Join us for a 3 hour hands-on workshop to see how Gitlab can align all the elements of the program and deliver a flexible and powerful set of features that scale from small teams to large complex organizations. Aligning many simultaneous streams of work across a large number of teams working in parallel is one of the great challenges of organizations today. GitLab project management makes it easy to capture issues, collaborate on the details,...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 7/14-7/30/2020 Women in Tech Summit (WITS) is the tech conference for women working in technical and non-technical roles. WITS includes hands-on tech workshops, discussions about trending topics in tech, and information on thriving through tech career phases and facets. WITS connects women working on the business and tec...

The flexibility and ease of deployment of SD-WAN has accelerated its deployment as new network edges emerge for large enterprise and government entities as MPLS continues to be prevalent within the Federal ecosystem. Tory will discuss: (1) Remote site monitoring solutions for MPLS; (2) Utilizing vSTREAM Family of Virtual Appliances for maintaining visibility in SD-WAN environments; (3) Deployment options for vSTREAM within uCPE of SD-WAN or Pu...

Agility is a journey with DevOps as a major component for building a well-oiled machine that continuously delivers value to support your agency’s mission. Every journey has a beginning with a varying path and no end. The path defines the journey and helps to achieve incremental maturity as you learn along the way. During this discussion, government and industry experts will explore their experiences - from getting started and the steps t...

Today, even the largest purpose-built security appliances can't decrypt all SSL/TLS traffic without impacting network performance. And with encrypted traffic increasing significantly, you have an inspection gap that limits the effectiveness of many security features. If you virtualize the security stack, you create an architecture that is completely flexible to the features and inspection you need. But, it must be turnkey so you can streamline...

Registration is now open for BbWorld 2020! This is our flagship, annual conference where professionals like you come together to learn, share, brainstorm, network, and celebrate. This year, the event will be virtual and free. And, you don’t have to be a Blackboard customer to take advantage of this year's event. Our Government-focused track will help keep your agency mission-ready with online sessions addressing: Remote-learning best pra...

Cloud migration is a complex endeavor for even the most experienced of IT professionals. Patrick will discuss: (1) The AWS “Well Architected Framework” whitepaper; (2) How Smart Data and NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Solutions can help improve operational efficiency, lower costs, improve performance, and build Security into any Cloud environment; and (3) technical best practices for monitoring cloud migrations and cloud implementations.

In almost any conversation about DevOps (or DevSecOps), the topic of culture will come up. Why is culture so important when it comes to technological paradigms like DevOps, Cloud Native, SRE, etc.? In this edition of DNF: Deconstructed, we talk with Nathen Harvery of Google to better understand the role of culture in adopting a technology shift.

Join ATARC for this virtual summit focusing on digital workforce transformation. Here, attendees will hear best practices and information about IT Category Management across the Government and engage in ongoing collaboration. Focus: Cloud Mobile/Digital DevOps AI Key topics will include: GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Consolidation and Policy Updates IT Modernization Cloud Cybersecurity

On February 13, shortly before the Covid pandemic, a USPTO executive team met with industry to discuss IT opportunities and challenges. CIO Jamie Holcombe and several colleagues shared their vision and anticipated journey, and invited industry to help address challenges in modernizing USPTO’s IT for its important mission. Mr. Holcombe and his team will share a six month update on progress made, and plans for the future. The team will she...