With billions of connected devices, our digital life is more convenient than ever. But those devices also create opportunities for attackers to move quickly from an initial breach to a major loss; and it can happen within minutes. Join us for the DC Microsoft Azure Government Meetup on Wednesday, Nov. 16 starting at 6 p.m. to discuss Cybersecurity Best Practices in Cloud in Government at 1776 in Washington DC. Hear from cybersecurity subject...

The Federal NowForum: The Federal NowForum offers something for everyone, from experienced ServiceNow professionals to those just beginning to explore the possibilities of service management. Don’t miss out on the many complementary sessions available. You can choose sessions from three breakout tracks: Modernize: Consolidate Business Critical Applications and Deliver a Modern Consumer Experience Transform: Maximize Operational Agility a...

In today’s ever-changing Federal environment, agencies are becoming increasingly reliant on the use of software applications in mission-critical projects. As IT environments become more complex with the advent of cloud services, virtualization and mobile devices, the challenge of managing and optimizing application performance is also becoming more complex. How can agencies overcome these software application challenges? The use of Appli...

FedTalks is the largest annual gathering of the top leaders from the tech and government IT communities. In our 6th Annual gathering, over 1,200 of the most influential leaders from gov, tech, and politics will come together from across the country in Washington, D.C. for one day to discuss how technology and people can change government and our communities.

In an April 2015 report, the Government Accountability Office found 23 out of 24 agency inspectors generally cited information security as a major challenge at their agency. New, sophisticated attacks have often been called Advanced Persistent Threats, a term that is sometimes derided, but has attained widespread adoption. Whatever these attacks are called, they have unique qualities that make them more difficult to defend against. Although th...

Federal agencies have only begun to explore the benefits of the cloud. Without a doubt, five years into the federal government’s “Cloud First” policy, cloud is delivering important results—most notably the ability to quickly deploy IT resources and scale up operations as requirements change. But in most agencies, the greater potential for transformation remains largely untapped. With the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Ac...

We are very excited to announce the next ServiceNow User Group in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Please join ServiceNow specialists and expert users to discuss the latest ServiceNow news and updates, along with best practice discussions and opportunities for networking with your fellow IT professionals. This session will allow users to: Trade tips, tricks and successes around the ServiceNow platform Hear best practices and demons...

This educational one-day symposium will feature cloud computing subject matter experts from the Federal government and academia participating on panels. (Cloud Summit Agenda)The MITRE-ATARC Cloud Symposium will discuss and white-board various cloud "challenge areas” and produce a White Paper with recommendations for the Federal government. The following challenge areas will be discussed: 1. DevOps vs NoOps: Managing Public Clouds2. Secur...

With ever-expanding mission requirements, continuing budgetary challenges, and cumbersome legacy IT systems, federal agencies are faced with many hurdles to become fully evolved digital enterprises. Today, a single large agency or department may have many hundreds, perhaps thousands, of outdated systems in place – making meeting mission requirements in a costly, efficient, and effective manner all the more difficult. On June 21st, Servic...

The novelty of cloud is now reality across all corners of Federal IT. As the march toward modernization continues, we’ve seen cloud powering change and driving progress. Join MeriTalk for our fifth annual Cloud Computing Brainstorm on Wednesday, June 15th at the Newseum. We’re celebrating the five year anniversary of FedRAMP and the two year anniversary of FITARA with a full program featuring cloud professionals from across DoD, ci...