Paul Parker

The public sector faces an incredible number of cybersecurity threats and given that the government houses some of our most sensitive data the number of attacks will continue to grow.…

Hybrid IT and cloud computing are completely changing the computing landscape, from ownership and payment methods to the way applications are developed. The perfect example of this is the seemingly…

As government networks become more and more complex, maintaining the highest levels of network performance is getting harder and harder. The growth of hybrid IT makes things even more challenging.…

Federal agencies currently spend a sizable portion of their IT budgets keeping old and/or outdated IT systems up and running. The Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act was passed late last…

We all understand the criticality of cybersecurity. What is not well understood, however, is how to create and implement a successful cybersecurity strategy that aims to provide a sound security…

We all thought the 1990s were the era of distributed computing. Little did we know just how distributed things would get, even for federal networks, and how difficult it would…

Advancement is always a good thing, right? Well, yes and no. On one hand, IT modernization projects help federal agencies deploy more advanced technologies to enhance efficiency and provide a…

There is so much involved in improving agency performance that it can be difficult to pinpoint one thing—to make one recommendation—as a starting point toward performance enhancement. That said, technology…

Protecting electronic data from unauthorized access or use is vital, especially for federal IT professionals. They know that practicing good information security (InfoSec) is a must, but among the many…