Join MeriTalk and more than 100 "cloud-fluent" Federal IT professionals from a variety of agencies to discuss pressing and trending topics, including: Considering the Cloud Broker Model, Accelerating Cloud Through FedRAMP, and Leveraging Public and Private Platforms. Federal and industry professionals will leave with fresh ideas about cloud computing, and they will be challenged to think about how to integrate the lessons learned into their ow...

The Network is Transforming – Are You Keeping Up? Think back to where servers were 10 years ago – sitting in giant rooms, one for each application, expensive to manage and refresh. Now think about what virtualization has done to servers – completely changing the architecture, management, and cost structure of the data center. That is what is about to happen to the network. This is a complete transformation of how Federal net...

Cyber security is not a new priority for those in the government's IT and management trenches. But it is a growing priority for the second term administration. This means agencies and industry partners can expect many cyber hot button issues being front and center over the next year - critical infrastructure protection, cyber crime, continuous monitoring, TIC, mobile device management, data protection, and information sharing. What does Congre...

Data center consolidation continues to be a high priority as we move closer to OMB's rigorous 2015 deadlines. How is the intersection of consolidation, cloud, mobility, and even big data going to affect the path forward? Which mandates are realistic and which should change? Join MeriTalk's Data Center Exchange for the second annual 2013 Data Center Brainstorm on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The event will bring to...

Data center consolidation continues to be a high priority as we move closer to OMB's rigorous 2015 deadlines. How is the intersection of consolidation, cloud, mobility, and even big data going to affect the path forward? Which mandates are realistic and which should change? Join MeriTalk's Data Center Exchange for the second annual 2013 Data Center Brainstorm on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The event will bring to...

Mobility, BYOD, telework, and cloud computing are changing the laws of gravity in Federal cyber security. Feds are using iPads, smartphones, and laptops from cubicle to canyon – and at every stop between. Is tech liberation a liability? How can FISMA evolve to better address cloud and mobile security? What's in store for tomorrow's Fed cyber pros? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we keep up with the ever-changing cyber landscape ...

An estimated one-fourth of government IT will transition to the cloud by 2015. For many agencies email represents the best immediate opportunity in the cloud to realize benefits like costs savings, streamlined management, and increased employee productivity. Unfortunately, it can also bring performance challenges as end users are suddenly relying on applications outside of the agency infrastructure. Join government and industry leaders for a w...

Federal agencies have less than three years to change their data center habits. OMB now says we need to slim from 2,100 to 1,100 data centers by 2015. Are the numbers accurate, are the goals realistic, and importantly, is counting data centers the right way to measure efficiency? Join MeriTalk's Data Center Exchange for the annual Data Center Brainstorm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together...

COMPLIMENTARY CLOUD COMPUTING EXCHANGE (CCX) EVENTS On Wednesday, April 25, join MeriTalk's Cloud Computing Exchange (CCX) for its Quarterly Meeting and join CCX and Senators Brown (R-Mass.) and Carper (D-Del.) for the Cloud Computing Brainstorm event on Capitol Hill. The CCX Quarterly Meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill at 11:30 a.m. and the Cloud Computing Brainstorm event will take place at the Capitol Vi...

Though cloud computing and data center consolidation may be the final destination for government IT, as both an intermediate and alternative step, server virtualization has proven its ability to deliver significant cost reduction – $23 billion by 2015. Reducing IT operating costs is often a primary goal in virtualizing, but, realizing and maximizing cost savings is not always easy – funding, legacy application migration, security,...