Visual Studio Live! is on a Campaign for Code in 2016, in support of .NET education. We’re all set to convene in Austin this May, where your code not only counts, it’s crucial! Visual Studio Live! is bringing back its unique brand of practical, unbiased, Developer training to the deep heart of Texas. From May 16 - 19, we’re offering four days of sessions, workshops and networking events – all designed to help you elevat...

For close to a decade the Obama administration has been putting together the components of a system to automate the identification and response to security breaches in government agencies. The move toward security and monitoring as-a-service is based on a consensus that fixed network defense technologies have not lived up to their promise to protect federal networks. Tools are now emerging to identify and block critical threats to agency syste...

Event Postponed For the Defense Department, the future is about convergence—bringing the military services and coalition partners together on the same networking and communications platform, analyzing and layering data from multiple sources and making it accessible via the cloud, and seamlessly integrating cyber and kinetic operations. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s public/private innovation initiative also promotes collaboration a...

Federal IT leaders know the benefits cloud computing can provide, from enabling innovation and faster deployment of application to more available, reliable, scalable and flexible operations. Yet despite understanding these benefits and federal mandates that strongly urge the use of cloud computing whenever possible, many agencies aren’t nearly as invested in the cloud as they want to be. Indeed, according to an annual survey of senior fe...

Register for the Washington Technology Department of Commerce Industry Day event where we'll hear from top decision makers from various Commerce Department bureaus and subagencies, who will share information on their mission, their organizations and their particular IT priorities. This event will explore the following topics: Insight into technology and IT acquisition needs Overview of small business programs and what current business environm...

Visual Studio Live! is on a Campaign for Code in 2016, in support of .NET education. First up on the campaign trail? Fabulous Las Vegas, where developers, software architects, engineers, designers and more will convene for five days of unbiased and cutting-edge education on the Microsoft Platform. Sharpen your skills in Visual Studio, ASP.NET, JavaScript, HTML5, Mobile, Database Analytics, and so much more. Code with .NET authorities, debate i...

Join us for TechMentor, March 7 – 11, 2016, as we make our return to fabulous Las Vegas, NV. What sets TechMentor apart, and makes it a viable alternative to huge, first-party conferences, is the immediately usable IT education, providing the tools you need today, while preparing you for tomorrow. Zero marketing-speak, a strong emphasis on doing more with the technology you already own, and solid coverage of what’s just around the...

Federal agencies have gotten the message loud and clear: They need to raise the bar on the quality of digital services offered to the public. Citizens are used to the innovative and engaging services found in retail, banking, and social media. When they turn to government websites, they expect more of the same. According to a survey from Accenture Public Services, nearly half of citizens today handle most of their government interactions digit...

A number of high-profile data breaches in 2015 have made cybersecurity a top priority in the federal government. But the cyber threat has been growing steadily in recent years, even as agencies have stepped up their efforts to combat it through new and better technologies, policies, and management strategies. For example, according to the latest FISMA Compliance Report from the Office of Management and Budget, federal agencies reported more th...

The federal IT enterprise is changing. Under pressure to improve the agility and scalability of IT services, federal agencies are looking to take a new approach to their enterprise infrastructure. They need the ability to rapidly provision resources—compute, storage, networking, software—to meet constantly shifting workload demands driven by cloud, mobility, big data, and related solutions. The traditional approach of dedicating re...