GIG Custom Event

Presented by: Dr. Karen Stephenson, President, NetForm International
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM

Cloud session attendees get access to the KM Conference Opening Keynote Presentation on Tuesday morning.

Presented by:  Peter Coffee, Head of Platform Research, Salesforce.com
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

As modern public networks continue to demonstrate rising standards of security and governance, their global reach and compelling cost-effectiveness are making “the cloud” the platform of choice for most new efforts and for many process migrations. IT leaders are recognizing that it is now not merely prudent, but increasingly urgent, to take advantage of the collaborative power and the radical process acceleration of massively scalable multi-tenant services: capabilities that tens of thousands of organizations, including many top-tier public sector agencies, are already exploiting to elevate mission performance while lowering both budget and technical risk. IT teams using cloud platform facilities are transforming themselves from infrastructure managers into value creation partners, slashing the backlog of long-desired aids for front-line units.

Presented by:  Dawn Leaf, Senior Executive for Cloud Computing, NIST
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

The Federal Chief Information Officer asked NIST to lead federal efforts on standards for data portability, cloud interoperability, and security. Over the past year, NIST has held several workshops with federal and industry stakeholders to explore the development of cloud standards for interoperability, portability, and security, and to develop a cloud computing roadmap to accelerate the adoption of cloud computing in the federal government. This session provides information on the NIST strategic and tactical cloud computing program.

Presented by: Randy Hahn, Director of Federal Complex Solutions, Verizon
1:40 PM - 2:40 PM

This interactive session will provide the audience with insight into current cloud offerings in the federal marketplace.  We will present a variety of cloud solutions (e.g,. IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) and explain how each might fit into an agency’s overall cloud strategy.  In addition, the session will address the perception and realit issues related to information security in the cloud.  During this program, we will discuss the requirements that GSA IaaS providers must address that enable end federal users to manage risk.  Finally, the session will provide the audience with the scope and scale of services that are offered under the GSA IaaS.

Presented by:  Harry Brelsford, CEO, SMB Nation
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

Telepresence has arrived at all levels of business and government, giving users the opportunity to collaborate with anyone anywhere. Telepresence/video conferencing utilizes the cloud to for face-to-face meetings and interaction through the web. In many cases, connections and management of those connections are executed in the cloud allowing multi-party conferencing and high-quality video. Surprisingly cost effective, telepresence offers a means to reduce the need for travel, by speeding decision making processes across disperse staff and locations, as well as decrease an organization’s real estate requirements. During this session, the audience will learn about market trends, new products becoming available, and will benefit from the experience the presenters have in deploying many of the newer, more economical systems in the market today.

Presented by: Asghar Noor, Technical Director, National Weather Service, NOAA
4:00PM – 5:00PM

Session summary to be announced

5:00 PM - 6:00PM