Uncover Database Weaknesses with DbProtectEvery government agency is undoubtedly concerned about keeping outside attackers away from its sensitive data stored in databases, but understanding who has access to that data from within the organization can be an equally challenging task. The goal of every attacker is to gain privileged access. An excessively privileged user account can be used as a weapon of destruction in the enterprise, and if t...

USGIF’s Data Analytics Forum will bring together a diverse group of government, industry, and academia to discuss challenges and success stories related to how geospatial intelligence can be derived from and enhanced by data analytics. For years, the Community was overwhelmed by the tsunami of data. Now, analytic capabilities have expanded to not only absorb this tidal wave but also seek out new pools of information, putting together key...

Join us for the inaugural Docker Federal Summit for Federal DevOps & IT Infrastructure leaders. Learn from your peers and industry leaders how-to modernize your application architectures quickly, securely and cost effectively with Docker. This full day event, with keynotes, product demos, ecosystem innovations and customer success stories will provide agencies the framework to successfully and securely build, ship, and run any app, anywher...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...

View our on-demand webcast for a DOE exclusive On-Demand webcast with Nimble Storage and Leverage to explore the reasons why fast flash alone is not enough and what is required to maximize the performance of your applications.During this webinar, we will discuss how Nimble’s new Predictive All Flash Arrays can close the app-data gap and deliver: Absolute performance Non-stop availability Cloud-like agility Leverage is a trusted Nimble St...

Following high profile disasters in recent years, the emergency management community is exploring new approaches to traditional recovery challenges. These changes, from the use of technology to improve decision-making to legislation, are improving our ability to build stronger, more resilient communities. Follow the conversation as Thad Allen, Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton and Retired Admiral of the US Coast Guard, moderates...

Last March, we held the second SREcon, a conference focused on site reliability and production systems at scale, with 370 attendees. The demand for SREcon16 is high, and we are looking for experts in the site reliability space to drive another outstanding conference. SREcon16 will take place on April 7–8, 2016, in Santa Clara, CA. Last year, we added a second day to cover more subjects; based on last year's success, we've decided to keep...

The US Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program is pleased to announce the First Thursday Seminar Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices that will air on Thursday, April 7th, 2015 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm EST. This seminar will cover why energy-efficient data centers are critical, energy-efficiency opportunities, and energy management improvement processes. Topics include best practices for acquisition, benchmarking, performanc...

Join us in Santa Clara, CA, for the 2016 USENIX Workshop on Cool Topics in Sustainable Data Centers (CoolDC '16). The goal of the workshop is to become a venue where experts in sustainable energy systems, data center physical infrastructure, networking and server architecture, cloud computing, and internet-scale applications can come together to exchange ideas on how to maintain and improve the sustainability of warehouse-scale computer infra...

For the past 40 years, the Federal Business Council has produced thousands of symposiums, expositions, training forums, and conferences, both on-site and off, for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian agencies. 2016 stands to improve upon our schedule, with over 100 events planned. Join us on March 10, 2016 for the 2016 IC Collaboration Sumit!