Preparing today for the unexpected tomorrow in government

Government agencies at the federal agencies have almost universally seen their long-term plans for IT upgrades put on a fast-track this past year in response to surges in demands to support remote workers and fulfill public services. One factor that helped make that possible — and in many ways, has put agencies in a stronger position to modernize moving forward — was the increasing reliance on open architecture and hybrid cloud environments, according to IBM's Dan Chenok. “What we saw in the last year was the introduction of changes that were predicted to occur over the next five to 10 years — in terms of networks, enabling distance work, teams coming together across multiple locations at the same time and the associated bandwidth and network capacity and cybersecurity steps that needed to be taken — and enable (those changes) to occur very quickly,” he says in a new podcast. Sponsored by IBM. Guest: Dan Chenok, Executive Director at the IBM Center for the Business of Government Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group Look for more coverage of “IT Modernization in Government” on www.fedscoop.com/listen