Techwire is pleased to welcome Tenable to the Techwire family. Tenable “helps state and local government agencies meet many of the technical requirements for handling sensitive citizen information while providing cost savings, resource efficiencies and better visibility into risk and cyber exposure across the entire enterprise environment.” In addition, it helps agencies — as well as large and small companies — “reduce their attack surfaces and wisely manage risk by identifying, monitoring, and prioritizing vulnerabilities across the entire network — including on-premises, cloud, mobile and virtual environments.” For more information, visit tenable.com or contact Patrick Meister.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Information Design Consultants Inc. to the Techwire family. IDCI is a certified small business and W/D/MBE firm. It offers consulting services in areas including project management, information systems planning and implementation, and business process design. IDCI’s approach and guidance helps increase the adoption of changes by minimizing disruption to organizational culture and promoting healthy engagement. Clients and partners include the city and port of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Deloitte and San Diego International Airport. For more information visit idcinc.net or contact Debra A. Hunter.
Rita L. Saenz has been appointed as director of the Employment Development Department. The governor reappointed Marybel Batjer as president of the California Public Utilities Commission and Adam Dondro as deputy secretary and agency chief information officer for the California Health and Human Services Agency.
More than a dozen IT leaders from across the nation -- including six with California connections -- show off their culinary chops in a compendium of holiday food and drink.
The Contra Costa County Transportation Authority has announced that Randell Iwasaki, who will retire at the end of the month, is being replaced by Timothy Haile, executive director for projects since 2017.
This is Techwire’s last newsletter of the year. The daily newsletter will resume publication Monday, Jan. 4. The Techwire staff wishes our friends and readers a safe and meaningful holiday celebration.
“The majority of my role is making sure and communicating what our initiatives are, what we’re targeting here, how that’s going to improve our internal operations; and then, in the end, how does that improve the service to the end user?” says Chief Information Officer Bryan Sastokas.
“I view digital transformation as a foundational change in how an organization delivers value to its customers by solving business problems through an aggregation of modern processes and technology capabilities,” says Chief Information Officer Subbarao Mupparaju.
Techwire is pleased to welcome SentinelOne to the Techwire family. SentinelOne offers autonomous endpoint protection that detects, responds to and prevents attacks via all major vectors. Its S1 platform is designed for maximum ease of use and saves time by automatically using artificial intelligence to eliminate threats in real time, both on-prem and in the cloud. S1 also offers cross-network visibility directly from the endpoint. In October, SentinelOne announced it had achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) designation. For more information, visit sentinelone.com or contact Tom Hartman.
“I think the traditional role of the CIO has really evolved significantly over the past few years, and the CIO role is becoming much more aligned with the business and strategy of organizations,” says Chief Information Officer Jonathan Behnke.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Infosys Public Services, a U.S.-based subsidiary of Infosys, to the Techwire family. Infosys offers business consulting, technology solutions and next-generation digital services, enabling public-sector organizations in the U.S. and Canada to navigate their digital transformation. Solutions incorporate best practices from the company’s 40-plus years of cross-industry experience, a design thinking framework, and flexible delivery models for predictable, on-time, on-budget execution. In California, the firm has offices in San Francisco. For more information on Infosys Public Services, go to infosyspublicservices.com or contact Brian Bennett.
“My function as CIO is best summed up in two words: service and security,” Chief Chris Childs says. “When it comes to service, IT’s role is to reduce the amount of time our officers spend thinking about technology, in turn providing them more time to spend serving the public. Regarding security, the department takes the protection of the public’s personal identifying information very seriously.”
“As OTA’s new CIO, I am working closely with the Executive Management Team and program staff to help bring technology innovations and best practices to the organization, to meet our missions and critical business needs,” says Chief Information Officer Hieu Truong.
State government leaders and industry experts will gather virtually Friday for “State of Technology -- California Industry Forum,” to offer their inside views on the trends, opportunities and budget forecasts driving California’s $11 billion government IT market.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Gainwell Technologies to the Techwire family. Formed through DXC Technology’s recent sale of its state and local health and human services business to Veritas Capital, Gainwell has a 25-year history of working with state and local public health agencies to support their health information programs. Its human services technologies reveal valuable insights from public health screening data, driving improved long-term outcomes for communities. Its human solutions empower eligibility and intervention programs as well as WIC administration. For information visit gainwelltechnologies.com or contact Bill Woodruff.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Unqork to the Techwire family. Unqork is a completely visual, no-code application platform that helps large enterprises build complex custom software faster, with higher quality and lower costs than traditional approaches. Its solutions allow government and business partners to eliminate the overhead associated with legacy code and maintenance. For more information, visit unqork.com or contact Clint Buytenhuys.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Ceridian to the Techwire family. Ceridian offers a variety of services and solutions related to retail and hospitality, manufacturing, health care, financial services, the public sector, and sports entertainment. Its Dayforce enterprise human capital management software combines payroll, HR, benefits, talent and workforce management in a single cloud application to power the future of work. For more information, visit Ceridian.com or contact Gianluca Cairo.
“The environment felt very much like a startup," Thomas Boon said. “It was hectic, exciting, and my role was similar to that of a chief technology officer (CTO). ... Now, my primary role is to make sure that GO-Biz’s technology strategy serves its business strategy.”
The California Department of Technology's director, state Chief Information Officer Amy Tong, will deliver opening remarks, as will Richard Rogers, the deputy state CIO and CDT’s chief deputy director.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Granicus to the Techwire family. Granicus provides nearly 4,500 federal, state and local government agencies — over 600 government customers in California alone — with cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management, records management, and digitizing services. More than 200 million citizen subscribers are connected directly to government news and information via the Granicus platform. In Garden Grove, city code enforcement used the company’s solution to help bring illegal short-term rentals into compliance. For more information, visit Granicus.com or contact Liza Mendoza.
"We’re using multiple database tools, we’re using multiple visualization platforms, we’re using multiple analytics platforms, and I’d like to leverage fewer of them to better support our environment," says Chief Information Officer Kevin Cornish.
The two-hour hearing was led by Pedro Nava, chairman of the commission, and included comments and insights from LHC commissioners as well as two members of the private sector.
Stephanie Tom and Andrea Spears, two deputy directors in the California Department of Technology, both were named to continue in their leadership roles — Tom in Broadband and Digital Literacy, and Spears in the Office of Statewide Project Delivery.
Jon Kirkham, chief information officer at the California Department of Rehabilitation, shares his definition of digital transformation and discusses the ongoing Vocational Rehabilitation Connections Project as well as priorities for 2021.
The Information Technology Leadership Academy is open to state and local government workers at the management and supervisory levels who aspire to move into an executive or senior leadership position. Prospective participants must be nominated by their chief information officer.
The 12-week career enhancement program is funded by federal money that the city of Sacramento received under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Keson Khieu, chief information officer at the California Emergency Medical Services Authority, discusses the value of big data and data analytics as “a business differentiator for emergency medical services areas,” and the “organic” nature of digital transformation.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Cradlepoint to the Techwire family. Cradlepoint is a global leader in cloud-delivered LTE and 5G wireless network edge solutions for branch, mobile, and Internet of Things networks. Its subscription-based NetCloud platform offers purpose-built endpoints that provide a secure, software-defined Wireless WAN edge for connection via LTE and 5G cellular networks. Clients include more than 22,000 businesses and government agencies worldwide. Cradlepoint, which Ericsson announced in September it would acquire, was founded in 2006. Its position as a U.S. market leader in Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise solutions is expected to complement Ericsson’s 5G Enterprise portfolio, with the combined offering supporting full 5G-enabled services for enterprise. For information visit cradlepoint.com or contact Carrie Cate Clements or Paul Garcia.
