Business Continuity and Mobility

12 pm to 1 pm , Webinar

(No downloads yet available for this session).

Chet Smith of Verizon Wireless gives an overview of industry trends and options for supporting business continuity and a mobile workforce with 4GE LTE wireless solutions.

Event moderation by MTUG director Kate Carpenter, with coordination assistance from MTUG...