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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 Most people are so overwhelmed with the dazzle of Artificial Intelligence that they dismiss the power of quantum computing. Reality is the optimized solution for solving some federal problems involving artificial intelligence; other issues need to consider...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com It is a challenge for most technology companies to give a three-word summary of what they do, especially with the complexity implied with the phrase "entity resolution." The CEO of Senzing, Jeff Jonas, gives a three-word summary of the complex issues they man...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com For many, IDEMIA is a relatively unknown company that was recently awarded a 10-year Blanket Purchase Agreement from GSA. The focus is on next-generation identity proofing for login.gov. At first glance, you might say "IDEMIA" is an overnight success. Upon fu...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Walking around the Salesforce World Tour DC   can make you dizzy with use cases.   Let's step back and look at underlying principles.   To boil down the massive information overflow, we sat down with Nasi Jazayeri from Salesforce to focus on improving efficie...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Federal leaders are walking a tightrope. They want to leverage the promise of AI; however, they are responsible for making federal data secure. Beyond that, these AI "experiments" should not negatively impact the larger systems and must have a detached view o...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Most people know Cloudflare from federal or commercial experience. They have been around since 2009, and some will estimate that around 20% of all websites use Cloudflare for web security services. The listener's question is simple: can one apply this commerc...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Once the transition to the cloud became dominant, the importance of identity was placed ahead of permission to access apps and data. When data centers were down the hall, one could have physical access to a room and sign-on permission. The hybrid cloud, priva...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Many people deceive themselves when moving systems to the cloud, thinking the same precautions used for an on-premises system can be used in the cloud. Neil Carpenter from Orca Security dispels that notion right out of the box. He details that when a system i...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Today, we sit down with Karthik Natarajan, Solutions Engineering Manager, U.S. Public Sector, for SNYK. SNYK has garnered a formidable reputation in the commercial sector by helping to identify and fix vulnerabilities in code, open-source dependencies, and co...

The federal government is transforming from on-premises and private cloud systems to a hybrid cloud. What most listeners do not realize is that the linchpin to this transition is the Application Program Interface (API). It has been hiding under the radar for so many years that malicious actors use this perspective to attack the API. Info Security Magazine reports that 99% of organizations struggle...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com We all know the quote from Peter Drucker, "If you can measure it, you can manage it."   It's pretty easy to apply when throwing a javelin but difficult when measuring success in complex software development projects. Today, we sat down with Jeff Gallimore, Ch...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com The Partnership for Public Service recently conducted a poll, and just 23% of Americans believe federal services are easy to navigate. Today, we will examine the importance of User Experience and how to overcome some of the challenges federal agencies face wh...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Here we are at the beginning of 2025, and Bill Church, F5's CTO, discusses the company's role in helping federal agencies navigate the complexities of multi-cloud environments and cybersecurity threats. F5's strength spans the application portfolio of enterpr...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Matt Lembright, Global Lead of Censys Search, discusses the company's role in scanning the entire internet for threats, focusing on frequency, accuracy, and data richness. Censys helps government agencies and private organizations manage their attack surfaces...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com There is an idiomatic expression, "You can't see the forest for the trees."  Essentially, it means that some people are so focused on the details that they cannot see the bigger picture. Today, Bob Ritchie, SAIC's Chief Technology Officer, takes a step back a...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com In spy movies, the federal government has unlimited funds for intelligence. In fact, it is always at its fingertips, no matter where it is located. Would it be so? In the real world, agencies have budgets that limit their ability to do everything from reducin...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Technology comes and goes; you can call it the cloud, zero trust, or even Artificial intelligence. In early 2025, we see stress that we have not seen before. The GAO has issued a report examining the federal IT Acquisition process and concluding that it needs...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Bill Sullivan, an independent consultant with experience in federal technology, discusses the impact of the new administration's policies on federal projects. He advises federal employees to maintain professionalism despite the hiring freeze and emphasizes th...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com A recent SAS report shows that 84% of government decision-makers plan to invest in Generative AI in the next fiscal year. During today's interview, Reggie Townsend details some of the precautions federal leaders must take to leverage this innovative technolog...

  Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Anyone with a pulse knows the new Trump administration has rescinded dozens of Executive Orders written by the previous president, Joe Biden. Executive orders #14110 and #14141, which dealt with artificial Intelligence, were part of this package. This has p...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com A recent study showed that the federal government has identified 1700 use cases for Artificial Intelligence. Today, we examine some challenges and solutions for unlocking the power of AI represented in these examples.  Our guest, Joel Krooswyk from GitLab, ex...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com "Efficiency" seems like the new buzzword for federal technology in the next few years. When writing software sense, efficiency can mean writing code once and moving on to regular maintenance. However, we see security initiatives being mandated that cause deve...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com People are getting comfortable with Generative AI and applying it to many business areas. This widespread adoption shows many of the weaknesses of individuals misusing technology. It is one thing to settle a baseball statistics argument with GenAI; another co...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Everyone reading this knows that April 15 is the dreaded day that one must pay federal income taxes. Big business has hordes of tax accountants and lawyers who do tax planning to accommodate federal deadlines. Sometimes, the deadline could be better known. Ar...

Ep 206 Federal Data, Fast Access, Security Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com When it comes to technology, the founders of VAST Data can be described as "prescient." In 2015, they looked at the problem of data management from a unique perspective. They did not want to call their company VAST "...