Ortus Solutions is pleased to announce that we’ll be bringing a ContentBox CMS 3.0 FREE relax & learn workshop to the Washington DC area. The idea behind this workshop is to relax, have a few drinks (on the house) and learn what you can achieve with the newest version of ContentBox, a modular CMS. About ContentBox ContentBox is a professional open source (Apache 2 License) modular content management engine that allows you to easily b...

WELCOME TO THE MIDWEST'S PREMIER IT EVENT Sponsored By: The Government IT Symposium provides 3 days of rich learning, networking, and engaging opportunities for over 1,000 IT leaders and professionals in government agencies and civic organizations. This year's symposium will focus on IT integration, innovation, and intelligence for the public good. This year's content will include information and special features designed to support the effor...

Please join us at Acquia Engage on October 21st to hear an amazing lineup of government leaders share their best practices for digital transformation and the importance of building a trusted digital brand to better engage and serve citizens. To take advantage of free registration for government employees use promo code engage-Gov at checkout. You can see the full 3 day conference agenda and lineup of speakers on the Acquia Engage website. We l...

Hacker Halted is a global series of computer and information security conferences presented by EC-Council. The objective of the Hacker Halted Conferences is to raise international awareness towards increased education and ethics in IT security. This year’s Hacker Halted will take a look at the plague that is afflicting our society at all levels; The Cyber Pandemic. So what is the Cyber Pandemic? In our opinion this is the plaque of moder...

As government agencies pursue OMB’s Cloud First policy, Federal CIOs are taking a hard look at issues like vendor lock-in, contract incongruity, data ownership, and reporting and policy compliance. Coupled with the Federal CIO’s recent Digital Services Playbook with its Default to Open mandate, agencies are looking to move to the cloud using more agile, open approaches. This briefing will discuss the use of modern technologies such...

With ever increasing technology and sophistication of sensors the amount of information being collected has challenged the IC to more efficiently process, exploit, and disseminate (PED) critical intelligence. Today the Armed Services and intelligence agencies must continue to enhance ISR capabilities through continued process improvement and automation, as well as architecture to ensure the IC operates as effectively as possible in support of...

According to the Government Accountability Office, 70% of government’s information technology budget is spent maintaining legacy systems. With the ever-growing demands for innovative and mobile technologies and rapid solutions to citizen needs, agencies are seeking ways to shave dollars and time off the application development process. Innovations in software development like agile computing, platform as a service, and the use of open so...

How Cloud is Driving Tomorrow’s Digital Government -- Cloud computing made early waves in government for its penchant to save agencies money and realize efficiencies inherent in purchasing IT as a service, but cloud has now become integral to a next-generation digital government. The federal government is both a massive consumer and producer of myriad data sets, and cloud computing is rapidly becoming the de facto mechanism for how data...

The purpose of this 2-hour seminar is to raise the awareness for individuals who will be interacting with Agile teams. This will lay the foundation for introducing the Agile process and lend better understanding for how roles and interactions may be impacted by an Agile transformation. After taking this seminar, attendees will understand the theory and application of Agile principles, recognize the distinctions between Agile and traditional de...

Records and Information Management in the Federal Government has reached a tipping point in how information is created, managed, and retired or ultimately destroyed. With pressures on agencies reaching new levels of volumes and content types for both physical and digital records, and government initiatives intersecting at critical deadlines, agencies need to think differently about the future of their information management programs. Re-defini...