HCL BigFix Days Virtual User Conference
Connect with the HCL BigFix team in this series of exclusive virtual user conferences.
May 9 & 10, 2023 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
About HCL BigFix Days
The HCL BigFix Days virtual user conference is an opportunity for HCL BigFix users to connect with the HCL BigFix team in a lively, interactive setting. We’re coming to you LIVE – from our home offices to yours – to share new features, platform configuration tips and techniques and HCL BigFix best practices content with you!
Come for the whole afternoon, or just the session that interests you. Either way, we’ll be glad to have you join, and we promise you’ll get something out of your visit. Join us to collaborate, share information and ideas, make new contacts, and learn something new.
Event Agenda
DAY ONE
Session Topic
Presenter
Session Summary
Time Start
Time End
Introduction and Welcome
Rhonda Studnick Kaiser Director, Customer Experience, HCL BigFix
Event Opening Remarks
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Keynote Address
John Golembiewski
VP of Product Engineering and Technical Advisors
John Golembiewski shares his perspectives on the focus of HCL BigFix, a few items on upcoming releases, and a little secret project that you have to attend HCL BigFix Days to find out about.
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
HCL BigFix Roadmap
Aram Eblighatian
HCL BigFix Product Manager
The HCL BigFix team works day and night around the globe to help customers keep their environments running. In this session, you will hear from product team leaders on what we hear from our global customers, our feature priorities, the latest deliverables, what's committed on the roadmap as well as long term vision.
10:30 AM
12:00 PM
Break
Break
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
Relay Affinity using IPSubnetInfo
Casey Cannady
HCL BigFix Professional Services
Casey Cannady from the HCL BigFix Professional Services team is going to talk about how you can better automate dynamic relay affiliation using network data. We'll show you how to do it and tools that can augment the capability.
12:15 PM
12:45 PM
HCL BigFix Web Reports from Scratch
Jason Cordell
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Jason Cordell, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will be presenting on how powerful HCL BigFix Web Reports truly is and how you can create/customize reports easily via filters and dropdowns. From time to time, there's a need for a report that can’t be created in that manner. This session will walk through the process of creating a custom report from scratch, while leveraging various methods to simplify the hard parts (session relevance).
12:45 PM
1:15 PM
HCL BigFix CyberFOCUS - Latest and Greatest
Daniel Mitchell
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Daniel Mitchell, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will demonstrate new capabilities and features in CyberFOCUS Analytics v1.1. In addition to the already powerful reporting found via the Mitre APT, CISA KEV, and PLA dashboards this session will highlight new features like prescriptive remediation guidance, adjustable PLAs, and device drill-down capabilites.
1:15 PM
1:45 PM
Fun & Prizes
Daniel Mitchell
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Rhonda Studnick Kaiser, Director of Customer Experience - HCL BigFix
Wrap up, fun & prizes!
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
DAY TWO
Session Topic
Presenter
Session Summary
Time Start
Time End
Welcome to Day 2
Daniel Mitchell
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Day 2 Opening Remarks
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Using Operating System Deployment to Migrate to Windows 11
Brad Sexton
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Brad Sexton, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will break down how you plan and determine eligible devices due to the requirements of windows 11. Once devices are deemed compatible you will walk through the upgrade process to limit user impact.
10:15 AM
10:45 AM
Building a HCL BigFix Lab on a Budget
Ken Vendler
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Ken Vendler, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will be presenting on the topic of setting up a HCL BigFix Lab environment on a budget, including reasons why having a dedicated lab can be helpful. We will also cover how to avoid breaking the bank when selecting hardware, hypervisors, and other infrastructure. Finally, we will cover maintaining the security of your lab environment as well as backup considerations.
10:45 AM
11:30 AM
A Word from HCL BigFix Support
David Langridge
HCL BigFix Support Technical Lead
David Langridge, HCL BigFix Support Technical Lead, will provide you with information on best practices to interact with our HCL BigFix Support teams to positively impact your support case outcomes and speed the process of getting the right information in the ticket the first time.
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Break
Break
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
Get Ready. Get Set. Get Certified!
Kathy Nguyen
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor - Enablement
Kathy Nguyen, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor - Enablement, will share information on the new HCL BigFix certification program and how you can get certified.
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
HCL BigFix API
Jared Levy
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Jared Levy, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will be taking the audience through a 30 minute introduction into a fixlet designed to back up the content for a specific site. It will show how to make an api call to pull back data from the infrastructure. It will format the data, and use it to form another call that will actually export the content into a directory as .bes files that can be imported in the future.
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
Fun & Prizes
Daniel Mitchell
HCL BigFix Technical Advisor
Rhonda Studnick Kaiser, Director of Customer Experience - HCL BigFix
Wrap up, fun & prizes!
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
DAY ONE
| Session Topic | Presenter | Session Summary | Time Start | Time End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction and Welcome | Rhonda Studnick Kaiser Director, Customer Experience, HCL BigFix | Event Opening Remarks | 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM |
| Keynote Address | John Golembiewski VP of Product Engineering and Technical Advisors |
John Golembiewski shares his perspectives on the focus of HCL BigFix, a few items on upcoming releases, and a little secret project that you have to attend HCL BigFix Days to find out about. | 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM |
| HCL BigFix Roadmap | Aram Eblighatian HCL BigFix Product Manager |
The HCL BigFix team works day and night around the globe to help customers keep their environments running. In this session, you will hear from product team leaders on what we hear from our global customers, our feature priorities, the latest deliverables, what's committed on the roadmap as well as long term vision. | 10:30 AM | 12:00 PM |
| Break | Break | 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | |
| Relay Affinity using IPSubnetInfo | Casey Cannady HCL BigFix Professional Services |
Casey Cannady from the HCL BigFix Professional Services team is going to talk about how you can better automate dynamic relay affiliation using network data. We'll show you how to do it and tools that can augment the capability. | 12:15 PM | 12:45 PM |
| HCL BigFix Web Reports from Scratch | Jason Cordell HCL BigFix Technical Advisor |
Jason Cordell, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will be presenting on how powerful HCL BigFix Web Reports truly is and how you can create/customize reports easily via filters and dropdowns. From time to time, there's a need for a report that can’t be created in that manner. This session will walk through the process of creating a custom report from scratch, while leveraging various methods to simplify the hard parts (session relevance). | 12:45 PM | 1:15 PM |
| HCL BigFix CyberFOCUS - Latest and Greatest | Daniel Mitchell HCL BigFix Technical Advisor |
Daniel Mitchell, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will demonstrate new capabilities and features in CyberFOCUS Analytics v1.1. In addition to the already powerful reporting found via the Mitre APT, CISA KEV, and PLA dashboards this session will highlight new features like prescriptive remediation guidance, adjustable PLAs, and device drill-down capabilites. | 1:15 PM | 1:45 PM |
| Fun & Prizes | Daniel Mitchell HCL BigFix Technical Advisor Rhonda Studnick Kaiser, Director of Customer Experience - HCL BigFix |
Wrap up, fun & prizes! | 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM |
DAY TWO
| Session Topic | Presenter | Session Summary | Time Start | Time End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to Day 2 | Daniel Mitchell HCL BigFix Technical Advisor |
Day 2 Opening Remarks | 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM |
| Using Operating System Deployment to Migrate to Windows 11 | Brad Sexton HCL BigFix Technical Advisor |
Brad Sexton, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will break down how you plan and determine eligible devices due to the requirements of windows 11. Once devices are deemed compatible you will walk through the upgrade process to limit user impact. | 10:15 AM | 10:45 AM |
| Building a HCL BigFix Lab on a Budget | Ken Vendler HCL BigFix Technical Advisor |
Ken Vendler, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will be presenting on the topic of setting up a HCL BigFix Lab environment on a budget, including reasons why having a dedicated lab can be helpful. We will also cover how to avoid breaking the bank when selecting hardware, hypervisors, and other infrastructure. Finally, we will cover maintaining the security of your lab environment as well as backup considerations. | 10:45 AM | 11:30 AM |
| A Word from HCL BigFix Support | David Langridge HCL BigFix Support Technical Lead |
David Langridge, HCL BigFix Support Technical Lead, will provide you with information on best practices to interact with our HCL BigFix Support teams to positively impact your support case outcomes and speed the process of getting the right information in the ticket the first time. | 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM |
| Break | Break | 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | |
| Get Ready. Get Set. Get Certified! | Kathy Nguyen HCL BigFix Technical Advisor - Enablement |
Kathy Nguyen, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor - Enablement, will share information on the new HCL BigFix certification program and how you can get certified. | 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM |
| HCL BigFix API | Jared Levy HCL BigFix Technical Advisor |
Jared Levy, HCL BigFix Technical Advisor, will be taking the audience through a 30 minute introduction into a fixlet designed to back up the content for a specific site. It will show how to make an api call to pull back data from the infrastructure. It will format the data, and use it to form another call that will actually export the content into a directory as .bes files that can be imported in the future. | 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM |
| Fun & Prizes | Daniel Mitchell HCL BigFix Technical Advisor Rhonda Studnick Kaiser, Director of Customer Experience - HCL BigFix |
Wrap up, fun & prizes! | 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM |
Schedule BigFix Demo
In this one-hour session, our product expert will walk you through ways to enable continuous endpoint compliance.
You will learn how you can
- Collaborate more effectively to cut operational costs.
- Compress endpoint management cycles.
- Enforce compliance in real-time and improve productivity.
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