Category: Cloud

Cloud has become a key element of digital transformation for many organizations. There is plenty of talk around benefits of and need for cloud, but what is the reality of cloud usage in government agencies? Government Business Council (GBC) polled a random sample of government employees to gauge developments in cloud. This survey includes feedback […]

VMworld is an annual conference put on by Iron Bow’s partner company, VMware. The 2020 conference from September 29 – October 1 was the first time the company has taken its annual event completely virtual. In addition to the slick interface and user-friendliness of the virtual event platform, VMware also brought a tsunami of content […]

Part of maintaining the warfighter’s position of strength is keeping them digitally connected.  This requires constant delivery of new applications and features yet, rolling out digital applications requires training, procuring, installing, configuring and maintaining hardware to support these modern applications.  This traditional, hardware-centric model slows down the transformation process at Army installations around the world. […]

As federal agencies work to fulfill their critical missions from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the cloud, with its scalability, reliability and security, has become increasingly important in allowing government to in a cost effective manner. On May 20, Iron Bow Technologies, in collaboration with Intel, Dell, and VMware, hosted a webinar titled “Putting Cloud […]

The Virtual Intel® Partner Connect was an online summit hosted on May 20 and 21, which provided access to Intel’s executive leadership, subject matter experts, product priorities, information about key technology trends and the programs and tools that partners could use to help grow their business. The two-day online event was loaded with different sessions […]

When a federal employee takes a trip out into the field to collect data—whether that is water and soil samples or sensitive data on the movements of troops—they need to get those datasets processed and analyzed as quickly as possible. Most federal agencies, however, are operating with their computing power housed in traditional core data […]

The federal government has shifted the focus from “Cloud First” to “Cloud Smart.” What this means for agencies is it is no longer enough to check a box and say “we’re using Cloud” (really, that was never enough). Today, organizations have to be able to explain and justify their cloud strategy showing that efficiencies are […]

Across the government, the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy—better known these days as Cloud Smart—is transforming the ways government agencies work, utilize data and serve constituents. In an April 1 webcast featuring Iron Bow Technologies, Dell Technologies, Intel and government partners, experts weighed in on Cloud Smart’s impact on their digital transformation. As government organizations undergo […]

As the battlefield moves from the frontlines to cyber space and the enemy is not a nation state, but a loosely organized collective, the Department of Defense (DoD) is challenged to change “business as usual.” Over the history of our nation, collaboration and communication to and between deployed forces has evolved from sending messengers on […]

For decades, data has been processed in centralized data centers. No matter where that information was collected it had to be sent back to on-premises servers to be analyzed. Even with the advent of such revolutionary technology as cloud computing, processing power has always lived in the data center. That made it difficult for people […]

There is no one product that will address all of your IT needs. In fact, if someone tells you they have the answer to all of your problems, they’re likely selling snake oil. There is no one size fits all solution, because everyone’s needs are different; everyone’s challenges are unique to their organization. This is […]

To understand where you’re going, you need to start with where you came from. This philosophy is valuable in life, but it also is relevant in today’s fast moving technology landscape. Government has entered a Cloud Smart world of focused, maximized value and holistic security. But it took a while to get to this point […]

The story is old, but the technology is new. Agencies are struggling to oversee the vast systems that store and transfer federal data. IT teams are stretched thin, forcing managers to focus on day-to-day maintenance over innovation. This is especially true in hybrid environments, where workloads and other functions are shifting between cloud solutions and […]