Government agencies are looking for ways to decrease their costs and deploy systems more quickly. Luckily, cloud computing can enable them to commit fewer resources to day-to-day tasks like maintenance, so they can focus on more important things, like improving services and increasing innovation. While there are still some challenges, there are several benefits agencies can recognize by moving data and software into a cloud environment. Join u...

Today’s cloud generation wants it all – flexibility, connectivity, agility, and security. As Federal agencies embrace cloud as the key to a dynamic and modern IT enterprise, they struggle to meet all of these demands, on top of ensuring FedRAMP and FISMA compliance. Join us July 12th as we discuss where cloud implementations deliver results, best practices for cloud security and migration, and how agencies can accelerate cloud prog...

We are very excited to announce the next ServiceNow User Group in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Please join ServiceNow specialists and expert users to discuss the latest ServiceNow news and updates, along with best practice discussions and opportunities for networking with your fellow IT professionals. This session will allow users to: Trade tips, tricks and successes around the ServiceNow platform Hear best practices and demons...

Hyperconvergence delivers an enterprise solution that natively collapses core storage, compute and data protection components into a single, scalable building block for your entire agency. Budget requirements for the government have forced officials to look towards data center consolidation for multiple benefits - reducing the overall number of government data centers, decreasing overall spend on IT, increasing mission agility and improving op...

The novelty of cloud is now reality across all corners of Federal IT. As the march toward modernization continues, we’ve seen cloud powering change and driving progress. Join MeriTalk for our fifth annual Cloud Computing Brainstorm on Wednesday, June 15th at the Newseum. We’re celebrating the five year anniversary of FedRAMP and the two year anniversary of FITARA with a full program featuring cloud professionals from across DoD, ci...

Join EMC and Carahsoft for a premiere screening of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Before the premiere begins, EMC will feature a presentation where attendees will learn about: What's new in data protection Cloud enablement On-prem vs. off-prem cloud storage options Data protection offerings through cyber security Attendees are welcome and encouraged to bring a +1 by forwarding this invite to another. Questions? Contact Me.Dean Smith EMC...

Please join Carahsoft, VMware, and PernixData for lunch at Maggiano's - Tysons Galleria on March 3rd and learn how software is helping to redefine federal government datacenters. Discover how software in the server tier can optimize storage, maximize VM performance, and provide real-time analytics of virtualized applications. Register now to discover how software solves datacenter challenges by delivering a completely new operational model for...

Registration and Networking: 11:30am - 12:00pm Lunch: 12:00pm - 12:30pmProgram:12:30pm - 1:30pm

Actiance Lunch and Learn:Key Considerations When Moving Your Archive to the Cloud Since the early 1990’s, email archiving solutions have become a necessity for many organizations, especially for those in regulated industries or those faced with ongoing eDiscovery requirements. Prior to 2010, stand-alone, on-premise email archives were the only viable solution to ensure compliance and reduced regulatory and eDiscovery risk. Now, cloud-ba...

Gartner recently reported that, along with infrastructure and analytics, cloud computing is one of the top three high tech priorities for government CIOs. Federal adoption of cloud has lagged behind other industries, and visibility of assets and concerns over exposing data to serious risk are posing an impediment to adoption of the government’s Cloud First mandate. This briefing will bring government stakeholders to the table to discuss...