MarketView 2010

INPUT’s 8th Annual MarketView Conference is the must attend event for executives interested in gaining critical knowledge to shape long-term business development strategies for the public sector. Both large and small companies will gather actionable information to form government strategy—and give you the crucial edge between bidding and winning contracts.

Highlights of what you will learn include:

Market Forecast
Hear an exclusive preview from Kevin Plexico, SVP Research & Analysis Services of INPUT’s Federal IT Market Forecast (to be released May, 2010).  The forecast includes trends in the federal IT market based on OMB’s February 2010 budget request, coupled with INPUT’s in-depth knowledge and understanding of federal IT procurement and long-range IT plans to forecast spending trends over the next five years.

Cloud Computing
Don’t miss the cloud computing keynote by Douglas Bourgeois, Director of the National Business Center (NBC) at the Department of the Interior about how NBC is leading in innovations on cloud computing that will help meet the federal government’s goals of collaboration, energy efficiency, transparency and cost savings for the next five years. Listen to a panel of industry leaders including John Garing, Defense Information Systems Agency, Peter Mell, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hamid Ouyachi, Department of Labor and Peter Tseronsis, Department of Energy about how cloud computing is being used within their agencies.

Cyber Security
The morning will kick off with a keynote address by Shane Harris, author of, “The Watchers,” and staff correspondent for the National Journal. Listen to his insight on intelligence, homeland security, and counterterrorism and how these affect the marketplace. Harris’ work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, TheAtlantic.com, Washingtonian, Slate, The Washington Post, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings. He has provided analysis and commentary for CNN, the BBC, The History Channel, NPR, and many local public radio stations. Get the latest news on cyber security trends.

Energy Efficiency, Green IT & Smart Grid
With an abundance of stimulus funds still being channeled for energy efficiency, the future looks bright for companies implementing new technologies. Kevin Kampschroer, Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Public Building Services, U.S. General Services Administration, will discuss green technologies implemented at the DHS Headquarters on the St. Elizabeths campus and his role in helping make the federal government a leader in sustainability.

Acquisition Reform
With insourcing stated as an administration goal, what are savvy agencies and vendors doing to prepare? Keith Seaman, Acting Director, Defense Business Systems Acquisition Executive for the Department of Defense’s Business Transformation Agency shares his strategy.

Data Center Consolidation
The call for a massive data center overhaul by federal CIO Vivek Kundra for could represent major business opportunities for the contractor community of system integrators, data center service providers and cloud computing platforms optimized for hosting government apps.  Hear more details how this will become a sustainable transformation, rather than a yo-yo diet from Frank Baitman, CIO of Social Security Administration who will share how his agency will spend $500 million in stimulus funds to build a new data center.

Meet the Analysts
INPUT experts will be available to answer your questions all day long.  Gather real-time feedback from those working at the forefront of these market shaping initiatives:

• Brian Haney, Senior Vice President, Member Services
  Market Forecast
• Lauren Jones, Principal Analyst
  Acquisition Reform, Health IT, Green IT, Telecom
• Deniece Peterson, Manager, Industry Analysis
  New Technologies, Stimulus, Cloud Computing, Market Forecast
• Angie Petty, Senior Analyst
  Health IT, Waste, Fraud and Abuse
• Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President, Research & Analysis Services
  Market Forecast, Data Center Consolidation
• John Slye, Principal Analyst
  Cyber Security, Market Forecast

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