Achieving Real Success with Hadoop Although Hadoop shows great promise for managing Big Data, many organizations are still struggling to decide which parts of the Hadoop ecosystem to adopt in order to obtain/elicit the greatest value. A key concern is how to avoid performance and data security issues so that your agency/organization isn’t spending valuable time and resources on what ultimately turns out to be little more than a developme...

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This two-and-one-half day event features a blend of facilities maintenance, plant operations, custodial and design/planning training with a leadership and technical focus. With a variety of learning methods, including lecture, cross-talk and hands-on, EFC 2012 offers something for everyone.

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! The COR Member of the Acquisition Team: The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Guide to Performance and Quality The "COR Member of the Acquisition Team” National Education Seminar (NES) is designed to better illustrate the important role that the contracting officer’s representative (COR) plays in ensuring that the contract specia...

With the global call for sweeping budget reductions and cuts in unnecessary spending, the need to reduce printing and supplies is getting a closer look. This is understandable when studies show that organizations can save up to 65% of their total printing costs through printer consolidation.1 Printer consolidation not only saves hardware costs but also saves costs for related consumables and administration. Other benefits to printer consolidat...

Despite sequestration, tight budgets and changing workforce, all agencies are under severe pressure to meet mission goals on their critical programs while trying to improve cost, schedule and performance. Agency CIOs, Federal Program Managers and Acquisition Executives recognize what needs to be done while trying to be more agile in managing & executing programs. Learn the simple steps for achieving an effective and successful Agile Transf...

Federal Agencies are mandated by the Obama Administration’s Digital Government Strategy to use emerging technologies to effectively serve the public by procuring and managing devices, applications, and data in smart, secure and affordable ways with access to information anywhere, anytime. In response, agencies are turning to Cloud Business Intelligence for the agility and deployment flexibility of a SaaS model but still need the powerfu...

Speedreading Plus™ Technical Reading and Writing Course Description:The Speedreading Plus™ Technical Reading and Writing 9 hour workshop is designed for a wide range of positions, reading abilities and reading requirements. Participants will learn strategies for every kind of reading from email management to professional journals and newspapers as well as the mastery of technical and other detailed material. It includes a method of...

Learn how to streamline IT procurement with a free NITAAC training. Compete and manage your IT requirements quickly and easily when you choose a NITAAC Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) . Our training specialists will demonstrate how GWACs enable you to leverage buying power, and how NITAAC's online ordering systems can increase productivity.A team of Contract and Program Specialists can help you at any point in the process, from pre...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Leadership: Building High-Performance Buying & Selling Teams This highly interactive one-day seminar offers buying and selling business professionals from both the public and private business sectors the opportunity to improve their leadership skills. "A subject that needs greater emphasis amongst the acquisition community. Great job!" James N. P...