As we enter 2020, many agencies have identified implementing AI as a strategic goal, aligning with the White House Executive Order on AI to make a “concerted effort to promote and protect national AI technology and innovation.” While the value of AI is widely known and accepted, the challenges to implementing it are daunting: cost, complexity, lack of expertise, inadequate infrastructure are frequently cited as barriers to AI adopt...

According to ISC2, women represent around 20% of the cybersecurity workforce globally. Yet the need for effective cybersecurity continues to grow. Frost & Sullivan’s latest research survey projects that North America will face a shortage of 265,000 cybersecurity workers by 2022. This webinar will take an in-depth look at the gender imbalance in government, approaches to promoting a more diverse workforce, and rising threats that gove...

The Office of Management and Budget’s Cloud Smart initiative is a driving force for agencies to leverage technology to better serve the mission, drive improved constituent services, and increase cyber security.From federal agencies tapping the cloud to protect vital data in the face of emergency and disaster conditions to the Department of Defense relying on data as a critical differentiator for mission success in the 21st century battle...

According to Gartner, moving applications to the cloud is the most often mentioned game-changing technology for government CIOs today. OMB’s Cloud Smart guidance has reimagined the way agencies think about IT. This strategy encourages agencies to think of cloud as an array of solutions that offer management options to enhance mission and service delivery. This approach mirrors what commercial companies are doing to drive technology innov...

Cloud adoption has benefited Federal agencies in many ways, but confidence in security has remained elusive. The wave of data breach headlines over the last year have only escalated concerns.Research has revealed that most Federal organizations are running multiple instances of public cloud along with on-premise resources. Security policies that ensure data protection in the cloud often differ from ones governing on-premise environments, creat...

According to Gartner, moving applications to the cloud is a top priority and one of the most often mentioned game-changing technologies for government CIOs today. But obstacles – like lack of experience in cloud migration, security concerns, and acquisition hurdles – continue to impede agencies’ progress. Successful IT modernization includes determining cloud readiness with an eye toward providing mission value that supports...

Government’s digital journey is poised for massive transformation, and end-user computing is at the heart of it. The Internet of Things is impacting cities by enhancing the effectiveness of many aspects of citizen services from public health and transportation to logistics and energy conservation.State and local governments have droves of mobile workers, and device management across the enterprise can be a monumental task. That’s w...

Recently-enacted legislation, Executive Orders, as well as the new Federal Data Strategy have created several new mandates for agencies around data governance, management, utilization, and protection. The Foundations for Evidence Based Policymaking Act, including the OPEN Government Data Act; the SECURE Technology Act, the recent Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence – all have created new opportunities for agencies to leverage thei...

Moving applications to the cloud is a top priority and one of the most often mentioned game-changing technologies for government CIOs today, according to Gartner. But obstacles like lack of experience in cloud migration, security concerns, and acquisition hurdles continue to impede agencies’ progress.Successful IT modernization includes determining cloud readiness with an eye toward providing mission value that supports digital governmen...

Today’s workforce is always on and always connected. Workers now use their personal mobile devices to access cloud applications and expect frictionless access regardless of time, device or location. As cloud and mobility continue to become must-haves, government agencies must be able to give users access to mobile grain inspectors, national park rangers, emergency responders and more no matter where they are, regardless of which type of...