The Federal IT Shared Services Strategy was released last year which details the steps agencies must take to begin chipping away at more than $46 billion in duplicate IT investments. The government has rolled out 7 shared services initiatives in the past 4 years, along with sequestration and budget cuts, shared services is now a strategy organizations must execute. It is no secret the government has trouble with efficiency, as we operate in si...

Government agencies are being tremendously impacted by the challenges of managing and utilizing Big Data. Legions of IT pros are trying to make legacy technology go against its nature. Money is spent, deadlines are missed, pressure is mounting, and your department heads and other constituents don’t quite get it. So how do you really get started? Agenda 8:00am Registration, Breakfast & Networking 8:50am Welcome & Introductions 9:0...

We invite you to SANS Austin 2013 in May. Our course offerings include courses from IT Security Essentials to our cutting-edge Virtualization and Private Cloud Security course. You will also find incident handling, forensics, and security policy and leadership training. Courses are taught by real-world practitioners who are the best at ensuring you not only learn the material, but that you can apply it immediately when you return to the office...

In recent years, the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) has tasked Government agencies with consolidating Data Centers for reducing costs, improving efficiencies, promoting the use of Green IT, and creating an infrastructure that is fast, nimble and cost effective. Come hear from government and industry practitioners who are at the forefront of developing the next generation government data center. Attend this webinar and lea...

PCM's Vision TriState IT Conference & Expo is a must attend event for public sector and business leaders addressing: > Borderless Networks Managing and integrating tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices using multiple operating systems. > Secure Mobility Securely connecting your mobile workforce to networks so that data remains safe. > Collaboration Ensure your workers can work seamlessly with their co-workers and clients f...

The President’s digital government strategy: Build a 21st century platform to better serve the American people. This effort charges government with delivering better access to government using modern tools and technologies—affordably. Through IT reform, government is focused on innovating with less to increase technology’s impact on the mission, reduce waste and duplication, and improve the effectiveness of government service...

Join us for a series of one-hour training sessions to examine to the current policies, trends, executive orders and technology for establishing an interactive dialogue with constituencies and effective online collaboration. May 14: Mobile Security: Preventing Theft & Protecting Content Wherever It Goes With the increase in both mobile devices and security breaches, your agency must work harder to prevent data theft while integrating advanc...

Free Cloud First Seminar Since February 2011, the Federal Government has been working to move beyond computing strategies that led to complex, expensive, and often under-utilized systems. One specific initiative has been the consideration and adoption of a “Cloud First” policy whereby agencies will consider hosted computing options before making new IT investments. To enable this migration, given the concerns about secure cloud-bas...

Building on the success of the inaugural Cloud Fair 2012 in Seattle, the Business & Technology Solutions Summit - Cloud & Big Data Conference & Expo has expanded to include big data, social, and mobile computing. The focus on Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud – collectively known as the SMAC technology stack – elevates this conference series as a premier event for the cloud computing and big data communities.The adven...

Fiscal cliffs and sequestration are looming. At the same time government programs and agencies have fewer resources and are challenged to stop fraud and effectively investigate fraudulent activity. As revenues drop and fraudulent activity increases due to weak internal controls, agencies are looking to technical capabilities to help investigate and gather evidence. Attend this session to learn about the challenges and opportunities in fraud re...