In pre-pandemic life, just 22 percent of federal employees worked remotely in 2019. Last year, by comparison, just one department, Housing and Urban Development, jumped to 90 percent in 2020. This scenario played out across all agencies. Now, with the country working to bring the pandemic to an end, it is unlikely that all employees will return to their offices. As remote work continues, cybersecurity measures are shifting to protect enterpris...

The 2021 PTI Local Government CIO & Tech Leader Summit brings together leaders from local government and the technology industry to explore the strategies and solutions helping cities and counties deliver best-in-class services in these challenging times. Speakers will discuss cybersecurity, infrastructure, remote working, and a host of other important issues facing local government tech leaders. The first day of the Summit (Wednesday, May...

Build an Online, Secure Training Program for Your Mission This moment in field training and education is like none other and the experience of education has changed. Agencies are looking for ways to adapt and provide secure, reliable training for their teams. The Navy Professional Development Center stood up an online learning program during this pandemic. Within 2 short months, they were able to deploy content, train instructors, build course...

Discussion Topics: Why megatrends matter so much The 10 megatrends that will most impact your strategic plans How to use megatrends for your business and technology planning EDT: 10:00 a.m. | BST: 15:00Megatrends can be political, technical, or social. They last for a decade or more, with a broad impact on business and society. They influence which technologies and digital business strategies will be successful, which vendors prosper or strugg...

Discussion Topics: Build a risk-balanced, cost-optimized operating models that deliver segmented customer service Transcend the status quo of bottom-line profits by becoming a purpose-driven organization Create a multi-year, integrated digital supply chain strategy and roadmap Why do the best supply chains gain a competitive advantage during disruptive times? According to a recent Gartner survey, 97% of respondents said they experienced a disr...

In this online course, you will learn how to create and maintain the cloud and edge portions of an Azure IoT solution. We will cover the core Azure IoT services such as IoT Hub, Device Provisioning Services, Azure Stream Analytics, Time Series Insights, and more. In addition to the focus on Azure PaaS services, we will also cover some of the critical services and features for device management, monitoring and troubleshooting, security concerns...

Attack Simulation Training is an intelligent social engineering risk management tool. Use real phish and hyper-targeted training to educate your employees, measure behavior change and automate design and deployment of an integrated security awareness training program. ​ Attack Simulation Training is available to all Microsoft 365 E5 customers, Microsoft Security E5 customers and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 P2 customers. Join this w...

The pandemic of 2020 caused many IT teams to perform heroic acts to keep people productive amid the unprecedented exodus from the office. With the focus now shifting to enabling people to work safely from anywhere, not just their home, many organizations are looking to replace the short-term workarounds they put in place with more sustainable solutions. As SASE was designed specifically for this use case, interest in this cloud-based architect...

The workshop aims to bring awareness of advanced capabilities available in Excel, to empower Modern Excel analysts to see what’s possible, to explore how Excel & Power BI are best used together and how Excel & Power BI can be integrated in Microsoft Teams & SharePoint Online. Upon completion of this workshop attendees will: Have awareness of Power Query & Data Models Learn how Power Query & Power Pivot in Excel can im...

The challenges that Federal agencies face in building and developing their workforce are growing. Skills become obsolete more quickly and the amount of time to build expertise in new, more complex technical skills is increasing. These challenges require new ways of thinking about talent, centered on the digital talent enterprise. The concept of the digital talent enterprise uses IBM’s HR 3.0 paradigm to focus on better experiences, intro...