The rush to embrace cloud tools and services in the government is just a means to an end – it’s about experimentation and innovation and understanding the potential of what cloud can do. That’s according to Gunnar Hellekson, chief strategist for Red Hat U.S. Public Sector.

In a recent interview with American City and County, Hellekson explained:

At DLT we’re very bullish about cloud technology in the public sector, and I spend much of my time talking with folks about the different cloud technologies and the best way to leverage these tools in support of their missions. Most of the people with whom I’ve spoken have a pretty good grasp of IaaS and SaaS and if they aren’t already using these technologies, they are exploring them.

When it comes to cybersecurity, once again The White House means business.

Where can you learn about the latest tech trends in government, network with thousands of federal, state and local govies and earn up to 5 continuing professional education (CPE) credits?!?

Answer: Your desk!

DLT is proud to sponsor the fourth annual GovLoop Government Innovators Virtual Summit taking place on April 22^nd from 10 AM – 5 PM ET.

With nearly 4 million miles of roadways, over 600,000 bridges and multiple transit systems stretched across our nation, infrastructure modernization is a complicated and challenging task.

Keeping pace with changes in enterprise-level technology is no easy feat. For education institutions and universities, in particular, making sense of the available options for managing complex operational and technological infrastructures can be mind-boggling.

The importance of cloud computing in this mix can’t be underestimated. Today, nearly 70% of higher education institutions in North America have moved or are moving systems to the cloud, while 50% have adopted cloud-based collaboration systems.

By Chris LaPoint, VP of Product Management, SolarWinds

Altruistic hackers are slowly becoming more prominent in pop culture, specifically in TV shows in which they are young geniuses using their skills to help those in need. Their derring-do involves taking control of everything from airplanes to traffic signals, all in the name of good. And they do it with style.

The Informatica Government Summit is fast approaching! As a platinum sponsor, we look forward to seeing you in Washington DC on April 23, 2015 for this complimentary event!

Bloomberg Analyst, Kevin Brancato, Director for Government Research, will deliver a keynote presentation, “Enterprise Data Management: A View From Above” which will discuss the importance of creating an enterprise data management strategy to combat the challenges of extracting value from your data.

So you’ve got all sorts of endpoint controls and continuous monitoring solutions in place across your agency’s IT environment. Great! Sounds like you’ve got a good security posture going on.

But is your data actually as secure as you think it is? Unfortunately, not.

If there’s one thing that cyberattacks on government systems have taught us in the past few years is that the biggest threat doesn’t come from rogue hackers or nations, it comes from within.

It doesn't matter if your agency or department has one server or thousands. Deploying, configuring, and updating systems and applications can be drudgery.

No more. Through DLT’s new partnership with Ansible, Inc., the leading provider of simple, agentless orchestration and configuration management tools to IT and DevOps organizations, developers and system admins will find it easier than ever, and even fun, to deploy software.