Despite years of buzz around it and emphasis in the Federal IT Modernization Plan, state and local agencies are wrestling with their concerns of challenges involved in cloud migration and modernization. One of the most important areas of consideration for cloud in state and local governments comes with back office business apps like financial management, human resources, payroll, and others. Agencies are increasingly looking to the cloud to re...

State agencies are quickly learning that as you make the transition to cloud-based applications for line of business requirements, the traditional hub and spoke model of premise-based security appliances no longer makes sense. How are you answering the following questions to keep up: How do you make sure your employees safely conduct business on the internet via open internet, SaaS apps, or IaaS (AWS/Azure)?How do you provide visibility, cons...

The rapid adoption of cloud applications is modernizing the world of IT. These on-demand services provide tremendous ROI, but also introduce new identity challenges that must be overcome to tap into their potential.Join us on January 30th for a Cloud Briefing sponsored by Okta and Zscaler. We'll discuss the roles of identity and security in accelerating digital transformation, and strategies to help you secure and optimize internet access for...

The way we work has changed—and will change again and again. From telecommuting to cloud communication and video conferencing, the tools available today are allowing federal agencies to innovate and collaborate in ways never before possible. The time to empower collaboration has never been better: Today, 72% of business leaders say effective team communication has become more important over the last two years. 54& are investing in e...

As CIOs map out their strategies for multi-cloud deployments, it’s critical that IT service providers are layered on top of trustworthy foundational infrastructure —and an interconnection platform that supports fast, efficient, secure and cost-effective data migrations. Find out why agencies — and all of the world’s leading cloud and IT service providers — are placing greater importance on the foundational interco...

Back by Popular Demand! Top officials and experts from the government IT community return to the highly sought after Public Sector Innovation Summit. Join us to continue conversations on high-priority issues from cost-effective cloud security to mobility solutions and explore new areas of development including big security and transforming IT environments. As government IT functions continue to demand cost-effective, efficient and flexible ent...

Join us on May 17 for a LIVESTREAM of the 2017 Public Sector Innovation Summit! Top officials and experts from the government IT community return to the highly sought-after Summit to continue conversations on high-priority issues from cost-effective cloud security to mobility solutions, and explore new areas of development including big security and transforming IT environments. As government IT funcations continue to demand cost-effective, ef...

Growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud Computing has magnified the impact of the security challenge by orders of magnitude. Join Wally Rhines, CEO of Mentor Graphics, as he examines the growing threats to silicon security and possible solutions. As electronic system hackers penetrate deeper—from applications to embedded software to operating system to silicon—the impact of security threats is growing exponentially. Viruse...

Connect, Collaborate, Create NASCIO’s mission is to foster government excellence through quality business practices, information management, and technology policy. NASCIO provides state CIOs and state members with products and services designed to support the challenging role of the state CIO, stimulate the exchange of information and promote the adoption of IT best practices and innovations. From national conferences, peer networking, r...

FedTalks is the largest annual gathering of the top leaders from the tech and government IT communities. In our 6th Annual gathering, over 1,200 of the most influential leaders from gov, tech, and politics will come together from across the country in Washington, D.C. for one day to discuss how technology and people can change government and our communities.