Information Technology (IT) modernization in Government has lagged compared to similar efforts in the commercial sector, leading in many cases to significant and ongoing cyber security challenges; IT system deficiencies; excessive spending on older, legacy technology; lack of interoperability with both internal and external systems; and difficulty in maintaining infrastructure and applications. With the goal of modernizing their IT portfolios,...

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...

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...

Every organization needs a business continuity plan to protect its critical operations, resources and services in the event of unexpected disasters and business disruptions. At the time of a disaster everyone in the organization relies on the business continuity plan to ensure continuity of business and to restore normal operating conditions. It is critically essential to build a plan that is reliable, comprehensive, and effective for any busi...

Legacy systems cripple federal agencies. They hamstring innovation, leave information vulnerable to bad actors, cost more and more to maintain as they age, and push away talented personnel who want to work with the latest technology. The White House and Congress have made major steps of late, though, to bring agencies into the 21st century, releasing major IT modernization policy and providing funding to jumpstart a governmentwide tech refresh...

Blockchain and its Potential in Government Training Workshop: A Primer for Government Executives, Managers, and Staff Commonly described as the "next great disrupter," Blockchain technology is the “new Internet”. While there are challenges associated with widespread use, its potential is drawing heavy interest and investment from both commercial and government leaders around teh world. Primarily known as the technology underlying B...

Latest Information on Government Cybersecurity and Implementing the President's Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO) Training Workshop This workshop will focus on the progress to date in implementing the President’s EO on Cybersecurity with emphasis on key requirement: identification of High Value Assets, implementation of NIST’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The CSF and RMF are critical for the f...

Open First: Building a Foundation for Choice and Security The demands-and opportunities-for government IT are at an all-time high. And open source collaboration provides the strongest foundation to help agencies meet critical demands in a smart, efficient way. Community-powered innovation gives us the most out of emerging technologies-whether it's modernizing applications and infrastructure, speeding application development, moving workloads t...

The ATARC Federal Cloud & Data Center Summit will be held on August 3, 2017 at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. (Cloud & Data Center Summit Agenda) This educational, one-day symposium will examine the Cloud tools and techniques being used by the Federal Government to provide agencies with greater efficiency and cost savings. The event is free to government and full-time academics and qualifies for 7.5 CPE cre...

The era of big data is here. And with it, agencies have the opportunity to make faster, better decisions to improve mission performance. But there’s a problem. The volume of data is overwhelming and traditional databases and methodologies aren’t up to the task to manage, analyze and share more disparate data sets quickly and securely while accelerating agencies’ mission. The good news, however, is that every agency and organi...