Karina Homme

Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Government

As senior director for Microsoft Azure Government, Karina is the federal market lead and liaison between the US Federal Ecosystem & Microsoft Azure Engineering. She works closely with a wide range of executive stakeholders to understand US government needs, remove cloud adoption blockers and ensure Microsoft’s Government Cloud roadmap meets agency missions. As an advocate for government, Karina supports cloud adoption in federal civilian agencies.

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Azure Gov Meetup Replay: Intersection of Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation for Gov  

October 25th, 2017
Recently, a crowd of more than 120 people turned out for the Azure Gov DC user community Meetup on the Intersection of Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation at 1776 in Washington, DC. For those who were not able to join us for the event we are pleased to bring you the replay of the event. Segment 1: Kicks off with Azure Government ...

Announcing new Azure Government capabilities for classified mission-critical workloads

October 18th, 2017
Microsoft is partnering with the U.S. Government in the journey to the cloud, providing both infrastructure (IaaS) and platform (PaaS) offerings to enable digital transformation. Our government customers are responsible for the most sensitive data and the most critical applications in the country. We're continuously expanding our support for ...

Join us Oct. 18! The Intersection of Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation for Gov

October 6th, 2017
(image) For government, cybersecurity isn't only a challenge-it can be a roadblock standing in the path of long-awaited digital transformation. Agencies are tasked with balancing the highest security measures with innovation, as today's employees and citizens alike insist that their data be conveniently available anytime, anywhere. RSVP &...

Join us Sept. 27! The Power of Data Analytics to Transform Government 

September 18th, 2017
(image) Government agencies across the spectrum are sitting atop invaluable datasets that are locked up because of lack of resources, tools and compliance regimes. Fortunately, cloud-based analytics capabilities are allowing these datasets to be turned into knowledge. Whether it's data about the mission, citizen services or simply data from ...

Join Us: How to Accelerate Connected Citizen Services 

August 17th, 2017
(image) Citizens today are more connected that ever before; increasingly expecting anytime, anywhere access to government services and information - via online, mobile and/or social. To continue to best serve and engage ever-connected citizens, government organizations and their industry partners must deliver innovative apps and mobile ...

Meetup Replay: Advancing Digital Government in the Cloud

August 10th, 2017
This guest blog post is written by Vishwas Lele from Applied Information Sciences (AIS). AIS provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. They specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development and IT services. For additional information please visit www....

Join us: Advancing Digital Government in the Cloud — July 26

July 14th, 2017
(image) It's no secret that cloud computing empowers organizations to deliver better government. While cloud adoption is still in early stages, how to take advantage of new technologies is at the forefront of every government IT department. Hear from government and industry IT leaders who are paving the way to advance digital government at ...

Azure Gov June Meetup Replay: IoT Strategies in Government

July 7th, 2017
For those who could not join us at the June Azure Gov DC Meetup, we are pleased to bring you the replay of IoT Strategies in Government. The first segment kicks off with Azure Government updates then features Mike Baker, cloud solution architect, Azure Team, Microsoft Federal, who provides insights on tools and technologies that enable you ...

Hear how contractors can drive IoT innovation in government – July 11 in Washington, DC

June 23rd, 2017
(image) Gartner projects that 21 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020. With the U.S. government market for the Internet of Things (IoT) beginning to take shape, we invite government contractors register to join Washington Technology and Microsoft to a free event, "How Contractors Can Drive IoT Innovation in Government," ...

Join us June 28! Azure Gov DC Meetup: IoT Strategies for Government

June 16th, 2017
(image) The rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) enables exciting capabilities to enhance agencies' missions but also brings many challenges including security and strategies for integrating this evolving technology. Please RSVP to join us  for an evening of demos, use cases and best practices on how agencies can quickly and ...