Federal Government IT Infrastructure: 3-Step Guide to Modernization

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} </style> <div class="background C816 hasimg fill "> </div> <div class="aspect acinema mcard ccenter"> <div class="plate C816 half reverse "> <div class="primary light hasbg top"> <div class="background "> </div> <h1 id="hC816" class="headM align-left bold mw10">Federal government IT infrastructure:<br />3-step guide to modernization</h1> </div> <div class="secondary top empty"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="cakeContainer"> <div id="Cffffba7a" class="Cffffba7a contain cup full gap columns" data-label="IT modernization is"> <style> .background.Cffffba7a { background-color:#fff; background-position:center; background-size:contain; } .Cffffba7a .scroller .items { width: 100%; } @media (max-width: 760px) {.Cffffba7a .scroller .items { width: 300%; }} @media (min-width: 1280px) { .Cffffba7a .scroller.bleed .items { width: calc(100 * 12.8px + 100vw - 1304px); } </style> <div class="background Cffffba7a flush light "> </div> <div class="fullcontent light "> <h2 id="hCffffba7a" class="headM align-left bold mw">IT modernization is a top federal priority</h2> <div class="text align-left bodySL mw "> <p>Public Sector IT modernization is cited as a key priority in the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Federal-IT-Operating-Plan_June-2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Information Technology Plan</a>.<sup>1</sup></p> <p>Nearly three-quarters of government leaders are <a href="/business/content/dam/resources/whitepapers/government-it-network-spending.pdf" target="_blank">pursuing digital transformation</a>.<sup>2</sup></p> </div> </div> <div class="primary light" data-n="3"> <div class="columns mStack"> <div class="crow c3 full gap light " data-n="3"> <div id="Cffff47bc" class="Cffff47bc contain indent cup full" aria-labelledby="hCffff47bc" role="region"> <style type="text/css"> .background.Cffff47bc { background-color:#F3EDE0; background-position:center; background-size:contain; } </style> <div class="background Cffff47bc rounded light "> </div> <div class="plate Cffff47bc full "> <div class="primary light top"> <p id="hCffff47bc" class="head align-left bold mw11">85%</p> <div class="text align-left mw11 "> <p>State governments currently lead their federal counterparts, with 85% of technology decisionmakers in state governments starting to make or have already made changes to enable digital transformation.<sup>3</sup></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="Cb0a4" class="Cb0a4 contain indent cup full" aria-labelledby="hCb0a4" role="region"> <style type="text/css"> .background.Cb0a4 { background-color:#F3EDE0; background-position:center; background-size:contain; } </style> <div class="background Cb0a4 rounded light "> </div> <div class="plate Cb0a4 full "> <div class="primary light top"> <p id="hCb0a4" class="head align-left bold mw9">62%</p> <div class="text align-left mw9 "> <p>Only 62% of federal IT organizations are at the same stage.<sup>4</sup></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="Cffffa61b" class="Cffffa61b cup dynamic"> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="cakeContainer"> <div id="C42ca" class="C42ca contain cup full gap gapabove columns" data-label="How to modernize"> <style> .background.C42ca { background-color:#fff; background-position:center; background-size:contain; } .C42ca .scroller .items { width: 300%; } @media (max-width: 760px) {.C42ca .scroller .items { width: 300%; }} @media (min-width: 1280px) { .C42ca .scroller.bleed .items { width: calc(300 * 12.8px + 100vw - 1304px); } </style> <div class="background C42ca flush light "> </div> <div class="fullcontent light "> <h2 id="hC42ca" class="headM align-left bold mw8">How to modernize federal government IT infrastructure</h2> <div class="text align-left mw8 "> <p>The components that make up federal IT modernization include upgrading infrastructure, applications and balancing these federal IT solutions with a network that can support these changes. Each of these components are important but at the same time dependent on the others for a successful transformation effort. The following three steps can help federal agencies modernize their government IT infrastructure faster.</p> </div> </div> <div class="primary light" data-n="3"> <div class="columns mStack"> <div class="crow c1 full gap light " data-n="3"> <div id="Cc7dd" class="Cc7dd contain indent cup third" aria-labelledby="hCc7dd" role="region"> <style type="text/css"> .background.Cc7dd { background-color:#F3EDE0; background-position:center; background-size:contain; } </style> <div class="background Cc7dd rounded flush light "> </div> <div class="plate Cc7dd third "> <div class="primary light top"> <h2 id="hCc7dd" class="headS align-left bold mw10">1. Adopt a Network as a Service framework</h2> </div> <div class="secondary top"> <div class="text align-left mw10 "> <p>Network as a Service (NaaS) solutions can help make government networks more agile and adaptable, while at the same time helping to modernize them to support evolving cloud and edge applications and devices.<br> </p> <p>To start, government leaders use NaaS to help increase capacity, improve reliability and strengthen security.</p> <p>And by using NaaS to simplify their networks and operations, agencies can more readily create a path to innovation.</p> <p>Government <a href="/business/content/dam/resources/solutionsbriefs/sb-network-as-a-service.pdf" target="_blank">use cases</a> in areas where implementing NaaS can help enable desired outcomes include:<sup>5<br> </sup></p> <table style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="2"> <tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: top;">• Organizational productivity</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">• Smart grids</td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: top;">• Hybrid and remote work</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">• Continuity of operations</td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: top;">• Citizen services</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">• Telemedicine</td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: top;">• Finance and accounting</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">• Incident command and control</td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>As an approved, experienced <a href="https://www.verizon.com/business/solutions/public-sector/federal-government/contracts/eis/" target="_self">Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS)</a> contract provider, Verizon can help agencies to save time and reduce costs through contracting and procurement cycles that can help to flexibly and sufficiently meet objectives through a portfolio of supported contract types. Learn more about how our <a href="https://www.verizon.com/business/solutions/public-sector/federal-government/" target="_self">flexible, scalable technology solutions</a> can help you support your constituents and meet mission-critical goals.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="Cffffb4fc" class="Cffffb4fc contain indent cup third" aria-labelledby="hCffffb4fc" role="region"> <style type="text/css"> .background.Cffffb4fc { background-color:#F3EDE0; background-position:center; background-size:contain; } </style> <div class="background Cffffb4fc rounded flush light "> </div> <div class="plate Cffffb4fc third "> <div class="primary light top"> <h2 id="hCffffb4fc" class="headS align-left bold mw10">2. Build a modern and flexible network</h2> </div> <div class="secondary top"> <div class="text align-left mw10 "> <p>Using the NaaS framework, agencies can build the high-performing, future-ready network that is essential to public sector IT modernization. By leveraging 5G fixed wireless access (FWA), multiple use cases for government can include:<br> </p> <table style="width: 95%;" cellpadding="2"> <tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><ul> <li>Branch offices that require high-performing connectivity in temporary or remote locations</li> <li>Small or branch offices that require bandwidth speeds beyond what is supported with the existing, older in-building connections</li> <li>Organizations or enterprises with mission-critical data that require resilient connectivity through outages or downtime</li> <li>Emergency systems that require redundant means of connectivity and data network backups to maintain production environments around the clock</li> </ul> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="Cffffe47d" class="Cffffe47d contain indent cup third" aria-labelledby="hCffffe47d" role="region"> <style type="text/css"> .background.Cffffe47d { background-color:#F3EDE0; background-position:center; background-size:contain; } </style> <div class="background Cffffe47d rounded flush light "> </div> <div class="plate Cffffe47d third "> <div class="primary light top"> <h2 id="hCffffe47d" class="headS align-left bold mw10">3. Leverage modernized networks for edge use cases</h2> </div> <div class="secondary top"> <div class="text align-left mw10 "> <p>More than 9 in 10 federal leaders say that edge solutions are <a href="https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/us-federal-government/edge-computing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">very or extremely important to meeting mission needs</a>, according to Accenture.<sup>6</sup><br> </p> <p>A Gartner® press release advises, “<a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-04-17-gartner-announces-the-top-10-government-technology-trends-for-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CIOs must prepare for widespread AI</a> use by ensuring data is available at points of decision and by establishing effective governance principles.”<sup>7</sup><br> </p> <p>Mobile edge computing (MEC) can help to enable future-ready government applications such as:</p> <table style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="2"> <tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: top;">• AR & workforce solutions</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">• Natural disaster response</td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: top;">• AR & VR training</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">• Enhanced situational awareness</td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: top;">• Disaster recovery and business continuity</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">• Immersive tactical training</td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: top;">• Autonomous drone surveillance</td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>MEC can also help enable optimum application performance for latencyintensive apps or managing distributed IoT sensor networks.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="cakeContent"> <div id="C6935" class="C6935 contain indent cup full gapabove" aria-labelledby="hC6935" role="region"> <style type="text/css"> </style> <div class="plate C6935 full nobg "> <div class="primary top"> <h2 id="hC6935" class="headM align-left bold mw8">How technology can help</h2> <div class="text align-left mw8 "> <p>In conclusion, digital transformations are an important part of maintaining a modern IT infrastructure and transforming the network as part of that is critical to the success of any such projects.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="cakeContent"> <div id="Cffffa938" class="Cffffa938 contain indent cup five reverse gap" aria-labelledby="hCffffa938" role="region"> <style type="text/css"> .background.Cffffa938 { background-color:unset; background-position:right top; background-size:cover; } .Cffffa938>.primary>.background { background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7); } .secondary> .background.Cffffa938 { background-image:url(https://d23uobcja6cuc.cloudfront.net/business/dam/img/resources/infographics/3-step-guide-to-federal-government-it-infrastructure-modernization/learn-more.webp); } @media (max-width: 760px) { .cup .secondary> .background.Cffffa938 { position: relative; min-height: 35vw;border-radius: 8px 8px 0 0 !important; } .cup .secondary> .background.Cffffa938+div {background-color:; z-index:0; border-radius: 0 0 8px 8px; } } </style> <div class="background Cffffa938 rounded cinema mshort coverlap"> </div> <div class="aspect acinema mshort coverlap"> <div class="plate Cffffa938 five reverse gap "> <div class="primary dark hasbg middle"> <div class="background rounded cinema mshort coverlap"> </div> <div> <h2 id="hCffffa938" class="headM align-left bold mw10">Learn more</h2> <div class="text align-left bodySL mw10 "> <p>For more information on what Verizon can do for your agency, explore now.</p> </div> <div class="ctas align-left"> <a id="lC5559" class="trans button vz-button-link" href="/business/solutions/public-sector/" data-title="Public Sector" data-loc="Content:Button:Learn more:Learn more" aria-labelledby="lC5559 hCffffa938">Learn more</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="secondary hasbg middle"> <div class="background Cffffa938 rounded hasimg cinema mshort coverlap"> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="clap1 clapSharable"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://d23uobcja6cuc.cloudfront.net/business/etc.clientlibs/ves-clap/css.css" type="text/css"> <article class=" nogap "><div class="clap-blade contain indent"> <ul class="c1 wide "> <li class="top "> </li> <li class="double "> <p><i><br /> The author of this content is a paid contributor for Verizon.</i></p> <h6 style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> <sup>1</sup> Whitehouse.gov, Federal Information Technology Operating Plan, page 5.</h6> <p class="disclaimer"><sup>2</sup> CIO, Network Security, Citizen Self-Service Lead State/Local Government IT Spending Priorities, page 1.</p><p class="disclaimer"><sup>3</sup> Ibid.</p><p class="disclaimer"><sup>4</sup> Ibid.</p><p class="disclaimer"><sup>5</sup> Verizon, The future of networking is here. Are you ready to transform?, page 3.</p><p class="disclaimer"><sup>6</sup> Accenture, Federal edge solutions: Extending IT to the mission’s edge.</p><p class="disclaimer"><sup>7</sup> Gartner Press Release, Gartner Announces the Top 10 Government Technology Trends for 2023, April 2023. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. 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