Joint us for the FREE IBM event “Analytics in the Cloud”
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
IBM, 600 14th Street, NW - 2nd Floor, Washington, D.C.
ABSTRACT
The convergence of big data, analytics and cloud are having a profound impact on federal government missions from healthcare to defense to science. Missions that already support a private or hybrid cloud environment can connect powerful analytics frameworks with both new and legacy operational data stores so that information-powered decision-making can be delivered anywhere, anytime, and on any device in the cloud. Those missions that aren’t currently using cloud can now take advantage of the cloud to perform more powerful analytics over larger datasets at lower costs.
Maximizing the value in your data depends upon how quickly and efficiently data is gathered, processed, stored, and used to identify underlying trends and converted into actionable information at scale for better decision-making. Join cloud and analytics experts to engage in a discussion about:
· Cloudant – a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that enables developers to easily and quickly create next generation mobile and web apps built on the cloud
· Watson Analytics – a breakthrough natural language-based cognitive service that provides instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytics tools
The event will be co-hosted by Dr. Jane Snowdon, Chief Innovation Officer, IBM Federal, and Director of IBM’s Federal Cloud Innovation Center and Frank Stein, Director of IBM’s Analytics Solution Center.
Register for this no charge event at: https://ibm.biz/BdEidJ
AGENDA
Time Topic
8:00 AM Check-In and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Welcome and Introduction – We’re Moving to the Cloud
Dr. Jane Snowdon, Chief Innovation Officer, IBM Federal
8:50 AM Cloud Meets Intelligence
Frank Stein, Director, Analytics Solution Center
9:00 AM The New Stack for Big, Smart Applications: Maximizing the Value in Your Data
Mike Miller, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Cloudant, An IBM Company
Robert Ames, Senior Vice President, Advanced Analytics Practice, In-Q-Tel
10:10 AM Break
10:30 AM The New Generation of Information Management in the Cloud
Leon Katsnelson, Director and CTO, IM Emerging Technologies, IBM Software Group
11:00 AM Watson Analytics: Born on the Cloud
Thomas Dong, Program Director, Watson Analytics, IBM Software Group
11:45 AM Q&A and Summary
Dr. Jane Snowdon, Chief Innovation Officer, IBM Federal
12:00 PM Adjourn
* Speakers are subject to change
To register for this no charge event, go to: https://ibm.biz/BdEidJ
For more information, please visit:
IBM FCIC: http://ibm.com/federal/fcic
IBM ASC: http://www.ibm.com/ascdc
IBM Federal offerings: http://www-304.ibm.com/industries/publicsector/us/en/federal
IBM Cloud Technology offerings: http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/
IBM SoftLayer: http://www.softlayer.com/government and http://www.softlayer.com/?lnk=fkt-slcl-usen
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Please contact us via email at fcic@us.ibm.com if we can be of any assistance. Thank you.
Julie Bitzer, Cloud Program Strategy, IBM US Federal
Metro & Parking Information for IBM:
Metro Center is the closest Metro station and is served by the Blue, Orange, Silver and Red Lines. After exiting the station walk west (toward The White House).
IBM is located in the Hamilton Square Building on the NW corner of 14th & F Streets. The lobby entrance is on 14th Street. Metropolitan Square Parking Garage has entrances on F & G Streets between 14th & 15th Streets.
Additional parking is available in the area. The closest is across F Street at the Willard & W Hotels.
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