Open to Public Sector only. The events of 2020 rapidly accelerated the use of technology and digital expectations the public has for their state and local government agencies. These new expectations have pushed the need to modernize the experience of government to be accessible in new, and sometimes, contactless ways. But the events of 2020 were merely a warm-up act to the new pace of change that will continue through 2021 and beyond – a...

Around 330,000 Americans have moved to Florida in the past year and the state is expected to gain around 1,000 new residents a day until 2025. These new constituents will inevitably require a range of services from Florida's state and local government agencies, driving the number of service requests coming into government systems. Higher education institutions, too, will see increased demand on their networks. Without the right strategy and so...

The fall 2021 return to school will be unlike any other K-12 institutions have experienced. 2020 taught us all that different learning models can work, and in some cases are preferable to traditional on-site instruction. How will the tech stack in schools reflect these learning models? At the same time, K-12 institutions have new funding streams at their disposal, including the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan. Schools have avenues to ex...

The fall 2021 return to school will be unlike any other K-12 institutions have experienced. The 2020 school year taught us all that different learning models can work, and in some cases are preferable to traditional on-site instruction. How will the tech stack in schools reflect these learning models? At the same time, K-12 institutions have new funding streams at their disposal, including the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan. Schools ha...

In a more virtual world, governments have come to realize how critical the network is to efficient operations. In fact, 94 percent of state and local agencies recently surveyed by the Center for Digital Government said they plan to do some form of network modernization in the next two years. Now is the time to ensure network modernization efforts are impactful and scalable. Join Government Technology and Ciena on July 15th for a timely discuss...

The cyberthreat landscape has changed dramatically in the last 12 months. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting supply chains and industrial control and IoT systems. They are also focusing on ransomware more than ever before as the value of cryptocurrency explodes. At the same time, state and local government employees are working, communicating and interacting in in ways that are different than ever before – taking advantage of remo...