The ATARC Federal Cloud & Data Center Summit will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. This educational, one-day symposium examined the Cloud tools and techniques being used by the Federal Government to provide agencies with greater efficiency, open soure solutions and cost savings. The event will also feature the MITRE-ATARC Cloud Collaboration Symposium, where subject matter e...

Cloud is the linchpin of the Trump administration’s strategy to modernize federal IT. In its recent “Report to the White House on IT Modernization,” the American Technology Council calls for agencies to “maximize secure use of cloud computing.”However, the report also acknowledges that despite recognizing its value, agencies have encountered numerous obstacles to cloud adoption. The task now is to identify techno...

As much as agency IT leaders know they need to make the cloud a core component of their IT infrastructure, they also know that they need to address long-standing concerns about the security of the cloud. The FedRAMP program, of course, is an important part of any agency’s cloud security strategy, and the program has evolved to address emerging requirements for higher-level security requirements—but it is only part of the story. Age...

In some ways, cloud has become a foregone conclusion in federal IT strategies. As agencies look to modernize their IT enterprise, consolidate their data centers, and develop a new generation of IT services, the importance of the cloud is beyond argument. Cloud is expected to play a critical role in two major initiatives: Legacy IT modernization and data center consolidation. In both cases, cloud is seen as a way to make existing systems more f...

Growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud Computing has magnified the impact of the security challenge by orders of magnitude. Join Wally Rhines, CEO of Mentor Graphics, as he examines the growing threats to silicon security and possible solutions. As electronic system hackers penetrate deeper—from applications to embedded software to operating system to silicon—the impact of security threats is growing exponentially. Viruse...

Designed for Progress: Propelling 21st Century Government Innovations for a safer, smarter, more efficient government The Federal Government and the services you provide are as diverse as your constituents. However, the challenge to innovate and propel 21st century government in the face of numerous complexities is synonymous across industry. The key to delivering on your mission will be achieving a citizen and business-centric world-class dig...

Federal IT leaders know the benefits cloud computing can provide, from enabling innovation and faster deployment of application to more available, reliable, scalable and flexible operations. Yet despite understanding these benefits and federal mandates that strongly urge the use of cloud computing whenever possible, many agencies aren’t nearly as invested in the cloud as they want to be. Indeed, according to an annual survey of senior fe...

Federal agencies have gotten the message loud and clear: They need to raise the bar on the quality of digital services offered to the public. Citizens are used to the innovative and engaging services found in retail, banking, and social media. When they turn to government websites, they expect more of the same. According to a survey from Accenture Public Services, nearly half of citizens today handle most of their government interactions digit...

The federal IT enterprise is changing. Under pressure to improve the agility and scalability of IT services, federal agencies are looking to take a new approach to their enterprise infrastructure. They need the ability to rapidly provision resources—compute, storage, networking, software—to meet constantly shifting workload demands driven by cloud, mobility, big data, and related solutions. The traditional approach of dedicating re...

Tickets Now Available! Join us on October 14th for the 28th Annual GCN Awards Gala at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. Be there as we recognize the outstanding achievement of federal and state & local teams, who are working at a time when demands for high performance, security and a clear return on investment have never been greater. Your attendance at the 2015 GCN Awards Gala would not only show your support for these achievements, but al...