Workforce Readiness Is a Technology Problem
In OT environments, sensor-laden devices and unified AI-powered systems can improve the health, safety and readiness of the workforce, making the entire operation more resilient. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT Organizations working in operational technology (OT) environments have always put a premium on workforce readiness because people have always been—and remain—the most important asset […]
Protecting the People Who Protect Critical Infrastructure
Connected sensors, wearable technologies, zero trust architectures and operational platforms are converging to create a new model for protecting workers, critical infrastructure and industrial environments in real time. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT Worker safety has always been a priority in industrial, infrastructure and military settings. But it’s no longer a matter of physical […]
The Spread of Supply Chain Disruptions and Why Resilience Has Become a Strategic Imperative
Disruptions to the supply chain, whether logistical or digital, have become the new normal. Organizations need a solid plan to keep operations afloat. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT It wasn’t all that long ago that organizations could still treat supply chain disruptions as isolated incidents. They tended to be caused by sporadic local or […]
Autonomous AI Can Move Fast. Building Trust Must Move Faster
To take advantage of agentic AI’s unbounded potential, organizations must build protections into both their infrastructure and data. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT Businesses and other organizations are lining up to take advantage of agentic artificial intelligence, which leads to two questions. First, does autonomous AI offer game-changing benefits when it comes to speed, […]
Electronic Warfare and Spectrum Dominance: The Invisible Battlefield
The RF spectrum is becoming a contested domain that impacts both military and commercial operations, driving the need for more resilient architectures and improved capabilities. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT Electronic warfare (EW) has been a part of military conflicts since the advent of radio signals, but in today’s environment of ubiquitous, advanced cellular […]
How COTS Makes Zero Trust More Achievable
The availability of capable COTS products helps streamline implementation and reduces the complexity of deploying a Zero Trust Architecture. By: Dave Dimlich, President of SD3IT and Steven Boyer, SD3IT Director of Emerging Technologies Zero trust has been an industry priority for years, yet implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) remains challenging for many organizations. High […]
Space-Based Technology: The Next Frontier of IT Terrestrial Infrastructure
For most companies, the key to effectively taking advantage of opportunities in space starts with integrating them as extensions of the enterprise. By: Dave Dimlich, President of SD3IT and Dr. Renee Pizarro, Technology Solutions Director For decades, space technology was something almost literally a world apart, being largely the responsibility of NASA and its foreign […]
The Expanding Drone Ecosystem Needs a Guiding Hand
UAS are now central to warfare, as well as critical to a lot of other enterprises. The new technology is there, but government and industry need to improve manufacturing, supply chains and compliance regs to ensure that the best systems get put into play. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT President’s Note: In March, we […]
The Future of Virtualization in a Post-VMware World
Broadcom’s takeover of VMware left customers with price hikes and oppressive subscription requirements, but they now have the opportunity to find workload-based solutions that can deliver better performance and solutions at lower costs. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT The virtualization market has changed a lot in the two years since Broadcom completed its acquisition […]
Q-Day Is Closer Than You Think: What to Do Now to Prepare for Quantum-Safe Encryption
Adversaries are already stealing encrypted information to decrypt later, and the full transition to quantum-safe encryption will likely take years. Organizations that haven’t started their transitions can’t afford to wait any longer. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT The threat quantum computing poses to data encryption has long been known, but it has generally been […]