In 2019, VMware launched its Government, Education, & Healthcare (GEH) Solutions & Innovations team. This team’s charter is to build turnkey solutions which feature the best of VMware’s portfolio in tandem with key partnerships which solve customer’s hurdles and challenges. Our research and sourcing of these solutions led us to a key challenge customer’s face Read more...
Authored By: Herb Thompson, PMP, CISSO, VMware Industry Security Strategist, SLED We’ve all spoken about and planned for a pandemic for years, but now it is real. Business are shut down. Airports are empty. Hospitals are full. Many Governors (21 states) have issued “Stay-At-Home” Executive Orders closing all non-essential businesses and eliminating all public meetings. Read more...
Rapid pace is a ubiquitous term when thinking of the breakneck speed of technology innovation and the cybersecurity landscape which threatens and challenges all organizations utilizing technology. At VMware, our customers are working to solve cybersecurity problems, and that led us to develop the VMware Cyber Range Solution. The solution is a turnkey design that Read more...
Contributed by: Cameron Groves, Senior Director, Industry Solutions and Innovations Teams, VMware Greg Chait, Sr. Solutions Technical Program Manager, Industry Strategy & Innovations, VMware The protection of personal information is top of mind for every organization. As people, devices, and objects become more connected, a compromised connection in one system can negatively impact the mission of government Read more...
Many Corrections Institutions and State/Local Governments are investing in inmate education to reduce recidivism. This presents a set of unique objectives and challenges with an opportunity to utilize technology platforms to increase opportunity, participation, and learning experience to inmates. The RAND Corporation shows that every dollar spent on education programs save between four and five Read more...
Government’s journey toward digital transformation continues to make significant headway. The global adoption of mobile devices, social media, and cloud-native apps coupled with a shorter attention span and low tolerance for inefficiency has, for better or worse, shined a negative spotlight on government services. This shift in expectations has forced agencies to reexamine service delivery Read more...
It’s the end of the calendar year, which means recaps, listicles, and predictions dominate headlines. While 2018 was a solid year in government IT modernization—with policy, legislation, and support from the White House moving at the speed of technology—much more work needs to be done in the areas of federal IT procurement and oversight, cybersecurity, Read more...
This week at AWS RE:Invent 2018 VMware announced the Initial Availability of VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud (US). This sought-after service gives United States government customers and partners the ability to run production vSphere-based workloads in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. In addition, this service has completed a FedRAMP High Baseline Readiness Assessment Report (RAR) that is being Read more...
Sanjay Poonen, COO, Customer Operations at VMware, recently published an article on Forbes.com outlining the need for secure hybrid cloud solutions in government: “We live in a society where government often relies on technology to deliver constituent services at 21st century expectations. And the pace of innovation has driven government information technology (IT) to an Read more...
On the heels of the 2018 midterm elections and two years away from the 2020 presidential vote, VMware State & Local Government subject matter experts, Gary Christofferson and Herb Thompson, offer advice and best practices for securing elections systems and strengthening government IT security posture. This is part 2 in a 2-part series on Read more...
