Every two hours someone is either seriously injured or killed by a vehicle in NYC . To combat these horrific accidents, the city is beginning to utilize software such as Autodesk Vehicle Tracking (AVT) to redesign roads and sidewalks. Found out how.

I recently appeared on a panel for Federal Times at their “The Next Chapter in Federal Cybersecurity: Continuous Monitoring & Identity Access for Secure Networks” breakfast event. I was joined by Deborah Gallagher, Director, Identity Assurance & Trusted Access Division, Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA and Paul Grant, Strategy Advisor for Cybersecurity, Defense Department, Office of the CIO. We didn’t get through all the questions so I thought I’d continue the conversation here.

This week in Technically News: Red Hat’s CEO Sees Open Source Cloud Domination; NIST Updating Mobile Forensics Guidance; Up to 70% of Government IT Staff Will Depart Within Five Years; DLT Solutions Ups Its Cloud Game With New Procurement Tool For Government Clients

DLT Solutions teamed up with the Center for Digital Education to surveyed 155 IT leaders in education to uncover key priorities, drivers and challenges for cloud adoption, as well as, current and planned uses of the technology. We created an infographic based on their findings.

Matt Micene teaches you how to use scl software collections with Red Hat's OpenShift to manage dependencies via Python and virtualenv.

This week in our government IT news roundup: Is Shadow IT Spinning Out of Control in Government; Automating Cybersecurity; DOD Cyber Architecture Takes Shape; Feds Need Cloud Procurement Standards

What is a Man-in-the-Middle attack and why is it so worrisome for cybersecurity experts? Josh defines it, offers examples, and explains why they're currently so devastating.

This week in Technically News: New State Government IT Agency in the Works; CIO Unlikely Until After Nov. Election; Government IT Procurement Obstacles: “Check the Box” Culture, Prescriptive Requirements, and More; FedRAMP Cloud Standards Deadline: What Comes After

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CODEvolved is a PaaS solution that delivers an elastic, fully-configured environment for accelerated application development, testing and hosting using Red Hat's OpenShift Enterprise on Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud. Matt Micene led the team who architected the solution. We interviewed him about this new offering from DLT Solutions.