Here's how the CGAIT Cup works:
Members informally get up in front of the group (no PowerPoint presentations, etc...) and describing how their solution best fits the CGAIT Cup topic.
No need to submit anything beforehand or tell anyone that you'll be participating. When the mic is open for the Cup, anyone who wants to get up should do so! Presentations typically last between 3-6 minutes.
Past presentations have been a good mix of humor and serious accomplishments.
A winner is decided by informal vote from the attendees present.
You must be present at the conference to throw your name in the hat for the CGAIT Cup.
2024 Summer Conference CGAIT Cup Award
As per tradition, our 2023 winner, Larry Garlick, has determined the topic for this year's award!
The topic: AI and Your Organization: the good, the bad, the unexpected!
In your experience, what has been the most effective use of AI in your organization, and why? Illustrate how this AI implementation has not only improved efficiency and spurred innovation, but also adhered to security practices within your specific setting. Further, outline the challenges met during the integration process, and the measures taken to address them.
We're excited to hear your story in June!
2023 Summer Conference CGAIT Cup Award
Larry Garlick with the City of Westminster
The topic: The greatest security challenge that you've overcome
Larry's winning response: "Back in the 2010's, the Communications Department sent out a very nice write up on a Korean restaurant with a link to its website. A domain administrator checked out the fine cuisine through the link, then noticed files issues on his desktop. The user immediately informed the Chief Information Security Officer and ransomware was discovered to have infected the city's file servers. IT initiated an immediate shutdown. Within hours, IT diagnosed that the breach had only affected the file servers. It took three days for IT to full recover them.
A major breach turned into a minor breach due to quick actions taken by the administrator and the IT team. IT began a specific initiative to handle domain administration differently [after that]. When it was all over, the IT department celebrated the quick recovery at the Korean restaurant. (We did tell them that their site was compromised."
Nicely done and thanks for sharing! Congratulations, Larry and team, on your CGAIT win!
2022 Summer Conference CGAIT Cup Award
Andy Atencio with Summit County
The topic: Pandemic Success Stories
A lot of us had to get creative with our solutions during the pandemic, but we never get to celebrate those wins, so this was the time to do it! We heard from many CGAIT members about the solutions they implemented to accommodate telework processes within their organizations, the implementation of application and telecom solutions, security implementation/training/awareness solutions, and processes that made their organization survive the madness they had (and may still be experiencing) from the pandemic.
2018 Fall Conference CGAIT Cup Award
Brandon Gallegos with the City of Alamosa
The topic: Best Datacenter Overhaul
Brandon shared Alamosa's story of how their IT team took their datacenter to the next level.
2017 Fall Conference CGAIT Cup Award
Chris Neves and his team at the City of Louisville
The topic: IT Project Leading to the Greatest Business Transformation
During the course of an ADG to Tyler MUNIS ERP implementation project, City of Louisville had two (2) extremely successful subcomponents of the overall ERP that went Live this past year that transformed the way the City does day-to-day business.
City Staff moved procurement card processes from a totally manual paper process to a fully electronic paperless submittal process, including electronic statement delivery, and automated electronic workflow.
Enrollment also went from being a 100% manual paper process to fully automated and secure web enrollment utilizing Tyler MUNIS Employee Self Service (ESS).
Runner Up - City of Boulder
Working with reps in each department, the city identified OWLS (Office 365 Workgroup Liaisons) to help train end users on new tools, leading to increased adoption. As of 9/25, there were 671,000 files in OneDrive (over 4 TB) and more than half of the city’s employees are considered “active users” of OneDrive for file storage.
Leveraging document collaboration with OneDrive - staff no longer needs to email attachments to one another, thus increasing efficiency by minimizing the number of copies of a document floating around. Users feel more empowered, as they are able to restore document versions themselves, grant access to whomever they’d like, and have 1 TB of storage space for all their files.
Increased resiliency – by making people less dependent on Citrix, staff can access their files and emails from anywhere, and they are now backed up to the cloud instead of our network.
Applications are up to date and staying up to date. For the first time ever, we have the latest and greatest versions of the following:
- Microsoft Office
- Windows (through our Windows Enterprise agreement)
- Adobe (through our Adobe Enterprise agreement)
The transition has gone really smoothly, and we haven’t had anything significant break or go down.
