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Innovation in Government

Learn from industry experts who enable innovation and make government more responsive and secure by advancing key technologies. Innovation in government examines a wide range of topics and evaluates their payoff.

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Implementing AI well means revisiting your enterprise architecture
Implementing AI well means revisiting your enterprise architecture
Cameron Chehreh, the VP and general manager for global public sector sales at Intel Corp., said network and data situational awareness will lead to AI success.
How a factory approach can accelerate agency use of AI
How a factory approach can accelerate agency use of AI
JP Marcelino, the AI/ML Alliances manager for Dell Federal, said when agencies use a framework to identify AI use cases and technologies they can move faster.
CISOs are playing a larger role to get agencies ready for AI
CISOs are playing a larger role to get agencies ready for AI
Cindi Carter, the global CISO for the Americas for Check Point Software Technologies, said AI can help augment cyber defenses already in place at many agencies.
Using end-to-end observability for cyber, CX improvements
Using end-to-end observability for cyber, CX improvements
Brian Mikkelsen, the vice president for US public sector at Datadog, said reducing tool complexity helps agencies understand how their systems are working.
In-Q-Tel: The translator between DoD, start-ups
In-Q-Tel: The translator between DoD, start-ups
Barry Leffew, the vice president of the government platform accelerator at In-Q-Tel, said areas like cybersecurity, enterprise technology, space, lightweight energy sources and biotechnology are among the company’s top investment focus areas.
Why SASE is more than a buzzword for zero trust
Why SASE is more than a buzzword for zero trust
Wayne LeRiche, the federal civilian field chief technology officer and solutions architect for Palo Alto Networks Federal, said secure access service edge (SASE) sets a framework for agencies to get more easily implement a zero trust architecture.
Reducing the technology, integration burden of moving to zero trust
Reducing the technology, integration burden of moving to zero trust
Herb Kelsey, the Project Fort Zero Team Leader at Dell Technologies, said agencies have the opportunity to focus on the policy and process side and not the technology piece of the zero trust architecture. 
Moving to a cyber platform can drive further tool rationalization, consolidation
Moving to a cyber platform can drive further tool rationalization, consolidation
Drew Epperson, the vice president of federal engineering at Palo Alto Networks federal, said agencies need to think about modernizing their cyber tools as they transform their entire IT infrastructure.
Increasing the value of data starts with further breaking down silos
Increasing the value of data starts with further breaking down silos
Sudhir Hasbe, the chief product officer for Neo4j, said applying graphing technology can help agencies better understand relationships between people, processes and data.
The evolution of the hybrid work environment depends on unified communications
The evolution of the hybrid work environment depends on unified communications
Matt Mandrgoc, the head of Public Sector at Zoom, said there are several considerations agencies must keep in mind, including legacy technology and complexity as they move further into the hybrid work environment.