The amount of data used by organizations has been exploding -- 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone, and much of it is unstructured. It's not just the amount of data that presents challenges; the types of data being collected are changing and coming from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos posted online, transaction records o...

Sequestration, Emerging Opportunities and Threats The Fog of Sequestration Senator Ayotte has been a part of the Senate roadshow that has been traveling the country rallying support for pressuring Congress to do something about sequestration. Current estimates are that in Virginia alone over 207,000 jobs will be cut because of sequestration. The Department of Labor opined that sequstration is "uncertain". What is uncertain is how Congress and...

On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, the INSA Cyber Council will host a Cyber Innovation Symposium to examine the ground-breaking initiatives being undertaken by government, industry, and academia in the technology, education, and intelligence professions. As we collectively seek to prepare the next generation of cyber professionals for the jobs of today and the future, this dialogue has never been more critical. Featured speakers from government...

EMC Greenplum and Alpine Data Labs have created an integrated analytics solution that transforms what has long been a cumbersome and time-consuming process, performed by a team of specialists, into a simple and powerful system that delivers Big Data results faster than ever before and empowers cross-functional teams to work collaboratively in delivering business success. Join us to learn about the industry’s latest data tools and techniq...

Apache Hadoop is a software framework that supports data intensive distributed applications under a free-to-use license. Hadoop has been the driving force behind the Big Data industry. It enables applications to work over massive quantities of data with built-in features enabling enhanced reliability, scalability, and functionality over old style data tools. If your legacy data storage methods are costly, or if you need to access your data fa...

NoSQL Now! is a conference covering the dynamic field of NoSQL technologies (Not Only SQL). The goal of the educational conference is to describe the diversity of NoSQL technologies available to all organizations to address their business needs, and to offer objective evaluation processes to match the right NoSQL solutions with the right business challenge. At the inaugural NoSQL Now! event in 2011, over 500 people attended and enjoyed a rich...

Join us for a webinar where former DIA CTO Bob Gourley, current publisher of CTOvision.com, will provide a detailed analysis of the issues involved with deploying systems in today's federal enterprise and offer potential design and field solutions to keep the agency operating at full capacity. Many new and exciting leading-edge technologies are providing government agencies data optimization solutions for faster, more efficient data access. Th...

Tuesday, August 14, 2012; 2:00 - 3:00PM ET View from your Desktop If you are unavailable that day, sign up anyway. We'll send you a link to the recorded event to view at your convenience. Many leading-edge technologies are providing government agencies data optimization solutions for faster, more efficient data storage and access. These solutions can increase application speed while dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of managing, st...

This complimentary online webinar is provided on behalf of EMC, Greenplum, and Government Acquisitions. Rising IT costs, exploding data volumes, and ever-evolving competitive challenges have catalyzed new ways of thinking about effective systems for analytics. These developments are driving radical changes in database technology, and collectively are leading a new approach for effective data exploitation. Decades-old legacy architecture for da...

Free for Law Enforcement, The intelligence Community, Enterprises and ISS Vendors Big Data Analytic Tools for Law Enforcement Investigations and Intelligence GatheringWhile big data analytic tools have been available to enterpises to identify potential customers, market trends and more, not all these tools are appropriate for law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community because of privacy, security, access authorization, anonymity,...