{"id":17323,"date":"2019-03-19T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/?p=17323"},"modified":"2019-03-19T09:54:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:54:52","slug":"is-there-an-easy-button-for-gov-it-modernization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/is-there-an-easy-button-for-gov-it-modernization\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there an easy button for gov IT modernization?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #52595e;\">To keep up with our country\u2019s pace of innovation and ensure mission success, government agencies are under more pressure than ever to accelerate their IT modernization projects (and for some, just get them off the ground!). As agencies incur various challenges in their progress, they might be wondering if there\u2019s an easy button for modernization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #52595e;\">To explore successful strategies and hear practical execution tips for IT modernization, we invite you to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/events\/255430798\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #00a9e0;\">RSVP and join us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #52595e;\"> Wednesday, March 27 from 6 \u2013 8:30 p.m. for a Microsoft Azure Government DC meetup, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/events\/255430798\/\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #00a9e0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">Is there an easy button for gov IT modernization?<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #52595e;\">, at 1776 in Crystal City, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #52595e;\">During this meetup, government and industry experts will share their knowledge and experie<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>nce on cloud and IT modernization in government. Featured topics and speakers include: <\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 362px;\" width=\"775\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 143.18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17327 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/KshemendraPaulISE_ODNI-Meetup-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/KshemendraPaulISE_ODNI-Meetup-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/KshemendraPaulISE_ODNI-Meetup-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/KshemendraPaulISE_ODNI-Meetup.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 630.82px;\"><strong>Update on Department of Homeland Security Cloud and IT Modernization Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kshemendrapaul\/\"><strong>Kshemendra Paul<\/strong><\/a>, Cloud Action Officer &amp; Deputy Director, CIO Strategy and Mission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 143.18px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 630.82px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 143.18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17333\" src=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Jim-Pilgrim-TRex-ProfilePic-crop2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Jim-Pilgrim-TRex-ProfilePic-crop2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Jim-Pilgrim-TRex-ProfilePic-crop2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Jim-Pilgrim-TRex-ProfilePic-crop2.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 630.82px;\"><strong>Designing a Secure and Scalable Hybrid Cloud Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jcpilgrim\/\"><strong>James Pilgrim<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> lead, Cloud Center of Excellence Lead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trexsolutionsllc.com\/\">T-Rex Solutions, LLC<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 143.18px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 630.82px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 143.18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17339\" src=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/headshot-aaronba2-crop-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/headshot-aaronba2-crop-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/headshot-aaronba2-crop-768x733.jpg 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/headshot-aaronba2-crop.jpg 978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 630.82px;\"><strong>Demo:\u00a0 Harnessing the Power of PaaS Services for IT Modernization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aaronba\/\">Aaron Barth<\/a><\/strong>, Cloud Solution Architect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/enterprise\/government\">Microsoft US Federal<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope you will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/events\/255430790\/\">RSVP to join us<\/a> \u2013 and be sure to invite your colleagues and connections, too. In addition to engaging discussions, there will be excellent networking opportunities and refreshments during this meetup which is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Azure Government user community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/\">Azure Government DC user community<\/a> was created as a place to bring together professionals interested in learning about government innovation especially around cloud computing technologies and capabilities. It is an open community with the goal of sharing best practices in a non-sales environment.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in February 2016 by Karina Homme, Azure Government, Microsoft; and Vishwas Lele, CTO of AIS and Microsoft Azure MVP, the community hosts monthly meetups that draw an average of 80-100 government and industry attendees.\u00a0We also livestream our events to reach those outside of the DC-metro area.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Azure Gov DC User Community comprises 2,220+ members and is growing! We invite you to visit our site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/\">www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/<\/a> to learn more and join us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To keep up with our country\u2019s pace of innovation and ensure mission success, government agencies are under more pressure than ever to accelerate their IT modernization projects (and for some, just get them off the ground!). 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