The upheaval in the American workforce due to the Covid-19 pandemic and volatility in the nation’s economy provide a perfect opportunity for the government to retain the next generation of employees. Gen X workers are generally between 40 and 54 years old, in the prime of their lives, concerned with stability and opportunities to improve their own and their families’ quality of life. The Gen Z cadre, roughly 20 to 24 years old, are...

The workshop aims to bring awareness of advanced capabilities available in Excel, to empower Modern Excel analysts to see what’s possible, to explore how Excel & Power BI are best used together and how Excel & Power BI can be integrated in Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Online. Upon completion of this workshop attendees will: Have Awareness of Power Query & Power Pivot in Excel (Modern Excel) Learn how Power Query & Pow...

APIs are changing the way business works, but this comes with its own security challenges. In this session, you’ll learn about common sources of attacks like bots and misconfigured APIs, how to mitigate them, and how Apigee API management can help you manage and secure your APIs and applications at any scale.

Whether you are looking to architect a SaaS app for your organization or you are an ISV looking to host an app for your customers, there is no “one size fits all” approach. What you need is a SaaS approach with flexible design patterns. In this session, you will learn how to create a reusable and customizable framework with the building blocks available on Google Cloud.

We've all been on good teams, but have you ever been on a LEGENDARY one? Each year Atlassian conducts its annual State of Teams research to better understand how teams work, and in 2022 the research uncovered the key ingredients that we believe differentiate legendary teams from others. Join us in-person on November 8th alongside the Reston, NoVA and Washington D.C. Atlassian community chapters for this highly interactive event where Mark Crut...

Cloud-native applications, built with multiple components that can span clusters and even cloud providers, are quickly replacing monolithic applications. As application workloads move from development to production, IT often requires multiple fit-for-purpose Kubernetes clusters to support continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) of modern software pipelines. Cluster sprawl continues as organizations add new clusters configured for sp...

Sarah Thomas is a woman of many firsts – she was the first female official to ever work a major college football game, the first woman to officiate a bowl game, and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium. And as of February 7, 2021, she is the first female to officiate a Super Bowl. Now she’s sharing essential leadership lessons from her journey to the top of a male-dominated industry and vital insights on shattering the glass...

Our Delegation is comprised on an invitation-only basis to ensure the highest degrees of relevancy both in sessions and when networking. Delegates are the experts in the field and as such we allow them to be the key drivers behind the content and the topics of discussion, leading the General Sessions, Panel Discussions and Breakout Sessions to ensure that the message is always current and relevant. As a Delegate, you will be invited to network...

Do you really understand your company’s business model? Understanding business models is a key part of possessing business acumen. They are the blueprint for how an organization creates, delivers and captures value. If an IT leader does not fully understand their business model, they really cannot provide and deliver value to the organization. By learning how your enterprise’s business model works and applying that to explore new o...

For years many practitioners in the ICS security community realized that guidelines and best practices around secure PLC programming practices were lacking. To address this problem, ICS security professionals in the community pulled together to develop the Top 20 PLC controls. Beyond these controls, however, it is essential to define abnormality detections to display the information on the HMI clients. This allows operations staff to respond t...