Eliminating the Pitfalls: Steps to Virtualization in Government Presented by FedInsider, WTOP, and Federal News Radio 1500 AM, this complimentary one-hour video training webinar will explore how agencies are tackling the pitfalls inherent in virtualization to fulfill Administration initiatives like cloud adoption, data center consolidation, .greening of I.T., and telework. Virtualization is at the heart of these programs, and government...

The White House recently unveiled 28 industry partnerships to help promote agency Big Data initiatives. Government entities are using solutions that feature capabilities such as in-memory computing and real-time data visualization to improve mission-critical apps, streamline their ability to analyze data, and leverage more agency information to enhance decision-making and provide more/better constituent services. While there are challenges to...

The Intersection of Customer Service and Security in the Cloud For the past two years, agencies have been making the jump to the cloud. Many first made the jump to the cloud for back-office systems, such as email or Web hosting. But more recently, agencies are seeing value in putting mission critical IT systems in the cloud. At the same time, federal chief information officers still are coming to terms with how cloud providers secure their pub...

Big data can mean big insight, but to date has required lots of heavy lifting through extensive ETL processes and considerable pain to set up. How can you tap into big data to unlock new sources of insight for your business quickly and easily? View this informative web seminar to learn how you can leverage Birst agile business analytics to access, transform and visualize information stored in Hadoop to drive your organization’s big data...

Reduced budget cuts are making instructor-led trainings more and more difficult for the government. On top of that, tracking student retention and learner progress after the classroom can be near impossible. View our on-demand webinar to discover how Adobe’s blended learning solution, Adobe Connect, can solve all of the problems of the traditional in-class training environment. During this webcast, you will learn how to: Develop fast and...

Every department at their agency is a service provider. Yet, very few have matured the service model to the level of enterprise IT. While service relationships are well defined and automated within enterprise IT, they are often inefficient, unstructured, or non-existent in other enterprise service domains. Savvy IT leaders view this as an opportunity to leverage IT service expertise and enable their organization in new, highly-impactful ways....

Government agencies are struggling to adapt to the mobile revolution that is changing the lives of everyone. Nearly every day a new use for this technology is announced and new devices are released at nearly the same rate. Government agencies have no option but to adapt to this new world. However, government faces unique challenges that make implementing a mobile initiative extremely difficult. This live webinar will provide practical approach...

Cyber Resilience: Leveraging Real-Time Analytics and Continuous Monitoring The administration underscored the importance of combating sophisticated or advanced cyber intruders by establishing FISMA priorities, #1 of which is continuous monitoring. The proposed federal IT budget for 2014 devotes more than $13 billion to cybersecurity programs, with $300 million in new funding for continuous monitoring as mandated by OMB and FISMA reporting requ...

Are you up to date on today’s best practices in budgeting and planning for government contracting? Just having a project management plan isn’t enough to succeed. Attend the free Deltek webinar Best Practices in Budgeting & Planning on December 11 at 11 a.m. ET and learn how solid budgeting and planning create efficiencies and aid decision making at the project level. Highlights include: Budgets that align with the project manag...

Best of Americas EMC Forums: Lead Your Cloud Transformation Thousands of IT leaders were transformed at the EMC Forums this year. In this series of webinars, catch the highest rated presentations from the Americas Forum Series in 2013 that you missed and share those you recommend with your peers. A typical IT department spends an unsustainable 70% of its budget on maintenance, with little room for innovation. IT has reached a tipping point, b...