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The forward-thinking town of Troup, Texas, attracted visitors, boosted businesses and revitalized its downtown with Verizon Fixed Wireless Access.
Move from productivity to performance with agentic AI
I’m delighted to share that BMC has been recognized as a strong performer in the new report, The Forrester Wave™: AIOps Platforms, Q2 2025, receiving the highest scores possible in the vision, roadmap, and agentic AI, advisor, and assistant criteria. For us, receiving the highest score possible in the vision criterion demonstrates our consistent leadership in addressing IT challenges with agentic AI.
BELLEVUE, WA – Launch Consulting, part of The Planet Group and a leading AI-first digital transformation consultancy, is proud to announce it has earned its fourth Microsoft Solution Partner designation – Infrastructure (Azure) – further solidifying its position as a trusted partner for public sector organizations navigating the complexities of secure and scalable cloud modernization.
Find out why public-sector organizations from police and fire departments to health-care agencies are choosing this secure, smart choice for reliable mobile communication — and new productivity.
The City of Plano, Texas partnered with OpenGov to meet the inventory requirements of the EPA’s revised Lead and Copper Rule (LCRR) and continues to provide safe drinking water for the community. Here’s how they did it.
Verizon’s whitepaper, The New Realities Driving Government Network Transformation, explores how evolving technology demands are pushing state and local governments to rethink their digital infrastructure. It emphasizes that true modernization requires not just adopting new tools, but transforming the underlying networks that support critical services. From boosting cybersecurity and public safety to improving workforce efficiency and digital access, the paper outlines how network innovation can drive meaningful change across government operations. Verizon also highlights the importance of budget optimization and long-term sustainability in navigating this shift.
Government leaders increasingly indicate that what were previously viewed as Black Swan events are now becoming more frequent — and more destabilizing — shocks.
Attackers know when government agency resources are scarce, they have an advantage. In our webinar, learn how automation helps strengthen incident response and disaster recovery. Register Today
Providing resilient services with limited budgets and staff is not easy – but the right AIOps and Observability solution can help you resolve and prevent issues and maximize resources. The BMC Helix agentic AI platform and new expanded capabilities look at your past and current data to help you optimize your future.
Learn how to see, analyze and mitigate risks for APIs in production, with insights on how Akamai can help with runtime security for APIs.
Privileged Access Management (PAM) might sound like a buzzword, but it’s far more than that. Managing privileged access to sensitive data is critical for maintaining a cybersecurity defense that is robust enough to stand up against modern-day threats—especially for state, local, and educational (SLED) organizations.
Cyberattacks on Water and Electric Utilities Threaten Public Safety, Economic Stability
The European Space Agency expands its space mission operation’s capacity with Canonical’s infrastructure solutions and managed IT services
No question, the pandemic has stress-tested every business continuity plan ever created — especially security strategies. Hackers are finding more opportunities to attack networks while businesses are consumed with changing their operating models and supporting a distributed workforce.
A New Era of Trust, Speed, and Accuracy for Government Programs
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What to Know:
- DIR plans to issue a solicitation for wireless, pager and satellite communications services through the Texas Agency Network program.
- The procurement will cover cellular voice and data plans, wireless infrastructure services and related equipment for eligible government customers.
- Multiple vendors may be selected to provide services under indefinite quantity contracts.
What to Know:
- The lawsuit challenges the comptroller’s 2025 emergency rule that converted the Historically Underutilized Business program into Veteran Heroes United in Business.
- Plaintiffs are asking the court to declare the emergency rule null and void, block enforcement through temporary and permanent injunctions and reinstate HUB certifications.
- The Global Black Economic Forum says the stakes include more than $4 billion in Fiscal Year 2024 state contracting that went to HUB businesses and more than $1.6 billion in HUB spending by three named agencies.
What to Know:
- A Texas Republican primary turned AI infrastructure into a rural political issue, with Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warning that data centers threaten farmland, water supplies and ranch communities.
- Voters still chose Abbott-backed challenger Nate Sheets, suggesting the political and economic push behind AI development outweighed Miller’s attempt to make server farms a campaign issue.
- Data centers are expanding into rural areas because they need large sites, power and water, setting up an ongoing clash between AI growth and agricultural land use in Texas and other Republican-led states.
