EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Carahsoft | March 01, 2023
On February 28, 2023, Carahsoft Technology Corp., the Government IT solutions provider and one of the global leaders in Execution Management and Process Mining, Celonis, announced the federal, state, and local governments of the United States can now access the Celonis Execution Management System (EMS) with the help of Carahsoft.
Public and private sector organizations’ processes function on many IT systems, including supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP), which run in silos. The Celonis EMS is designed to identify and eliminate these process inefficiencies by freeing up resources and radically enhancing overall performance. It combines data across present systems and offers a real-time scanning of an organization’s business process. It reveals inefficiencies and calculates their impact on performance precisely. It then automatically resolves the issue or guides teams to do so.
With Carahsoft, the General Services Administration Schedule extended Celonis’ availability to Federal, Local and State Governments. As a result, the Celonis EMS is currently operational in key government departments and processes, from the transformation of finance, procurement, and administration to the change of mission-focused employee and citizen services. The citizen benefits and key agency includes improved efficiency and optimization of modernization and system transformation investments through visibility across siloed technology stacks and departments, end-to-end agency process transparency and checking if they meet KPI to improve efficiency and effectiveness and process simplification improves performance cost savings, operational efficiency, workforce productivity, and better customer experience.
About Carahsoft
Founded in 2004, a trusted government IT solutions provider, Carahsoft, integrates technological expertise with government procurement process understanding to help public sector organizations select and implement the solution. It is the largest government partner and the master government aggregator for a number of its best-of-breed vendors. In addition, it drives value for an extensive ecosystem of IT manufacturers, system integrators, resellers, and consulting partners. The company is based in Reston, Virginia, and its dedicated solutions teams support proactive sales, delivery of strategic solutions and marketing to help improve the productivity and efficiency of government IT.
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY,INFRASTRUCTURE
Launchdarkly | January 25, 2023
On January 24, 2023, LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform, received moderate impact authorization from the FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) for its LaunchDarkly Federal solution, with endorsement from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
For years, LaunchDarkly has worked directly with US government agencies to drive innovation and increase resiliency in their software deployments. Many government organizations now use the platform to manage feature releases and deployments across their agencies and infrastructures. Customers can use the LaunchDarkly Federal solution to perform targeted rollouts efficiently, significantly improve release experiences, and confidently deploy new technology to millions of users.
LaunchDarkly Federal supports connected and disconnected operations and is the market's first feature management platform to receive FedRAMP authorization. It is now better positioned to provide the public sector with an enterprise-class feature management solution that enables government agencies and their private sector partners to safely modernize and migrate applications while maintaining exceptional control.
This authorization comes at a crucial time when government agencies strive to operate in the safest environments possible in the face of rising cyber security concerns. The platform is uniquely positioned to assist these agencies as they advance their DevSecOps initiatives to incorporate Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
LaunchDarkly's commitment to enhancing the privacy and security of its platform is furthered by its FedRAMP authorization at a moderate impact level. The company has also confirmed that its platform supports HIPAA compliance, offering healthcare providers that adhere to strict privacy regulations with the confidence and capabilities they need to innovate continuously with less risk.
About LaunchDarkly
Founded in 2014 and based in Oakland (California), LaunchDarkly is a scalable feature management program. Feature management enables development teams to innovate rapidly by fundamentally altering how software is delivered to customers. DevOps teams can accelerate their journey to the cloud, standardize safe releases at scale, and collaborate more effectively with business teams with the ability to gradually release new software features on any platform to any segment of users. Currently, the platform deploys 20 trillion feature flag peaks daily, and this number continues to rise. LaunchDarkly is on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, Enterprise Tech 30 list, and InfoWorld's 2021 Technology of the Year list.
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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
prnewswire | March 27, 2023
Alteryx, Inc. the Analytics Cloud Platform company, announced it is now an authorized partner for the Department of Defense (DoD) SkillBridge program. Alteryx will help active-duty service members transition to civilian careers by providing them with real-world industry training and certifications in data analytics, as part of the Alteryx SparkED no-cost education program.
"We launched the SparkED program in 2021 to expand data literacy and analytics skills among all learners so that they can use this skill set to solve real-world problems," said Libby Duane Adams, co-founder and chief advocacy officer at Alteryx. "We couldn't be happier to partner with the Department of Defense SkillBridge program and support our transitioning service members and their spouses who sacrifice so much in service to our nation."
By 2025, the top three job roles that will see increasing demand across industries are data analysts and scientists, AI and machine learning specialists, and big data specialists1. With these roles growing in importance, the Alteryx SparkED and SkillBridge partnership will help service members jumpstart their civilian careers with relevant in-demand data and analytics skills. The curriculum provides a vendor-agnostic approach to data science education, as well as hands-on training with Alteryx's industry leading analytics automation solution to enable service members to transform data into business insights. Through the program, participants receive a free Alteryx Designer license, interactive learning paths, and access to the Alteryx Community to guide their training.
"This partnership is a testament to our commitments to the public sector and supporting our service members," said David Colberg, Navy veteran and vice president, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy at Alteryx. "The DoD SkillBridge Program and partnership with Alteryx SparkED will build an incredible talent pipeline equipped with in-demand analytics skills while assisting our transitioning warriors and their families with the next chapter of their careers."
The DoD SkillBridge program enables service members to gain valuable civilian work experience through specific industry training, apprenticeships, or internships during the last 180 days of service. Each year, SkillBridge connects 200,000 service members2 with industry partners in real-world job experiences.
About Alteryx
Alteryx powers analytics for all by providing our leading Analytics Automation Platform. Alteryx delivers easy end-to-end automation of data engineering, analytics, reporting, machine learning, and data science processes, enabling enterprises everywhere to democratize data analytics across their organizations for a broad range of use cases. More than 8,000 customers globally rely on Alteryx to deliver high-impact business outcomes.
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