Using Big Data and Analytics for Federal Financial Regulatory Oversight - Observations from the Field Fusion, an IBM-built application specifically designed for financial analysts, enables users to quickly share insight and actionable intelligence across the enterprise and within the mission space. Fusion incorporates key IBM Watson core foundational products that derives its value from unstructured data that is not easily analyzed, but full o...

As the government focuses on creating innovative solutions to save money, thieves are focused on undermining that progress. Sometimes it's hard to tell which side has the advantage. Identity thieves and others who cheat the government are working on an industrial scale, devising complex scams that include hundreds of accomplices. The Federal government is losing an estimated $300 billion per year to fraud. Thieves target Medicare and Medicaid,...

Big data is changing the business of government. Many agencies have turned to a platform-based approach that bundles big data tools like analytics and information management software together. This innovative approach to managing an ever-growing deluge of disparate data, allows agencies to simplify their IT landscape and make the most of their limited budget dollars. Across government, technology is doing the analytic legwork in a simplified a...

Big data is changing the business of government. Many agencies have turned to a platform-based approach that bundles big data tools like analytics and information management software together. This innovative approach to managing an ever-growing deluge of disparate data, allows agencies to simplify their IT landscape and make the most of their limited budget dollars. Across government, technology is doing the analytic legwork in a simplified a...

The speed, size, variety, and complexity of today’s datasets are all increasing exponentially, creating major challenges for organizations and agencies that want to siphon out actionable intelligence and insight from the noise. Fortunately, new technologies now allow even enormous and unstructured datasets to be analyzed more quickly and effectively to benefit the mission, delivering better information for decision-making and fraud detec...

Across industries and at the most fundamental level, business is becoming more technology-centric – with a particular focus on the opportunities created by mobile devices and apps. In this context, APIs provide the building blocks that make it possible to turn a business into a flexible integration platform, where data, applications and other information assets can be connected across organizational and geographical boundaries. With the...

Join us for the 24th Annual Government Financial Management Conference on August 11 through 13, 2014, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The three-day training event, sponsored by the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, will allow you to earn up to 21 continuing professional education (CPE) credits. From a selection of 50 educational sessions, you'll learn about the latest developments and improvements in federal financial...

$80,000,000,000 - that's how much the federal government spends annually on IT. 94% - that's how many government IT projects fail. Clearly, something needs to change. Join senior IT professionals from both government and industry for an intimate, engaging roundtable discussion on the immediate next steps to improve IT programs. Space is limited, so click here to request your spot at the table. This event is based on a recent study released by...

Successes in Enterprise Transformation In any enterprise-wide change initiative, it’s essential to focus on improving the efficiency of your operations while quickly adapting to shifts in mission requirements and technology. Disruptive technologies and policies driving the adoption of cloud, mobile and big data analytics are forcing the Department of Energy and related organizations to rethink the way they operate. Join AFCEA Energy on J...

Learn how organizations are using the new generation Enterprise NoSQL database platform to quickly build reliable, fast, and scalable mission-critical applications that leverage all their data – structured and unstructured. MarkLogic’s ACID-compliant platform of database, search, and application services helps agencies with real-time big data analysis and delivery of better services to their constituents. Hear how MarkLogic custome...