Presenting: The Federal 100 for 2012

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1/31/2012 Presenting: The Federal 100 for 2012 Our winners span a broad range of accomplishments across government and industry, military and civilian agencies, at home and abroad. FBI seeking tools to find threat info in Facebook, Twitter posts Federal union leader assails yet another pay freeze extension bill Employees sue FDA over privacy violations Congress targets its retirement benefits--or maybe not Homeland Security priorities: Low-risk travel Senators propose reform, not regulation, for better cybersecurity Contracting trap Think your contract win means guaranteed income? Not so fast. Rescue your IT staff from data center management purgatory Sponsored By: CDW-G and EMC In a world full of sparsely used servers, storage devices and other hardware, IT administrators have plenty to do to keep all the systems humming along without incident. That job has become increasingly difficult, and federal, state and local agencies are aware of the demands that data center management places on their staff. However, your IT staff is not predetermined to chase server problems for eternity. Data center optimization can help ease server and storage management by consolidating systems on fewer devices, which demands less time from your IT administrators so they can handle other tasks that work toward an agency's mission. Read More Here In case you missed it Energy Department to establish new cyber center Google privacy impact on feds becomes clearer Agencies: Stop abusing simplified acquisitions More resources How to show the ROI of data center optimization The path to proving the return on investment of an optimization program isn't as slippery as many agency leaders believe. Here's why. Rescue your IT staff from data center management purgatory Among many other benefits, data center optimization should reduce the amount of time your IT staff spends managing servers. Mission-Tailored As-A-Service Solutions CSC's innovative as-a-service solutions help government deliver agile services, achieve worldwide mobility and reduce operating costs. Tailored to the needs of your agency, CSC's as-a-service solutions leverage commercial and public sector expertise in cybersecurity and managed services. Learn more Download resources Continuous Monitoring for Government Agencies Sponsored By Q1 Labs The federal government is implementing FISMA 2.0 along with a continuous monitoring process to help agencies improve their security grades and lower overall risk. Learn how the QRadar Security Intelligence Platform provides the functions required as part of a continuous monitoring program including SIEM, risk management, log management, and network behavior analytics. Read more. Making Critical Connections: Predictive Analytics in Government Sponsored By IBM Predictive analytics is enabling government agencies to detect patterns in large, complex datasets and make critical connections to minimize or eliminate potential threats to the public good. Read more. Sponsored Links FEEDBACK    |    ADVERTISE   |    CHANGE EMAIL ADDRESS    |    UNSUBSCRIBE   |    PRIVACY   |    CONTACT STAFF Federal Computer Week 1105 Government Information Group 8609 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 500 Vienna, VA 22182-2215 703-876-5100   Federal Computer Week Daily News Editor - Michael Hardy | Online Editor-in-Chief - Susan Miller 1105 Government Information Group President - Anne A. Armstrong | Vice President, Group Publisher - Jennifer Weiss 1105 Media President/CEO - Neal Vitale   Copyright 2012 1105 Media Inc. Federal Computer Week newsletters may only be redistributed in their unedited form. Written permission from the editor must be obtained to reprint the information contained within this newsletter. This message was sent to: security-news@awsoda.net