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Date: June 11, 2009
This annual event, hosted by the Information Technology Security Office, is intended to raise computer security awareness for Census employees and contractors. Security Awareness Day will feature various speakers from the U.S. Census Bureau as well as other government agencies and industry. In the past, speakers have included the Chief of IT Security for Census, Associate Director for Information Technology and CIO for Census, Chief Privacy Officer for Census and Computer Security for National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Date: June 16, 2009
A new administration, evolving IT policies and priorities, and dynamic technology tools are changing the way we communicate, collaborate, and serve citizens. Government 2.0 presents new opportunities and challenges. Join the leading IT security and management pros from all levels of government at this one-day event. Learn, teach, and share your experience and knowledge.
Date: June 28 - July 1, 2009
Join us as ISTE looks back on 30 amazing years of change and innovation in Ed Tech—and more importantly, as we look forward to the years ahead.
It is with excitement each year that we plan the next conference and then watch as the seeds planted at NECC begin to grow and take root throughout the year. ISTE members, friends and colleagues in education, are the catalysts who take the knowledge and creativity from all who converge at NECC back to your classrooms, libraries, offices or labs, and continue to build on the energy that is the NECC conference.
Come to the United States capital, June 28—July 1, 2009, to soak up the city and meet colleagues from around the world as we share our continued vision for the future of Ed Tech.
Date: July 8, 2009
Time: 2pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4 New York)
In light of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, many IT teams are understandably concerned about the future of their Sun Solaris investments. In this live web conference, Red Hat solutions architects Greg Pryzby and Dave Egts will share why they believe Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a superior alternative and answer your questions about both operating systems.
Date:: July 10, 2009
We'd like to invite you to join IBM and Red Hat for an executive round table discussion: Eliminating Solaris budget and longevity concerns - Migrate to cost effective solutions offered by Red Hat and IBM.
Join us for this invitation only breakfast for executives in Washington DC on Thursday, July 10th at the Renaissance® Washington DC Hotel. Registration and breakfast will begin at 7:00 a.m. and the Executive welcome starts at 7:30 a.m. The overall program will last no longer than 9:30 a.m. as we respect your time.
You'll hear from our executive staff and solutions teams as we discuss today's business challenges in a struggling economy while also managing already constrained resources. IBM and Red Hat will discuss the benefits of migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM platforms from Sun Solaris solutions that could have significant support challenges due to the recent acquisition. We'll expand on...
• Freedom from hardware and software vendor lock-in
• Numerous features and support available at no extra charge with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• How virtualization is included in your RHEL subscription and not an added costly option
• The viability of IBM hardware offerings vs Sun's lost momentum
• Why IBM and Red Hat are the best partners for a safe migration during uncertain times
• Strategies to achieve dramatic TCO savings, attainable with Red Hat Enterprise Linux across IBM Systems
Interested in learning more? Plan to attend and meet other executives in your area and receive valuable insight from IBM and Red Hat. You won't want to miss this business focused and technological dialogue.
Date:: July 21-23, 2009
The Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) Weapons System (WS) 10.2 Industry Forum will share with industry the mission, vision, and goals of the AOC WS. The AOC WSI will present the AOC WS 10.2 target architecture and our critical technology needs then challenge Capability Providers with solutions to fill the gap. The AOC WSI is in search of industry's proven and most progressive technologies.
Date: August 9-12, 2009
Make sure to catch our breakout session presented by Gary Buonacorsi, Chief Information Officer, State of Texas, OAG:
Solving the CIO's Dilema by Modernizing the Workforce to Leverage Open Source
Learn how the Texas Office of the Attorney General's office leveraged a signature mentoring model to adopt the open source JBoss Portal platform and modernize the skills of its workforce through a mentoring based approach focused on Java, Seam, and Hibernate.
Experienced public sector IT professionals consider the TASSCC Annual Conference to be one of the best and most affordable opportunities for learning and sharing in Texas. Because the conference focuses on the unique opportunities and problems that we face in delivering services to citizens, this event has earned a loyal following of participants.
The conference provides two-and-a-half days of top-quality education for minimal cost, and the networking opportunities are priceless! As an Information Resource Manager, you can also obtain the majority of your required continuing education credits by attending the conference.
Date: August 18 - 20, 2009
The 2009 LandWarNet Conference is the premier forum to bring Government and Industry together to openly communicate commercial best business practices and government implementations.
Date: August 24 - 26, 2009
AFITC focuses on how information is created locally, shared globally through our vast communications capabilities, and used operationally in support of the warfighting effort and cyberspace domain. This conference will bring together government leaders and key figures in the field of information technology, allowing them to learn how to best apply the latest, cutting-edge technology to keep the Air Force the most advanced fighting force in the world. We expect approximately 5,600 government and civilian attendees to participate in the many events that will take place. Also, a majority of the attendees will be Air Force Active Duty, Civil Service, Guard and Reserve personnel. AFITC has taken place annually in the Montgomery area for more than a quarter of a century.
Date: October 18 - 21, 2009
Join us for GEOINT 2009 at Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The GEOINT 2009 Symposium promises to bring together an exciting line up of speakers building on the dialogue from the past five years' highly acclaimed events. Attendees will have a unique opportunity to hear advice from leading experts, share best practices, and uncover the latest developments from government, military, and private-sector leaders through an exhibit hall of more than 100,000 square feet filled with cutting-edge technologies.
Date: October 21, 2009
This is your opportunity to participate in the Fall Technology Exposition at the US Army Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, MD. Hosted by the Corporate Information Office of RDECOM and the US Army Garrison DOIM, this will be your one chance this fall to reach the contacts you need to see from this important military installation. RDECOM has a 3.5 billion budget and is responsible for 75% of the Army's science and technology objectives. The command seeks out and develops the latest technology to provide the most advanced weapons, communications, clothing, food and vehicles, using 110 direct liaisons to the field, and more than 300 international agreements. The command includes several organizations located at APG: US Army Research Lab, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and the US Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity and more.
Date: October 27 - 29, 2009
Date: November 14 - 20, 2009
Defying constant changes in the economic climate, the SC conference continues to grow steadily in size and impact each year. Approximately 4,100 people participated in the technical program in 2008, with about 11,000 people overall.
Established 21 years ago, the conference has built a diverse community of participants including researchers, scientists, computing center staff members, IT and data center management, application developers, computer manufacturing personnel, program managers, journalists and congressional staffers. This diversity is one of the conference's main strengths, making it a yearly "must attend" forum for stakeholders throughout the technical computing community.
Date: November 30 - December 3, 2009
The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, Industry, Academia and various Government agencies in pursuit of improved training and education programs, identification of common training issues and development of multiservice programs. Initiated in 1966 as the Naval Training Device Center/Industry Conference, the conference has evolved and expanded through increased participation by the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Industry. In 1979 it became known as the Interservice/Industry Training Equipment Conference.
Date: April - May, 2009
Join Red Hat for a series of webcasts about JBoss(R) Enterprise Middleware, or simply pick the topic that interests you most. Learn how your agency can achieve its mission with a fully integrated stack that uses JBoss for process management, service integration, data integration, systems management and monitoring, integrated development tooling, and more. All at a fraction of the cost of proprietary offerings and without the fear of vendor lock-in. Register for our upcoming webinars today.
Date: May 11 - 15, 2009
On May 11 - 15, 2009, Sacramento will host the Conference on California's Future - a one-of-a-kind event that brings together top public sector leaders from throughout the state to focus on the ideas, issues and technologies that will help California meet its daunting challenges ahead.
Date: May 17 - 21, 2009
The 2009 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, "Empowering Decision Advantage" will take place in beautiful Orlando, Florida at the Orlando World Center Marriott 17-21 May. The highly anticipated Intelligence Community conference will feature high level plenary speakers, numerous breakout sessions and networking events.
This year, more that 300 solutions providers will be on hand to showcase new and emerging technologies in the 105,000 square foot exhibit hall. The technology exposition portion of the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference once again promises to continue its reputation as one of the most significant technology showcases on the federal calendar.
In addition to the many technical reasons that compel attendance, there will be numerous opportunities to network with peers to include nightly industry-sponsored gatherings presenting ample opportunities to grow business and build new relationships.
Date: May 21, 2009
MeriTalk invites government IT professionals and industry thought leaders to attend the Federal IT on a Budget Forum - a full-day event facilitating dialogue, debate, and collaboration on how innovative technologies can stretch the Federal IT dollar.
The Federal IT on a Budget Forum will explore how to deploy new, innovative IT approaches - such as Open Source, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing/Software as a Service (SaaS) - to create new funding within existing budgets. Additionally, the forum will discuss how to make the business case for implementing these enabling technology strategies to realize cost savings from IT reinvention - moving our nation closer to the vision of 21st century government.
Date: May 21, 2009
A business rules management system (BRMS) delivers a more flexible and responsive IT infrastructure. Made available for use by government processes and people through SOA, government IT further enables President Obama's vision of using technology to achieve a more personal, efficient, and responsive government.
Date: May 28, 2009 - 2pm EST
Did you know that you could significantly lower costs, improve security, and increase reliability with your IT infrastructure by leveraging open source? Join us for a complimentary webinar designed specifically with academic institutions in mind. During this one hour webinar, Ben Freeman, our expert on technology for academia will cover such topics as:
• Open source technology and how it can help you reduce costs, improve security and increase reliability
• Site subscriptions and how they can benefit your institution or school district by allowing you to manage an unlimited number of desktops or servers
• Examples of successful implementations among other institutions or school districts similar to you
Date: May 31 - June 3, 2009
This year's National Laboratories Information Technology (NLIT), hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will take place at the Knoxville Marriott, May 31 through June 3, 2009, with exhibit days May 31 through June 2, 2009. The 2009 NLIT Summit brings together representatives from across the US Department of Energy (DOE) complex to facilitate an exchange of information technology (IT) best practices and ideas. Each year, the conference averages 250 - 300 attendees from the DOE Laboratories; with the strongest participation from the host lab, Oak Ridge.
Date: April - May, 2009
Join Red Hat for a series of webcasts about JBoss(R) Enterprise Middleware, or simply pick the topic that interests you most. Learn how your agency can achieve its mission with a fully integrated stack that uses JBoss for process management, service integration, data integration, systems management and monitoring, integrated development tooling, and more. All at a fraction of the cost of proprietary offerings and without the fear of vendor lock-in. Register for our upcoming webinars today.
Date: April 30, 2009
In this webinar, IBM and Red Hat will present strategies and solutions to help customers make the most of their software IT budgets, with particular emphasis on reducing desktop costs associated with Microsoft's client and server licensing. IBM will provide an overview of its Project Liberate engagements, which have helped customers around the world achieve significant cost savings. Red Hat and IBM will present its joint corporate desktop solution - Lotus OCCS on Red Hat Enterprise Desktop -which offers a security rich, affordable alternative to Microsoft.
Date: April 28 - May 1, 2009
NASCIO conferences provide a unique opportunity for corporate members to network with their state government business partners and to discuss the issues facing the information technology field in the public and private sector.
Date: April 29
This is the only technology expo hosted by RDECOM & DOIM for the Aberdeen side of the installation. Make contact with all the key IT contacts and organizations at APG in this one very productive Expo. A very popular expo that gets better every year. Growing even more important with the additional high tech personnel coming to APG through the BRAC, the APG Spring show sells out quickly so make sure to register early.
The annual DISA Customer Partnership Conference brings together our customers, our industry partners, senior decision-makers, and our subject matter experts, who openly communicate and share information that is critical to helping the Department of Defense achieve mission success.
Date: April 22-23, 2009
Every day, the information that USDA agencies manage affects the financial markets and lives of individuals. Therefore, USDA must exercise due diligence in its protection. As dissemination of information becomes easier, the Department must walk a fine line between information exchange and information protection.
This is especially important in an age of instant access and global exchange. As networks expand and connect, security concerns will expand exponentially. USDA is committed to stay abreast of security concerns, and proactively address them.
Date: April 22, 2009
Agencies are subject to increasing regulation that demands more accountability and better data transparency. JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform solves agencies' data integration issues while laying the foundation for a robust, agile, and secure information fabric.
Date: April 21, 2009
Join Intel in Celebrating the Arrival of New Intelligent Server Processors
We're celebrating because this is not just another next-generation microarchitecture. New servers utilizing this technology will enable you to scale performance, save energy, accelerate payback, and leave a lighter footprint on the environment. These next-generation Intel® Xeon® processors introduce new levels of intelligence to IT operations with:
• performance that adapts to your workload
• automated energy efficiency
• best-in-class virtualization
Join us Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the launch of this new generation of Intelligent Servers. You will have an opportunity to hear from Retired Naval Commander and author of It's My Ship, D. Michael Abrashoff, and from Intel CTO Justin Rattner, well-known for his views on how IT will evolve over the next decade.
You will enjoy a reception, opportunity to network, and product demos. Of course you will also learn about the new intelligent levels of energy-efficiency, virtualization and performance delivered by this latest generation of Intel® Xeon® processor-based systems.
So sign up now to reserve your spot at this exciting event.
Date: April 20 - 22, 2009
Join Army LTG Carroll Pollett, DISA Director and Commander of the Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations, and the entire DISA leadership for this year's conference at the Anaheim Convention Center in California from April 20-24, 2009. This year's theme is "One Force. One Focus. Connected."
The annual DISA Customer Partnership Conference brings together our customers, our industry partners, senior decision-makers, and our subject matter experts, who openly communicate and share information that is critical to helping the Department of Defense achieve mission success.
Date: April 16, 2009
In this webinar, Red Hat will present the roadmap for its virtualization platform, as well as the relevant aspects of this solution and best practices for deploying Red Hat virtualization for SAP customers. Additionally, the webinar will include a demonstration of dynamic resource allocation and migration in SAP environments, and concludes with a live Q&A session.
Date: April 16, 2009
As a systems integrator, you must be confident that the open source tools you select deliver value that matches the quality of your services. Join Red Hat, Amentra, and Carahsoft for a complimentary seminar to learn how JBoss Enterprise Middleware is currently being implemented in the federal government.
Date: April 14, 2009
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform is a flexible, standards-based platform to integrate business services/events and automate business processes.
Eliminate Manual Pain Points from your Business Processes: Many business > processes involve unnecessary manual intervention to move data or make calculations that could easily be automated by computers. The JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform relieves these business process manual pain > points by providing the simple, open and affordable integration and business process automation platform to deal with data semantic transformation and integration of business logic across the enterprise.
Accelerate Business Execution and Improve Business Performance: The JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform integrates services, business logic and data making these IT assets available to business processes.
Increase Return on Existing IT Investment: Enterprises and value chains have a myriad of data, business logic and business process resources already deployed across the IT organizations and in the line-of-business. The JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform enables these IT and business assets to be used to support all appropriate business processes increasing return on these IT investments.
Date: April 14, 2009
JBoss Enterprise Middleware application platform strategy has expanded to encompass all types of application workloads. Whether you're building and managing light and rich applications or highly transactional Java EE applications, Red Hat can help you do more with less in your middleware infrastructure.
Date: April 8, 2009
The U. S. Department of Commerce Boulder Labs are scientific laboratories including NIST, NOAA and NTIA. These labs are the home of scientific research and engineering in the fields of electromagnetics, materials reliability, optoelectronics, quantum electronics and physics, time and frequency, earth systems, weather and telecommunication.
As it has since 2003, this expo will once again be hosted by the Boulder Laboratories Employee Association (BLEA). BLEA is wholly composed of employees (full and part time) and contractors (including students, co-ops, and post doctoral appointments) of the federal agencies: NIST, NOAA, ERL, MASC, NDGC, NTIA and ITS. BLEA was created to serve as the social and civic organization for these employees.
Date: April 7, 2009
Date: March 26, 2009
Join us to hear subject matter experts present a detailed overview on Red Hat Network - Satellite Server, describe available advanced courses, and review the product roadmap. This forum will also allow you the opportunity to share your thoughts and feedback on Red Hat Training and our future direction.
Date: March 23 - 27, 2009
The 8th Annual Information Technology/Information Systems Security (IT/ISS) Partnership and Training Conference will be returning to Dallas, Texas. This premier event is scheduled to take place from March 23 - March 27, 2009. This year's event is expected to attract over 1000 attendees to include critical personnel, such as senior executives, chief information officers, information systems security managers and personnel from the IT/ISS workforce from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT). This year's theme will be "A Window into the Future", focusing on the future of information systems security and information technology as well as new initiatives within the federal government.
Date: March 19, 2009
In today's environment of limited budgets and short time-to-deploy cycles, a Linux environment may be just the answer for your mission critical workloads. Linux is deployed around the world for collaboration, virtualization, real time exchange of data, multi level security, and much more. The increased power of Linux and its associated software and hardware provide flexible, innovative and powerful computing from the server to the desktop to the field, and maximize the return on your IT investment.
Date: March 17, 2009
Carahsoft is bringing all of our best-of-breed partners specializing in Green IT solutions for the government together on March 17th, 2009 for our first ever Energy Efficiency/Green IT Forum. The exposition will feature break-out sessions and speakers that will discuss:
• Current issues the government faces with green initiatives
• Green IT successes and customer stories
• Collaboration and telework
• Virtualization and energy costs
• Your agency's carbon footprint and how to reduce it
Not sure what you need? Register today and during the event, our Green IT experts will provide you with the information needed to start implementing Green IT within your agency.
Date: March 12, 2009
Red Hat, Amentra, Alfresco and Carahsoft invite you to attend a complimentary webcast presenting the fundamentals of Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) highlighting Alfresco, the leader in Open Source ECM, and how it is leveraged within the Government.
Learn about planning and implementation of ECM projects to cultivate People, Process, and Technology within your organization. Learn how to fully utilize an Open Source ECM stack with Alfresco, JBoss, and Red Hat wrapped with a mentoring approach for successful adoption and implementation.
Date: March 12, 2009
In today's high-pressure economic environment, spending wisely on IT has become imperative. The explosion of open source deployments over the past few years is clear proof of what agencies that have migrated to open source have experienced: dramatic cost savings combined with the flexibility to meet today's rapidly changing government requirements. Open source solutions have shown that standards-based, open source software delivered via subscription offers customers exceptional value, performance, and service.
Join us on March 12 at 2:00pm EDT to learn how your agency can eliminate expensive add-ons with cost-effective open source solutions during our live discussion!
Date: March 10, 2009
Government Managers: How can we leverage innovative IT approaches to create new funding within existing IT budgets? Critically, how do we make the business case for these investments?
The MeriTalk DIY Federal IT Bailout Webinar will explore how to generate new IT funding by deploying innovative technology approaches such as Open Source software, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing/SaaS.
Date: March 4, 2009
MeriTalk invites government IT professionals and industry thought leaders to attend the Federal IT on a Budget Forum - a full-day event facilitating dialogue, debate, and collaboration on how innovative technologies can stretch the Federal IT dollar.
AFCEA NOVAs annual Naval IT Day is the premier opportunity for industry IT professionals who desire to engage in a full day of focused dialogue with senior leaders of the Department of the Navy. Civilian and military leaders from Navy and Marine Corps will share their vision and plans for exploiting technology to provide Naval forces with information superiority in Expeditionary Warfare. Department leaders will explore the operational trends, warfighter experiences and maritime strategies that underpin needed capabilities, such as maritime domain awareness, effective expeditionary coalitions, improved network capacities, enhanced multi-level security, and information interoperability across government and non-government agencies.
Date: February 19, 2009
Please join JBoss, a division of Red Hat, and Carahsoft for a breakfast and roundtable discussion on the latest information and insight into SOA and enterprise architecture developments.
Date: February 15, 2009
In this interactive webinar, you will learn best practices and technical advice for successfully deploying high performance computing clusters from a Red Hat HPC Solution customer's perspective. Led by Red Hat's HPC product management team, this round table discussion will include current Red Hat HPC customers and provides participants with the opportunity to ask questions directly to our product experts. The webinar will also include a brief product demonstration to highlight the ease of cluster deployment and management delivered by Red Hat HPC Solution.
Date: February 12, 2009
Red Hat Satellite is an easy-to-use and affordable systems management platform for all Linux deployments. As the number of Linux systems increase in your IT environment linearly, the cost and complexity of managing them can increase exponentially. Even the best systems administrator can use help maintaining, securing and maximizing their servers' performance.
Date: February 12, 2009
Date:February 11 - 13, 2009
Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, West 2009 is the largest event on the West Coast for communications, electronics, intelligence, information systems, imaging, military weapon systems, aviation, shipbuilding, and more. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to engage the military and industry leaders who are designating warfighting strategies and operational platforms.
Date: Februay 11, 2009
Why should you attend?
Are you finding it hard to keep up with what's happening in middleware when you don't have a lot of time or budget for travel? We have the answer. Let us bring our executives and key developers to your desktop with the JBoss Virtual Experience.
Hear how to incorporate open source middleware into your architecture.
Learn from JBoss users. Find out about new technologies. Whether you're a developer, architect, or business decision-maker, this free one-day event will show you how JBoss can help you build mission-critical applications and services while lowering your costs without sacrificing functionality.
Enter
Attend keynote sessions for executive insight into the future of open source and the middleware roadmap for 2009 and beyond. Hear from CEO Jim Whitehurst and business unit executives Craig Muzilla, Sacha Labourey, and Rob Cardwell, as well as other Red Hat customers. And don't miss important product announcements at the virtual press conference.
Stop by the Networking Cafe all day for in-depth technical and business discussions, birds-of-a-feather chats, and live Q&A with our speakers. Visit the exhibit hall to talk to our partners, enter contests, and chat live with representatives from JBoss, JBoss.org, and more.
Discover
If keeping systems and people productive and efficient is most important to you, then you'll want to check out the sessions in the business track. You'll hear about the economic benefits of an open source approach to developing and hosting applications, standards compliance, and an extensible architecture for aggregating and integrating data and services.
Join in the Birds of a Feather discussions in the Networking cafe to learn how others are handling today's most challenging business challenges.
Make time to stop by the Customer Reference booth in the Exhibit Hall to get real-world success stories and to pass along one of your own.
Advance
Fast forward your application management skills, mission-critical deployment readiness, and innovation at our developer-led deep dive sessions. Hear about building rich web applications using technologies like Hibernate, JBoss Seam, and JBoss Application Server. Simplify and automate business processes with a single platform to find, integrate, and orchestrate SOA business services, enterprise applications, and other IT assets.
In the Networking Cafe, you can participate in birds-of-a-feather discussions or ask a JBoss rock star your toughest questions. Get the recognition you deserve by taking part in our Scavenger Hunt.
Date: January 26-29, 2009
GTC is the largest Technology Expo specifically for Government in Texas. Talk to industry experts and discover the latest technology products, services and solutions. All the industry leaders -- all in one place and easily accessible on the GTC Expo floor!
Date: January 21, 2009
As the number of Linux systems increase in your agency's IT environment linearly, the cost and complexity of managing them can increase exponentially. Even the best system administrator can use help maintaining, securing, and maximizing their server's performance
Date: January 15, 2009
In this informative webinar, you'll receive a technical overview of Red Hat HPC Solution; a fully integrated, best-in-class software stack utilizing technology from two leaders in the HPC market--Red Hat and Platform Computing.
