While nearly all government IT departments are being asked to deliver increased services with less funding --- the costs and latency constraints of traditional disk-based storage systems used in the past result in high costs and erratic performance, particularly for databases, virtualized servers, and virtual desktop applications. Solid-state, flash-based storage promises relief from the ongoing purchase cycle of massive, expensive, low-perfor...

As technology continues to permeate nearly every area of daily life, citizen expectations for interacting with government entities are shifting. Citizens today want a personalized, multi-channel experience when interacting with government services. In this webinar, featured speaker Ruthbea Clarke, Research Director of the global Smart Cities Strategies program at IDC, will address how to build a robust citizen engagement strategy through digit...

As Cloud Computing approaches maturity it is transforming the face of enterprise IT. In the public sector, government organizations are aggressively moving to capitalize on the cloud’s myriad benefits to increase operational efficiency and reduce cost of ownership. These benefits apply to crucial areas such as IT consolidation, shared services and public-facing citizen services.Even though cloud solutions are becoming commonplace, there...

For government agencies, there is a constant and growing tension between the need to share data and the need to protect it. On one hand, not sharing data is generally not an option: Agencies need to have the ability to put information into the hands of those who need it. On the other hand, they need to ensure that data is accessible only by authorized individuals. Often, agencies have worked around this problem by outfitting employees with mul...

The Federal IT Shared Services Strategy was released last year which details the steps agencies must take to begin chipping away at more than $46 billion in duplicate IT investments. The government has rolled out 7 shared services initiatives in the past 4 years, along with sequestration and budget cuts, shared services is now a strategy organizations must execute. It is no secret the government has trouble with efficiency, as we operate in si...

Fiscal cliffs and sequestration are looming. At the same time government programs and agencies have fewer resources and are challenged to stop fraud and effectively investigate fraudulent activity. As revenues drop and fraudulent activity increases due to weak internal controls, agencies are looking to technical capabilities to help investigate and gather evidence. Attend this session to learn about the challenges and opportunities in fraud re...