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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Containerization: Don’t Get Blindsided by Hidden Security Threats, on the site GovLoop 1 week ago

    Without a doubt, the concept of containerization is bringing new energy to modernization efforts across government.

    Containers revolutionize the way organizations build, deploy, and manage applications. A […]

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      I love the “house” metaphor for an application. Comparisons make concepts like this easier to understand!

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Challenge & Solution: Becoming the Modern Federal Agency, on the site GovLoop 1 month, 1 week ago

    There’s a tangible, real-life impact of not modernizing—it creates inefficiencies and backlogs that drag down agency services. Even more so, in times of crisis like a global pandemic.

    “Just look at the numbe […]

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    Lauren Girardin wrote a new post, Extract Mission-Critical Knowledge From Big Data, on the site GovLoop 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    In 2018, there were 33 zettabytes of data in the world. By the year 2025, the world’s data is expected to grow to a massive 175 zettabytes. To put that in perspective, if you had one zettabyte of music, you c […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Enhance Military Readiness, Move Past a Limited View of Health, on the site GovLoop 4 months, 1 week ago

    It’s never been easy to maintain the health and well-being of 1.4 million service members, not to mention 1.7 million military family members. But in addition to the large amounts of people in the military who n […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, How to Create Your Open Hybrid Cloud Strategy, on the site GovLoop 4 months, 1 week ago

    It has become clear that the landscape of cloud adoption is one of hybrid and multicloud deployment. According to Gartner, by the end of 2020, 75% of organizations will have deployed a multi or hybrid cloud […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Accelerating Digital Transformation For Lives at Stake, on the site GovLoop 4 months, 1 week ago

    Accessing a website isn’t normally a life-or-death situation. But in November 2018, it was. A massive, destructive wildfire was burning in California, and nearly 300,000 people had to be evacuated.

    The county […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Remote Connection Is an Essential Technology for Child Welfare, on the site GovLoop 5 months ago

    Child welfare and Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have long had growing demands on their time and resources from clients, social workers, caseworkers, clerical staff, lawyers and the community at large. […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Why Government Must Revolutionize End-to-End Application Security, on the site GovLoop 5 months ago

    Federal agencies face difficult challenges: cyberattacks, mobile access, data center consolidation, cloud deployments, complex application environments and constantly increasing network traffic. At the heart of it […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Mapping Out Digital Transformation With a DevOps Culture, on the site GovLoop 5 months ago

    Imagine knowing a coworker is struggling with a project intended to help thousands of end-users — alone. They’re isolated from any support, using antiquated tools and are aware they are grappling with the pro […]

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    Lauren Girardin wrote a new post, The Potential to Enhance the Citizen Experience With Automation, on the site GovLoop 5 months, 3 weeks ago

    The citizen experience is the government equivalent of the private sector’s customer experience (CX). It is a person’s perceptions of the quality and value of all their interactions with a government agency. CX […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, The Solution to Modernizing Pay Management, on the site GovLoop 6 months ago

    Today in agencies nationwide, most government payroll, HR and workforce operations use decades-old software, which is costly and difficult to maintain.

    “This use of legacy administrative tools makes it l […]

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    Catherine Andrews wrote a new post, Protecting Data in the Cloud Era, on the site GovLoop 6 months, 1 week ago

    Today, there is no doubt: Data fuels the federal government’s mission. And federal agencies are working to harness the power of data. For example, the federal government’s proposed 2021 budget funds the dev […]

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    Lauren Girardin wrote a new post, How to Go From Information to Insight With an Analytical Framework, on the site GovLoop 6 months, 2 weeks ago

    When data analysis is accessible, government employees can focus on finding relevant insights in a timely way. When it’s simplified, more people can learn from data and use it to make decisions. And when big data […]

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