Federal agencies have long looked to shared services for cost savings and operational efficiencies -- yet often hesitated because the one-size-fits-all approach didn't fully fit their needs. Now, however, advanced technologies such as Cognitive, Robotics and Blockchain are helping agencies craft shared service solutions that can truly transform their operations. Register today for this interactive forum and see demonstrations of how multiple f...

Live! 360 is a unique conference where the IT and Developer community converge to discuss leading edge technologies and educate themselves on current ones. These 5 co-located events feature expert education, training, knowledge transfer and networking as you create your own custom conference, choosing sessions, workshops and hands-on labs to best suit your needs. Whether you are a developer, an IT Pro, or a DBA; whether you are new to the indu...

THE INTERSECTION OF DEFENSE IT AND DEFENSE READINESS IT is essential to readiness. Cloud, network modernization, analytics, mobility, and related technologies are reshaping how the military services and supporting agencies manage core operations and deliver mission-critical services. These technologies also provide an opportunity to reengineer those operations and services to create a much more agile and responsive IT environment—one tha...

As geopolitical power shifts around the globe, the 5th Annual Defense One Summit will gather top military, foreign-policy, and intelligence leaders to discuss ideas and concerns about the future of American and global security. Topics that will be covered at the event include: The Air Force’s New Approach to Space Politics of National Security Distributed Firepower is Changing Maritime Warfare The CIA Looks to AI & Information Warfar...

Blockchain technology could be a game-changer for government cybersecurity. This distributed ledger system, which first gained prominence for enabling the digital currency Bitcoin, has the potential to help agencies address long-standing cyber gaps in key areas of their operations and services. If anything could hold blockchain back, it is the assumption that its potential is limited to financial transactions. The technology made Bitcoin feasi...

BUILDING NEW CAPABILITIES FOR CYBERSECURITY In phase three, CDM will provide agencies with the tools for protecting the boundaries—network, physical and virtual—and for planning for and responding cyber incidents. The third phase also will address requirements for managing the full cybersecurity lifecycle. Register for this event and hear cyber experts from across government discuss tools and tactics for implementing CDM and for ma...

With the new administration, federal agencies are under intense pressure to modernize or replace outdated, inefficient legacy systems and take a more innovative, cost-effective approach to delivering IT services. To be effective—to bring the gains in performance and efficiency that the administration is seeking—modernization efforts must address two key factors: the underlying network infrastructure and the associated digital proce...

Discovery & Innovation in Government IT Join us this Thursday — October 19th at the Hilton McLean, Tysons Corner for the GCN dig IT Awards and celebrate with us as we announce the winners of dig IT categories and recognize their outstanding achievements. Meet all the dig IT Award finalists, WT Industry Innovators Finalists, and Rising Stars, connect with newcomers, enjoy dinner with friends, and strengthen client relationships as we...

Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!™) is rocking on to bring our unique brand of unbiased developer training to sunny southern California. With our host hotel situated just down the street from Disneyland, developers, software architects, engineers, and designers can code by day, and visit the Magic Kingdom by night. Seek out our expert speakers to get your toughest questions answered; soak in best practices from industry leaders and peers alik...

Strategies for Securing Digital Government Identity and access management is the linchpin of digital government. Whether interacting with internal employees or external constituents, federal agencies need the ability to create a trusted digital relationship—ensuring that interactions are secure, privacy is protected, and the user experience is seamless. It's a complex undertaking, because of the complexity of the federal IT environment,...