Big Data is exponential growth of data being collected today. Last year IBM reported that 2.5 exabytes of data was being created on a daily basis. As massive amounts of information become more readily available, the government has the opportunity to transform this data into intelligence, enabling agencies to make better decisions and meet their mission objectives. In today’s budget-constrained environment, a Big Data strategy can help go...

As government moves to a more mobile workforce, demand for consistent and standards-driven application development and deployment has become even more critical – especially in an environment of shrinking budgets. It is important to develop cost-effective applications that are easily extensible for use on mobile devices, with the ability to be built once and tweaked for use across the enterprise. Agencies and the public both need to creat...

Global Intelligence Forum - "The Role of Intelligence in Meeting Europe's Emerging Security Challenges" The world is changing…and so must the role of Intelligence! Last year’s inaugural unclassified Global Intelligence Forum (Brussels) explored the intelligence lessons learned and not learned since 9/11. Lord Robertson, former Secretary General of NATO, noted that Europe “… collectively woke up to the importance of in...

TechNet Asia-Pacific 2013 - "Building Coalitions Through Cyber" Compelling Reasons To Attend TechNet Asia-Pacific 2013: Hear expert speakers address the critical issues. Get the insider's perspective from key military commands. Attend dynamic panel sessions. Stay informed on IT developments in the Pacific. Active Government/Military Attendance Due to sequestration and our desire to help enable Government and Military Employee participation, AF...

AFCEA Small Business - Holiday Networking Reception AFCEA Small Business encompasses the activities of AFCEA International, the International Small Business Committee, and the AFCEA Chapters to enhance outreach to the small business community. Join us for a great opportunity to network with 2013 Small Business Committee guest speakers, as well as government and industry representatives from both large and small firms. We will gather together t...

3rd Annual Cross-Agency Defense & Security - MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES SYMPOSIUM Beyond PIM: The Business Case for 'Mobile' as the Next Platform: for Innovation, Transformation, Productivity & meeting the Mission The Defense & Security MOBILE Symposium, hosted by AFCEA DC, will focus on the potential that mobile and wireless technologies offer for meeting the operational mission of the military, security community & DHS, as well as f...

Experience MILCOM 2013 - The Premier International Conference for Military Communications Now in its 32nd year, MILCOM attracts decision-makers from government, military, academia, and industry. The conference gathers military and government communications subject matter experts from around the globe to conduct in-depth discussions about the latest in technology advancements. MILCOM is an ideal forum for industry to demonstrate the application...

AFCEA Bethesda’s Sixth Health IT Day is expected to bring together more than 700 senior-executives and IT professionals from across industry and federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. The goals of the event are to foster better...

This August, the Administration’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) reached another milestone in the effort to create a common identity infrastructure for the Internet. A new pilot program from the US Postal Service promises a time when citizens will soon be able to access everything from federal health benefits to student loan information using a single ID and password. The project will create a cloud-servic...

Due to the government shutdown, the October 16 breakfast has been rescheduled for November 7. If you’ve already registered for the October breakfast your registration will be transferred. This August, the Administration’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) reached another milestone in the effort to create a common identity infrastructure for the Internet. A new pilot program from the US Postal Service pr...