Every year much is written about just how much agencies spend on maintaining outdated legacy systems. Every dollar spent on keeping obsolete systems running means less is available to invest in IT transformation, blocking the new technologies and applications that Americans have come to expect. Unfortunately, the underlying structure of the federal budget process historically has made it extremely difficult to break the cycle. By shifting to t...

The Federal Chief Data Officers Council was formed to lead transformational change that improves the nation’s ability to leverage data and analytics to serve the public efficiently and effectively. Data governance is a critical aspect of the chief data officer’s role, and the Council is establishing government-wide best practices for the management, use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data. How are agencies dealing wi...

How can organizations maintain the standards of their environments, and protect them? Learn how SaltStack Config can be used along with vRealize Automation to configure workloads deployed into your environment and maintain those standards from drift. We will use vRealize Automation to deploy our template, and then configure the workloads and maintain them using SaltStack Config.