Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Keeping operating systems current is key to maintaining secure, reliable IT environments. With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, organizations have new opportunities to simplify operations while strengthening their infrastructure foundation.

This HPE and Red Hat webinar offers a practical look at what’s new in RHEL 10 and how these updates support smoother deployment, management and ongoing maintenance. You’ll also hear how HPE and Red Hat work together to deliver a more integrated experience across the customer journey.

We’ll highlight several key enhancements in RHEL 10, including improvements in server management, deployment workflows and security, along with expanded support and certification across HPE platforms.

The goal is to provide clear, relevant takeaways that help teams get more value from their RHEL and HPE environments.

In January the U.S. Army conducted Dynamic Front 26, a multinational training exercise designed to rehearse NATO regional plans and enhance the integration of multi-domain fires across a distributed battlefield. One conclusion? That soldiers are drowning in so much battlefield data that AI is needed to make sense of it all.

The problem of too much data, coming in too fast from multiple sensors and networked weapons, is one the military and intelligence communities are wrestling with. Defense contractors face a similar challenge – how to incorporate the tools that can help manage the data flow and facilitate decision-making in combat scenarios. The difficulty is heightened by the prospect of edge devices operating, while disconnected or otherwise offline, in a hostile environment.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the circumstances that create the need for air-gapped or disconnected devices in a contested space
• Review the nature and volume of data flows that warfighters receive and the decisions they look to make
• Delineate the roles of governance and security in ensuring both operational security and protection of the military’s most important asset – information
• Identify the core elements of an AI application that allows for scalability and repeatability

• Provide continuous validation and real-time assurance to prevent configuration drift before it impacts mission operations
• Reduce outages and operational risk through automated verification and closed-loop remediation
• Support policy-driven segmentation aligned with Federal Zero Trust strategies
• Ensure predictable, high-performance connectivity for AI and HPC workloads
• Enable standards-based, open Ethernet architectures that reduce proprietary lock-in
• Deliver consistent visibility and control across multivendor data center environments

Most federal agencies are moving to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their systems and processes, in part as a response to Executive Order 14110, issued in 2023, for the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of AI, and in part because AI promises productivity gains and cost savings. 

As expected with an innovative new technology, so far agencies have been experimenting with pilot programs, rather than enterprise-wide initiatives. They are wrestling with several challenges to scaling up their pilots, such as poor data quality, governance and compliance obstacles, integration hurdles, and lack of dedicated budgets.

Learning Objectives:

• Define metrics for ROI, productivity, and social benefit
• Draw from case studies that discuss moving from pilots to scaled implementations
• Outline lessons learned from practical deployment of AI across the private sector

Please join us for a focused workshop on mission-critical AI technologies designed for integration into defense acquisition systems. This session will highlight purpose-built tools that transform how programs operate, going beyond general chatbots to deliver capabilities designed for real mission environments.

Presented by industry leaders HPE, Sterling and Carahsoft, the workshop will demonstrate how AI-powered solutions can be embedded directly into the systems your organization is acquiring to enhance mission performance, operational intelligence and decision superiority. Attendees will also see how secure, compliant AI tools can unlock legacy data trapped across disconnected systems and turn it into actionable intelligence.

Participants will:

• Understand how mission-focused AI differs from commercial LLMs

• Identify integration opportunities within current acquisition programs

• Evaluate AI capabilities that deliver measurable mission impact

• Explore secure and compliant tools built for defense environments

Learn. Transform. Connect.

Explore the intersection of agentic AI, distributed data, modern IT, and cloud native innovation—designed to help you meet today’s demands and scale for tomorrow. 

Over three days, get forward-looking guidance from Nutanix leadership and expert practitioners. Dive into immersive AI use cases, hands-on labs, and strategic sessions that map directly to your business goals. Walk away with actionable innovations to solve today’s challenges and build a future-proof architecture for what’s next.

The 2026 Internet2 Community Exchange (CommEX26) is where IT leaders and their teams come together to shape the future of research and education technology. The experience combines strategic foresight and collaborative problem-solving, enabling participants to advance their organizational missions through collaboration and connection.

As Internet2 celebrates 30 years of community-driven progress, CommEX26 returns to Chicago April 13-16, 2026, to mark this milestone with the global R&E community.

What Sets CommEX26 Apart

• Peer-Driven Collaboration: Engage in candid, small-group discussions that turn shared challenges into collaborative solutions.
• A Focused, High-Impact Audience: Connect with CIOs, CISOs, directors, and other leaders tackling the same strategic, technical, and policy issues.
• Real-Time Problem Solving: Gain actionable strategies for complex initiatives through conversations that happen in sessions and hallways.
• Strategic and Forward-Looking: Shape the conversations that will define the next decade of digital transformation across R&E.
• Collaborative Connections: Build partnerships that spark new ideas and lay the groundwork for progress far beyond the event.

Join your peers to inspire a hopeful future strengthened by community innovation and leadership.

Virginia is among the leaders in government innovation, employing technology to raise the quality of public services and make people more involved. It involves updating data systems, AI and IT infrastructure, making digital services better while improving customer experience. At its core, this project entails setting ethical standards for managing AI and data; hence Virginia must ensure that these technologies are used responsibly even as they continue expanding their use.

Join us at the Government Innovation Showcase Virginia to explore insights in data management, modernized infrastructure, citizen-centric digital services, digital inclusion, and inter-agency collaboration. This event will highlight Virginia's innovative approaches and provide a platform for sharing ideas with peers across the state.

Secure360 is the professional conference of choice for comprehensive security and risk management education and collaboration for your entire team. Produced by the Upper Midwest Security Alliance (UMSA), the conference continues to grow in attendance and popularity each year, and we're proud to move into our 21st year.

Secure360 focuses on the following key session areas: governance, risk and compliance, information security, physical security, business continuity management, and professional development. There's content and opportunity for all, including students and career changers.

AFCEA is a professional association that connects people, ideas, and solutions globally. We do that by developing networking and educational opportunities and providing them worldwide in an ethical manner. This enables military, government, industry, and academia to align technology to meet the needs of those who serve in critical areas, which include defense, security, cyber, and intelligence.

Why Attend?

• Understand the New Acquisition Structure
  • The purpose of attending ABID 2026 is to gain a comprehensive, real-time understanding of the Department's rapidly evolving acquisition modernization efforts, the demand signals driving them, and how industry must adapt to accelerate capability delivery for the Warfighter.
• Learn How WAS Changes Everything
  • The new Warfighting Acquisition System dramatically accelerates:
    • Requirements approval
    • Funding flexibility
    • Commercial technology adoption
    • Modular, iterative development
    • Speed to capability delivery
    • Hear directly from DoD leaders executing these reforms.
• Stay Ahead of Emerging IT, Cyber & Enterprise Priorities
  • Get briefed on shifts in:
    • Cloud modernization & data integration
    • Zero Trust & cybersecurity acceleration
    • Network transformation & transport upgrades
    • AI/ML governance
    • IT procurement reforms

Registration information will become available during Summer 2026.

TechNet Indo-Pacific is co-sponsored by AFCEA International and AFCEA Hawaii. It is the largest event in the Pacific Rim focusing on regional defense issues. Keynote speakers, panel moderators and panelists will discuss defense policies and challenges in the Indo- Pacific region and their relevance to both industry and government. Industry exhibitors will demonstrate products and solutions to meet the services' requirements and needs.

Each year, SC provides the leading technical program for the HPC community. The Program is designed to share best practices in all areas of high performance computing. Become a contributor and share your excellence. Presenting at SC is extremely rewarding.

Here’s your opportunity to meet and interact with industry, research organizations, universities, and startups joining us from across the globe. As an exhibitor, showcase your cutting-edge technologies, products, and services to thousands of attendees.

The Students@SC program offers a broad range of volunteer experiences, cluster competitions, and networking opportunities. Put your professional development into overdrive and identify the possibilities within the field of high performance computing.

Industry, academia, and government experts volunteer to design, build, and administer the cutting-edge SCinet infrastructure, providing internet connectivity for attendees and pushing the boundaries of network innovation through research and demos.