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This post was co-written by Nazhin Beiramee, Jazmin Childress, Kevin Clark, and Nick Weiss.
Greater situational awareness can help transform emergency response. Experts estimate that as many as 10,000 lives could be saved every year by reducing 911 response times by just one minute. Information that improves situational awareness is seen as a foundation of emergency response strategy because, as FEMA notes, "accurate, timely information will enable more informed, effective decision-making."
Transform the User Experience by Optimizing the Creative Workflow
Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration platform that enables developers to deploy modern applications at scale. However, deploying applications on Kubernetes can be complex and time-consuming, and it often requires specialized expertise and knowledge.
Modernize Government Financial Processes in Texas: How to Welcome a New Era of Accounting Excellence
Government financial processes are in need of an upgrade now, more than ever before. With a perfect storm of challenges, such as reporting and audit requirements, cybersecurity threats, and legacy knowledge leaving with retiring employees, the time is now for many local governments to rethink their financial processes.
DDoS attacks aren't new, but they are on the rise in the Public Sector. Now more than ever, the Internet is mission-critical to providing citizen services. Hackers are more easily able to choose between making citizen services completely inaccessible or just degrading services enough to noticeably impact the customer experience.
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Today’s tech-savvy constituents want the ability to interact with government through various means and touchpoints. To meet residents’ expectations, many organizations have adopted a ‘no wrong door’ approach, creating an omnichannel experience that allows individuals to interact with government in the manner most convenient for them.
Hear how small improvements in public works asset management have led to big changes for the City of Helotes, TX. Public Works Supervisor Josh Mair will share how his team quickly evolved from a pen-and-paper approach to tracking infrastructure in real time, answering council questions in a flash, and using data to justify new hires and budget increases.
Everybody is talking about generative AI – sometimes with a mix of excitement and anxiety but few doubt that the advances we are seeing represent a huge opportunity for those that act quickly — and strategically. So what is generative AI? Generative AI refers to deep-learning models that can generate high-quality text, images, and other content based on the data they were trained on.
Every day, your team is tasked with managing millions — if not billions — of dollars in infrastructure assets. Are you maintaining your city or utility as efficiently and effectively as possible with the latest mobile technology? Or, are you behind the times and struggling? Here’s some food for thought on why you should make the switch:
Containers and Kubernetes have emerged as prominent platform technologies for building cloud-native apps and modernizing legacy workloads. We answer common client questions on containers and Kubernetes that enable enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders to make sound decisions.
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VMware Tanzu is a modular, cloud native application platform that accelerates development, delivery, and operations across multiple clouds. Join VMware and Carahsoft for a webinar series to learn more about VMware Tanzu solutions.
The recent global pandemic taught us that anything can happen. Yet whatever the event—from weather emergency to civil unrest—state and local governments must continue to serve their communities and provide essential services. Technology teams inside government agencies are gathering and analyzing data to help them stay agile and deliver the right response to any situation. Yet the more data-driven they become, the more enticing they are for cyberattackers.
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The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in May announced $3.9 billion in BEAD program funds to be awarded through the Broadband Development Office.
The director, working in the IT Services Department, will oversee all facets of IT service delivery.
