"The Federal Government just started a new fiscal year. Last year over $93.3 Billion was awarded to small businesses. Although small business contracting dollars increased 10% from last year, small businesses snagged about 21% of the federal government's over $590 Billion (2008) expenditures. That's not enough. The federal government's small business goal is 23%. This year Karen Mills, the new chief of the SBA, believes there's room for improv...

NASA/JPL, in coordination with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), is sponsoring the 22nd Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference on Tuesday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The conference affords small businesses the opportunity to meet purchasing and technical representatives from major corporations and Federal Agencies during the Marketplace Forum to discuss contract opportunities. Participating agencies include: The Aero...

NDSS Symposium 2010 Network security technologies must respond to ever more complex issues and malicious behaviors. The purpose of NDSS is to bring the global Internet community together to learn about and discuss cutting-edge advances in the science and application of network and distributed systems security. The three day program features refereed paper presentations, punctuated by selected invited talks on security as it is applied in the f...

Defense Finance 2009 was three days packed with information sharing through case studies, panel discussions, exciting keynotes, networking opportunities and more with 150+ executives from leading military and industry organizations.

The Association of the United States Army’s Institute of Land Warfare presents a symposium entitled: “The Institutional Army: Enterprise Approach to Success." A central focus of the symposium is the Army’s progression towards transforming while conducting combat operations. Special emphasis will be devoted to the indispensable role that our industry partners provide to the United States Army. Guest presentations and panel discussions will prov...

Join your colleagues and examine leading methodologies to prepare and execute a results-driven budget. Attendees will learn to allocate resources in alignment with agency priorities, align resource consumption with strategic and performance goals, as well as utilize activity-based costing to measure a program’s cost efficiencies. This week-long comprehensive training consists of the following three courses. Attend the entire week or just...

Desktop Virtualization: A Secure and Reliable Solution for Federal Work-at-a-Distance Initiatives Back to back blizzards in February generated flurries of discussions about Telework in the Federal community. The inability for employees to get into the office undoubtedly contributed to a decrease in productivity for those agencies without a Telework program. Our Federal customers know firsthand how easy Telework is with VMware. Join us on Thurs...

Ethernet Technology Summit focuses on the latest advances in Ethernet technology, particularly the new specifications for 40/100 GbE, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and Energy-Efficient Ethernet. It features the latest information on these advances from the experts who are developing the specifications and designing the initial products for them. It is thus essential for those who are deciding whether to use the new specifications or desi...

The AFCEA Homeland Security Conference has become the premier event in the Washington, D.C. area to learn about the most current homeland security issues facing our nation. The conference agenda is set by an advisory board made up of the government and industry individuals that are accountable for carrying out the DHS mission. This is THE venue will you will hear first hand about the critical issues facing our country in the fight against terr...

The Definitive Dialogue on Critical Homeland Security Issues The AFCEA Homeland Security Conference has become the premier event in the Washington, D.C. area to learn about the most current homeland security issues facing our nation. The conference agenda is set by an advisory board made up of the government and industry individuals that are accountable for carrying out the DHS mission. This is THE venue where you will hear first hand about th...