The Federal IT Shared Services Strategy was released last year which details the steps agencies must take to begin chipping away at more than $46 billion in duplicate IT investments. The government has rolled out 7 shared services initiatives in the past 4 years, along with sequestration and budget cuts, shared services is now a strategy organizations must execute. It is no secret the government has trouble with efficiency, as we operate in si...

Government agencies are being tremendously impacted by the challenges of managing and utilizing Big Data. Legions of IT pros are trying to make legacy technology go against its nature. Money is spent, deadlines are missed, pressure is mounting, and your department heads and other constituents don’t quite get it. So how do you really get started? Agenda 8:00am Registration, Breakfast & Networking 8:50am Welcome & Introductions 9:0...

The 2013 Federal Cloud Computing Summit and Technology Showcase will examine how agencies have implemented Cloud solutions within their organizations. It will also look at the Cloud broker model and examine the future of Cloud solutions within the government. The following topics will be addressed during the day: Best practices in the acquisition of commodity IT Examination of recently-completed Federal Cloud projects Cloud success stories and...

We invite you to SANS Austin 2013 in May. Our course offerings include courses from IT Security Essentials to our cutting-edge Virtualization and Private Cloud Security course. You will also find incident handling, forensics, and security policy and leadership training. Courses are taught by real-world practitioners who are the best at ensuring you not only learn the material, but that you can apply it immediately when you return to the office...

The President’s digital government strategy: Build a 21st century platform to better serve the American people. This effort charges government with delivering better access to government using modern tools and technologies—affordably. Through IT reform, government is focused on innovating with less to increase technology’s impact on the mission, reduce waste and duplication, and improve the effectiveness of government service...

Building on the success of the inaugural Cloud Fair 2012 in Seattle, the Business & Technology Solutions Summit - Cloud & Big Data Conference & Expo has expanded to include big data, social, and mobile computing. The focus on Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud – collectively known as the SMAC technology stack – elevates this conference series as a premier event for the cloud computing and big data communities.The adven...

Fiscal cliffs and sequestration are looming. At the same time government programs and agencies have fewer resources and are challenged to stop fraud and effectively investigate fraudulent activity. As revenues drop and fraudulent activity increases due to weak internal controls, agencies are looking to technical capabilities to help investigate and gather evidence. Attend this session to learn about the challenges and opportunities in fraud re...

The Federal government plays a critical role in leveraging technology to cut costs and streamline government. Data center consolidation and optimization along with adoption of innovation technologies such as cloud computing will save taxpayers billions of dollars. FedInsider will bring to the table both industry and government stakeholders to discuss government plans for data center migration and innovation in this second term. Join FedInsider...

The Big Data for Defense and Government 2013 addresses the latest government challenges, strategies and initiatives relating to Big Data Analytics, as well as the state of science in Big Data employments and technologies. Hear from those closest to these developments to learn what’s actually happening on the ground.We are also very excited to host a Data Visualization Focus Day! Engage with leading DHS, DoD and DOE scientists who are at...

This is the 4th year of IDGA’s Cloud Computing Summit, where we bring together those who have an expertise on the topic of Cloud Computing with those who are seeking to implement it. This year’s summit takes place at an interesting and innovative time in the implementation of Cloud Computing in the government and defense industry. In order to further explore these new and exciting advancements in Cloud technology this year’s...