Brandon Shopp

Federal IT pros have tracked application performance for decades. Today’s environments, however, are far more complex than they’ve ever been, particularly with the quick and steady rise of cloud computing,…

Disseminating information to the public is a primary role of the federal government, and what better way is there to do this than through application programming interface (API)? APIs allow…

Emerging technologies impact many areas of an organization, but their impact on staffing is often overlooked. It would be ideal for public sector organizations, and state governments, in particular, to…

Federal IT pros are experts at using quick fixes to keep costs down and save time, often because there’s no other option. They essentially leap from crisis to crisis instead…

For the federal IT pro, IT modernization efforts are  a top priority. It’s a priority reinforced through legislative requirements, from the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) to Data…

Having a hard time identifying the root cause of a networking problem? Welcome to the life of a federal IT pro. A networking problem can come from almost any fault…

Every federal agency is—or certainly should be—familiar with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its security compliance framework. Agencies should also be highly familiar with NIST compliance…

Every federal agency is—or certainly should be—familiar with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its security compliance framework. Agencies should also be highly familiar with NIST compliance…

Containers. They’re here to stay. According to the report “SolarWinds 2019 IT Trends Report,” 41% of federal and public sector survey respondents ranked containers as a top technology priority over…

If you’re a federal IT pro of any sort, security is a high priority. In fact, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has a set of security regulations to provide…