The last few months have altered work in ways never before imagined. Conference rooms are now conference calls, and the new normal is still being defined. Government CIOs have been operating on the front line, triaging technical issues remotely, maintaining on premise servers from afar, and dealing with spikes in help desk services. Technology is just the tool; people are the driver to building enterprise-wide agility. The pandemic response ha...

2020 has seen the most dramatic and rapid changes in workstyles in decades – arguably since the beginning of the Internet age. Companies and their IT experts have been forced to enable their remote workforces in ways that were only “what-if” scenarios in 2019. Much has been learned, with much more still to be addressed. What “rules of thumb” no longer apply? What is working, and what is not? And what can we expect...

The Federal government’s procurement process has long been burdened with inefficiencies. The complexity of the process has resulted in major acquisition shortfalls because program management is undervalued, with procurement actions plagued by poor performance, cost overruns and schedule delays. Procurement reform known as frictionless acquisition is now one of government’s cross-agency goals. Agencies, modeling commercial purchasin...

The NextGen Summit is the embodiment of what NextGen represents: inspiring government innovation and providing training and leadership opportunities for public servants. Since 2010, the two-day summit has inspired over 5,000 federal, state and local govies to be positive change ambassadors. This year, the NextGen Summit will be hosted virtually on August 19-20, 2020. Why does it matter to me? The NextGen Summit is a place to cultivate and enab...

The way we work will never be the same because of the personal, professional, and cultural changes brought by COVID-19. The Department of Defense has greatly expanded telework capability for millions of workers, deploying a variety of tools. DOD officials are creating a much more robust, enhanced teleworking capability, providing new services and collaboration tools to meet the requirements of a remote workforce. Additionally, the DOD has deve...

Long after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, telework will be a lasting fixture in the workforce. DoD and Federal agencies alike must adjust to the new reality of employees working remotely and information technology managers need to address how to secure their extended networks as they implement policies and tools to protect their remote workforce. The goal facing government officials is how to sustain productivity and connectivity during the p...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed how many of us get our work done in substantial ways – some of which may end up more longer-term changes. One of the biggest changes that Adobe and many other large organizations had to go through – and quickly – is the mass enablement of productive working from home for employees around the world. This transition had to happen quickly – for Adobe and I’m sure many of you, almost over...

Workloads have moved beyond physical corporate networks & traditional perimeter defenses. Many organizations now have plans to continue at least some form of remote work longer term. Endpoint threat vector matrices are thus a key focus, no matter how much chatter has been dedicated to zero trust. Organizations rallied to enable secure remote access for employees, contractors, and 3rd parties in the early days of COVID. Now, CISOs, architec...

VMware SD-WAN™ by VeloCloud® delivers reliable, secure and efficient branch to cloud connectivity as an integral part of a holistic solution. With the integration of AIOps features, VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator (VCO) and vRealize Network Insights, VMware offers a comprehensive solution that includes correlated end-to-end visibility, actionable insights for self-healing and predictive analysis for proactive resolution. In this session y...

Many of us are confined at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, business as usual, many organizations are still facing security incidents (related to the virus or not). Let's imagine the following scenario: Your phone rings because a customer detected some suspicious activity on a server or a workstation. Of course, it must be investigated "as soon as possible". The server is physically located 500km away and you're stuck at home... How to...