Data literacy plays a vital role in the modern military, enabling effective decision-making, enhanced operational efficiency and improved strategic planning. By leveraging data effectively, the military can gain valuable insights, optimize resources and use drive data-driven decisions that allow commanders to make decisions in near real-time. 

The U.S. military has moved to an interconnected battlefield in which data can move seamlessly between air, land, maritime, space and cyber in real time. Modern battlefield networks are increasingly tasked with not only the transport of voice but also large and varied data types, including still images, video, sensor data, maps, situational awareness data and inventory information. In addition to transporting the raw data itself, these network...

SIGNAL Webinar Series - Sponsored by Commvault and Microsoft Join cloud experts from Microsoft and Commvault in this on-demand webinar as they discuss data management, data protection and artificial intelligence to help advance your mission. They’ll discuss strategies to increase security on your journey to digital transformation and to the cloud. You’ll see a live demonstration to view, manage and govern data all from a single pla...

To build on the success of the July 2015 DOD CIO Mobility Industry Day, AFCEA Washington, DC is continuing the dialogue on how government can capitalize on commercial innovation and will include industry’s response to the DOD CIO, other civilian agency and military services organization plans. The 5th Annual Mobile Technology Summit to be held January 21, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center presents best of...

The growing data pool created by citizens sharing information in their daily lives through sensors, open data initiatives and the proliferation of the Internet of Things positions government agencies to deliver improved services and mission outcomes. The Data Symposium is focused on how government data enhances the life of the citizen. Highlights: With more than 130,000 data sets, learn out how the government currently uses data and the plans...

Effective Data UsageAccording to recent estimates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day. By the year 2020 it’s widely estimated there will be 40 zettabytes of data and government agencies will own much of it. This data comes from everywhere including sensors used to gather climate information, public safety and emergency management organizations, healthcare systems and more. The value of making this data open and available...

Leveraging Data as an Enterprise AssetThere is no lack of data in government and the challenges of managing data, how to leverage it and make good organizational decisions about it are increasingly on the minds of government leaders everywhere. Government leaders are continually asking themselves how they can use data efficiently, maximize the value of data, and leverage data on demand to better serve their mission – especially in the ar...

Successes in Enterprise Transformation In any enterprise-wide change initiative, it’s essential to focus on improving the efficiency of your operations while quickly adapting to shifts in mission requirements and technology. Disruptive technologies and policies driving the adoption of cloud, mobile and big data analytics are forcing the Department of Energy and related organizations to rethink the way they operate. Join AFCEA Energy on J...

Big Data is exponential growth of data being collected today. Last year IBM reported that 2.5 exabytes of data was being created on a daily basis. As massive amounts of information become more readily available, the government has the opportunity to transform this data into intelligence, enabling agencies to make better decisions and meet their mission objectives. In today’s budget-constrained environment, a Big Data strategy can help go...

Online registration is now closed. You can register on site at The Hamilton Live in Washington, DC starting at 7:30 AM on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. The Department of Energy (DOE) is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. To innovatively support the mission elements of 120,000 employees and 85 facilities, the Depart...