GITEC Presents "The Power of Two" Join GITEC for "The Power of Two" an upcoming local event and reception as a special follow-up to Summit 2015. This session was originally scheduled as the closing session for Summit 2015, due to travel difficulties into Baltimore at that time, this particular session was cancelled. We are pleased to have the opportunity to bring these two speakers together to present this much anticipated session as its own e...

Envisioning the Future of Battlespace Awareness AFEI is hosting an event bringing together key government and industry leaders together to discuss the future of Battlespace Awareness. They will address National priorities and DoD and Intelligence Community initiatives for evolving our Battlespace awareness systems to meet the requirements. Who is attending? ASA (ALT), 1st Bde - 75th TC, Army Cyber Institute, ARL, British Defence Staff, DARPA,...

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir Digital connectedness makes us vulnerable. Cyber threats are one of the defining perils of our time. They threaten national and economic security and are aimed at governments, corporations, organizations of all types, and individuals. Personal devices, shopping, entertainment, telecommunications, manufacturing, supply chains, enterp...

Bending the Cost Curve: PlugFest PLUS In a June 13, 2014 speech at the Atlantic Council, Dr. William LaPlante, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisitions, announced that the Air Force is launching an initiative to improve acquisition processes by "Bending the Cost Curve." (Watch Video) He explained that Air Force Acquisition processes are too rigid and too slow to keep pace with emerging global technologies. The result is higher...

AFFIRM & GITEC Present InformationTechnology: Catalyst for Innovation, Accelerator for Change At the core of public sector innovation is solving problems for people, both citizens and government employees alike. It’s about delivering on your agency’s mission more effectively and more efficiently. It’s about having a positive impact on the lives of Americans. Public sector organizations are being charged to use information...

Managing Agile BI for the Enterprise You’re well aware of the benefits of agile—increasing productivity and flexibility, providing faster time to value, and supporting collaborative relationships between users and IT developers. One problem: it’s becoming increasingly complex to marry agile techniques with enterprise databases, and handle complex modeling in an agile environment. Whether you’ve tried agile before or are...

Strategic solutions for maximising RoRo's market share and meeting the 2015 SOx targets. NEW FOR 2014 Hear from leading RoRo operators Gain valuable operational insights to inform your decisions regarding 2015 solutions, market opportunities and trade routes: Ship Operator Panel including representatives from: Stena Line, Mitsui O S K, and Viking LineFuture Fuel Case Study – Stena’s use of methanol as a fuel2015 Solution Case Study...

The purpose of this event is to foster better understanding of how agile software development methods are providing the basis for incremental and modular acquisition across Government, and to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implications these have for evolving Government approaches to streamlining IT. This Summit is a partnership between the AFEI ADAPT and the Carnegie Mellon University Softwa...

Mobile Business Reporting at Your Fingertips Cut the cord to both your laptop and desktop and use your mobile device to access your existing reporting systems. At a time when more people are using the capabilities of their smartphones and leveraging emerging tablet technologies, Information Builders has been recognized as an industry leader in supporting mobile platforms. Join us for a free workshop, Mobile Business Reporting at Your Fingertip...

IT decision makers in federal government face unprecedented opportunities for providing new and improved technologies and services, but also some very tough challenges. They must finds ways to support more open and participatory government, improve project performance, and drive IT transformation and reform. At the same time, increasingly complex threats to federal IT systems are forcing government IT professionals to seek new technologies an...