The Mobility Hack: Engineering the Secure Mobile Workforce Across the federal government, mobility has become a way of life, as the line between office employees and mobile employees is blurring and might soon disappear altogether. Federal employees expect to have access to the information they need no matter where they are what device they are using. Such capabilities are essential to improving the efficiency of the workforce and the quality...

Federal agencies today face mandates to modernize their technology infrastructure to improve security and agility; re-capture costs now spent on maintaining aging IT systems; and comply with executive orders without disrupting ongoing initiatives. This briefing will explore how government agencies can best achieve their mission through network modernization. We'll Discuss: Acquisition changes that will future-proof government’s technolog...

Welcome to the Industrial Revolution! Join F5 Networks and Carahsoft for Session 2 of the Exploring F5 Seminar Series: Introduction to iWorkflow, iApps, and the Tenant Model.In Session 1 of the Exploring F5 Seminar Series we defined the framework for a variety of topics related to F5’s vision for cloud services and the new network perimeter. We broke those capabilities down into three main areas: Age of Enlightenment – Analytics a...

The president issued an executive order (EO) on March 17, 2017 which requires agencies to plan and implement long-term workforce reductions and incorporate the plan as a government-wide workforce priority into their Agency Strategic Plan and/or Human Capital Operating Plan. This Potomac Forum training workshop for government will provide information for agency executives, managers, and staff to respond to the EO. Experienced human capital exe...

The ATARC Federal DevOps Summit will be held on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at the Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. Jim Tunnessen, Chief Digital Officer, Voice of America, will serve as the Government Chair of this educational, one-day symposium featuring government speakers and panels that will examine the DevOps tools and techniques being used by the Federal Government to create an agile development cycle that provides greater effic...

Learn about Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement and how we can assist your federal IT acquisition with the latest IT product solutions. On Thursday, June 22, 2017, from 8:00am - 3:00pm, SEWP will be hosting two training sessions. Please use link to register for SEWP morning session from 9:00am - 11:00am and afternoon session from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. NASA SEWP is a government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) that provides the latest IT prod...

Optimizing Applications Through Secure Cloud Adoption Federal agencies are under constant threat from both traditional and Nation State Actors. Compounding that threat is trying to secure applications outside of the traditional private data center perimeter. The ability to deliver applications securely to anyone, anywhere, at any time is complex, especially while balancing the need to meet Federal mandates like Cloud First and HSPD12. Join F5...

Visibility. Transparency. Agility. Join us at GovProtect17 on June 21 for a one-day, collaborative discussion on how agencies can gain actionable insight into the increasingly complex security risks facing a modern government. We’ll dialogue on the critical need for transparency in strengthening agencies’ cybersecurity hygiene and posture. We’ll take a deep dive into vulnerability management and assessments for everything fro...

This workshop will bring together IT leaders from government and industry to explore the future of DevOps in government. The sessions—which include both agency case studies and tech discussion—will look at key issues that agencies must consider when adopting the DevOps methodology and highlight emerging best practices in incorporating DevOps into an agency’s IT planning and management processes. The concluding session—t...

With the recent headlines regarding government email retention and e-discovery, it is important to understand how the NARA/OMB regulations and deadlines will impact your agency. This one-day Potomac Forum Workshop will focus on the activities mandated by the NARA/OMB Records Management Directive. Key executives from NARA and government agencies will discuss the directive and its implementation. Detailed review and analysis of the directive wi...