With networking one of the biggest bottlenecks to cloud adoption, this month’s DC Microsoft Azure Government Meetup will focus on Hybrid Cloud With ExpressRoute which provides a high-performance, private, and secure connection between your IT environment and Microsoft Azure. We are fortunate to have James Walters, director of Azure EcoSystem Networking for Microsoft Azure Government in town from Redmond, WA, along with Greg Adgate, VP Gl...

Shared services is a concept with staying power—join us for a discussion of how shared services can enable success for the next Administration. For nearly two decades, the federal government has recognized the value of streamlining and sharing common mission support services as a means of saving taxpayer dollars and to focus more resources on strategic priorities. Today, the case for shared services is more compelling than ever thanks to...

The cloud offers a lot of benefits for federal agencies with global or distributed environments, but the migration to the cloud often presents unexpected challenges and hidden surprises. Riverbed can help you navigate this migration and achieve success by applying performance best practices across the project lifecycle. Attend this webinar to learn: Why these 4 key pillars - Planning, Migration, Management, and Improvement - are the keys to cl...

Vanguard Security & Compliance™ is the most advanced cybersecurity educational summit dedicated to System z®. For three decades, Vanguard has featured highly regarded security and compliance experts from around the world at this forum. Experts from Vanguard, IBM and private industry will present the most current information and instruction about cybersecurity threats and protection, configuration and compliance in a proven format...

The cloud is the computer, we’re now dealing with many clouds. The current cloudscape comprises a handful of massively scaled public cloud options but also a large array of branded private clouds. Signup to get Notified for the next Structure as we sort out this sometimes confusing scenario for you as the top minds in the business discuss the state of this multi-cloud world. We’ll explore… The burgeoning feature war waged by...

Digital transformation is the future. And open source collaboration continues to provide the strongest foundation. As we adapt to this changing environment, our emphasis is on seamless and secure design, development, and deployment. Community-powered innovation gives us the most out of emerging technologies—whether it’s modernizing architectures, speeding application development, or moving workloads to the cloud. Because when we ha...

Data centers get a bad rap. Too old, too many, too inefficient, too expensive – we’ve heard it all. But data centers are still the life blood of operations and missions in government, and aren’t going anywhere. With a renewed focus from both the Hill and OMB to reform IT and meet aggressive metrics, now is the time for IT leaders to accelerate data center transformation. How can agencies operate their facilities effectively a...

The 4th annual CyberSci Symposium is a one-day event hosted by ICF International with presentations from academia, government, and private industry. This year’s theme, “Cybersecurity Research and Development (R&D): Recommendations for the 45th President of the United States,” will explore and discuss specific R&D concepts and progress relevant for the next administration. Additionally, the symposium offers an interact...

Creating A Winning Formula for Meeting Your Operational Readiness We are delighted to present the CYBER, NETWORK & SECURE CLOUD Millennium Forum to be held at the Association of The US Army (AUSA) newly constructed conference and expo center in Arlington, Virginia. Hosted by ISSTSPi, the 2016 forum theme, “CYBER, NETWORK & SECURE CLOUD Millennium Forum” has been designed to feature a distinguished line-up of Industry and Go...

In today’s ever-changing Federal environment, agencies are becoming increasingly reliant on the use of software applications in mission-critical projects. As IT environments become more complex with the advent of cloud services, virtualization and mobile devices, the challenge of managing and optimizing application performance is also becoming more complex. How can agencies overcome these software application challenges? The use of Appli...