WHAT'S COVERED The vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining, but are fully mystified about where to begin or even how to prepare. Of those who did initiate a modeling initiative, a recent data mining industry survey of predictive modeling practitioners reports that 51% of data mining projects either never left the ground, did not realize value or the ultimate results were not measurable. Despite its elus...

Government I.T. Made Simple...A Study of the Government Case for Security, Virtualization & Storage Agenda: Keynote VIP Guest Speaker: Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in-Charge (SAC) FBI’s Boston Field Office. IT Security & its’ ‘Happening Now’ impact on the Public Sector to reduce victimization & build security awareness. McAfee: Dave Marcus, Director, Security Research and Communications McAfee Labs McAf...

Few topics generate more discussion among Federal professionals than procurement. What are considered the best strategies to acquire products and services that meet current and future agency requirements? How can you and your team make the most of available funding this year and what steps can you take to ensure that new systems and services are aligned with organizational business and mission objectives? Login to view this interactive discuss...

Government Executive and the SANS Institute are partnering to co-produce the Government Executive Cybersecurity Insider Series, monthly expert briefings on pressing cybersecurity issues. These hyper-current events will feature discussions with high-profile federal officials involved in crafting cybersecurity policy and implementation strategies. Government Executive Media Group and the SANS Institute invite you to attend the first of the new s...

Join INPUT’s Chris Dixon for an online presentation that provides detailed insight to help contractors answer the question: “What are the top policy priorities for states in 2010 and 2011, and their impact on my company’s business with state governments?” What You Will Learn: Critical technology initiatives across major verticals How to align your business development strategy with gubernatorial priorities The importanc...

Join your colleagues on Tuesday, June 15 at VMware’s largest federal end-user event to learn about the latest VMware solutions and how they support federal enterprises in all areas of government. Agenda: 08:30am Registration & Breakfast 09:00am Keynote: VMware’s Technical Vision & StrategyScott Harvey, Vice President for Systems Engineering, VMware 09:45am General Session: Delivering Desktop CapabilitiesDavid Young, Systems...

Sun Storage: Discover Speed, Simplicity, and Savings Too often in today’s datacenter, rapid data growth results in inefficient, hard-to-manage storage with sluggish throughput, declining quality of service, and escalating costs. As part of your introduction to the new Sun family of offerings from Oracle, we invite you to join us at a FREE half-day seminar on how to overcome this challenge. You’ll discover how Sun Storage 7000 Unifi...

Acrobat Webcast: Adobe Solutions for Law Enforcement Agencies Join Adobe and Carahsoft for an informative webcast to discover how law enforcement agencies across the country are relying on Adobe Acrobat to help with interoperable communications, while cutting down their paper footprint. Through PDF Portfolios, you can utilize Adobe Acrobat Professional as a container of information, giving you the ability to share, comment, and secure multiple...

Connecting the Dots Isn't What it Used to BeA flood of information increases the need for accuracy, including knowing which data to leave out. There was a time when the level of accuracy that our intelligence and law enforcement systems offered was “fine.” We connected the dots well enough to eliminate the greatest threats. Not anymore. Today, there is an intense push for accuracy in our data and in our ability to accurately ...

CityCampDC is an unconference (a facilitated, participant-driven conference centered on a theme or purpose) dedicated to bringing people together who are passionate about building a better District of Columbia. There is a 300 person limit for this event, and 50 person limits for each ticket type. It's very simple: 1) You arrive and everyone introduces themselves, provides a 3 'keyword context' of what you're interested in, and have the opportu...