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Leading government digital transformation with the next evolution of cloud

November 20, 2019 •

IBM

Government leaders are navigating big and rapidly changing technology shifts: from proprietary to open platforms, analytics to AI, and from single to multiple clouds vendors. They’re questioning how they can manage in a multicloud environment and deliver what the cloud provides. Officials are justifiably concerned about data security and citizens are increasingly aware of data privacy issues. Cloud underpins the capabilities that enable better outcomes for citizens and agencies alike.

It’s hard to understate the role that cloud technologies play in driving the digital transformation necessary for the modernization of government services, as innovations in cloud delivery models set new standards for cloud adoption. The importance of open source, open architectures, even open data to government is central to IT strategy.

Join the IBM Cloud Virtual Summit to hear a conversation between Red Hat’s public sector chief technologist and IBM’s VP for government cloud: Leading digital transformation through the next evolution of cloud.

The driving forces of Virginia’s journey to cloud:

Agencies at all levels in the Commonwealth of Virginia are undergoing tremendous change. The complexity of managing multiple clouds and data centers, and fragile legacy applications has created opportunities and challenges to modernizing IT, improving resiliency, business continuity, agility and strengthening security. Three IT leaders from the Commonwealth of Virginia are developing future-proof strategies and leading meaningful change, improving citizen experience and recognizing the hybrid multicloud reality.

Case study: Virginia gets flexibility and innovation with hybrid cloud

An agency gains insight and efficiency from disparate data sources and cloud:

Working with US Agency for International Development (USAID) procurement and supply project, PEPFAR, and the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), Chemonics and IBM are using data visibility to see what is happening at every single step of a global health supply chain used to procure and deliver essential drugs and health commodities anywhere in the world. Focusing on public health in four areas: AIDS, malaria, reproductive, and maternal and child health. Data transparency, business processes, analytics and cloud play a key role in ensuring life-saving medicines reach people in more than 70 countries around the world in conditions where it is difficult to get essential health commodities there.

Case study: Addressing public health challenges with data and cloud technologies

About IBM

In business for more than 100 years, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a widely held, publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Originally called the Computing Tabulating Recording Company, it was incorporated in the State of New York in 1911 and manufactured products ranging from commercial scale and industrial time recording equipment to tabulators and punched cards. It was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924.

IBM is one of the world's largest information technology companies, operating in over 175 countries with over 264,300 full-time employees. The company creates value for clients by providing integrated solutions and products that help them transform their businesses and engage with their customers and employees in new ways. These solutions draw from an industry-leading portfolio of consulting and IT implementation services, cloud, digital, and cognitive offerings, and enterprise systems and software, all bolstered by one of the world's leading research organizations.

IBM Technology is addressing the hybrid cloud and AI opportunity with a platform-centric approach, focused on providing client value through a combination of technology and business expertise. We provide integrated solutions and products that leverage data, information technology, deep expertise in industries and business processes, with trust and security and a broad ecosystem of partners and alliances. Our hybrid cloud platform and AI technology and services capabilities support clients' digital transformations and help them engage with their customers and employees in new ways. These solutions draw from an industry-leading portfolio of capabilities in software, consulting services, and a deep incumbency in mission-critical systems, all bolstered by one of the world's leading research organizations.

IBM Consulting delivers business transformation, technology consulting, and application operations by leveraging hybrid cloud and AI technologies from IBM, along with our ecosystem partners. To support our hybrid cloud strategy, we built up the Red Hat business to over $2.5 billion. We are pursuing a similar approach for our AI strategy with over 16,000 accredited consultants. We have also scaled our focus on the ecosystem to create multi-billion-dollar partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, and SAP. Our consulting capabilities help clients to realize value from their digital transformations, for example, a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics is leveraging watsonx for a procurement solution to improve savings, reduce time, and mitigate risk.

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Leading government digital transformation with the next evolution of cloud