State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

According to CPO Magazine, Internet of Things has been “the primary force behind the biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet attacks for some time.” The era of bots has arrived. This risk is reflected in recent attack efforts.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 25, 2025

When cybersecurity succeeds, there arent any negative outcomes. But when theres no fallout, it's harder to make the case for the resources needed to prevent bad outcomes in the future. No news is good news in cybersecurity, unfortunately, says Gary Coverdale, CISO for Santa Barbara County, Calif.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2025

Using the 6-gigahertz spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission has opened up for unlicensed use, Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of wireless technology, is primed to offer a nimble, consistent experience across networks and devices. While Wi-Fi 7 can operate on the previously accessible 2.4-

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In a modern work environment, state and local government agencies regularly find their employees collaborating remotely. According to Gartner, government agencies should integrate security tools under centralized management to gain maximum collaboration between their platforms. Vince Hwang, senior director of cloud security and…

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

When state or local governments must scale or deploy a data center quickly and flexibly, many look to modular data center solutions. Modular data centers are prefabricated or containerized data centers. They take up minimal space and can be installed quickly.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 5, 2025

Once novel RaaS gangs are increasing attacks against local governments, according to a raft of new cybersecurity threat reports. In 2022, the ALPHV Ransomware as a Service group attacked the city of Alexandria, La., with its malware. Two years later, LockBit ransomware bandits attacked Wichita, Kans.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As recently as five years ago, state governments were still seen as slow adopters of cloud resources. But today, a supermajority of state government agencies have adopted cloud solutions. Around the discussion of that report, CIOs agreed many state government agencies were overdue to…

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

The pandemic created a public health emergency that unearthed the critical need for government to rapidly respond to and support its residents — especially through digital channels. But without a strong foundation in mobile and user-centered design, many government agencies struggled to use technology in an effective, responsive way.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

State and local governments face cyberthreats that are expanding at an alarming rate. Since last year, cyberattacks against local governments increased by 70 percent. It is an unfortunate fact that the cyberthreat landscape is rapidly growing and evolving alongside state and local governments’ expedited modernization efforts.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to transform a range of state and local government operations, improving the employee experience while elevating service delivery. State and local governments in particular need to access AI-training data in a way that supports…

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 23, 2024

State and local governments are highlighted in a new report that provides a mixed assessment of the effects of ransomware attacks on global organizations. Sophos’s The State of Ransomware 2024 report, released April 30, found that just 34 percent of state and local governments reported a ransomware attack the previous year.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As state and local governments charge out of the days of the pandemic, leading IT officials are bursting with transformative initiatives that are reshaping the public sector technology landscape. Where visible, these strong relationships informed StateTech's list of 30 State and Local Government IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2023.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Shark, longtime executive director of the Public Technology Institute, observes that many local governments are reconsidering cloud strategies to improve reliability. In a recent column for StateTech, Alan R.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As citizens require more efficiency from the websites they surf to the public transportation they ride, state and local governments are investing in AI technology to optimize the citizen experience. With the help of AI, urban environments are innovating to meet the demands of the digital age.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

Citizens and businesses throughout the United States don’t necessarily think of interactions with their local government as being overly efficient or offering a world-class user experience. But it is becoming more and more challenging for state and locaI governments to provide these services in a cost…

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The age of digital transformation is upon us, and hybrid cloud solutions are taking center stage in managing state and local government agency operations. But does a hybrid cloud really benefit state and local governments? Hybrid cloud is an environment that blends on-premises, private cloud and third-party public cloud services.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2024

Local government CIOs must prepare for the sweeping change to be brought by generative artificial intelligence. But such is the power of this generative AI opportunity that I urge local government CIOs to consider a 10/20/30 plan to capitalize quickly on the shifts that are about to occur. CDW has developed a leadership approach…

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

State governments too often are stymied by the limitations of their legacy technology, and no where is that more true than with old applications.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Eighty percent of the cybersecurity grants soon to be awarded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will go to local governments.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Recent research has found that attacks against governments worldwide increased by 1,885 percent in 2021, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has highlighted ongoing threats to state facilities such as water and wastewater systems. Malware is everywhere.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Local government CIOs agreed that artificial intelligence has great potential for staff augmentation but noted that they are only in the early stages of testing AI use cases. Government employees spend a lot of time writing resolutions and other regulatory documents, but AI could speed up such work for them. “…

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2023

But how can state and local governments best harness it? Agencies may benefit from taking a broader view of the current landscape for AI in local government and look at how machine learning assists public organizations, along with AI’s potential pitfalls. But there’s another way states can get a grip on AI: through AIOps.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

State and local government procurement trends are always evolving, and the transportation industry is currently leading that charge. 1 for local government and saw a growth of nearly 9 percent year over… Transportation ranked No.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2025

IT staffing continues to challenge rural government agencies, often making it difficult to execute on new technology initiatives. Asking these five questions can improve matters. Click the banner for information about managed services that can fill staff shortages.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2024

State and local government teams are constantly thinking about how to improve customer service. Making things more efficient, reducing barriers to doing business with agencies, simplifying paperwork and moving to online processes wherever possible are all top-of-mind strategies for managers who want to deliver better constituent services.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2024

As state and local governments adopt cloud resources, they need to remain attuned to cyber resilience. To that end, Firewall as a Service can play an important role in defending against cyberattacks. This approach offers the ability to scale quickly as a network expands and to maintain a solid layer of protection with less hands-on effort.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

StateTech has tracked flourishing tech trends in government this year, and the officials on this list have led the charge in many areas, including broadband expansion, data analysis, data center optimization, hybrid work environments, and identity and access management.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

State and local governments increasingly have technologies at their disposal that make it easier to manage the reams of data they collect. And cloud-based tools can help governments automate data analysis. And it is in that respect state and local governments still have work to do, experts say.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

State government needs policies and procedures to ensure data is accurate and handled properly from the start. Data governance fills that role: It helps organizations define and manage the ways in which data is input, stored, accessed and ultimately deleted. So, what Is Data Governance?

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

From workforce shortages to cyberthreats, state and local government IT leaders face unprecedented political and technological forces. Across the political spectrum, state and local government leaders are grappling with how to respond to these challenges to best transform services and deliver for their constituents.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2023

As we enter the post-pandemic period, state and local governments are eager to reduce workloads for civil servants and improve productivity. RPA is useful for offloading low-level, repetitive tasks from humans to machines, so humans can focus on more complex problems.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 30, 2023

State and local governments face a complicated landscape for drones this year. Federal officials say the drones pose an unacceptable national security risk, as the Chinese government may collect surveillance data from the drones. Department of Defense and its contractors. Department of Defense and its contractors.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

But what about our critical government agencies? Hospitals turned to virtual care visits to limit the spread of dangerous viruses. Even manufacturers leveraged artificial intelligence and machine learning to limit the number of workers on the factory floor. As CIO of Elkhart County, Ind., in 2020 I helped successfully leverage new…

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2023

State and local government agencies face the same quandary as their private sector counterparts when it comes to the future of data architectures: Do they continue to service existing environments or do they modernize with cloud and/or hybrid cloud infrastructure?

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Given its importance, state and local governments would benefit from modernizing their facilities management practices to optimize efficiency. In today’s environment, agencies might wonder how government building operators can modernize. After all, it’s what ensures your physical spaces and assets can support your organization’s needs.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2023

Broadband expansion remains a priority for state and local governments. Reports indicate that both Placer County, Calif., and Crawford County, Pa., are set to bolster their broadband networks.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Click the banner below to explore ways to transform government operations. This means prioritizing tools and technology that enable an agency to create a digital experience that is scalable, secure, reliable and cost-effective.

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