The 2014 Akamai Government Forum – June 5th in Washington D.C. at the Renaissance Hotel Secure computing is the IT architect of the future. The use of cloud technology is helping to streamline the way agencies operate and reshape the security landscape. Cloud security is accelerating the transformation of agency systems from something to be passively guarded into a suite of capabilities that offer government leaders opportunities to adju...

Cloud computing is revolutionising the way the government engages the procurement and delivery of IT. For decades, public sector IT has been dominated by multi-year, multi-million pound/dollar/euro contracts. All this changes with the cloud. THINK Cloud for Government 2014 is the must attend event for anyone seeking to engage with the latest knowledge and developments surrounding this game-changing area. Think Cloud for Government is the large...

Join us in March 2014 at SSON’s largest flagship event in North America, the 18th Annual North American Shared Services & Outsourcing Week, which hosts 800+ shared services and outsourcing practitioners, industry solution providers and leading analyst firms for 3 days of information-sharing, networking and benchmarking. Voted as the #1 conference they would attend in 2014 by over 60% of our US customers, this SS&O event features...

This summit is unique from the rest as it allows you to look at both sides of the Cloud - the fluid and functional aspect of Cloud services for government agencies, as well as with the tactical capabilities learned from the private sector. Innovative New Focus for 2014 * Enabling an Enterprise-wide, Data Centric, Cloud Computing Environment through the Policy Machine * Using the Cloud for "Big Data" Analytics * Adopting the Cloud: Lessons Lear...

As technology continues to permeate nearly every area of daily life, citizen expectations for interacting with government entities are shifting. Citizens today want a personalized, multi-channel experience when interacting with government services. In this webinar, featured speaker Ruthbea Clarke, Research Director of the global Smart Cities Strategies program at IDC, will address how to build a robust citizen engagement strategy through digit...

As Cloud Computing approaches maturity it is transforming the face of enterprise IT. In the public sector, government organizations are aggressively moving to capitalize on the cloud’s myriad benefits to increase operational efficiency and reduce cost of ownership. These benefits apply to crucial areas such as IT consolidation, shared services and public-facing citizen services.Even though cloud solutions are becoming commonplace, there...

The premier destination for I&O leaders around the world, the Gartner Data Center Conference focuses on today’s most important I&O topics, trends and technologies. Our attendee–driven agenda provides you in–depth coverage of mobile, cloud, storage and other IT forces that are making new demands on the data center — as well as expert advice that will help you position I&O as a key contributor to business stra...

SDN is just coming into its own. While it eventually may have a significant impact on networking, for now Federal agencies need to maintain the extensive installed networks in use today. It is expected that Federal IT professionals will gradually transition to SDN, as it has the potential to reduce requirements for proprietary, hardware-dependent services and would allow agencies to take advantage of virtual capabilities that enable more simpl...

For government agencies, there is a constant and growing tension between the need to share data and the need to protect it. On one hand, not sharing data is generally not an option: Agencies need to have the ability to put information into the hands of those who need it. On the other hand, they need to ensure that data is accessible only by authorized individuals. Often, agencies have worked around this problem by outfitting employees with mul...

This EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST for Government and Industry will help in preparing for & Selecting from Among the Accredited Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs). The event will focus on: What Cloud Service Providers and Government Agencies Need to Know to Receive Third Party Accreditation in Accordance With FedRAMP Approximately 80 Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) have applied for accreditation through FedRAMP, working with one or more of...