NVIDIA Supports Federal Data Scientists and Developers with AI Training Models mol.doak_yr9o Fri, 02/02/2024 - 16:54 The Department of Defense and other agencies want to incorporate graphics processing units as they ramp up their IT infrastructure with additional capacity to support artificial intelligence applications. Agencies have turned to accelerated computing to enable virtualization and production-grade AI software. Furthermore, the government is no stranger to high-performance computing environments. For decades, they’ve been a mainstay at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable ..read more

Agencies Consider Fresh Zero-Trust Security Use Cases marilyn.bain Wed, 01/31/2024 - 09:50 Federal technologists want to know how zero-trust security applies to more specific use cases as their agencies begin to integrate tools ahead of the looming compliance deadline. The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center’s Zero Trust Working Group, consisting of government and industry security experts, is currently discussing how to approach the future of the model. In May 2021, President Biden issued an executive order requiring civilian agencies to implement zero-trust security architectures b ..read more

Agencies Find Platform Engineering the ‘Natural Evolution’ of DevOps mol.doak_yr9o Fri, 12/29/2023 - 08:53 The advent of DevOps processes created an entirely new paradigm for application development by integrating the work of software developers and IT operations professionals. While the merger greatly improved the speed and quality of the software development life cycle, DevOps is not without its challenges. Agencies run into some common obstacles that slow down development and frustrate developers, as they begin to deploy this approach. As a result, government is starting to adopt platform ..read more

Use FinOps to Track and Forecast Cloud Costs mol.doak_yr9o Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:13 Federal IT managers who move applications to cloud data centers gain a host of benefits, including cost savings — on real estate, utilities, equipment and more. But those savings can be offset by a huge unknown: the monthly bill for cloud services. If applications in cloud data centers are not right-sized and revamped for an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS)  environment, costs can quickly get out of control. IT managers may have to repatriate applications to their on-premi ..read more

Defense Agencies Turn to Platform Engineering to Accelerate DevSecOps mol.doak_yr9o Tue, 12/05/2023 - 09:45 To deliver cutting-edge capabilities, the military needs to bring new applications to warfighters quickly and effectively. To that end, Department of Defense branches have leaned heavily into DevSecOps, a practice that encourages collaboration among development, security and operations organizations to speed software production. But the talents needed to inform the DevSecOps pipeline aren’t always readily available. That pipeline “requires certain skills, such as Kubernetes, cloud scala ..read more

How the Air Force’s P1 Uses Platform Engineering to Support DevSecOps mol.doak_yr9o Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:03 Software factories have proved to be a speedy way to create and deploy new software applications. DevSecOps helps software factories develop and implement new digital capabilities more rapidly. Now, many federal agencies are taking the next step in DevSecOps by deploying platform engineering, which helps create a foundation that underpins the factory model. The Air Force’s Platform One, for example, is the first DOD-approved DevSecOps managed service, providing a secure centralized soft ..read more

What Can You Expect at DAFITC 2023? mol.doak_yr9o Fri, 08/25/2023 - 11:50 Digital transformation will be on the minds of the airmen, guardians and contractors attending this year’s Department of the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Education & Training Event. The three-day conference, which begins Monday in Montgomery, Ala., drew more than 4,000 people in 2022, its first in-person gathering in two years. Organizers expect a similar attendance this year. “We’re excited to build on the success of last year’s event, with more outstanding distinguished keynotes from both govern ..read more

3 Ways to Apply Automation for a Faster, More Efficient DevOps Practice Dave.Nyczepir Thu, 07/20/2023 - 07:46 Agencies need tools in place to support faster, automated software deployments if they want to keep pace with evolving technology and government requirements. DevOps was barely on the government’s radar 20 years ago, with a typical agency’s development teams working in silos, handling single applications at a time. This was highly inefficient, as all processes — including monitoring, testing and development — had to be done manually. Projects took days, if not weeks or months, to comp ..read more

Agencies Finally Have the Resources to Scale DevSecOps mol.doak_yr9o Tue, 05/30/2023 - 11:02 While much attention has been paid to the Department of Defense’s efforts to create a development, security and operations environment, civilian agencies’ moves toward DevSecOps have largely flown under the radar. But some are actively integrating security as a shared responsibility throughout the IT development lifecycle. “We’re seeing a real commitment to DevSecOps within federal civilian agencies,” says Nicole Burdette, a principal at MeriTalk. “The two goals that are really driving this approach a ..read more

How DevSecOps Can Help Your Federal Agency Modernize mol.doak_yr9o Fri, 01/06/2023 - 10:42 DevSecOps is a practice where security is baked into the software and service development of an agency from the beginning. Adopting such a practice takes time and effort, so is it worth it for federal agencies to undertake this task? With common government pain points in my mind, DevSecOps could be the smart way forward. An IBM survey shows that governments identify security as the biggest reason to modernize their IT infrastructures. According to the same survey, nearly 70 percent of U.S. government IT ..read more