John L Pulley

Kubernetes is going to space.

DoD needs a way to transform its satellite fleet to make it easier to maintain and update, and to adapt as requirements change. As part of an initiative called Satellite One, the […]

The challenge security teams face is that the traditional approach to defending against malware can’t keep up with the daily barrage of new malware in circulation, no matter how diligently security companies u […]

On a hot July day two years ago, within days of being sworn into office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that Steve Gordon would lead the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) — the agency’s fourt […]

IT modernization in the form of digital transformation is one of the most daunting challenges encountered by government agencies today. Challenges include:

The scale and scope of digitization
The […]

A critical component of successful cloud migrations is AWS Well-Architected Review (WAR) landing zones — hospitable cloud environments defined by standard, secure cloud infrastructure; policies; best practices; g […]

Evolving media platforms and growing demand for digital delivery of content is an existential threat to traditional media organizations. Challenges posed by streaming and mobile technologies have spared no […]

As vaccination programs gain momentum and the threat of the pandemic begins to ebb, will agencies revert to old methods of engaging with constituents? Or will they build on the experience of recent months and […]

In 2021, more than a decade after the emergence of the commercial cloud market, you would think that most of the world’s large organizations have made significant progress on their journey to cloud, redeploying o […]

Many agencies were caught flat-footed when the pandemic hit. They were unprepared and unable to quickly respond to rapidly shifting circumstances. Having survived the initial crisis, agencies turned to assessing […]

Abruptly shifting tens of thousands of government workers from office buildings to remote work locations has illuminated the challenges of implementing new work arrangements, while also exposing longstanding […]

A few years ago, the government’s General Services Administration (GSA) recognized it had a growing data management challenge. Much of the agency’s information was languishing in silos, and there was no cen […]

Remote workers need effective collaboration tools to support them wherever they are and make it easy to assign tasks, collaborate, communicate, meet, schedule meetings and share documents.

Cloud-based […]

Government agencies don’t lack for data. Like the crew of Coleridge’s ill-fated ship, adrift on the ocean and dying of thirst, federal agencies are drowning in a sea of information, yet little of it is fit for con […]

Global supply chains span continents and time zones, vastly enlarging potential attack surfaces. When government agencies procure IT products from sources that can’t be verified as secure, they introduce into t […]

The recent and rapid adoption of cloud, mobility and related technologies has dramatically altered the federal IT environment. While these technologies have facilitated the development of a whole new range of IT […]

In the past decade, the concept of user experience (UX) in government IT has gained widespread acceptance and moved into the mainstream. Long considered an afterthought or not even worthy of consideration, UX has […]

During the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, agencies scrambled to support remote workers while pursuing their missions. NASA, an agency known for succeeding under duress, wasn’t exempt. The COVID-19 p […]

Evaluating purchase price is part of any standard buying process. But in a recent GovLoop survey, 68% of respondents noted they also consider ongoing operating and service costs to be as or more important. […]

Enterprise complexity is not just about complex systems. It’s also about the diverse array of technologies and technological eras that coexist in some IT ecosystems. Those complex systems tend to function well w […]