Cloud Computing & Assurance for Critical DoD Initiatives

This is an unclassified event. In July 2012, the DoD released an official Cloud Computing Strategy, which includes four main areas of focus: 

- Fostering adoption of department-wide cloud services through an outreach campaign to increase the number of cloud consumers and providers.
- Optimizing data center consolidation by eliminating duplicative software and providing information technology services, hosted in the data centers, in a standard way.
- Incorporating cloud hardware and software into select DoD data centers.
- Delivering cloud services via DoD components, vendors or other agencies.

Efforts to engage and manage cloud computing within the DoD are occurring in a decentralized fashion and without specific regulations to perpetuate greater cost-efficiency. There is more urgency than ever to reduce defense spending, and cloud computing has been agreed upon almost unanimously as an ideal way to reduce costs and maintain relevance.

Thus, it is important to have the different agencies dialoguing with one another to cohesively support and advance these endeavors. This premier marcus evans meeting will strive to address cloud computing in light of confidentiality, integrity and availability as necessary to achieve DoD mission success.

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WHY YOU MUST ATTEND?

Key peer insight -- attend keynote presentations, case studies and discussion groups

Interactive environment -- to ensure sufficient speaker-delegate engagement during briefings, seating is limited

Formal and informal networking – network, discuss and debate strategies with your peers and knowledgeable experts in your field, and build a network of new professional relationships

Q&A time after each presentation - providing an opportunity to address specific questions and concerns affecting YOU

Leading providers -- meet and make contact with leading solution and service providers to solve your most pressing challenges

Event documentation -- all event documentation and copies of the presentations of your choice

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PEER TESTIMONIALS:

“I have truly been enlightened on where we are, where we are headed, and where we need to be within cloud computing and Cyber Security programs. A good conference.”
– USACE

“A great way to meet EW and cyber professionals across the services. A forum that informs and helps you make connections”
- US Army Combined Arms Center

“It never fails that one of these events expose you to new viewpoints and concepts, no matter your experience level.”
– OSD Policy and Plans

“Well focused, direct conference hitting the issues and giving industry insight into operational needs and requirement.”
- Tri Star Engineering

“Outstanding Conference. Presentations were very informative and useful. Best event I've attended in years.”
- US Army Intelligence Center

“I was concerned that I would leave this conference with more gestures than answers due to its unclassified format. This concern was put to bed from the first day with relevant and correct briefings. Excellent conference.”
- US Army Intelligence Command

“An excellent forum to cross-level concepts, requirements and ideas across the services, industry and the entire EW community.”
- US Army Combined Arms Center

“Valuable experience for educators & EW researchers.”
- University of Colorado- Boulder