Cloud & Infrastructure

A USAF initiative for the hybrid workplace

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center in Joint Base San Antonio has been transitioning to a hybrid work environment for two years, shrinking physical facilities by 40%.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DISA preps for a diverse hybrid cloud environment

The Defense Information Systems Agency is experimenting with using commercial containers in data centers to help prepare for a multi-vendor, multi-capability cloud environment.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

CISA releases finalized IPv6 guidance for agencies

The network guidance document is years in the making.

  • By Frank Konkel

Georgia moves voter registration to cloud

The Georgia Registered Voter Information System will be housed on FedRAMP-authorized Salesforce servers and give election officials a more secure and user-friendly system.

  • By Susan Miller

Saving water with real-time data collection

To support more efficient river management, Idaho’s Water District 63 is automating remote data collection and gate control with high-speed broadband wireless.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Containerization and virtualization in a hybrid world

Agencies are mixing physical servers, virtual machines and containers to get the required storage and computer resources they need to maximize performance.

  • By Dave McCarty

Detroit tests cloud-enabled pavement monitoring

In-vehicle sensors collect and analyze data and send it to the cloud where the city can access it as a GIS layer to see road surface ratings.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Army plans ICAM rethink to support unified network operations

To make mobile device use more secure, the Army is preparing a new identity and access requirements as it adopts zero trust security principles.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Wyoming health IT modernization nears completion

The modules of the Wyoming Integrated Next Generation System were procured separately to ensure best-of-breed solutions.

  • By GCN Staff

3 phases on the journey to multicloud

To reap all the benefits that multicloud has to offer, agencies should assess their current IT systems, determine where workloads belong and focus on business goals.

  • By Stephen Smith

Cloud solutions speed rental assistance payments

The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration quickly launched a portal for residents to submit applications and track their progress, and a North Carolina county developed an integrated customer contact solution to better deliver payments and services.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

How agencies are benefitting from AIOps

With AIOps, network administrators can tackle jobs where there’s too much data for any human to process, help reduce response time and downtime and streamline government IT operations.

  • By Krishna Sai

Network upgrades support heath care growth in rural Iowa

A redundant 10G closed network infrastructure allows state health care workers to transport data to and from hospitals, clinics and outside partners.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Eco-friendly data centers key to sustainable enterprises

Climate change – and the availability of water and renewable and locally generated energy -- is driving interest in carbon-neutral data centers.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz
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How the Army is embracing telework-friendly tech

The Army is expanding its use of bring-your-own devices through a pilot program that’s expected to initially focus on National Guard and Reserve components as it rolls out Microsoft 365.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Using APIs to bridge the gap between old technology and new needs

Application programming interfaces can deliver better tools, data and reporting for benefit determinations without requiring significant upgrades to existing technology.

  • By Juan Cole

Tech woes and fraud top the list of unemployment system issues

A new report from a special Pandemic Response Accountability Committee delves into the issues surrounding UI during COVID-19.

  • By Natalie Alms

How the Army is embracing telework-friendly tech

The Army is expanding its use of bring-your-own devices through a pilot program that’s expected to initially focus on National Guard and Reserve components as it rolls out Microsoft 365.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DISA done with MilCloud 2.0

The program, which has a contract set to expire in May 2022, was designed to help DOD users from the military services and combatant commands leverage commercial cloud services.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Developing a successful government disaster recovery plan

As the number of natural disasters continues to increase and the cost of recovery exponentiates, DR planning will be vital to the continuity of government agencies at every level.

  • By Earl G. Matthews

State CIOs focusing on cyber, digital services, connectivity in 2022

Cloud services, identity and access management and app modernization led NASCIO’s list of top tech tools.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz