Quentin Wright, chief information officer and chief technology officer for the California Department of Technology, talks about his role at CDT, an RFP to watch out for, and his more than 20-year career with the state.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Nexlogica to the Techwire family. Nexlogica offers a diverse team of consultants capable of delivering on all aspects of enterprise deployments, from business consulting to engineering, development, and post-production operations. Nexlogica has certified data center engineering capabilities, with an agile project-management approach, to provide full-spectrum consultancy. Whether it is hardware install, software utility, consulting service, or all of the above, Nexlogica offers a tailored solution that gets you from Point A to Point B with step-by-step guidance in choosing, installing, and tailoring tech solutions to optimize your bottom line. For more information, visit www.nexlogica.com or contact Muhammad Bajwa.
Jennifer Benson, deputy director and chief information officer at the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, discusses the department's ongoing modernization and how the COVID-19 pandemic offers IT an opportunity to change the conversation.
Techwire is pleased to welcome HashiCorp to the Techwire family. HashiCorp provides a “control plane” for each layer of the cloud, enabling enterprises to make the shift to a cloud operating model. HashiCorp is a remote-first company headquartered in San Francisco that solves development, operations, and security challenges in infrastructure so organizations can focus on business-critical tasks. Keying on automation – of infrastructure, security, networking and applications – each product addresses specific technical and organizational challenges of cloud infrastructure automation. For more information, contact Laura Berman.
The course will be different this time: Rather than working and learning in person, participants will attend online — “able to complete the academy without physically sitting in a classroom,” according to the Office of Professional Development, which runs the academies.
As part of its ongoing quest to more closely connect readers in gov tech and the technology industry, Techwire heard from Patrick Dennis, chief information officer at the California Department of Parks and Recreation, on his role; the rise of "Statewide Broadband as a Service"; and reaching visitors where they are.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Infor to the Techwire family. Infor is a leader worldwide in business cloud software products that are designed to enable progress for companies in industry-specific markets. It creates full cloud-based industry suites and uses technology efficiently to prioritize the user experience, leverage data science and smoothly integrate with existing systems. Infor has 17,300 employees and more than 68,000 customers in more than 170 countries. Customers include leading high-tech companies and 19 of the largest U.S. cities. For more information, visit infor.com or contact Marta Massoodnia.
As part of its ongoing quest to more closely connect readers in gov tech and the technology industry, Techwire heard from Sumi Smith, chief information officer and chief information security officer for the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Broadcom Inc. to the Techwire family. Broadcom is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Its products offer voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in home, office and mobile environments, and the company has one of the industry's widest-ranging portfolios of next-gen system-on-a-chip solutions. Among its work with state-level governments, Broadcom has modernized print services, increased cybersecurity with proactive network management and secured services with a flexible API solution. For more information, visit broadcom.com.
As part of its ongoing quest to more closely connect readers in gov tech and the technology industry, Techwire heard from Bill Glaholt, chief information officer at the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), on how his agency's IT shop is structured; on his role; and about CHRB's modernization.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Public Consulting Group to the Techwire family. Public Consulting Group assists public-sector health, education, and human services organizations in improving their performance and processes. For more than 30 years, its methods and tools for actionable reporting and measurement have helped clients maximize resources, hold or trim costs, streamline processes and implement and improve on tech solutions. Public Consulting Group’s tech consulting practice helps state and local government deliver successful, cost-effective IT systems. The company has more than 2,000 employees around the world, and typically around 1,000 open contracts. For more information, visit publicconsultinggroup.com.
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Techwire is pleased to welcome Compuware Corp. to the Techwire family. Compuware offers software that’s focused on mainframe innovation, to more fully empower some of the world’s largest companies. Its modern solutions integrate across platforms and mesh with DevOps to let clients make the fullest use of their mainframes. Compuware’s two-platform IT strategy keeps systems of record close at hand on mainframe while moving systems of engagement to the cloud — enabling customers to devote money and resources to processes that matter, and maximize efficiency. For more information, visit compuware.com or contact Claire Bailey or Matt Schroka.
Steven Garcia, based in Roseville, is a veteran IT consultant and adviser with more than 25 years’ experience in the IT reseller sector. He’s served clients including California state government, as well as counties, cities and school districts, with all facets of IT infrastructure, security and applications.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Workday to the Techwire family. Workday offers enterprise cloud applications centered on finance and human resources, including a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system targeting medium and large companies. Its services include business planning, financial management, human capital management, analytics, professional services, automation, cloud platform, and data as a service. The company serves many industries and sectors, including technology, government, health care, manufacturing, K-12 and higher education, financial services and hospitality. To partner with Workday, information is available online.
Techwire is pleased to welcome EasyVote Solutions to the Techwire family. EasyVote produces software applications including its Election Management Platform, which streamline elections for state, county and local governments in 18 states. Its solutions improve internal communication, and offer state-of-the-art technology and the data officials need to make informed decisions. In January, EasyVote was featured for the third consecutive year in the 2020 GovTech 100, a list of 100 companies focused on, making a difference in, and selling to state and local governments nationally that’s published by Techwire sister publication Government Technology magazine. For more information, visit easyvotesolutions.com or contact sales@easyvotesolutions.com.
He has more than 15 years of experience working with large public safety and government agencies in the region, including cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego and San Jose.
Techwire is pleased to welcome T-Mobile to the Techwire family. The company wrapped its merger with Sprint on April 1 and will invest $40 billion during the next three years in its network and business. Its Project 10Million will close the digital divide with free Internet access and hardware for 10 million households over the next five years. T-Mobile's Connecting Heroes Initiative offers free unlimited talk, text and smartphone data to all first responders at public and nonprofit, state and local fire, police and emergency medical services agencies. For more information, visit t-mobile.com.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Mimecast to the Techwire family. Mimecast works to increase the safety of business email and data, evolving this area of cybersecurity from a focus on the perimeter to Email Security 3.0, a holistic, pervasive discipline. Its next-gen, cloud-based security, archiving and continuity services provide comprehensive risk management. Mimecast continues to expand its capabilities and integrate and connect with other security investments to defend more than 36,000 customers worldwide against email attacks, fraudulent brand activity and compliance challenges. For more information, visit mimecast.com.
The April 29 event will provide an overview into how CalPERS IT executives manage the agency's technology, provide leadership and counsel to the board and oversee CalPERS' technology portfolio.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Kronos Inc. to the Techwire family. Kronos updates vital processes including timekeeping, scheduling, and leave management; and provides workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions to government agencies, business, health-care providers and educational institutions. It’s used daily by tens of thousands of organizations and more than 40 million people in more than 100 countries, working in California with state departments, cities, counties, public school districts and university systems. For more information, visit kronos.com or contact Chad Kapler.
Techwire is pleased to welcome DocuSign to the Techwire family. DocuSign offers an array of products and services related to e-signature verification, contract life cycle management, mobile apps and blockchain. DocuSign also offers Agreement Cloud, a suite of applications and integrations for automating and connecting the agreement approval process, including contracts. Its other offerings facilitate document generation and negotiation, and agreement analytics using artificial intelligence. DocuSign reports having eSignature signers in 180 countries, and “99.99% availability with no maintenance downtime.” For more information, visit docusign.com/ or contact Jennifer.Baker@DocuSign.com.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Qumulo to the Techwire family. Qumulo provides enterprise-level hybrid cloud file storage capable of delivering real-time visibility and control of your data, both on-prem and in the cloud. Its scalable, software-defined system enables programmatic configuration and management of capacity, usage and performance. Besides storage, governments and educational institutions can use Qumulo to integrate with video surveillance system software and store CCTV and aerial images, body camera footage and security device data. For more information visit qumulo.com or contact Donald Schiltz.
The honorees, part of Government Technology magazine's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, also included the general manager of Los Angeles' transportation agency. Honorees stood out for being mission-driven, collaborative and trust builders.
Techwire is pleased to welcome InterVision Systems Technologies to the Techwire family. InterVision offers state and local governments leading-edge cloud services expertise and an understanding of practice deepened over 25 years. The company helps IT leaders quantify cost, risk and opportunity to identify strategic services that are the right fit. Among its public-sector use cases, InterVision tailored a multi-level cloud data storage system for the California Department of Tax & Fee Administration based on frequency of access. For more information, visit intervision.com or contact Tom Keane.
As part of its ongoing quest to more closely connect readers in gov tech and the technology industry, Techwire heard from Jennifer Chan, agency information officer at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) on how her agency's IT shop is structured; on her role; and about ongoing CDFA initiatives.
