With the recently announced initiative to overhaul records management policies throughout the government, federal agencies are seeking to understand how these changes may impact their
recordkeeping and eDiscovery processes. Join Allison Walton, eDiscovery Counsel from Symantec on February 16th @ 2pm ET / 11am PT to learn more about:

• How the upcoming Records Management Directive will affect your agency
• How to empower retention policies with technology to reduce downstream costs
• Best practices to develop an intelligent litigation response effort to avoid inefficient eDiscovery and FOIA production practices

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Established in 1982 in Pennsylvania as a statewide purchasing program for computers, PEPPM has grown into a national contract program that, in addition to computers, also includes items such as networking and telecommunications equipment, printers, peripherals and software along with other branded technology products. PEPPM, as a national cooperative purchasing program, is available to all K-14 and higher education institutions, State & Local Governments and authorities in all 50 States.

“The PEPPM award allows our team to provide our customers with a total cost of ownership (TCO) benefit based on efficiencies associated with the use of these solutions,” said Paul Kohler, Vice President of Emergent, LLC. The award includes the solutions provided by three of Emergent’s top strategic partners: ConnectSolutions, MeetingOne and Red Hat. Together with Emergent, these three partners provide a complete catalogue of cloud, collaboration and cost effective solutions, specifically:

• ConnectSolutions allows State & Local government IT departments to host their web conferencing and unified communication solutions on a FISMA compliant cloud;
• MeetingOne provides audio conferencing solutions that can be integrated with other collaboration tools, such as Adobe Connect; and,
• Red Hat offers high-quality and cost effective enterprise solutions driven by open source technologies.

As a cooperative purchasing program, PEPPM is designed to decrease costs, reduce paperwork, increase service levels by providing procurement efficiency for products like ConnectSolutions, MeetingOne and Red Hat.

About Emergent
Emergent is an award winning Value Added Reseller (VAR) and GSA Schedule Holder (GS-35F-0119W) providing comprehensive IT solutions including solution architecture, product acquisition, consulting and training ser-vices.  Emergent offers complimentary technology solutions including, Adobe, Red Hat, Symantec, Google, Cisco, Serena and VeriSign, among others within the government, commercial, education and healthcare sectors.  For more information, visit http://www.emergent360.com or http://emergent360.com/opensource.

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Contact Information
Kylie Morris
Emergent, LLC.
703-635-2607
kmorris@emergent360.com

Like many government agencies today, we rely heavily on documents as a means to capture, store, and share information electronically. While documents are an efficient means to incorporate structured and unstructured information and deliver a comfortable, recognizable experience, ensuring their source and authenticity can be challenging. Likewise, given how easy it is to share electronic documents to a wide audience, by choice or mistake, being able to control access to documents in a dynamic manner is also a challenge.

Attend this webcast to learn more about how LiveCycle ES2 allows you to:

• See how Digital Rights Management can allow you to dynamically control access to a document, regardless of its location
• Learn about the “Blue Ribbon” - What is a certified document?
• Proactively protect confidential data or other sensitive information from being leaked outside your agency
• Restrict confidential information internally to only certain individuals or groups
• Enable more secure collaboration to improve supply chain communication
• Improve compliance with industry regulations or standards

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Perfect your techniques and tricks using Serena Business Manager (SBM) or Team Track at Federal Boot Camp, following the 2012 Federal User Group. Choose from Basic Training, Advanced Level or Virtuoso Session courses. This event is only open to 2012 Federal User Group participants.

Federal Boot Camp
Focus: Serena Business Manager/TeamTrack
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am to 3:30pm Eastern
Breakfast and Lunch are provided.

Location: Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Course Descriptions (Focus: Serena Business Manager/TeamTrack):

Basic Training
Instructor: Kathy Culver, Federal Solutions Architect, Serena Software

What You Will Learn:

1. The process of automating a business process and creating business workflows will be demonstrated.
2. Using Custom Forms to tailor the process to the end-user experience will be demonstrated.
3. Discussion on event maps, how to design using orchestration logic, how to test and debug orchestrations, and how to successfully move them between environments.

Advanced Level
Instructor: Steve Roberts, Managing Principal for Consulting Education, Serena Software

What You Will Learn:

1. Automating workflows through the use of Actions and Triggers.
2. Tips and tricks to creating easy-to-use forms and reports. Topics covered will include Advanced Control Use and Java Scripting.
3. Script Replacement and Automation through Orchestrations will be presented.

Virtuoso Session*
Instructor: Kelly Shaw, Federal Solutions Architect, Serena Software

What You Will Learn:

1. Learn how to expose other databases in SBM using WSO2.
2. Using Apache Synapses for secured webservice access.
3. Using JQuery to enhance SBM (adding masks into field forms, embedded relational reporting, etc).

*NOTE: This is a master class. Attend this level only if you have completed an Advanced SBM education or training courses, or are a super user. This session focuses on how to better leverage SBM inside the enterprise.

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Emergent established its Cloud computing consulting practice in 2011.  The practice was launched to help businesses assess, plan and implement their public, private and hybrid Cloud strategies and platforms.  The Emergent team works with organizations to capitalize on the significant cost savings and increased agility offered by the Cloud, without sacrificing security, interoperability or governance. Emergent delivers the right level of people, processes and technology to ensure maximum return on value for any Cloud computing or Open Source project.

President of Emergent Consulting, Richard Walters states “Since much of the Cloud is based on Open Source technologies and with Quint’s award winning expertise as a proven Open Source architect, this is a natural move for us.  Our new Cloud practice will further help our clients achieve cost-effective solutions and innovation. The Cloud is one of the most exciting technology developments in years and we look forward to helping clients realize its potential.”

About Emergent
Emergent Consulting is the consulting arm of Emergent, an award winning Value Added Reseller (VAR) and GSA Schedule Holder (GS-35F-0119W) providing comprehensive IT solutions including, solution ar-chitecture, product acquisition, consulting and training services. Emergent offers complimentary tech-nology solutions including: Adobe, Red Hat, Symantec, Google, Cisco, Serena and VeriSign, among others within the government, commercial, education and healthcare sectors.  For more information, visit http://www.emergent360.com or http://emergent360.com/opensource.

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Contact Information
Kylie Morris
Emergent
703.635.2607
kmorris@emergent360.com

The second annual Partner Conference, held October 25 - 27, 2011, provided Red Hat partners the opportunity to collaborate with one another, partake in discussions with the Red Hat executive team and develop successful business strategies. The Partner Conference recognizes partners who have invested in Red Hat and demonstrated expertise and success in key solution areas and growth markets.

“We’re extremely proud and honored to receive this recognition. Open Source is a core focus in our business strategy and it is very important to the team that we showcase the best Red Hat solutions available to solve the unique challenges of our Public Sector customers,” said Greg Christensen, President of Emergent. “The Emergent team’s commitment to continuous Red Hat improvement has created a championship culture and fuels our ability to deliver the right people, technologies and integrated solutions that are driving our sustained success.”

“The Emergent team has put in a lot of hard work which has led them to achieve successful results in supporting Red Hat products and services.  Our Red Hat Public Sector Partner of the Year honorees have shown a high level of dedication to becoming experts in Red Hat solutions and adding value to our joint customers, ” says Paul Smith, General Manager and Vice President, Government Operations, Red Hat. “On behalf of Red Hat, I’d like to congratulate Emergent and thank them for their investment in Red Hat.”

About Emergent
Emergent is an award winning Value Added Reseller (VAR) and GSA Schedule Holder (GS-35F-0119W) providing comprehensive IT solutions including solution architecture, product acquisition, consulting and training services.  Emergent offers complimentary technology solutions including, Adobe, Red Hat, Symantec, Google, Cisco, Serena and VeriSign, among others within the government, commercial, education and healthcare sectors.  For more information, visit http://www.emergent360.com or http://emergent360.com/opensource.

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Contact Information

Kylie Morris
Emergent
571-730-8786
kmorris@emergent360.com