Across county, state, and federal governments, Data Analytics tools and technologies are used in nearly every agency and department. As such the acquisition and application of data analytics in government is an ever-growing and ongoing initiative. Currently, with high drive and desire to efficiently navigate the vast amounts of data, the market for Data Analytics in Big Data is rapidly expanding.

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...

Federal Data Center Consolidation: Meeting Deadlines and Creating Opportunities In 2010, the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative was implemented across all government departments and armed service branches. Spearheaded by the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the FDCCI intends toclose 40% of our nation’s 2900 data centers by 2015, with predicted savings of $3 to 5 billion. The initiative is one of many stra...

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...

5th Annual Biometrics for National Security and Defense Summit Enhancing Identity Technology, Collection and Protection Download the full brochure for speaker and session information: http://bit.ly/qmWxvC As technology continues to advance and national security remains at the forefront of discussion, it comes as no surprise that biometrics for national security and defense is a hot topic. The ability for scientists and engineers to determine w...

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has become an increasingly vital part of the Department of Defense’s continuous process improvement efforts. The benefits of LSS, the tool that was successfully pioneered and adopted by the commercial world to achieve continuous process improvements, are now being fully realized by the federal government and the DoD in particular. The objective of LSS is to utilize a data-driven approach and methodology to eliminate...