Evolving Solutions

Bags of Smiles 13th Annual Summer Golf Tournament
2024-08-17 11:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Elk River Golf Club, 20015 Elk Lake Rd NW, Elk River, Minnesota, 55330
Evolving Solutions is a a Gold Sponsor for the Bags of Smiles 13th Annual Summer Golf Tournament. Join us Saturday, August 17th at the Elk River Golf Club for a fun event raising money for Bags of Smiles to continue to deliver Smiles!

Evolving Solutions North Dakota Tech Connect
2024-09-18 16:00 - 17:30 | 46 North Pints & Provisions, 635 2nd Ave N, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
Join Evolving Solutions at our North Dakota Tech Connect, a happy hour event designed for technology enthusiasts to come together, share ideas, ask questions, and connect with like-minded individuals.
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Location: 46 North Pints & Provisions, 635 2nd Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102
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NetApp INSIGHT 2024
2024-09-23 08:00 - 2024-09-25 17:00 | MGM Grand Hotel, 3799 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, 89109, United States
Join Evolving Solutions team members at the NetApp INSIGHT 2024. This is NetApp’s tech festival of the year, a can’t miss global gathering of innovators, dreamers, and data drivers where we celebrate YOU, our N-Powered Heroes. The conference will dive into what’s next through the power of inspiration, community, and next-level networking.

Discover Open Source Virtualization Seminar
2024-09-25 09:00 - 13:00 | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Cut cost, avoid vendor lock-in and integrate legacy and cloud-native systems
Question – Have recent changes with VMware/Broadcom and/or the end of support for Red Hat Virtualization introduced uncertainty around virtual machine infrastructure costs and vendor lock-in?
Join Evolving Solutions, SUSE and Veeam on Wednesday, September 25th for this demonstration seminar and see how Harvester can be your solution.
With Harvester, you’ll reduce costs and eliminate vendor lock-in, gaining flexibility in your virtualization environment. Harvester seamlessly bridges traditional virtual machines and Kubernetes-based cloud-native infrastructures, empowering you to create a versatile IT environment that accelerates application development from the data center to the edge.
Join us for a demonstration seminar where you’ll gain:

A clear understanding of virtualization and available alternatives
Understand how to migrate from VMware to Harvester
Insights on managing containers and virtual machines side by side
Strategies to reduce subscription costs
Solutions to eliminate vendor lock-in

Demo by SUSE: See Harvester deploy and manage both traditional, VMs, and containerized workloads through Rancher Manager console.
Demo by Veeam: See how Veeam Kasten can protect containerized and VM workloads in Harvester.
Event Highlights
Harvester Open Source Virtualization
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Hyatt Regency Minneapolis 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Agenda
9:00 – 9:30 am Check in / Networking
9:30 – 11:30 am Seminar
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch / Networking
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Evolving Solutions South Dakota Tech Connect
2024-10-09 15:30 - 17:00 | JJ’s Wine. Spirits & Cigars, 3000 W 57th St, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57108
Join us at our South Dakota Tech Connect, a happy hour event designed for technology enthusiasts to come together, share ideas, ask questions, and connect with like-minded individuals.

Event Details
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
3:30 -5:00 pm

JJ’s Wine, Spirits & Cigars
3000 W 57th St
Sioux Falls, SD 57108

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IBM TechXchange Conference
2024-10-21 - 2024-10-24 | Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89119
Join Evolving Solutions team members at the IBM TechXchange Conference! IBM TechXchange brings technologists and business practitioners who use IBM products together through local events, webinars, and in our online community, designed for deep technical learning, sharing, and networking. These opportunities to collaborate lead up to the global conference where we share what’s to come and what’s to know across multiple areas of focus.

Genesys Works CIO Luncheon
2024-10-28 11:00 - 13:00 | Doubletree by Hilton Bloomington, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington, MN, 55439, United States
Evolving Solutions is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Genesys Works CIO Luncheon. The event celebrates the individuals and companies who are creating meaningful work opportunities for Twin Cities students. Attendees can forge new and bolster existing connections among the more than 300 attendees who share a common vision for the future of IT.
Genesys Works is dedicated to creating pathways to career success for Twin Cities youth from underserved communities while building a more productive and diverse workforce of tomorrow.

Siouxland IT Symposium
2024-11-06 08:30 - 17:00 | Sioux Falls Convention Center, 1101 North West Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD, 57104, United States
Join Evolving Solutions at the Siouxland IT Symposium. The event is Sioux Falls’ premier single-day event designed exclusively for the IT executive community. The Siouxland IT Symposium is designed with the IT executive in mind and is meant to serve as a conduit for IT professionals to build a stronger professional peer network and attain real-world knowledge on business changing technology and management solutions.

CIOs Against Cancer: Tech Tees Off Against Cancer
2024-11-07 11:00 - 15:00 | Top Golf, 6420 N. Camden Avenue, Brooklyn Park, MN, 55430, United States
Evolving Solutions is proud to be a sponsor of the 2024 CIOs Against Cancer: Tech Tees Off Against Cancer event. Join IT leaders and tech vendors at Tech Tees Off Cancer on November 7, 2024 at Top Golf in Brooklyn Center, MN. This event is an opportunity to make a difference in the fight against cancer by supporting the American Cancer Society’s early-career cancer research grants.

Evolving Solutions North Dakota Tech Connect
2024-11-07 15:45 - 17:45 | Drekker Brewing Company, 1666 1st Avenue North, Fargo, ND, 58102, United States
Join Evolving Solutions at our North Dakota Tech Connect, a happy hour event designed for technology enthusiasts to come together, share ideas, ask questions, and connect with like-minded individuals.
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024
Time: 3:45 – 5:45 pm
Location: Drekker Brewing Company, 1666 1st Avenue North, Fargo, ND 58102
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AWS re:Invent 2024
2024-12-02 - 2024-12-06 | Las Vegas, Multiple Locations, Las Vegas, NV, United States
At re:Invent 2024 you’ll get a front row seat to hear real stories from customers and AWS leaders about navigating pressing topics, like generative AI. Learn about new product launches, watch demos, and get behind-the-scenes insights during five headline-making keynotes. AWS leaders—including AWS CEO Matt Garman and special guest Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon.com—will take the stage along with top AWS customers.

South Dakota Tech Connect December
2024-12-11 15:30 - 17:00 | JJ’s Wine. Spirits & Cigars, 3000 W 57th St, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57108
Join Evolving Solutions at our South Dakota Tech Connect, a happy hour event designed for technology enthusiasts to come together, share ideas, ask questions, and connect with like-minded individuals.
This month, we will be joined by Palo Alto Networks for an Ultimate Test Drive. The Ultimate Test Drive provides a hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access. Prisma Access acts as a firewall service that protects branch offices and mobile users from threats while also providing the security services expected from a next-generation firewall. In this Ultimate Test Drive, you will learn how to:
• Protect remote networks and mobile users in a consistent manner, wherever they are
• Ensure connectivity and security in order to access all your applications using Firewall as a Service (FwaaS)
• Manage your changing environment with a cloud-based infrastructure that converges networking and network security capabilities
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Location: JJ’s Wine, Spirits & Cigars, 3000 W 57th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57108
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North Dakota Tech Connect January
2025-01-09 15:30 - 17:30 | Fargo Billiards and Gastropub, 3234 43rd St S, Fargo, ND 58104, 3234 43rd St S, Fargo, North Dakota, 58104
Join Evolving Solutions at our North Dakota Tech Connect, a happy hour event designed for technology enthusiasts to come together, share ideas, ask questions, and connect with like-minded individuals.
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2024
Time: 3:30-5:30 pm
Location: Fargo Billiards & Gastropub, 3234 43rd St S, Fargo, ND 58104
Register today

2025 Evolving Solutions Partner Webcast
2025-01-24 09:00 - 10:00 | ND
Over the past year, advancements in technology and AI have continued to transform our industry, along with our clients’ organizations and IT environments. It is crucial that we stay ahead of these changes, ensuring our clients can leverage these technologies effectively and drive the agility, resilience, and security needed to capture new opportunities and drive growth.
Thank you to each of you and your organizations for helping us address our clients’ challenges, take advantage of opportunities, and achieve mutual success.
As we look toward the new year, the Evolving Solutions leadership team invites you to attend our 2025 Partner Webcast on Friday, January 24 from 9:00 to 10:00 am CT.
During the webcast, we will share Evolving Solutions’ 2025 strategy, messaging, focus areas, and key announcements.
If you would like to attend the event, please email info@evolvingsol.com.

2025 Top Technology Trends Webinar
2025-01-29 16:00 - 18:00 | ND
In today’s fast-paced world, staying ahead means having an IT operations environment that’s agile, resilient, and innovation-driven.
Join Bo Gebbie, President of Evolving Solutions, and Michael Downs, Chief Technology Officer, as they share the Top Technology Trends for 2025. They’ll dive into strategic insights and practical tips that will prepare your IT environment for the future and support a flexible, efficient, and growth-focused organization.
What You’ll Gain:

Valuable Insights: Discover the tech trends shaping IT operations in 2025.
Expert Guidance: Learn actionable strategies for transforming your IT environment.
Interactive Q&A: Ask your pressing questions about future-proofing your IT strategy.

Exclusive Virtual Whiskey Tasting Experience: After the discussion, stay for an exclusive, in-depth tasting of American Whiskies showcasing the acclaimed Heaven’s Door Distillery. Co-owned by music icon Bob Dylan, Heaven’s Door embodies the essence of Americana. The session will be led by USSA Sommelier, Erin Swain. Erin is a respected wine and spirits connoisseur, culinary expert, surfer, snowboarder, and world traveler. She’s graced the pages of Vogue, Coastal Living, Rolling Stone, and more.
Don’t miss this exclusive event. Reserve your spot today.

Dynatrace Perform 2025
2025-02-03 09:00 - 2025-02-05 18:00 | Aria Resort and Casino, 3730 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89158, United States
Dynatrace Perform brings together tech leaders, visionaries, and Dynatrace experts with customers, prospects, and partners. Over three days of keynotes, breakout sessions, customer panels, and available deep-dive training, we’ll share insights on industry trends, showcase the latest innovations in our platform, and explore ways businesses can Transform Faster, and leverage AI & automation to work more efficiently in modern, dynamic, clouds.

Join live in Las Vegas or virtually in your time zone as we celebrate the innovators redefining what’s possible in the modern cloud.

South Dakota Tech Connect - February
2025-02-12 15:30 - 17:00 | ND
Join Evolving Solutions at our South Dakota Tech Connect, a happy hour event designed for technology enthusiasts to come together, share ideas, ask questions, and connect with like-minded individuals.
Date: February, 12, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Location: JJ’s Wine, Spirits & Cigars, 3000 W 57th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57108
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TechSHEroes Against Cancer
2025-02-20 08:00 - 17:00 | ND
Evolving Solutions is a proud sponsor of TechSHEroes 2025. This conference is focused on empowering women leaders in technology and their allies to unite and promote the fight against cancer through:

Lifting each other up with love
Exploring wellness techniques
Learning about cancer research advancements

Supporting the cause with the over-arching CIOs Against Cancer organization to raise funds for cancer research.
Register now!

SHARE Washington, D.C.
2025-02-23 08:00 - 2025-02-27 17:00 | ND
Washington, D.C. provides attendees with access to the latest enterprise IT news, key focus areas, prominent industry leaders and product highlights on emerging technologies all in one space over five days.

Coffee Talk: Cybersecurity Unfiltered
2025-03-04 11:00 - 12:00 | ND
Join us on Tuesday, March 4 for a panel discussion on Cybersecurity, where we’ll dive into three pillars of security: Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Next-Generation SecOps, and Identity.
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with experts from our Security Practice as they discuss the evolving threat landscape, best practices for securing the modern enterprise, and how your organizations can proactively manage risk while enabling innovation.
Featured Panelists

Russ Staiger, Principal Security Solutions Architect, Evolving Solutions
John Bauer, Senior Security Consultant, Evolving Solutions
Nic Boet, Security Solutions Architect, Evolving Solutions
George Pagel, Senior Security Consultant, Evolving Solutions
Facilitated by: Michael Downs, Chief Technology Officer, Evolving Solutions

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Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT
Location: Webex
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Coffee Talk: Brewing AI Success
2025-03-11 10:30 - 11:15 | ND
AI is transforming enterprise IT, but how do you integrate it seamlessly into your infrastructure?
Join Evolving Solutions and Nutanix on Tuesday, March 11 from 10:30 – 11:15 am CT, for a discussion on what real-world GenAI will look like for most organizations and how you can leverage this powerful tool to drive real business outcomes.
We’ll discuss strategies to:

Simplify AI adoption without a complete infrastructure overhaul
Optimize workloads for better performance and cost efficiency
Enhance operational agility with AI-powered automation

Featured Panelists

Dennis Arnold, Senior Systems Engineer, Nutanix
Jim Pross, Senior Solution Architect, Evolving Solutions

Grab a coffee and join us for an insightful conversation!
Attendees will receive a 20oz Yeti Tumbler and a $25.00 Starbucks gift card.
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Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 11:15 am CT
Location: Webex

North Dakota Tech Connect
2025-03-13 15:30 - 17:00 | ND
Join Evolving Solutions at our North Dakota Tech Connect, a happy hour event designed for technology enthusiasts to come together, share ideas, ask questions, and connect with like-minded individuals.
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Time: 3:30-5:30 pm
Location: Fargo Billiards & Gastropub, 3234 43rd St S, Fargo, ND 58104

Nebraska Happy Hour
2025-03-20 15:30 - 17:30 | ND

Tee Time with Execs
2025-04-09 15:00 - 18:00 | ND

(NE)NUG
2025-04-10 17:00 - 20:00 | ND

South Dakota Tech Connect
2025-04-17 15:30 - 17:00 | ND

Twin Cities Happy Hour
2025-04-17 15:30 - 17:30 | ND
Join Evolving Solutions at our Twin Cities Happy Hour! Enjoy a drink on us while connecting with fellow technology enthusiasts, sharing ideas, and engaging with like-minded individuals.
Event Details
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: CRAVE West End, 1603 West End Blvd, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
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Next Generation SecOps Sioux Falls
2025-04-24 11:30 - 13:00 | ND

CIOs Against Cancer Auction
2025-04-24 17:00 - 19:00 | ND

Coffee Talk: Pouring Over Cyber Resilience
2025-04-29 11:00 - 11:45 | ND
