GIGAOM STRUCTURE 2014: THE CLOUD IS THE COMPUTER Computing is everywhere and understanding how to architect data centers, networks and applications is the challenge before us. Join us as we tackle the big questions emerging in computing and IT. If you look at Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft et al., we’ve seen gigantic gains in cloud infrastructure build-out over the last 7 years. But when is there ever enough compute power? Looking a...

The mission of the National Veteran Small Business Coalition (NVSBC) is to transition Veterans into business owners. VETS2014 is designed to do just that. Our goal is to build capacity in the Veteran and Service-disabled Veteran-owned small business community to help the Federal government and large business prime contractors meet and exceed the mandated goals. This can only happen with a strong and vibrant Veteran small business community. Th...

Join MeriTalk’s Cyber Security Exchange for the second annual Cyber Security Brainstorm on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together savvy Federal cyber security experts to share best practices, collaborate on challenges, and discuss what is needed for the future of cyber security. More details coming soon. For more information, contact Lisa Futterman...

Federal agencies face ever growing volume and diversity in their data. And they’re being asked to do more with the data they do have. Data must be more open, too, such as the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 2014, signed into law on May 9, which requires federal agencies to publish their spending data in a standardized, machine-readable format that the public can access through USASpending.gov. Roughly 90% of the data in the w...

This webinar series is the result of an in-depth survey of North American government communicators. Hear from government communicators about what keeps government communicators up at night, where they find inspiration and creativity, how technology is being used to be more efficient and effective, and what innovation means to government agencies today. Join the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) and FedInsider and learn ho...

The Records Management Foundation from Capstone To Cornerstone To Keystone How Many Foundation Stones Do You Need To Implement RMA as Part of Your Information LifeCycle Management Strategy? Wednesday June 18th at 2pm ET|11am PT Register Now! • More information: http://www.feith.com/webinar-records-management-reform • Registration: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/768187775 Records Management does not exist within an information...

Executive Briefing on Export Controls June 17, 2014 Instructor: Felice Laird ECoP®EAR or ITAR renewal credits = 1 Every executive knows that successful compliance is critical to their company. However, they may not fully understand the risks and business challenges that export controls create for their company. If they don’t know the business issues, they cannot make informed decisions about what the resources, personnel and commitm...

Technology and communications approaches change rapidly, and government contracting tools can become outdated, no longer meeting the purpose they were originally designed to serve. Innovative networking advances such as unified communications and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) are approaching the threshold of mainstream adoption by commercial companies with 50% of companies projected to implement them by year's end. How are agencies ensuring the...

The FedRAMP deployment deadline is scheduled for June 5, 2014. The Federal Government will then require all cloud providers to have FedRAMP approval. If you miss the deadline there are new templates, new workgroups and new activities that should be part of your FedRAMP planning. This workshop will provide you an understanding the post June 5th FedRAMP cloud strategy and post deadline lessons learned for FedRAMP Security: What You Need to Know...

Governments develop, share, and maintain large amounts of unstructured data which can account for storage and/or backups reaching 20-40% YOY growth. The IT staff needs to gain a better understanding of what is in their file storage prior to embarking on projects, such as data migrations, remediation, and moving file shares. Classification and archival is a critical component of managing the security and growth of this data. Join us on June 17t...