Category: Managed Services

Imagine you’re an IT manager at a mid-sized agency, with a small staff and little budget. You’re responsible for not only updating legacy technology, monitoring cloud and data center integration and effecting a strong cyber security posture, but also managing the hundreds of devices given to agency employees. This is an overwhelming position. Agency IT […]

Emerging technologies are redefining what’s possible for government. Not just the technologies themselves, but also their interconnected capabilities and the analytics they can provide. Collaboration and connectedness emerged as the central themes during this year’s annual Cisco Live in Orlando. Attendees got a look into how connected tech can enable organizations, including federal agencies, to […]

Cloud computing has revolutionized the way we do business. There’s no doubt that how we work now is built around the efficiencies and mobility afforded by the cloud. While the adoption of cloud has brought incredible benefits to government, like any new technology it comes with shifting standards for cyber security. Because of this, it’s […]

For retail consumers, the vast network of interconnected devices that make up the Internet of Things (IoT) exists mostly as an afterthought. Whether tracking their steps through wearable devices or using their smartphones to set house alarms, in a few short years IoT has become embedded into American culture. Corporations continue to invest heavily in […]

The funny thing about a company’s wireless needs is that they never get smaller. It usually starts with a couple conference rooms, then builds out a few floors until eventually the whole building needs wireless. For businesses and government clients looking to scale up, it isn’t always as simple as it seems. I’m sure most […]

As federal agencies move to adopt a cloud-first strategy and reduce their reliance on government-owned data centers, IT managers should be rethinking the way they deal with cyber security. The cloud offers a multitude of benefits including more agile and efficient networks, but when you modernize away from traditional data centers, you move into a […]

In this TechSource podcast, we discuss federal IT storage, and the emerging pay-as-you-go approach. NetApp’s Jeff Eversman offers insights and recommendations to agencies looking to move away from complicated and costly traditional IT storage methods for those that are scalable and tailored to their needs. Listen to learn how solutions like NetApp’s On Demand can […]

IT procurement models are rapidly evolving to meet today’s changing technology needs. To keep ahead of tech trends, agencies are moving away from more permanent IT investments. This is where the growing trend of as-a-service offerings comes into play. Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) brings together a fleet of any type of device and a set of services […]

This past month, Iron Bow attended Dell EMC World 2017 in Las Vegas. During my trip, I had the pleasure of discussing current, future and emerging technologies across the industry. At Iron Bow, I have seen these trends emerge first-hand, as have the over 12,000 IT practitioners and business leaders in attendance. Virtualization (both server […]

In January 2017, members of the Hillsborough County community and Bob Buckhorn, the mayor of Tampa, joined Iron Bow for the grand opening of a new call center. The state-of-the-art 24,000 square-foot facility is the result of a contract awarded in October 2016. Iron Bow is looking forward to expanding the presence of telehealth in […]

Simplifying IT complexity is the challenge that most government IT contractors are facing today. With new technologies emerging in the market every day, the old way of consuming IT isn’t in line with most federal agencies’ missions to be innovative and agile. Making sense of the customer’s mission and the IT requirements needed to align […]

When striving to meet your agency’s mission, the last thing you want is IT complexity. Instead, federal agencies are embracing managed services, which allows them to be flexible, adopt new technologies and innovate without  high costs, management of multiple vendors and implementation or operational complexities. While it may sound too good to be true, the […]

As 2015 comes to a close, we are looking back at the trends that shaped collaboration and the technologies that support it. This past year, unified collaboration (UC) and unified collaboration as a service (UCaaS) continued to grow in demand as organizations looked at ways to securely protect data while increasing efficiencies and effectiveness. In […]