Though cloud computing and data center consolidation may be the final destination for government IT, as both an intermediate and alternative step, server virtualization has proven its ability to deliver significant cost reduction – $23 billion by 2015. Reducing IT operating costs is often a primary goal in virtualizing, but, realizing and maximizing cost savings is not always easy – funding, legacy application migration, security,...

As the largest user of electricity and fuel in the country, the federal government is taking steps to reduce its energy footprint. Early successes give hope to the effort, but agencies face aggressive energy reduction targets in the near future. In a recent GBC survey completed by over 400 of your peers, diversifying energy supply ranked last out of seven DOD priorities. Already battling uncertain budgets and spending cuts, can agencies afford...

This complimentary online webinar is provided on behalf of Palo Alto. Recent changes in application behavior and usage patterns have steadily eroded the protection that the traditional firewall once provided. Users are now accessing any application from any location to get their job done. Many of these applications use non-standard ports, hop ports, or encryption to simplify and streamline user access and to bypass the firewall. Cybercriminals...

This is a pre-recorded event so participants will be unable to submit any questions. Join GovWin and Gloria Larkin, President, TargetGov at Marketing Outsource Associates, for our rebroadcast "GovCon Business Development Weekly: Why Are Differentiators So Tough To Define?" Webinar. How the Series Works The goal of this series is simple: get answers to mid- and small business's most important government contracting sales questions. Featuring a...

Enhance your self-awareness and make emotions work for you to build more productive relationships-professionally and personally-through emotional intelligence training. Understand and improve the crucial connection between emotions and actions to business and personal success. Now you can actually develop and enhance the skills which will positively impact your work—and in doing so, tap into a whole new level of achievement in your caree...

How Alfresco and Other Open Source Technologies Can Work Together to Solve Government Business Problems Managing the vast quantities of information government entities need has become incredibly challenging. When the Freedom of Information Act was enacted in 1966, no one considered the vast quantity of information that would need to be accessed or the complexity of keeping private data private, while making public data accessible. Legacy conte...

Server virtualization promotes flexible utilization of IT resources, reduced capital costs, high-energy efficiency, high-available applications, and improved business continuity. However, virtualization also brings along with it a unique set of challenges around the management and security of the virtual infrastructure: How do you secure VMware across the enterprise? How do you protect your virtual infrastructure? How do you control privileged...

Task and Workflow Management: A Perfect Automation Combination Thursday, March 29th: 2pm ET | 11am PT Most organizations fall in to the pattern of classifying and labeling their workflow business processes based on whatever department the workflow is for. Does that sound like your organization? If so, it's time to start thinking about Task Management and Workflow Management in a new way. The reality is, most every process in any company, depar...

This complimentary online webinar is provided on behalf of Sourcefire and GovPlace. Today’s networks are highly dynamic. New technologies add complexity, and the number and type of applications and systems on your network continues to grow. Information security risks multiply in number and scale as attackers become more sophisticated—and stealthy. Sourcefire Next-Generation IPS raises the bar for IPS technology by integrating real-...

There’s nothing more frustrating than seeing all the time, effort and money you’ve spent taking an adverse action be rendered moot when the MSPB overturns your decision. But with so many steps, rules and deadlines in the MSPB process, how do you avoid it? With guidance from Peter Broida, one of the nation’s top experts in federal employment law litigation. He’s represented appellants, unions and agencies in hundreds of...