Join us on October 7th for the 8th Annual Global Trade Compliance Best Practices Conference, an event that brings together 100 trade compliance executives and professionals to discuss best practices in compliance including methodologies, processes and systems. Space is limited for this popular event, so register early! Praise from 2013 Event Attendees: “Topics were right on the mark!” “Overall, a great workshop” ...

Government reforms to Mexico's telecommunications market will allow foreign investment in the sector to grow from 49% to 100%, marking a paradigm shift in the state of Mexico Telecoms. New regulator, Ifetel, seeks to increase competition in the telecoms market, as well as withdraw power from those monopolising it, and make investment opportunities more accessible to overseas investors. As a result, there is an increasing amount of exciting pro...

CISO Security Awareness Forum & Training Exercise The CISO Security Awareness Forum & Training Exercise is hosted by the Enterprise Information Security Group (EISG) at CMS. EISG is purposefully aligned within the CMS Office of Information Services (OIS) to ensure that essential information security features are imbedded in new systems as they are developed and deployed. However, beyond the technical, EISG also provides critical inform...

The 15th annual Summit will draw 300 high level attendees from both state and local government. Information Technology continues to play a major role in the Governor's plans to transform government. Again this year, the Summit is the only conference and educational opportunity of its kind in Springfield. The attendees are willing, able and comfortable talking to vendors because it is a sanctioned public forum and therefore excluded from Procur...

What is the effect of energy prices on economic competitiveness? The US shale revolution continues to redefine the global energy map and is said to strengthen the competitiveness of US industry. At the same time Europe and Japan continue to experience rising energy costs, with implications for economic competitiveness and potentially long-term growth. Understanding the impact of energy costs on economic competitiveness is critical to developin...

The Project Management Exchange is an annual event focused on project management in higher education IT and administration. Leaders, project managers and project teams from colleges and universities share their experience in navigating this unique environment. Our program focuses on Higher Education and Texas State Agencies. With new networking opportunities and two full days of breakouts and keynotes, Project Management Exchange is bigger th...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence will be hosting the 2014 NGA Cyber Security Day at the NGA Headquarters in Springfield, VA. Featuring government and industry speakers, the focus will include such topics as continuous monitoring, cloud migration, software assurance, insider threat, wireless and mobility security, and emerging threats. NGA Strategy (from www.nga.mil): The global security environment continues to evolve at an unprecedented r...

Join us in Broomfield, CO, for the 2014 Conference on Timely Results in Operating Systems (TRIOS '14). TRIOS '14 will take place immediately before OSDI '14 on Sunday, October 5. TRIOS '14 is the second iteration of an experimental conference that was first held in conjunction with SOSP 2013. Like OSDI, TRIOS solicits papers presenting original research results on all aspects of computer systems software. The OSDI symposium has an outstanding...

The 2014 Workshop on Supporting Diversity in Systems Research (Diversity '14) is a forum to support traditionally underrepresented students in systems research. The workshop is part of the CRA-W/CDC program on Discipline-Specific Workshops. It provides minority and female students at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level with valuable opportunities for mentorship and networking. However, the workshop is open to everyone. We encourage a...

Join us in Broomfield, CO, for the 10th Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability (HotDep '14). HotDep '14 will take place immediately before OSDI '14 on Sunday, October 5. HotDep '14 will bring forth cutting-edge research ideas spanning the domains of systems and fault tolerance/reliability, drawing from the two associated research communities (i.e., researchers who attend traditional "dependability" conferences such as DSN and ISSRE, an...