Objectives—OASIS, in collaboration with The World Bank, will bring together public and private sector security professionals from around the world to evaluate, debate, and collaborate on cyber security best practices and tools. Driving intra-government coordination is an overarching theme. Fostering interest and collaboration among countries in support of safe guarding critical assets from financial services to large public events will b...

The health market is one of the brightest spots in the government market, so the question isn’t if but when and what opportunities will arise. HHS has a wide and varied IT budget that is expected to hit $11.4 billion in 2016. The IT spending is spread across several major subagencies including: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- $424.2 million Centers for Medicare and Medicaid -- $ 8 billion Food and Drug Administration -- $58...

Going HYPER with Nutanix Follow us on a deep dive technical discussion and best practice design. Who should attend? This event is intended for customers with requirements who want to get into more detail about the Nutanix hyperconverged solutions.RSVP today! *We are metro accessible: Wiehle-Reston is on the silver line. Dial in information will be provided for those who are based outside of the DC, Maryland, Virginia area.

Over 30% of Official Images in Docker Hub Contain High Priority Security Vulnerabilities Before putting containers in production, you should ask yourself three questions: Do you know what’s inside the container you’re going to push to production? What’s your plan to keep vulnerabilities & malware out of the containers? As containers are being downloads or built in-house, is every build, of every container, being checked f...

Are you losing sleep over your up-coming application retirement project? Concerned about cost over runs? Delayed deployments? Data challenges? If you’re worried about these things, you’re in good company. Per Gartner, more than 50% of data migration projects will exceed budget and/or result in business disruption. As the States of Illinois and Wisconsin work to retire old systems in favor of SAP/Peoplesoft, Informatica can help. Le...

Register now to attend this morning program—offered at no charge to government participants—where government and industry practitioners will provide a Federal Focus on Enabling the Analytics-Driven Agency. The agenda will provide frank and open dialogue about the practical considerations and promising options for Federal professionals seeking ways to make more data-driven decisions in trusted analytical environments. Among the topi...

Every two days, we create as much data as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003. Every two days! And we’re talking about Exabytes of data being produced. However, all the data in the world can’t help solve problems or make government more efficient if it isn’t applied correctly. That’s where data analytics come in. Proper application of analytics to data is what makes that data useful. For far too long, man...

Join Booz Allen Hamilton and CPIC Forum on Monday, July 27th from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a discussion about FITARA and how it will affect your agency. Sessions will focus on FITARA’s impact on your agency’s internal operations and reporting procedures, best practices for completing agency self-assessments, and how to leverage FITARA’s requirements to pursue your broader IT reform goals. Whether you can join us in-person or v...

The growing data pool created by citizens sharing information in their daily lives through sensors, open data initiatives and the proliferation of the Internet of Things positions government agencies to deliver improved services and mission outcomes. The Data Symposium is focused on how government data enhances the life of the citizen. Highlights: With more than 130,000 data sets, learn out how the government currently uses data and the plans...

The Background: The George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus (VSTC) based in scenic Ashburn, Virginia will launch the "Technology Acceleration Zone" initiative in Fall 2015 to drive public value through private growth in partnership with transformation catalysts Launch Dream, LLC and GOVonomy, Inc. The Goal: The goal of the GW Technology Acceleration Zone is to systematically bring federal, state and local government...