Overview

November 17

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Migration to the cloud has helped state and local governments improve agility and speed, but it has also presented new challenges. New skills, processes, and resources are needed to manage and maintain cloud services. The increased demand on IT teams paired with the talent shortage has left many agencies struggling to find enough people with the necessary skills to modernize older systems.

Managed cloud services can help agencies accelerate their cloud journeys and lighten the load on internal teams. Managed cloud services can also help agencies develop and deploy cloud applications faster and with increased security.

During an interactive webinar hosted by Government Technology, participants will explore how to simplify the shift to the cloud. Join the discussion on November 17 as expert speakers cover:

· The best practices to streamline the cloud journey
· What cloud-based container platforms are and why they are critical to digital transformation
· How leveraging a joint cloud solution can help agencies quickly build, deploy and manage cloud applications

Speakers

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Vani Eswarappa

Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Vani Eswarappa is a Partner Solution Architect in Public Sector Partners team. Vani is a Developer advocate focused on Containers and Container-orchestration platforms, helping customers with their journey in application migrations and modernizations.

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Andy Grimes

Cloud Services Sales Specialist for Hyperscalers, Red Hat

Andy Grimes is a Sales Specialist for Cloud Services that supports our commercial and public sector cloud services business. Andy has a history of working with cloud services with a recent role at AWS and working with hybrid cloud solutions including storage, server, container and automation technologies to drive business value for customers.

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Brenda Decker

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Brenda Decker most recently spent five years with IBM as a Director for Global Government Industry services. Prior to IBM, Brenda served in Nebraska state government for 37 years, 10+ years as the state's chief information officer with responsibility for state government computing, telecommunications, public safety radio, and video conferencing. Her expertise leading, transforming and managing large IT organizations has created high-performing teams and partnered cross functional public and private organizations. Her work has garnered both local and national recognition for her contributions to government technology.

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Bill Rials — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

William (Bill) Rials, Ph.D., is a professor and associate director (department chair) of the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement IT and Cybersecurity Program. Before transitioning to academia and higher education, he had a diverse gov tech career delivering value to state agencies, local governments, and law enforcement agencies throughout the state of Mississippi. He has served in CIO, CTO, and CISO roles for local governments and also in various leadership positions within the state of Mississippi’s IT organization as a deputy to the state CIO.

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