Author Archives: CTOvision

About CTOvision

Bob Gourley is the founder and CTO of Crucial Point LLC where he leads technology due diligence consulting. He is the publisher of CTOvision.com and ThreatBrief.com. Bob's background is as an all source intelligence analyst and an enterprise CTO. Find him on Twitter at @BobGourley

ModevGov: First Ever Conference Dedicated to Public Sector Mobile Development

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Originally posted on CTOvison.com by Bob Gourley

We recently told you about ModevGov, the first ever conference dedicated to public sector mobile development, design and management. With this post we want to underscore something else you should know.

This event is free to both government and to veterans.

Many veterans are moving into technology-centric professions including the hot new field of development for mobility solutions. If this describes you please check out this event. Find more at: http://gomodev.com/veterans-admitted-free-to-modevgov-feb-26/

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FedCyber Summit: Community engagement is needed now more than ever

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Originally posted by  on CTOvision

Cyber practitioners in the federal sector have always needed better ways to collaborate and coordinate and have always been on the lookout for new ways to address challenges. But this year it is especially important. Attacks are up, funds to modernize have been zeroed out, staff has been reduced and now on top of that the shutdown has made things even harder. Meanwhile critical information still needs protecting and adversaries remain as persistent as ever.

This means it is more important than ever to find new ideas to better defend our infrastructure.

We have crafted the agenda of the Third Annual FedCyber Summit (6 Nov 2013) to do just that.

For details and to sign up visit:  http://events.fedcyber.com

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Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event: First-hand reporting on DoD and USN budgets and future procurements

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This week in San Diego, over 1100 registrants heard presentations on how to do business with the Navy. Although billed as a Small Business event, it was equally attended by small, medium and large industries - all hoping to improve their understanding of the upcoming opportunities.

The event was well organized and the information presented was valuable, however this year there were only TWO of the systems commands presenting: NAVFAC and SPAWAR. Unlike years past, there was no representation from NAVAIR, NAVSEA, ONR, NAVFAC and NAVSUP. This was a huge disappointment to the crowd and will cause attendees to reevaluate future interest in attending. However, if your pursuits were in the Construction or Command and Control sectors, there was still considerable information to be gleaned.

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Fed Forum 2013 Videos and Briefings Posted

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Originally posted by Bob Gourley on CTOvision

One of the challenges in very popular events like the FedForum is the breakout sessions are all worth attending but you can't be in more than one place at the same time. Fortunately much of the content from these sessions has been captured. You can see video and download slides from all the sessions.

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Cloudera and Zoomdata Webinar 27 Aug: Dive deep into data analytics

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Originally posted by Bob Gourley on CTOvision

Cloudera and Zoomdata Introduce the Next Generation of Data Analytics in a 27 Aug webinar (11am Eastern).

As the sheer volume of data grows, government agencies are confronted with the challenge of how to manage and analyze Big Data. Cloudera and its Hadoop distribution (CDH) is the established leader for agencies looking for the most advanced distribution with the best support. Zoomdata's next generation data analytics platform integrates with the most advanced technologies in CDH, including Cloudera Impala, and Search.

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