Higher education CIOs face a tough balancing act: deliver on bold 2030 strategies while managing cost pressures, talent gaps and legacy systems. Add AI’s rapid rise — and its governance and budget challenges — and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Success demands agility, cultural change, and smart prioritization now. This session shares Gartner’s key predictions for higher education and practical actions to help CIO...

State and local governments face unprecedented demands to modernize operations, protect sensitive data and maximize limited resources. As cyber threats and technology complexity grow, agencies need secure, intelligent solutions to build resilience and agility. By adopting secure, modern networking and comprehensive data analytics tools, agencies can overcome the challenges of legacy systems and rising cyber threats. These solutions enable team...

In this session, explore how Microsoft Azure helps you build, deploy, and scale AI-powered apps and agents and operate them effectively. Get an overview of the foundational capabilities across the Azure app platform and how they come together to help you accelerate transformation. Learn how to: Use Azure AI Foundry to build apps with powerful AI capabilities and effective governance Rapidly build and deploy to Azure from familiar developer too...

In the dynamic realm of digital security, the necessity for advanced cybersecurity measures is paramount. Progressive companies committed to protecting their digital infrastructure should focus on supporting their employees’ professional growth by enrolling them in the Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT) training. This specialized course provides an in-depth exploration of the Zero Trust framework, arming participants with cut...

ISC2 CISSP Training Week 40 CPE’s The World's Premier Cybersecurity Certification is 30 years old! Official ISC2 CISSP Training provides candidates with a thorough review and refreshes their information security knowledge in pursuit of the CISSP exam. Students will gain knowledge in information security that will increase their ability to successfully implement and manage security programs in any organization or government entity. The go...

The Insights Suite for Splunk, or IS4S, is designed to deliver a wide range of evaluations tailored to help customers first understand, then maximize the value of their investment in Splunk. At its core are "search collections"—curated sets of SPL searches, dashboards, and visualizations that surface targeted insights around Splunk usage. With the "Value Insights” collection, as one of its initial offerings, IS4S provides near real...

Join Pure Storage for an immersive, half-day lunch and workshop in Nashville where we’ll dive into a simulated, real-world cyber-attack scenario. This workshop explores what happens during a ransomware attack, the decisions involved in responding to the event, and the impacts of those decisions. As a special treat, you'll have the opportunity to become a Peg Leg Porker BBQ expert. Learn from the pros about different meats, preparation te...

You're invited to a GitLab Lunch & Learn on Embedded DevSecOps: The Power of Automation and Collaborative Engineering. Join GitLab, Blue Ivy Partners & Carahsoft to explore how DevSecOps principles can revolutionize embedded systems. During this session, we will tackle a few core concepts, outlined below, designed to optimize your development pipeline:The Transformative Power of Collaboration and Shared Process: Discover how moving fro...

Join us in January for AFCEA NOVA Army IT Day 2026! Theme :Dominating Technology to Increase Warfighter Lethality With over 7,000 individual and corporate members, our chapter boasts the largest membership in the AFCEA International community. Our chapter is blessed with the hometown advantage of having the Pentagon in our back yard, the Nation's Capital right next door, and the backbone of the Internet at our center. This means that our Month...

Financial Services CIOs face mounting pressure to separate hype from reality as technology-led innovation accelerates. In this Gartner webinar, you’ll gain clarity on the strategic planning assumptions that will define success for banking and insurance leaders in 2026. Learn how to ignite enterprise imagination with “what if?” scenarios, align technology priorities with CEO expectations, and position your organization for com...