The Big Data World Comes to DC 7 May 2013: Reduce risk in your Big Data deployments with the Cloudera Sessions

Originally posted by FedCyber.com

By very popular demand, the Big Data briefing team that packs events coast to coast is returning to DC for a day of sessions that will provide lessons learned from real-world deployments of Big Data solutions. Come hear from engineers who contribute code to  the open source projects around Hadoop, the technologists who deliver real solutions into the hands of end users, and Hadoop users who plan and manage large scale "Big" data solutions (like Oliver Guinan from Skybox imaging).

If you have data, of any size big or small, and if you use computers to do analysis, on just about any challenge, you will benefit from this incredible session.

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Defense Intelligence Worldwide Conference Cancelled

Originally posted by Bob Gourley on FedCyber.com

This is not surprising news, but still I'm sad to report this. The 2013 Defense Intelligence Worldwide Conference has been cancelled. This event had evolved from the famous (in my community anyway) DoDIIS Conference, an event that over my career grew from 50 people in a little room to 3000 global technology professionals all focused on enhancing systems making direct contributions to the security of the nation.

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Federally Focused Technology Event Calendar: A reference for enterprise CTOs

Originally postes by  on FedCyber.com

There are dozens of technology related events every single week. Even with recent decisions aimed at cutting back on the number of events that the government is involved with, industry, academia and even government continues to have a strong need for bringing people together to work on hard problems. Which means there are still an incredible number of events in the government space. Our friends at GovEvents do a terrific job of capturing government-focused events and can help people find the right event to engage with. We can contribute to your decision making as well, especially if you are a technologist.

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The 2012 FedCyber.com Summit is 15 Nov

Taking place November 15 in Washington, D.C., the FedCyber Summit is the event for seasoned cyber security practitioners.   Engagement of the attendees is what makes this event action-oriented and practitioner-focused.  Those interested can still provide input and ideas for the 2012 FedCyber Summit by filling out a pre-event survey found here: ow.ly/dymVx

FedCyber.com Cyber Security Summit | 15 Nov 2012 | Register at: http://bit.ly/Q2GwE7

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