Overview

August 19
10AM PT, 1PM ET

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Many state and local governments are rethinking their network monitoring strategies after unexpected licensing costs, evolving cybersecurity concerns and growing operational demands exposed the limitations of legacy platforms. At the same time, hybrid environments, cloud adoption and increasingly distributed infrastructure have made network visibility more important—and more challenging — than ever.

Whether you're evaluating alternatives to your current monitoring solution or simply planning for the future, choosing the right platform requires more than a feature-by-feature comparison. IT leaders must balance cost, security, scalability and ease of management while ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption to critical services.

This webinar provides a practical roadmap for modernizing network monitoring in the public sector. You'll learn what capabilities matter most in today's environments, how to evaluate competing platforms, which migration pitfalls to avoid, and how leading government organizations are using modern monitoring tools to improve visibility, reduce troubleshooting time and support leaner IT teams.


What You'll Learn

  • Why many government organizations are reevaluating legacy network monitoring platforms—and what they're looking for instead
  • The essential capabilities to prioritize when selecting a modern monitoring solution
  • Common migration challenges and proven strategies for minimizing risk and downtime
  • How modern network monitoring can reduce operational costs while improving performance and resiliency
  • Practical steps for building a long-term network monitoring strategy that can adapt as infrastructure evolves


Who Should Attend

This session is designed for state and local government IT managers, IT directors, network managers, network directors, network engineers and network analysts responsible for network operations, infrastructure performance and modernization initiatives.

Speakers

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Tim Titus

Chief Technology Officer, PathSolutions

Tim Titus, CTO of PathSolutions, is a network geek and proud of it. Before starting his own network troubleshooting company, he spent more than 25 years working for small and large companies in a variety of roles: from Network Engineer to Network Manager to Network Director. Tim has taught college-level networking courses and is a member of the CSM Computer Information Science Advisory Board. He has also worked as a member of Interop’s NOC team for a number of years. Tim’s ongoing commitment to network performance excellence started early; in 1984, he was the founder of his high school’s computer club. Today, Tim’s company delivers Total Network Visibility solutions to more than 500 companies, ranging from SMBs to the Fortune 1,000.

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Barry Condrey — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Barry has worked in the IT field for over 37 years holding a wide range of technology leadership positions in the public and private sectors and was most recently the CIO for Chesterfield County, Virginia where he pursues initiatives based on digital transformation, open government, and citizen centricity. Under his leadership Chesterfield County Va was four times recognized as the #1 digital county in the USA. Barry holds a masters degree in public leadership with a minor in economics from Virginia State University and a bachelors degree in computer science from DeVry University. He has been adjunct faculty for Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently adjunct faculty for the Public Technology Institute in the certified government CIO program. Barry has been an active NACo contributor, a gubernatorial appointee to the Virginia elections security standards workgroup and a two-time president of the Virginia Local Government IT Executives (VALGITE) organization. He is a certified government CIO (CGCIO), a certified information security manager (CISM) and a national top 25 Doer, Dreamer & Driver. He likes to teach, research technology, write code and blog about technology leadership from his home in Moseley, Virginia.