Industry Thought Leadership
Innovation: 2011 Enterprise Architecture Conference and Exposition RoundTable: President Sonya Jain hosts roundtable discussion presenting, "Moving to the Cloud", a topic of considerations for government agencies as they evauate moving to the cloud, including different acquisition options, federal policies, developing and deploying cost models, and information security considerations. 2011 AFCEA Bethesda's Health IT Day RoundTable: eGlobalTech’s Health Practice Senior Director Som Saadat leads round table session of distinguished federal experts on challenges and opportunities in Patient Centered Care on November 2 at this eGlobalTech sponsored event. 2011 Rising Star: eGlobalTech's Senior Enterprise Architect William Jay Huie was honored by Federal Computer Week's prestigious Rising Star Award. This award recognizes young employees who have the energy, ability and ambition to make a difference in the federal government. http://fcw.com/Articles/2011/10/10/Rising-Star-2011-Huie-William-Jay.aspx U.S. Cloud Commission Member: Vice President Branko Primetica was selected in spring of 2011 to be a member of the TechAmerica Foundation’s Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD2). 2011 NIST Cloud Computing Forum Presenter: eGlobalTech's Senior Cloud Expert, Robert Patt-Corner, co-presented a business use case for GeoCloud PaaS at the April 7-8 NIST Cloud Computing Forum. NIST DRAFT Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations Publication: eGlobalTech Senior Cloud Expert, Robert Patt-Corner, co-authored a publication which reviews the NIST-established definition of cloud computing, describes cloud computing benefits and open issues, presents an overview of major classes of cloud technology, and provides guidelines and recommendations on how organizations should consider the relative opportunities and risks of cloud computing. For more information:http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/800-146/Draft-NIST-SP800-146.pdf US Government Driven Cloud Computing Standards Panel Discussion: eGlobalTech's Senior Cloud Expert, Robert Patt-Corner participated in the panel as a SAJACC member together with DMTF, Cloud Security Alliance, NIST and SNIA. For more information:http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/US_Govt_Driven_Cloud_Computing_Standards_-_Final.pdf Standards Acceleration to Jumpstart Adoption of Cloud Computing (SAJACC): eGlobalTech's Senior Cloud Expert, Robert Patt-Corner, is a SAJACC team member. The goal of the SAJACC initiative is to drive the formation of high-quality cloud computing standards by providing worked examples showing how key use cases can be supported on cloud systems that implement a set of documented and public cloud system specifications. For more information: http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/sajacc.cfm NIST Cloud Computing Use Cases Publication: eGlobalTech's Senior Cloud Expert, Robert Patt-Corner, co-authored a set of twenty five use cases that seek to express selected portability, interoperability and security concerns that cloud users may have. For more information: http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/use-cases.cfm 2011 GTRA Symposium Speakers: President Sonya Jain and Vice President Branko Primetica The Healthcare Center of Excellence: eGlobalTech established the The Healthcare Center of Excellence (HCoE) to expand interdisciplinary collaboration and communication, creating and identifying cross-cutting IT for use in health-focused missions. The HCoE consists of a group of distinguished subject matter experts dedicated to improving the performance and effectiveness of the U.S. healthcare system. eGlobalTech's team and clients benefit from HCoE’s thought leadership through original research, literature reviews, white papers, and telephonic and in-person consultation. For more information: http://www.egthealthcoe.com 2011 ACT-IAC Excellence.gov Judges Panel: eGlobalTech is proud to be a part of this year's award recognition process and shares the honor with federal government and industry leaders. 2011 ACT-IAC Excellence.gov Awards Committee: eGlobalTech volunteered in the planning committee for the 2011 Excellence.gov awards to recognize best practices in the federal government's management and use of information technology assets. 2010 IPv6 Conference Presenter: Vice President Branko Primetica served as a member of the United States’ delegation to the to the 42nd Meeting of the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group (APEC TEL 42) in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam presenting to the international audience "IPv6: Securing Sustainable Growth of the Internet”. 2010 EA Conference Panelist: President Sonya Jain joined an elite group of federal leaders as a panelist examining "The Role of EA in IT Investments". 2010 Potomac Forum Speaker: eGlobalTech presented "Data Center Consolidation Planning and Implementation in the Government". 2010 EA Conference Advisory Board: Vice President Branko Primetica serves on this year's Enterprise Architecture Conference Advisory Board. 2010 Digital Mail Seminar: eGlobalTech leads an education series event to address the needs of the Federal Government in moving to agency wide digital mail services. 2010 GTRA Symposium Speakers: President Sonya Jain and Vice President Branko Primetica presented "Effective Planning for Data Center Consolidation and Cloud Computing". 2010 Federal Tech Talk Radio: Vice President Branko Primetica was featured on the Federal Tech Talk radio show discussing federal Enterprise Architecture solutions. 2010 Technology Leadership Roundtable Hosts: eGlobalTech hosts the event at the Tower Club in Vienna, Virginia. 2010 FOSE Speakers: eGlobalTech presents two sessions during the largest federal technology conference and tradeshow titled "Roadmap to Data Center Consolidation Through Virtualization and Cloud Computing". 2010 National Defense Transporation Association Mentoring Program: Vice President Branko Primetica is the co-lead of the National Defense Transportation Association's Mentoring Program. 2009 GTRA Symposium Speakers: President Sonya Jain and Vice President Branko Primetica share their insights in a presentation titled "A Service Oriented Approach to Deploying Cloud Computing Solutions". 2009 MeriTalk Advisory Council and Moderator: Vice President Branko Primetica served on the Advisory Council for the Federal IT on a Budget Forum - a full-day event facilitating dialogue, debate, and collaboration on how innovative technologies can stretch the Federal IT dollar. He also moderated a panel for "Building a Business Case for Cloud Computing Solutions." 2008 Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) Enterprise Architecture Conference Speakers: Ms. Jain and Mr. Primetica presented a "Service-Oriented Approach to developing Segment Architectures in the Federal Government". Our approach is business driven and focused on identifying business services that are common within a segment, based upon a demand and supply framework. These common services are then used for developing information technology solutions to be implemented across the offices/organizations impacted by that segment. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA): Developed a practical, business oriented approach to SOA that includes a step-by-step guide to identifying and deploying reusable services. eGlobalTech successfully implemented this approach at the Department of Education, resulting in the identification of fourteen (14) common services and successfully establishing the Department’s Enterprise Data Warehouse. This SOA-based investment resulted significant cost-savings and the launch of the Department’s first shared service, encompassing more than 20 end-user organizations. Enterprise Architecture (EA) Development: eGlobalTech developed an intuitive template that captures EA driven information at each level: Business, Service Component, Data, Technology, and Performance. This template (1) captures all required information in a standardized format (2) established a direct relationship, or line-of-sight, between each architecture level (3) allows for analysis in order to define Department-wide opportunities for consolidation, service reuse, and/or modernization. This template was cited as a best practice by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on www.core.gov and has been used to develop two of the Top 4 Federal Enterprise Architectures (the Department of Labor and the Department of Education). IT Infrastructure Segment Architecture Development: eGlobalTech advised the Federal IT Infrastructure Program Management Office on the initiative’s strategic direction, which includes a methodology to capture Federal -wide IT Infrastructure data and to identify common services that can leverages across the Government. Performance Metric Development Methodology: Published a methodology for use by federal agencies in developing effective and results-oriented IT investment performance metrics. This methodology ties performance to all pertinent IT investment areas, including business requirements/objectives and technology. This methodology was published in the Journal of Enterprise Architecture and has been used to measure the performance of major IT initiatives throughout the Federal Government. IPv6 Workgroup: eGlobalTech is leading a collaborative effort to develop the Federal IPv6 Transition Guide. This guide provides a roadmap for federal Chief Information Officers and other key decision-makers for achieving full IPv6 capability to ensure business continuity in light of an anticipated future IPv4 address depletion. Additionally, eGlobalTech developed a framework for using Enterprise Architecture and CPIC Programs to facilitate the federal IPv6 transition. Potomac Forum: Ms. Sonya Jain taught the “Introduction to Enterprise Architecture” 2-day course as part of the Potomac Forum program at the Ronald Reagan Center. This course was focused on introducing the EA concepts. IAC EA SIG - Health-care Information Sharing: Ms. Sonya Jain is a member of the “Leadership Team” of the Enterprise Architecture Shared Interest Group( EA SIG) within the Industry Advisory Council. As part of this Group, she has led several efforts including the Collaboration Workgroup, and more recently, the Health-care Information Sharing Workgroup. The recommendations made by the Health-care Information Sharing Workgroup have been used by HHS’s leadership to develop their strategic direction for enabling information sharing across the health-care sector. The workgroup also identified challenges and successes of information sharing and highlighted both best practices as well as bottlenecks. AFFIRM Sponsorship - eGlobalTech sponsors the Association for Federal Information Resource Management (AFFIRM) which is a non-profit, volunteer, educational organization whose goal is to improve the management of information within the Federal Government. eGloablTech interests in this organization go beyond the Federal arena, to the student community, as AFFIRM has a program that provides scholarships to undergraduate students studying IT or a related field in 6 Universities.
eGlobalTech Teaches at the USDA Grad School
eGlobalTech's Executives Share Insights with the EA Community
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eGlobalTech teaches an in-depth 3-day course on "Implementing Enterprise Architecture" as part of the USDA Graduate School's Enterprise Architecture Certification Program. The course covers all of the key components of establishing and maintaining a successful Federal Enterprise Architecture Program - including effective EA Development and Deployment, Governance, Integration with Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), IT Security, and addressing OMB Assessment Criteria. This popular course includes Federal Agency best practices, case studies and interactive presentations. 
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White Papers
– eGlobalTech White Paper – Mobile Health Apps:
Enabling Healthcare on the Move
– eGlobalTech White Paper – Data Center Consolidation
– eGlobalTech White Paper –
The Federal Cloud Security Challenge – A View from the Front Lines
