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July 29, 2021
Filling a Gap in Federal DevSecOps
Keeping your entire organization focused on security with one data visualization tool.
As shown by recent security breaches such as the Solarwinds hack and the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, effectively managing security vulnerabilities is important and difficult. But…
July 27, 2021
The Rise of “Simple” Kubernetes
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
Canonical (the organization behind Ubuntu Linux) has just announced MicroK8s (Micro-Kubernetes). Why should we care?
Containers Can Make Deployment Easier — Well, speaking as a system administrator, setting up and managing machines is a pain, whether you do…
June 23, 2021
Agile certifications — what will take you to the next level?
By Tige Nishimoto, TCG Program Manager
Scrum Master certification is the most in-demand Agile certification on the marketplace, but it’s quickly becoming table stakes as Agile is expanding beyond IT and DevOps, according to Stephen Townsend, Director for Network Programs…
May 11, 2021
You Can Help Shape Government’s Future Technology Needs
TLDR: Give your input on essential technology trends in the federal government by taking this short ACT-IAC Survey!
The ACT-IAC Alliant Program Innovations Working Group has assembled thought leaders from government IT companies to provide input to GSA as they…
April 19, 2021
Video: A Practical Model for Managing a Shared Service Offering
TCG’s Shared Service Management Model Highlighted in NITAAC Solutions Showcase
Government agencies collaborate with each other to fully serve the country’s needs. To keep America thriving, they share people, systems, and data to make sure the right things happen the…
April 13, 2021
Why it Pays to Invest in Employee Happiness
Of late, the U.S. workforce has experienced a series of events that has assuredly impacted morale and, therefore, productivity. Some companies may regard investments in employee wellbeing as an unnecessary expense. TCG regards investments for employees as investments in the wellbeing…
April 7, 2021
TCG Condemns The Recent Violence Against the AAPI Community
TCG stands with AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) communities during this time of senseless bias and hate crimes against them. We are offended by this hateful violence, we condemn it, and we commit to both helping our employees learn…
March 24, 2021
TCG Proudly Supports Local Organizations in Fighting Food Insecurity
March is B Corp Month!
As part of our responsibility as a B Corp,* each year TCG chooses a social cause to support through donations and volunteer work. (Due to the pandemic, we focused on virtual volunteer opportunities over the last year, but…
January 27, 2021
Strategies for Making Agile Process and Design Thinking Work Together
For many years, designers and developers have been debating the compatibility of user-centered design principles and Agile development processes. In 2018, one of the foremost experts on user centered design, Don Norman, said “the new Agile programming methods are very…
December 23, 2020
The SolarWinds Hack and Zero Trust Architecture
By Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
SolarWinds Orion is a popular software system that allows an administrator to monitor your network performance across the company through a central interface. Of course, SolarWinds provides periodic patch updates to Orion. Unfortunately this past March, hackers,…