IT modernization
Cloud ready networks for government: Connecting everyone and everything
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Cloud ready networks and intent-based networking are the new drivers for government IT Modernization. Find out how they can impact your cloud strategy.
A veteran speaks: the need for simplicity in DoD IT Modernization
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Guest Author Gus Mendiola is a Systems Engineering Manager and military veteran leading a team of engineers supporting the United States Army in CONUS, SWA, and Europe. He retired from...
CDM: the new driver of cybersecurity and IT modernization
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Recently, I had the opportunity to join many of my industry, agency, and Capitol Hill colleagues at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s ongoing Continuous Diagnostics...
Summer reading list: modernizing IT and enhancing cybersecurity, plus a view of the bright side
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Thinking of summer reading with digital teaching and learning in mind? Here are a few suggestions. Some are serious—think cybersecurity and IT modernization—but others are inspirational and fun.
Federal IT Modernization to Protect and Serve
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Executive Order 13794, The Establishment of the American Technology Council, set forth an initiative to modernize the federal government’s information technology infrastructure and systems. Issued May 1, 2017, the order’s first task for the ATC was to define its strategy to modernize IT. The Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization was released for […]
Who’s Afraid of Modernization?
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Everybody knows that modernizing legacy systems brings better security along with all of the other improvements in power and efficiency. It seems, however, that despite what everybody knows, a large...
Digital Transformation in the US Public Sector – Think Intuitive
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The transition from rigid, monolithic applications to agile, distributed services is underway. Cisco has been patient, yet persistent in its focus on the network – the true underpinning of digital transformation.
Navigating a Time of Rapid Transition
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The government can’t just adopt every new and potentially valuable application and device that becomes available. Agencies must balance risk and reward to securely implement new capabilities.
Trump Wants IT Modernization Funding, but Will Congress Approve?
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If President Trump gets his way in the next fiscal budget, Federal Agencies will get nearly $100 billion to spend on IT. The problem: The president never gets his budget request passed as written, and this president is attracting an unusual number of Congressional critics from within his own party, says Cisco Fellow Alan Balutis. […]