With networking one of the biggest bottlenecks to cloud adoption, this month’s DC Microsoft Azure Government Meetup will focus on Hybrid Cloud With ExpressRoute which provides a high-performance, private, and secure connection between your IT environment and Microsoft Azure. We are fortunate to have James Walters, director of Azure EcoSystem Networking for Microsoft Azure Government in town from Redmond, WA, along with Greg Adgate, VP Gl...

As dams deteriorate, or as their purpose and benefits diminish, there may come a time when the appropriate action is to decommission the dam. For some dams, this can be a very simple, rapid and inexpensive undertaking. For other dams, it can be a very complex and costly process, requiring years to accomplish. The purpose of this webinar is to provide an overview of recent trends in dam decommissioning in the United States with an emphasis on t...

30th Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA16) LISA: Where systems engineering and operations professionals share real-world knowledge about designing, building, and maintaining the critical systems of our interconnected world. LISA is the annual vendor-neutral meeting place for the wider system administration community. The LISA16 program addresses the overlap and differences between traditional and modern IT operations an...

Shared services is a concept with staying power—join us for a discussion of how shared services can enable success for the next Administration. For nearly two decades, the federal government has recognized the value of streamlining and sharing common mission support services as a means of saving taxpayer dollars and to focus more resources on strategic priorities. Today, the case for shared services is more compelling than ever thanks to...

The cloud offers a lot of benefits for federal agencies with global or distributed environments, but the migration to the cloud often presents unexpected challenges and hidden surprises. Riverbed can help you navigate this migration and achieve success by applying performance best practices across the project lifecycle. Attend this webinar to learn: Why these 4 key pillars - Planning, Migration, Management, and Improvement - are the keys to cl...

Vanguard Security & Compliance™ is the most advanced cybersecurity educational summit dedicated to System z®. For three decades, Vanguard has featured highly regarded security and compliance experts from around the world at this forum. Experts from Vanguard, IBM and private industry will present the most current information and instruction about cybersecurity threats and protection, configuration and compliance in a proven format...

The cloud is the computer, we’re now dealing with many clouds. The current cloudscape comprises a handful of massively scaled public cloud options but also a large array of branded private clouds. Signup to get Notified for the next Structure as we sort out this sometimes confusing scenario for you as the top minds in the business discuss the state of this multi-cloud world. We’ll explore… The burgeoning feature war waged by...

The 12th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI ’16) seeks to present innovative, exciting research in computer systems. OSDI brings together professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software. The OSDI Symposium emphasizes innovative research as well as quantified or insightful experiences in systems des...

Digital transformation is the future. And open source collaboration continues to provide the strongest foundation. As we adapt to this changing environment, our emphasis is on seamless and secure design, development, and deployment. Community-powered innovation gives us the most out of emerging technologies—whether it’s modernizing architectures, speeding application development, or moving workloads to the cloud. Because when we ha...

Data centers get a bad rap. Too old, too many, too inefficient, too expensive – we’ve heard it all. But data centers are still the life blood of operations and missions in government, and aren’t going anywhere. With a renewed focus from both the Hill and OMB to reform IT and meet aggressive metrics, now is the time for IT leaders to accelerate data center transformation. How can agencies operate their facilities effectively a...