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Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Fifteen years ago, Vivek Kundra began the "Cloud First" policy in the federal government.   It took five years for people beginning to talk about "cloud native" applications.   In other words, instead of a lift and shift to the cloud, developers could take ad...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Zebra Technologies is the best-kept secret in town. The reason is simple: Zebra Technology has been in business for 55 years and has achieved an impressive amount of success in the commercial world. Jan states that 80% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Zebra f...

Seventy percent of the world's internet traffic goes through Ashburn, Virginia. That fact has led to the growth of over five hundred data centers in Northern Virginia. Today, we sat down with one of those companies to examine its data centers and its relationship with the federal government. John Reynolds is the Director of QTS Federal. He has decades of experience in federal technology and provid...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com There is a whirlwind of change in federal technology. For example, Federal News Network has reported that 25% of the IRS technology staff have left. Additionally, funding has been reduced, data stores are increasing, and we are all trying to understand the im...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Gregory Garrett, Chief Operating Officer at REI Systems, discussed digital transformation and innovation at the AWS summit in Washington, DC.  He has a fascinating background that includes a career as a fighter pilot, the publication of twenty-four books, and...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Many of today's archaic federal systems have been built over decades. As a result, they are perfected but also fragile. One obvious source of vulnerability is the workforce that created it. It is hard to believe that COBOL was released in 1960 and is still ac...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com How do you defend your website against an attack that can reach one hundred million requests a second? The federal government is in an unusual position: in addition to the "garden variety" attacks, such as phishing and ransomware, it is also subject to politi...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Sometimes, one plus one is three . Back in 2021, McAfee's Enterprise business merged with FireEye to form Trellix. Today, the net result is a company that generates $1.2 billion globally and $400 million in the public sector. In today's interview, Ken Karsten...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com If you are a regular listener, you know that I interview tech companies to have them elucidate the ways they can help federal agencies reach goals. Today, I will pull back the curtain and sit down with an HR professional from a successful company to understan...

In this episode of the Federal Tech Podcast, host John Gilroy sits down with Vishwas Lele, CEO and co-founder of pWin.ai, and Larry Katzman, President and CEO of Applied Information Sciences (AIS), to explore how technology leaders can write smarter proposals in an increasingly complex federal landscape. The conversation dives into the current state of the government contracting industry, includin...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Years ago, the headline "Data Breach" was shocking; today, it is common. That may not be a problem for some, but the federal government maintains data stores that contain information about finances, health, and military matters. A recent report has shown that...

Today, we have a pattern interrupt. Instead of a standard 25 minute interview, we will sit down with five nominees for a leadership award from Women in Technology.   Each candidate sits for a "lightning" round of eight minutes where they answer three questions about leadership and give their reason for participating in Women In Technology.   In order to see who won, you will have to visit Women In...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Everyone is trying to figure out how to apply AI to federal problems—essentially, building large language models and trying to wring value from them. Inevitably, many are jumping into creating LLMs from various data stores. We are right at the point where con...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Automation is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it promises greater efficiency; on the other hand, it can pose inherent risks, such as maliciously modified data, bias, and even data poisoning. During today's interview, Mia Jordan from Salesforce offers a so...

Here we are in the spring of 2025, and the headline news is that the federal government is removing tech staff; at the same time, reports are coming in of thousands of unfilled cybersecurity positions across the government. Today, we sit down with a self-proclaimed "Cybersecurity Lifer" who will give the perspective of the SANS Institute on this dilemma. John Pescatore has been involved in federal...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com GitLab has been around for ten years and has garnered a reputation for helping federal agencies ensure compliance with stringent government standards. Today, we sat down with Joel Krooswick from GitLab to discuss some top-of-mind topics for the software devel...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Everyone who has listened to a podcast about technology has heard the phrase, "People, Process, Technology."   This is a model derived from a management consultant in the 1960's.   We have seen a lot of focus on technology, a smattering of attention given to...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com AFCEA'S TechNet Cyber conference held in Baltimore, Maryland was the perfect opportunity to sit down with Bryan Rosensteel, Head of Public Sector Marketing at Wiz.   Wiz is the "new kid on the block," and it has had tremendous growth.   During the interview,...

AFCEA'S TechNet Cyber conference held in Baltimore, Maryland was the perfect opportunity to sit down with Greg Carl, Principal Technologist from Pure Storage. Pure Storage is used by 175 federal agencies.   Time to sit down from a subject matter expert and explain their value proposition. Today's federal government is attempting to accomplish digital modernization through a move to the cloud and,...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com When most of us hear the word "lifecycle," we normally assume they are talking about the Software Development Lifecycle. Today, we are going to vary that concept and discuss the Contract Lifecycle and its management. It has been recognized as a part of system...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Brian Funk from Metaphase summarizes his company in one sentence, "It's all about meeting – meeting the mission with the technology." What makes his company unique is the focus on drawing down costs in an efficient way. That is a great concept and has worked...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com The federal government is releasing so many RFIs and RFQs that it is increasingly challenging to select which ones to respond to. For example, let us say you get 60 requests. You do not have an equal chance to win any of the sixty messages. Do you assign the...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Artificial Intelligence can be applied to code generation, predictive analytics, and what is called "generative" AI. " Generative means the AI can look at a library of information (Large Language Model) and create text or images that provide some value. Becau...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com The federal government needs to share information on a wide variety of platforms and must provide methods to ensure this transmission is secure.  Of course, the hard part is the "how" part of this data transfer.  Tim Fuhl from Owl Cyber Defense gives the list...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com In traditional commercial selling, a company seeks to understand its business problems and then presents a solution that would save time and money. Understanding federal requirements has a few more barriers than scheduling a meeting with the CIO.   The federa...