ACT IAC is pleased to announce the first Network Modernization Forum to be held on Tuesday, June 19 at the Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C. With the 2017 award of GSA's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) and the explosion of new technologies, the time to transform the government's IT and telecommunications into a robust, powerful and secure network is here! Join us for a special all-day program featuring keynote speaker and Federal C...

In the past, many federal agencies paid little attention to customer experience as many felt they were often the only place a citizen could go to get important jobs done such as filing for social security or Medicare, paying taxes, getting a passport or sending a letter in the mail. As citizen expectations have been shaped by their commercial experiences with service providers, federal agencies are now expected to provide speedy and efficient...

While many Federal organizations are moving aggressively to lower monthly portfolio data center costs by leveraging public and private cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings to run legacy virtual machines, this approach does not take full advantage of the potential benefits of a cloud architecture. Cloud-native development reconstructs an application in a target cloud ecosystem, and calls upon cloud services inherent in the cloud e...

This year's theme is "Federal Systems Legacy Systems Modernization: Oxymoron or Get a Move On?" Most federal departments and agencies are burdened with a large portfolio of legacy technologies that dampen the pace of innovation needed to transform agile service delivery and improve cybersecurity. The pressure on agencies to successfully modernize their systems is increasing from the Administration, Congress, and the Government Accountability O...

Derek Meyer from the Department of Homeland Security will be speaking on the subject of cybersecurity in industrial control systems. Following his presentation, Ronald Schuster from the Bureau of Reclamation will give a presentation on protecting critical infrastructure. A continental breakfast will be available at the event. Agenda 7:30 – 8:00 Registration and Networking 8:00 – 8:45 DHS ICS-CERT Presentation 8:45 – 9:15 BOR...