A new paradigm is emerging for government leaders driving their organizations’ shift to cloud computing. Early adopters of cloud technology solely focused on leveraging the cloud for basic tasks such as email and file sharing. Now, government leaders face a more difficult challenge: how to shift their large, enterprise-wide IT portfolios to the cloud. This endeavor requires a comprehensive cloud strategy covering diverse data sets, secur...

Legacy systems plague government agencies that are hoping to modernize and transform. These large and cumbersome systems are expensive, difficult to manage and outdated -- and moving off of them is no easy feat. Join Christopher Dorobek and his panel of experts on Wednesday, February 14 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT, as they discuss the challenges and opportunities of IT modernization. Specifically, you’ll learn: What agencies have done to success...

One of the biggest challenges government agencies face today are slow manual methods and lack of technical expertise. This leaves agencies unable to keep pace with the myriad of workflows and processes required by today’s technological innovations, which leads to constant firefighting, fines, increased cost and loss of accountability. Yet, organizations must be nimble to protect against cyber attacks by quickly addressing risks. With suc...

A few years ago, cloud was the buzziest of buzzwords. Every government news article touted the new era of cloud computing and how this up-and coming-technology would change the way the government worked. And those new articles were right; the government has invested heavily in cloud technologies. Federal agencies are expected to spend more than $2 billion on cloud computing services out of a total of $80 billion in information technology spend...

Are you ready to think outside the box? GovLoop is! Join us for our 6th Annual Government Innovators Virtual Summit on Wednesday, May 10 from 10am-4pm and hear from top gov and industry experts about the cutting-edge solutions they’re using to tackle some of government’s greatest challenges. Challenges like smaller workforces, adding new technologies and dealing with legacy systems. The government is on the brink of a major innovat...

Migrating to the cloud can be challenging for any organization, but it’s especially complicated when government services are involved. So, when the State of Texas decided that it had to corral rising IT costs – while expanding services to its booming population – leaders knew it wouldn’t be an easy fix. The Lonestar State also had to overcome the limitations of legacy infrastructure and simplify processes in order to su...

2016 is coming to an end – and while the Presidential election occupied a lot of our attention, the past year also brought a ton of government innovations. Seriously. Just think about the City of Hamilton, Ohio’s online jury reporting technology. Or the National Institute of Health’s research on fast-acting drugs that could change the way doctors treat patients with depression. Innovation is alive in government and in our on-...

As the federal government increasingly relies on open cloud environments and next-generation application architectures, conventional and agile IT can often be at odds with one another. But what if you could operate more efficiently while becoming more agile? What if you could balance conventional and agile IT? With hybrid cloud architectures and bimodal capabilities that is a reality. Traditional and agile IT can coexist and provide a consiste...

Even though the official holiday season is over, there is still one more gift-giving day on the horizon - Valentine's Day. And we all know buying the perfect present doesn't come easy. You oftentimes have to fight crowds of shoppers, wait in long lines, and pay extra for gift wrapping. The cloud – four years ago it was the buzzword heard around government, now the cloud is in many ways the norm, but buying the cloud is still a bit trick...

Every day it seems like there's a new online dating site geared towards a very specific audience. A dating site for farmers? Yes, it exists. A matchmaking app for individuals over 50? Yup, it's real. The reason these niche online sites exist? Because data has shown there is an audience for them. The government is trying to get into the data game, too. They're using their vast data sets to make better and more informed decisions. On Wednesday,...