Tag Archives: IT modernization

William Conley, the chief technology officer of Mercury Systems, has said he aims to continue growing his office as it works to assess and identify vulnerabilities in the company’s businesses.

Stan Lowe, global chief information security officer at Zscaler, wrote in a commentary published Monday on FCW that adopting Trusted Internet Connection 3.0 guidance, zero trust and Secure Access Service Edge models could help ensure security as they move to the cloud and modernize their information technology infrastructure.

Laura Klebanow, a senior manager at Maximus, wrote in a Nextgov guest piece published Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted government information technology modernization trends such as cloud migration and IT contracting in general.

Raytheon Technologies plans to submit its concept for an enterprise system based on cloud computing and artificial intelligence as part of its bid for the Federal Aviation Administration’s updated aviation network.

Lakshmi Ashok, vice president of digital transformation at Science Applications International Corp., highlighted the important role contractors play in simplifying the government's buying process for information technology modernization projects.

Cisco has partnered with the city of Dallas and New York-based digital services firm Presidio to install information technology infrastructure in public areas to provide internet connectivity to underserved communities.

Suzette Kent, former federal chief information officer (CIO) and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient,  recently discussed the needed reform within federal information technology (IT) funding within the federal government, FedScoop reported Thursday.

Kristen Vaughan and Britaini Carroll of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a Nextgov article published Wednesday that the federal government should prioritize reskilling the workforce to prepare them to work in tandem with artificial intelligence-based platforms.

Bill Wright, director of federal government affairs at Splunk, has said that implementing a zero-trust architecture will enable agencies to augment security procedures while leveraging data across the information technology infrastructure.

Mark Forman, vice president of digital government strategy at Science Applications International Corp., said that government agencies should adopt digital transformation techniques and tools to scale supply chains in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other future crises.

Doug Harvey, vice president and general manager for U.S. state and local governments and education at VMware, has said that local governments should consider applying for COVID-19 relief funding to address current investment gaps.

Mark Bohannon, vice president for government affairs at Red Hat, has said the U.S. government needs to implement agency-appropriate cloud environments and address issues with legacy systems to drive digital transformation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Defense is looking for information on technologies ready for deployment over the next 25 years and beyond as part of the Pentagon’s efforts to develop a Cyber Science and Technology Roadmap.

Matthew Cornelius, executive director at the Alliance for Digital Innovation, has said that Congress needs to approve $1B in Technology Modernization Fund allocations in the next increment of a COVID-19 relief bill, FedScoop reported Monday.

Patrick Perry, director of emerging technology for federal DOD/IC at Zscaler, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on FCW that there are three measures agencies should consider as they advance their digital transformation efforts and one is sharing modernization guidelines and lessons learned.