Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...

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...

VMware Workspace ONE is a digital workspace platform that simply and securely delivers and manages any app on any device by integrating access control, application management, and multi-platform endpoint management. Workspace ONE is available as a cloud service or for on-premises deployment. Please join us on January 23 to learn how to securely deliver any application, any time, on any device with VMware Workspace ONE. In this session, we will...

VMware works with healthcare organizations globally to transform the business and the practice of delivering healthcare. At the heart of the transformation is the software-defined data center—moving IT from silos to a single, integrated, secure platform for innovation that builds the foundation to embrace the cloud. VMware healthcare solutions reduce cost and complexity, and mobilize care providers so that patient care can be delivered...

AFCEA Washington, DC hosts nine monthly luncheon programs featuring a panel of government and military leaders. Our monthly programs draw between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community, ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly events is to fost...

NOTE: 2 Sessions Offered: Session 1: 9:00am - 1:00pm OR Session 2: 12:00pm - 4:00pm The speed and pace of cyber threats by state and non-state actors are bombarding DoD network defenses and threatening to undermine the United States' technological military advantage. The recent elevation of U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command demonstrates the resolve to embrace the changing nature of warfare in order to maintain U.S. military sup...

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...

DevOps isn't infrastructure. It's not something you deploy and forget. With a complete DevOps strategy, agencies can begin the culture, process, and platform changes needed to meet new demands and modernize older systems. The result is an IT organization that can deliver applications and services quickly and innovate faster. Topics to include: What exactly is DevOps? How can we open our culture to new processes? What is the best way to automat...

“Leveraging Big Data and Predictive Analytics to Support Mission Success” The 5th Annual Big Data for Intelligence Symposium will allow members of the Intelligence Community, military, government, academia, and technology providers to come together in a town-hall forum to discuss how to best leverage Big Data and Predictive Analytics. Current and future techniques and challenges regarding data exploitation will be deliberated in an...

AFCEA Washington, DC hosts nine monthly luncheon programs featuring a panel of government and military leaders. Our monthly programs draw between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community, ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly events is to fost...