Many federal professionals know that they need to extract actionable information from the vast data repositories that their agencies maintain. Yet challenges exist in how to get at that data and use it for meaningful analysis and more informed decision-making. How can the federal workforce leverage the resources available to support its mission requirements? One way is to take advantage of the rapidly expanding set of technology and applicatio...

Creating Trusted, Identity-Driven Federal Enterprises Federal agencies are improving identity management programs by focusing on trusted personal credentials, yet efforts to best authenticate employees, partners, and individuals for online transactions continue, with many to be challenging. Government-wide regulations date back more than a decade, with many programs and identity management initiatives launched, such as HSPD-12 which called for...

The promise of big data is great, but the gap between promise and reality may be even greater. Getting value from big data begins with a business case that drives choices of the right data among many big data possibilities—social media data, machine-to-machine data, e-commerce data, geospatial data, and more. This TDWI Seminar in Washington, DC, offers a sequence of carefully selected courses to help you do just that. Join us to understa...

At Enterprise Architecture West, enterprise architects, project managers and industry experts will convene to discuss contemporary EA and how to apply it to make the mission possible. This inaugural west coast event will be held at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento, CA on April 21, 2015, with pre-conference workshops slated for Monday, April 20, 2015. Enterprise Architecture West is an educational forum for enterprise architects and project mana...

Public sector organizations today operate with diverse technologies and IT strategies designed to support their missions and mandates. Along with the benefits these systems provide to daily operations, they introduce complexities that result from deploying multiple systems over time—not only how to manage them individually, but how to derive meaningful, timely information from them as a whole. Federal management and technology profession...

Celebrating 26 years, the Federal 100 Awards are presented to government, industry and academic leaders who have played pivotal roles that affect how the federal government acquires, develops and manages IT. These individuals have gone above and beyond their daily responsibilities and have made a difference in the way technology has transformed their agency or accelerated their agency’s mission. Entertainment will be provided by comedian...

Real-time Network Visibility – You Can’t Protect What You Can’t See Visibility across your network – in real-time - is a critical necessity for combating today’s increasing cyber attacks and security breaches. Integrating Symantec and ForeScout empowers agencies to detect, prioritize and remediate risk much more effectively and efficiently. Over 25,500 data incidents at federal agencies occurred in 2013, according...

Visual Studio Live! is hitting the open road on the ultimate code trip to help you navigate the .NET Highway. Our first stop is Las Vegas, situated fittingly near Historic Route 66. Developers, software architects, engineers, and designers will cruise onto the Strip for five days of unbiased and cutting-edge education on the Microsoft Platform. Explore hot topics like Visual Studio 2013, ASP.NET, JavaScript, Cross-Platform Mobile, Data Managem...

You're invited to BMC Exchange Federal 2015 in Washington, D.C. Come and explore the latest technology trends from mainframe, to cloud, to mobile. Hear from Public Sector IT professionals as they lead deep dive BMC product and solution discussion sessions. Listen to keynote Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret), PhD, discuss cyber attacks and reasons why the global community needs to collaborate on a universal definition. Attend this event to: Ga...

Transform Business with Big Data Analytics Join an exclusive, hosted gathering of experienced professionals, industry thought leaders, and top solution providers for real-world tips and best practices to help you harness the power of big data analytics. Don’t miss the paradigm shift. Across organizations, it is now mission-critical for decision makers to be able to uncover and share data insights. Business and IT leaders want to deploy a...