Modernizing Government Data Centers: The Interplay between People and Technology

Today’s state and local government agencies struggle to maintain the delicate balance between the growing demand for technology services and tightening budget restraints. Whether the challenge is in the area of digital forensics, online services, disaster recovery or more, the data and demands keep growing and becoming more complex by the day.

This roundtable discussion will consist of an open dialogue between peers from the California public sector community.

We'll Discuss:

• Organization changes that mirror convergence of technology for efficient deployment of IT staff that eliminates the point of failure.
• Financial implications of total cost of ownership and return on investment from cloud vs. on premise data center.
• Methods to update the data center that improve manageability, reduce complexity, and improve scalability.
• The interplay between data center modernization and security.