The federal government is projected to spend $7.7 billion on private cloud solutions by 2017, a nearly $6 billion increase from the projected $1.7 billion spent in 2014. This webinar will discuss government's challenges and concerns when planning a cloud deployment from security, software development, managing virtualization, and load balancing. The latest trends in implementing cloud solutions including the use of open source will also be add...

In a world of shrinking budgets and unparalleled growth in data, agency network infrastructures that were put in place 20 years ago are inadequate to meet today’s demands. The New IP represents a change in the network from a physical to a virtual entity, and prepares public sector IT environments for the future. Using timely research conducted by surveying government technology leaders coupled with public sector insights, this session wi...

According to International Data Corporation (IDC), data centers need a New IP network infrastructure to support the latest evolutionary stage of IT, building on the prominence of the cloud, mobility, social media, and data analytics. The New IP is a modern approach to the network that includes open standards, Ethernet fabrics, software-defined networking, high level orchestration tools and a user centric application delivery focus. The way the...

How are government agencies buying cloud computing capability with an eye toward data governance? The cloud touts limitless possibilities, but CIOs are putting in place techniques to maintain control of their data and avoid vendor lock-in. As a result, data stewardship has become increasingly complex with the need to manage and access data across the cloud. This panel will focus on the importance of data governance when creating cloud requirem...

Agencies are increasingly asking themselves, “What are the risks that could prevent my agency from achieving its mission and objectives?” At one time, it was enough to focus on departmental risks such as financial or operational risks for federal financial programs or acquisition and investment risks for departments and agencies that rely heavily on procurement of major systems and other support for the agency’s mission. In t...

According to the Government Accountability Office, 70% of government’s information technology budget is spent maintaining legacy systems. With the ever-growing demands for innovative and mobile technologies and rapid solutions to citizen needs, agencies are seeking ways to shave dollars and time off the application development process. Innovations in software development like agile computing, platform as a service, and the use of open so...

A FREE 5-part webinar series for designing effective eLearning programs: Unified Learning Design — Overview & Action Steps ADB Partners and iCohere will be launching a new, innovative, interactive course this coming Winter, as part of the iCohere Academy. Can't wait until then? Join us for our first-ever presentation of the core materials for the course, presented as a FREE five-part webinar series. Each one-hour webinar will focus o...

Data-Centric Approaches to Government in the Cloud Cloud computing has evolved into multiple models that employ both agency, interagency and commercial data center resources. This can result in complex, hybrid environments where only parts of the infrastructure are under a given agency’s total control. This raises questions about how to ensure data integrity, availability and safety while also maintaining fast application performance. Th...

The White House’s Cloud First Federal IT policy has given agencies firm direction to look to the cloud for data management solutions, and public sector organizations have embraced the benefits. The technology aspects of cloud computing are well known to agency CIOs and their staffs, but the development of a solid business case is a critical first step. Complicating the development of the business case is the fact that agencies are dealin...

Date: Thu, Dec 4, 2014 2:00 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Accreditation: 1 CPE Cost: Complimentary Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government Proactively addressing priorities and mitigating risk requires that leaders and staff have reliable access to all information so they can make decisions and swiftly respond to changing conditions. To enable this, agencies need to effectively manage several aspects of their Big Data—from how they store grow...