As federal IT increasingly turns to cloud computing, running legacy applications on diverse operating systems and hardware configurations has become a major challenge to ‘keeping the lights on’, as well as making progress toward implementing new architectures. VMware ThinApp enables applications to be packaged so they run completely isolated from each other and the operating system on end-point devices. Application packages can be...

With the explosion of new devices and the challenge of adaptation, organizations face a bigger obstacle than ever to be able to engage their customers in a digital world. Paper has long been the workhorse of the organization, the natural solution would be to engage your customers directly through electronic means of communication. However, as each new channel becomes available, the path forward becomes both expensive and more confusing. Join...

Ways to Improve the Effectiveness of Your Consolidation Efforts Are you responsible for or involved in the consolidation of your agency’s data centers? Are you seeking innovative ideas that can help you get the most from these activities? If so, you may wish to join CTOVision, Cleversafe, and Carahsoft for an informative discussion on this topic. Bob Gourley, CTO of CTOVision and an iconic presence in the D.C. area, and Chris Gladwin, CE...

Please join Adobe on Friday, September 7th, for an engaging seminar on how your agency can leverage Adobe Connect to communicate instantly and deliver rich and engaging eLearning content anytime.Adobe Connect removes the traditional technology barriers of web communications and eLearning, allowing agencies to train and collaborate instantly. Adobe Connect is based on the Adobe Flash® Player, which is already installed on 98% of Internet-co...

Improve Your Video Teleconferencing Capabilities Join Adobe, Carahsoft, and Emergent for an informative one-hour session to learn about leveraging the full suite of the Adobe Connect capabilities with Video Teleconferencing (VTC) and your mobile device.Connect, the award-winning web conferencing solution, has an expansive set of collaboration features leveraged as a single platform for end-to-end solutions around presentations, meetings, trai...

Interested in Hadoop and open source analytics? Come listen to IKANOW and Cloudera speak at the Open Analytics DC meetup on Thursday, September 6th in Washington, DC. If you organization is thinking about using Hadoop, just started or are expert Hadoop users, this is an event you won't want to miss. Agenda: 6pm - 7pm: Networking7pm - 8pm: Presentations8pm - 9pm: Networking Presenters: Craig Vitter | Professional Services Engineer | IKANOWTopic...

Join Adobe, Carahsoft and MEI for one-hour eSeminars on the Creative Suite products featuring Adobe Solutions Experts to discover how government agencies are leveraging Adobe Creative Suite, as well as new features of CS6!Click on the titles below for more information on each session and speaker. Part 1: Photoshop - August 9, 2012, 2pm EasternTopic: What’s New in Photoshop CS6Featured Speaker: Lisa Niday is an Adobe certified expert in...

Apache Hadoop is a software framework that supports data intensive distributed applications under a free-to-use license. Hadoop has been the driving force behind the Big Data industry. It enables applications to work over massive quantities of data with built-in features enabling enhanced reliability, scalability, and functionality over old style data tools. If your legacy data storage methods are costly, or if you need to access your data fa...

A variety of federal agencies are considering options for enabling employees to do their jobs from devices other than PCs, but can this be done efficiently, securely, and with an easy-to-manage environment? With VMware, you can. Join us to learn how VMware View technology is optimizing Defense Connect Online (DCO) users' performance in virtual environments. Best practices and simple use cases will be covered during this live webcast. Attendee...

The explosion of information in enterprise data stores and online has created a target-rich environment for hackers, thieves, and malicious insiders. As the risks of data loss and inadvertent disclosure have grown, so have the costs. Hacker attacks have compromised technology firms, credit-card processors, and defense contractors; insider exploits have brought down major banks; and the financial, regulatory, and legal impacts are growing by l...