Government agencies are increasingly called upon to both run and reinvent their organizations with optimized, secure technologies that scale. As they transition from a lift-and-shift "cloud-first" policy to a more focused, efficient, and modular "cloud-smart" approach, agencies must prioritize comprehensive discovery, visibility, and cost control even as they embrace new digital technologies. Register today for the BMC Federal Exchange Hear If...

The 2018 Federal Cloud Computing Strategy, Cloud Smart, lays out a long-term plan to help federal agencies migrate operations from on-premise legacy systems to the cloud. The goal is to use secure cloud infrastructures and enable more efficient operations, more reliable security and faster services. Register today to attend the Cloud Summit and hear seasoned IT leaders examine how organizations can best manage a migration to the cloud - before...

The U.S. government ranks near the top of the global target list for hackers, and threats have become increasingly sophisticated. Federal executives are expected to protect their assets from millions of threats each day. As attacks have become more sophisticated, so have defenses. And cybersecurity is at the top of the priority and funding list across all areas of government. This FCW workshop brings together government and industry to discuss...

Transitioning to the cloud can bring a hailstorm of management, budgeting and other issues without the right information and support. One improvement has come with the standardization of procuring cloud solutions through FedRAMP, which in FY16 passed the mark of having more FedRAMP compliant procurements than not. The result is across-the-board improved security in commercial cloud solutions. There are multiple avenues to improve the process a...

Cloud is the linchpin of the Trump administration’s strategy to modernize federal IT. In its recent “Report to the White House on IT Modernization,” the American Technology Council calls for agencies to “maximize secure use of cloud computing.”However, the report also acknowledges that despite recognizing its value, agencies have encountered numerous obstacles to cloud adoption. The task now is to identify techno...

Empowering The Business of Government: Advocates of the Possible The concept of citizen engagement involves more than offering web-based services to the public. It’s about reengineering systems, policies, and processes to improve an organization’s ability to manage and deliver services across multiple channels. It’s not just about “digital” government. It’s about better government. Register today to attend t...

As much as agency IT leaders know they need to make the cloud a core component of their IT infrastructure, they also know that they need to address long-standing concerns about the security of the cloud. The FedRAMP program, of course, is an important part of any agency’s cloud security strategy, and the program has evolved to address emerging requirements for higher-level security requirements—but it is only part of the story. Age...

The “Cloud First” era is over. In the next two to four years, agencies will be deploying cloud solutions to support a growing range of operations as they modernize or replacing outdated legacy systems. Attend this summit to hear 10+ IT leaders discuss the technologies, policies, and management strategies that provide a foundation for a cloud-based government. From a technology perspective, sessions will address how to optimize the...

In some ways, cloud has become a foregone conclusion in federal IT strategies. As agencies look to modernize their IT enterprise, consolidate their data centers, and develop a new generation of IT services, the importance of the cloud is beyond argument. Cloud is expected to play a critical role in two major initiatives: Legacy IT modernization and data center consolidation. In both cases, cloud is seen as a way to make existing systems more f...

Citizen Engagement Summit: Meeting the Demands of the Digital Citizen Digital services are moving out of start-up mode. Once the province of Silicon Valley expatriates and a small group of e-government enthusiasts, the field of digital services has come to be seen as essential to much-needed efforts to transform how agencies provide information and services to the public. The need for transformation is being driven by public expectations...