Evolving Solutions

Secure360
2024-05-15 08:00 - 2024-05-16 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Mystic Lake Center, 400 Mystic Lake Blvd NW, Prior Lake, Minnesota, 55372
Secure360 is the professional conference of choice for comprehensive security and risk management education and collaboration and education for your entire team. Produced by the Upper Midwest Security Alliance (UMSA), the conference is excited to now be moving into its 19th year! Secure360 has continued to grow in attendance and popularity every year; a professional development event for students & career changers studying security industries.
Secure360 focuses on the following key session areas: governance, risk and compliance, information security, physical security, business continuity management, and professional development.

North Dakota CIO Symposium
2024-05-15 08:30 - 17:00 | Delta by Marriot Fargo, 1635 42nd St SW, Fargo, ND, 58103
The premier single-day event designed exclusively for the IT executive community
The North Dakota 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.
Each year, we aim to deliver a rich and rewarding Symposium that incorporates topics that you actually want to hear about. To ensure we are covering topics that are the most value to you, we’ve incorporated a content survey to all alumni to nail down the most pressing problems on your local front.

IBM Think 2024
2024-05-20 08:00 - 2024-05-23 17:00 | Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
At this multi-day event, collaborate with industry, business and technology experts and peers, who’ll present AI and hybrid cloud strategies and best practices that will unlock value and sustainable competitive advantage for your business.
We’ll kick things off on 20 May with IBM Partner Plus Day, where the partner community will come together to hear about our ecosystem strategy, network with peers and meet with IBM leaders.
Think programming starts on 21 May. Keynotes, immersive experiences, networking opportunities and live demos focused on key use cases will prepare you for scaling AI across core business functions and industry needs.
We can’t wait to see you at the forefront of AI for business.

Cisco Live 2024
2024-06-02 08:00 - 2024-06-06 17:00 | Mandalay Bay Convention Center, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, 89119
For 35 years, Cisco Live has delivered education and inspiration to technology innovators worldwide through large-scale events, as well as on-demand education. It is the premier destination for Cisco customers and partners to gain knowledge and to build community.
As the place where the best and the brightest minds in IT come to learn, Cisco Live will ignite creativity, deliver practical know-how, and accelerate the connections that power an inclusive future for all.
By attending Cisco Live, you can get training in a single week that would otherwise require multiple courses and sessions throughout the year, plus connect with your community and have fun!

2024 NDBA/SDBA Annual Convention
2024-06-03 08:00 - 2024-06-05 17:00 | Delta by Marriot Fargo, 1635 42nd St SW, Fargo, ND, 58103
The 2024 NDBA/SDBA Annual Convention will be held Monday through Wednesday, June 3-5, at the Delta Hotel by Marriott in Fargo, ND. The conference is the largest gathering of North Dakota and South Dakota bank executives you will see in 2024! More than 250 bankers and business partners are expected to register for this conference. Join us at this event!

HPE Discover 2024
2024-06-18 08:00 - 2024-06-20 17:00 | The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, 201 Sands Avenue, Las Vegas, NV, 89169
Discover what’s next across Edge, Hybrid Cloud and AI. Join us for HPE Discover 2024 for a connected experience like no other with access to the best of Edge, Hybrid Cloud and AI – all in one place. Customize your event experience across three curated Edge, Hybrid Cloud and AI programs. With access to hundreds of sessions and demos across these topic areas you can meet with experts and peers, elevate your skills, and explore the solutions that will help you discover what’s next for your business from edge to cloud.

14th Annual CIO Forum Golf Outing
2024-07-25 09:00 - 17:00 | Indian Creek Golf Course, 3825 North 202nd Street, Elkhorn, NE, 68022, United States
Evolving Solutions is a Gold Sponsor for the 14th Annual CIO Forum Golf Outing. Every year, members of the Omaha CIO Forum, consisting of local technology executives, gather for a day of golf to strengthen relationships, share ideas, and discuss how current and emerging technologies are impacting their businesses and industries.

Swing into Action - Evolving Solutions & Nutanix Golf Club Fitting Event
2024-07-26 12:00 - 14:30 | Rush Creek Golf Club, 7801 County Road 101, Maple Grove, MN, 55311, United States
Join Evolving Solutions and Nutanix to learn how we can help you navigate the Broadcom transition. Nutanix provides a proven industry leading alternative for VMware customers to navigate through the Broadcom acquisition, and a path to migrate for whatever comes tomorrow, so you can get back to what matters most — your business.
At the event, you will enjoy lunch, networking, and the ultimate golf club fitting experience.
Reserve your spot at this exclusive event. Space is limited.
Date: Friday, July 26, 2024
Time: 12:00 – 2:30 pm
Location: Rush Creek Golf Club, 7801 County Rd 101, Maple Grove, MN 55311

SHARE Kansas City 2024
2024-08-04 - 2024-08-08
Join Evolving Solutions team members at SHARE Kansas City 2024! The best in user-focused education. SHARE Kansas City provides you access to the latest enterprise IT news, key focus areas, prominent industry leaders, and product highlights on emerging technologies.

2024 Evolving Solutions Technology Update
2024-08-12 09:00 - 18:30 | Wayzata Country Club, 200 Wayzata Boulevard, Wayzata, Minnesota, 55391
In today’s dynamic business environment, adaptability, innovation, security, and agility are crucial for businesses to thrive. A mature modern IT environment plays a crucial role in enabling these objectives – and achieving better business outcomes.
Join Evolving Solutions for our annual Technology Update on Monday, August 12. In the morning, we will bring together technology leaders to discuss operationalizing modern operations in a hybrid cloud world. Then connect with us as we transition to an afternoon of golf and networking.
Why Attend?

Valuable Insights: Engage in a discussion on operationalizing a modern IT environment. Explore the transformational potential of integrating automation, AI, security, and resilient systems within your IT environment.
Practical Takeaways: Gain actionable strategies to enhance agility, drive efficiencies, and foster innovation.
Network with Industry Leaders: Connect with fellow IT professionals and thought leaders.

Register Today!

Bags of Smiles 13th Annual Summer Golf Tournament
2024-08-17 11:30 - 17:00 | 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
Register today!

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
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
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
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
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
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
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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