Transforming Government to a Digital Future 

In 2021 the U.S. Government had tens of thousands of edge locations, 2.85 million federal employees, and 18.9 million state and local employees making it our largest employer.  There are U.S. Government departments, branch offices, agencies, distribution centers, warehouses, and data centers all over the world.  The challenges to maintain a service level to their customers with the current systems while migrating to a more modern approach in the future.   

Modernize legacy government IT solutions

The U.S. Government spends 80% of its IT budget on maintaining systems between eight and 51 years old — technology that is inflexible, costly, and sometimes unreliable. Ripping and replacing systems is an unappealing option given the enormous sums already invested. At the same time, legacy tools can’t adapt quickly to fast-emerging societal needs and are not optimized for mobile. 

The government is aware of the cost savings that digital modernization will help it achieve.  A win-win for the government, the people and communities it serves.  Therefore, Digital Transformation is occurring today throughout government as they adopt cloud technologies and offer more service options and improve efficiencies. 

Cloud Smart. Cloud Ready.

There are several recent examples of departments with highly classified information using cloud, hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud solutions: 

  • The Pentagon Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract awarded to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle. 
  • The CIA Commercial Cloud Enterprise (C2E) contract awarded to Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle. 
  • The National Security Agency (NSA) contract awarded to Amazon. 

Government is embracing digital transformation to facilitate public safety and justice, deliver cybersecurity and compliance, and modernize critical infrastructure.  Digital transformation can have a wide range of benefits for government organizations, including improved services, cost savings, and increased transparency and accountability. 

Network Resilience as a Service™ in a cloud-first Government world 

Gearlinx Network Resilience as a Service™ Platform uses cloud computing and cloud-based services to ensure the continuity and reliability of a government's network infrastructure. In a cloud-first government world, the use of cloud services is prioritized for all IT operations, including the management of network infrastructure. 

The benefits of using the Gearlinx Network Resilience as a Service™ Platform in a cloud-first government environment include: 

  • Scalability.  Cloud-based subscription services can be dynamically scaled up or down as needed, which is useful for governments that experience fluctuating demands on their networks. 
  • Cost Efficiency.  Governments can pay as they go and reduce both CAPEX and OPEX, paying only for the resources they use, rather than investing in CAPEX heavy infrastructure that may not be fully utilized. 
  • Increased Security.  Cloud-based services have advanced security measures in place to protect against cyber threats, which is especially important for government networks. 
  • Greater Accessibility.  Access your out-of-band management network from virtually anywhere, at any time. 
  • Improved Disaster Recovery.  In the event of a disaster, cloud-based services provide quick secure remote access to remediate network infrastructure and restore operations. 
  • Business Continuity.  ZERO cloud-based management and Total OOB™ are the measures and practices put in place to provide immediate notification and access to the network problem so the business can maintain, operate, and serve their customers as well as employees. 

By leveraging network resilience as a service in a cloud-first environment, governments can improve the accessibility, reliability, scalability, and security of their networks while also reducing costs. 

Operational Resilience as a Service™ 

In order for government departments to track, maintain, and audit their assets, they require fingertip access to the operational information from the infrastructure on the network.  The government is increasingly embracing cloud-based business models from companies like Gearlinx™, who offer an Operational Resilience as a Service™ subscription that provides a bite-sized approach to buying network resilience over an out-of-band management cloud.  The ZERO cloud-managed portal provides real-time business information on the status of agency subscriptions, serial numbers, and warranty.    

The Operational Resilience as a Service™ subscription empowers resilient and responsive government that ensures network flexibility, reliability, security, fast scale up or down, and compliance.