Posts Tagged: IT

Government’s IT Inflection—Moving To Flash

There’s a revolution happening in government IT. Multi-tiered flash storage, long a staple in the private sector, is coming to the government, and it’s changing the way federal, state, and local employees relate to their data. Tegile, a manufacturer of flash storage arrays, is leading the transformation to a flash-centric data center. Thursday’s GovLoop onlineRead… Read more »

Unifying Around FITARA – Understanding the Future of Tech

Recently, GovLoop’s Christopher Dorobek moderated a panel of government IT experts, hosted by the Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM). Parts of the panel discussion around the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) will be on today’s DorobekINSIDER. Last year, a new law – FITARA – was passed to help government better spendRead… Read more »

Technology Infrastructure and Support at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

What is the problem we are trying to solve? Supporting technology in a networked world is a two way activity connecting the inanimate system to the live user. Since all of the ‘things’ are connected at some point, the ability to recognize status, behavior, use and role within the technology framework becomes paramount to providingRead… Read more »

Managing Enterprise IT Data to Secure the Internet of Things

This interview is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent guide, What the Internet of Things Means for the Public Sector, which explores insights and best practices into how government is using automated machine-to-machine transactions and implementing IoT in the public sector. The cyber world is a dangerous place. In a rapidly escalating environment of cyberthreats, obsolete devices, software beyondRead… Read more »

The Role of People in Government IT

Refer to the first post from the same conference, here. Much of talk about IT focuses on how IT is a fast-paced and ever-evolving movement. In all the hustle and bustle of government IT, we tend to forget that the role of people plays an incredibly important part. Christopher Dorobek sat down with a panelRead… Read more »

The “Slow Evolution” of IT

If you’re anything like me, you’re pretty overwhelmed with the never-ending commercials concerning the newest updates, systems, and innovations the IT world sends out. We are inundated with more and more. It seems the IT world is constantly evolving – but is that the reality? On December 18th, 2014 Christopher Dorobek sat down with aRead… Read more »