by Reuben M. Disrupt or be disrupted. Time and again, history has shown us the inevitability of this phrase. When you look at the fate of relic companies like Kodak or Blockbuster, you realize how important it is to be on the correct end of the disruption curve. On the other end of the spectrum… Read more »
By Jeff A. On June 15, 2020, ActioNet was named one the 2020 Washington Top Workplaces, achieving this honor for the Seventh Year in a Row. Twenty two years ago, I founded ActioNet with no money, very few contacts, but a Big Dream – To create an environment where talented people share common Core Values,… Read more »
ActioNeters Celebrate Successful CMMI-SVC and CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 4 Certification Audits By Jeff A. In 2003, ActioNet received our SW-CMM Level 3 certification. We were one of the pioneers back in those days, but we did not stop there. Continuous Improvement is in our blood. At ActioNet, we have never settled for the status quo… Read more »
ActioNeters Tony (left) and Bobby (right) created giant bubbles to welcome visitors to the Summer Party tent By Bobby T. This year’s ActioNet Summer Picnic was held at Nationals Park on Saturday, June 15th and took place during a sun filled day followed by a Major League Baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Arizona… Read more »
By Patricia C. ActioNet is a mature, process-oriented company dedicated to continually improving our services and solutions to ensure the highest quality and best value to our customers. The company continually invests in time and energy toward achieving and maintaining our International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001 Certification. ActioNet maintains our certification through annual external assessments… Read more »
By Eric C. Staying Ahead of the Innovation Curve ActioNet continues to look ahead for the latest and upcoming trends and best practices in cloud based technology and innovation. We recently attended the ServiceNow Knowledge 19 Conference during the week of May 6th. ServiceNow provided a jam-packed week of Key Note briefings from ServiceNow leadership,… Read more »
By Jocelyn C. When many of us become aware the effects of natural disasters or tragedies which involve human injuries, we often hear many people ask the question “What can we do to help?” Oftentimes there is one easy answer – donating blood. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds… Read more »
By Eric C. That age-old cliché of Insanity: ‘doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’, is nothing new obviously, but destined to repeat itself. Case in point, your Service Desk continues to escalate incidents to advanced engineering because users cannot access their E-mail or calendar on their mobile device while… Read more »
by Hooman K. Being a product of the Pascal/C++ command-line programming era, I’d frequently find a way to write reusable code by way of functions to save time. I remember when Microsoft first introduced Visual Basic (VB), with tons of built-in functions and routines. Developers were so excited; it would even auto-complete code as soon… Read more »
By Kim M. ActioNet’s Quality Management System (QMS) integrates and encompasses all the processes, procedures and policies that support our core Business Service Offerings of Infrastructure Engineering, Software Engineering and Cyber Security. We are pleased to announce our most recent Capability Maturity Model Integration for Services (CMMI-SVC) Level 3 Certification, in addition to our existing… Read more »
By Jonathan M. ActioNet staff recently supported the transition of an USAF weapon system supporting Cyberspace Protection Team (CPT) in Port San Antonio to a new location on Joint Base San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas). At different two locations, the ActioNet team supported Deployable, Garrison and Mobile Platforms, transitioned operations while performing daily operations, including… Read more »
by Hooman (Hugh) K. I’ve attended a few conventions and tradeshows in my lifetime and I have to admit, as a first time Dreamforce attendee, I was quite impressed and at times overwhelmed. Having evolved over the last twelve years, Dreamforce is less of a convention and more of a San Fran cultural event that… Read more »
By Michelle V & Chris S On July 25th 2018, ActioNeters across the D.C. Metro area banded together to form the ActioNet A-Team in order to compete in the “Great Agile Challenge”. This was the very first “hackathon” event and was hosted at Microsoft’s HQ in Chevy Chase, MD. Competing Agile Teams were given only… Read more »
By: Chad G, Andre T, Jewel J, and Cory T How well do you know G Suite? The ActioNet team within the Science and Research Business Unit (SRBU) provides support for Google’s G Suite to our Federal customers. Google is continuously expanding its G Suite offerings through upgrades and feature additions on a regular basis…. Read more »
By Paul F. ActioNet recently helped a client implement Network Access Control (NAC) to address a requirement identified under Presidential Executive Order 13800. NAC is a mechanism that can allow federal agencies to define and implement policies that enforce how an agency allows secure access on their network ports for devices attempting to gain network… Read more »
ActioNeters Visit NOAA to see the World Globe By Tamika C What if you could find research from around the world about hurricanes, sea-level changes, which locations are highly populated with Sea Turtles or even flight and ship patterns with a click of a button? Even better, what if it was displayed on a World… Read more »
By Jim L. Have you ever wondered if the Cloud was really secure and how security measures and best practices were implemented? In this blog post we will review the major security concepts to assure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data in the Cloud. We will use AWS as the example environment, but… Read more »
ActioNeters stay on course with Salesforce Summit By Aparna S. The ActioNet Salesforce Team has been doing some exceptional work in innovating and creating state-of-the-art applications for our customers. Recently, in an effort to keep the team motivated and engaged to invest in their own trainings and career progression, we designed The Salesforce Summit. In… Read more »
By Brennan H. Brennan H works in support of our DoD Customers as a Software Deployment Specialist. He recently earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minor in Cyber Security. Next step is to continue his education with a Master’s degree in Computer Science. Brennan’s responsibilities include managing SCCM and monitoring software to… Read more »
By Jim L. The May Cloud Community of Interest (COIN) Tech Talk was provided by our Oracle Cloud Services partner. Clarke C., Senior Manager within Oracle’s Public Sector Solutions Engineering team and Glenn A., Account Manager for Oracle’s Platform Technology, led the discussion. Clarke discussed Oracle’s strategic approach of using “Journeys to the Cloud” scenarios… Read more »
ActioNeters Andy, Camillia, Michelle, and Travis Pose with the ActioNet Clothing Donations By Camillia E Between January 30th – April 30th ActioNet collected over 600 items of new and gently used men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing in support of the American Red Cross. As a new employee with ActioNet, I was honored to be a part of… Read more »
By Jim L. AWS Macie was released as a new managed security service in August, 2017 to help identify and protect sensitive data stored in S3 from breaches, data leaks, and unauthorized access. The ActioNet AWS Test Lab was used to create a 200 MB data lake of simulated organizational files and AWS CloudTrail event… Read more »
By Rachel S. The ActioNet holiday party invite was distributed and the theme was a Masked Ball. Who doesn’t love a good theme party!? Naturally, the wheels started turning about what to wear. I didn’t realize how many options existed, once I started scoping out masks: lace, metal, full mask, half mask, masks on a… Read more »
ActioNeters Enjoying the Opportunity to Learn Oracle GoldenGate Fundamentals By Kimba E. The National Security Business Unit (NSBU) brought the Oracle GoldenGate Fundamentals training from Oracle University in-house so our Database Administrators could prepare for production support in May. For 4 days in late March we hosted the class in our Vienna headquarters for our dedicated… Read more »
By Tyreace R. Did someone say ActioNet, Softball, and Teamwork? You heard it right here ActioNet is building Teamwork in the workplace and on the field. Spring is in the air and our Winning ActioNet Co-ed Softball Team is returning to the field for the 2018 Season as part of the Fairfax County Adult Softball… Read more »