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August 13, 2020
Managing Cloud Spending is a Challenge; Here Are Some Ways Agencies Can Improve
By Daniel Proctor, TCG Data Analyst
Over the last ten years, spending on cloud services has increased across federal agencies. In 2010, OMB made cloud computing an essential part of government’s plan to modernize IT and IT management, and early…
August 4, 2020
For Shared Services, Effectively Scaling Up and Quality Customer Service are Symbiotic
While Federal agencies have historically struggled to find shared services that meet their needs, OMB’s focus on Quality Service Management Offices (QSMOs) is making effective changes. Efforts to establish more robust shared service marketplaces with clearly identified options for customers,…
July 13, 2020
“End of Support” Does Not Mean “End of Life” for Open Source Projects
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
Long-term support for AngularJS by Google will end July 2021. As a response, trade magazines and blogs lamented AngularJS’s end of life. Developers questioned Google about the security ramifications. Excellent guides appeared on how to transition from…
June 30, 2020
Black Lives Matter
TCG supports the Black Lives Matter movement.
TCG supports the protests against police violence.
TCG demands that we individually and as a country recognize and reject America’s racist past and present, in education, in health outcomes, in criminal justice, in policy,…
April 13, 2020
No, You Don’t Need Kubernetes for DevSecOps
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
If you google “DevSecOps”, you will find many references to deployment pipelines, and one of the most popular is from AWS (depicted in the diagram on the below). The pipeline involves many quickly evolving technologies such…
March 27, 2020
TCG’s Strategy for Offsetting and Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
As a Certified B Corp, TCG is committed to doing good in the community and the world. Making this commitment meant that we had to carefully examine the environmental impact of our company, particularly our carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions. As…
March 16, 2020
Will the Internet Handle Everyone Telecommuting?
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
On Facebook, someone asked me if the Internet would handle the increased traffic caused by everyone staying at home and telecommuting. I found that question to be fascinating and did some quick research. Here’s an extended version…
March 10, 2020
Faster OpenVAS Vulnerability Scanning
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
OpenVAS is a system vulnerability scanner that checks visible ports, services it can access for known exploits, and high level web threats (like cross-site script vulnerabilities and improper file access). The TCG Tech Team uses it to…
March 4, 2020
DevOps: a Top-Level View
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
There are myriad approaches, tools, and goals associated with the term “DevOps”. Inspired by a recent webinar I attended that presented a rather abstract view of DevOps, I went on a hunt for a concise synopsis of the term that covered both…
January 23, 2020
Yes, You Can Run Docker AND Virtualbox on Windows 10 Home
By Al Crowley, TCG Principal Engineer
Running Docker containers on a Windows 10 PC has been difficult for the last few years. It’s even more difficult if you want to run VirtualBox virtual machines (VM) at the same time. A casual Google…