You are cordially invited to ring in the season at our annual Mingle and Jingle Holiday Quarterly Meeting on Wednesday, December 14. […]

Offering agencies more flexibility, security, and autonomy, the MOVE IT – Modernizing Outdated and Vulnerable Equipment and Information Technology – act aims to reform government through faster, more efficient cloud adoption.

Cloud adopters across Federal, state, and local agencies plan to nearly double their cloud use in the next five years – from 35 percent up to 60 percent – according to MeriTalk’s “Destination Cloud” report. While cost savings and increased flexibility are fueling cloud adopters’ journey, 95 percent of IT managers are slamming on the public cloud brakes.

It’s been over five years since then-Federal CIO Vivek Kundra announced the cloud-first policy – and while it’s a common exercise to take a look back and at what has transpired over those years, we think it’s time to shift the view and get a clear picture of exactly where we stand now and where we are going.

Please join us for an interactive breakfast session, co-located with the Cyber Security Brainstorm, on September 13th at the Newseum in Washington D.C. where David and his GSA colleagues will talk about the future for FedRAMP and TTS.

As agencies embrace IT modernization, they need future ready tools to support mission strategies. Cloud-based solutions drive innovation, while endpoint strategies increase productivity. What’s next for Federal IT? How will modernization efforts shape the future of government services and achieve new efficiency? The Dell World 16 Federal track will explore these key questions, and more.

High on Security:  FedRAMP’s High Baseline: September 27, 2016 The Cloud transition is rolling in low-impact, systems.  But what about high-impact, mission-critical workloads?  Here comes the FedRAMP High Baseline.  With three approved offerings, what’s the skinny on the High Baseline?  What agencies are currently utilizing the offerings?  What does it mean for IT, mission, procurement […] […]

On June 15, 2016, MeriTalk held its fifth annual Cloud Computing Brainstorm at the Newseum in D.C. The event gathered more than 200 cloud thought leaders – industry and Federal alike – for a packed day of discussion and revelation. Event Abstract: The novelty of cloud is now reality across all corners of Federal IT.  […] […]

Hybrid Cloud Transformation to support The Data Center Optimization Initiative: January 25, 2017 OMB sent a clear message with the release of its Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) – it wants to see clear, measurable cost savings from agency data consolidation efforts and it wants to see them soon.   But where will these agencies realize […] […]

The FedRAMP process aims to assuage agencies security concerns and provide low-risk solutions for moving workloads to the cloud. As agencies demand more agile and practical solutions from FedRAMP-certified providers, many are utilizing a low-risk hybrid cloud model, using combinations of private cloud storage and public cloud compute to give them a pragmatic approach to incremental IT transformation.