The White House Executive Order on cybersecurity, issued in May following high-profile ransomware attacks on enterprises as varied as oil pipelines and healthcare, directs the federal government to “improve its efforts to identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to these actions and actors.” In response, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has already released guidance outlining security measures for cri...

The pandemic has given new meaning to “mission readiness” for the U.S. government. This includes strengthening Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems – encompassing financial, supply chain, and human resource functions – to facilitate making complex decisions based on clean and consistent data. But agencies’ current ERPs can be monolithic and inflexible, incurring high costs and long lead times to make changes...

The importance of data isn’t new. What has changed is the ever-growing number of sources generating data, and how emerging technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence are being used to unlock its value. Today data comes from everywhere – mobile devices, cloud-based software, IoT sensors, and more. According to an IDC InfoBrief released in May 2020, data created at the edge will grow 6x faster than that from other systems. J...

The American Rescue Plan offers Federal, State and Local government agencies the resources they need to restore America’s communities. This bill was designed to facilitate America’s recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19. In order to mitigate the economic impact, organizations must be purposeful with their strategies not only for today but for tomorrow and the future onward. How can Federal agencies build and mov...

Cybersecurity is front-page news, covering everything from the White House’s Cybersecurity Executive Order to the latest ransomware attack. And all that attention means government Chief Information Security Officers are in the hot seat. Agencies must be vigilant about improving cybersecurity more than ever before.Join us and your public sector peers for an online event where you'll learn how governments can rethink cybersecurity policies...

Agencies have come to accept the cloud and migration of data to the cloud as the new normal. The adoption of a hybrid multi cloud data strategy is crucial to manage data access layers and consume cloud resources consistently across agency infrastructures. This panel aims to bring you a collaborative information discussion focused on what may be the best way for agencies to implement public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid multi cloud strategies...

Women serve as Heads of State in only 22 countries, and 119 countries have never had a female leader. At the current rate, gender equality in the highest positions of power will not be reached for another 130 years. This staggering statistic needs to change. Join us online to learn: Best practices from women government leaders who have successfully navigated the career ladder. What to do if you feel your career is being stymied by gender. How...

Back in the 1960s, the space race between the United State and the USSR paved the way for previously unheard of upskilling, technological innovation, inspiration and dedication. Now there’s a new frontier in the race for technological superiority: data. However, data without analytics, automation and the technical know-how is just numbers on a page. Agencies need new approaches. One way to create that is to upskill your data workforce. U...

Our world is more connected than ever with billions of devices collectively generating a tremendous quantity of data. These massive data sets are then transferred to and stored in cloud data centers all over the world. Insights from this data change the way we do business, interact with people, and live our daily lives. Research organizations are using high performance computing for an array of areas, from developing disruptive technologies th...

Secure multicloud-as-a-service (MCaaS) has the power to rewrite the cloud trajectory for your Federal agency – no matter where you are in your cloud journey. Adopting a multicloud strategy means leveraging the strengths of multiple cloud providers – including on-prem and edge cloud technologies – to acquire capabilities that best meet your business and mission requirements. And, as agencies look to migrate applications and wo...