40% by 2015: Where Datacenter Consolidation and Cloud Computing MeetFebruary 23, 2011 - 8:00-11:00 AMThe Willard Hotel - Washington, DC The Administration recently issued a 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management, mandating agencies to—among other things—reduce the number of Federal data centers by approximately 40% by 2015, as well as adopting a ‘Cloud First’ policy. Register today for this interac...

Convergence in the Next Generation Data CenterThursday, February 17, 2011 - 8:00-11:45amThe Willard Hotel - Washington, DC Discover how extending virtualization from your data center to the desktop can help you reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) while improving network performance and reliability—and increasing data integrity. Join us to learn how you can prepare your data center to maximize the benefits of virtualization, cloud comput...

Enterprise Strategies for Efficient Government OperationsFebruary 16, 2011 - 7:30 am - 12:15 pm Government professionals are looking for practical, actionable strategies to use information technology as a means of delivering more effective operating environments. Although this is a long-standing goal for most new programs, leveraging IT strategies for measurable performance improvements has proven challenging for many agencies. This is your op...

On Monday, February 14, 2011, Mountaintop Marketing Group's Peak Series CIO Breakfast proudly welcomes Jerry E. Williams, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development! The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the principal Federal agency for programs concerned with the Nation's housing needs, fair housing opportunities, as well as improvement and development of the Nation's communities. Jerry E....

The Federal Contractors Roundtable provides a highly-relevant forum where business leaders and industry professionals can discuss current and upcoming legislative, agency-specific policy and regulatory changes impacting how they find and win government sector business. This open discussion forum focuses on the current challenges of running a B2G business and finding and winning B2G business. The goal of each roundtable is to leverage the group...

Let's Talk Desktop Virtualization: Exploring the Security, Efficiency, and ROI Benefits February 10, 2011 · 7:45 am–noon Ronald Reagan Building The Atrium Ballroom · Washington, D.C. Desktop Virtualization is gaining momentum throughout the federal government, spurred on by Congressional telework initiatives, Windows 7 migration, cloud computing and more. Whether using thin clients, repurposed PCs, existing PCs, laptops, or...

The Federal Contractors Roundtable provides a highly-relevant forum where business leaders and industry professionals can discuss current and upcoming legislative, agency-specific policy and regulatory changes impacting how they find and win government sector business. January 2011 Topic: Simplified Acquisitions and the Continuing Resolution (CR): Business Opportunity? This open discussion forum focuses on the current challenges of running a B...

Summary: This course provides a practical introduction to all aspects of ground system design and operation. Starting with basic communications principles, an understanding is developed of ground system architectures and system design issues. The function of major ground system elements is explained, leading to a discussion of day-to-day operations. The course concludes with a discussion of current trends in Ground System design and operations...

In the last ten years, the number of data centers has more than tripled. With the mandated consolidation policy put into effect in February 2010, departments are beginning to follow recently developed roadmaps for shrinking server farms. The aim of this consolidation policy is to reduce IT costs, lower energy consumption, occupy less real estate, strengthen IT security and expand the use of cloud computing. While there is no set timeline to co...

Introduction. Basic Descriptions, Terminology, and Concepts Related to Signals, Imaging, and Processing for science and engineering. Analog and Digital. Data acquisition concepts. Sampling and Quantization. Signal Processing. Basic operations, Frequency-domain filtering, Wavelet filtering, Wavelet Decomposition and Reconstruction, Signal Deconvolution, Joint Time-Frequency Processing, Curve Fitting. Signal Analysis. Signal Parameter Extractio...