Federal Tech Talk

Federal Tech Talk looks at the world of high technology in the federal government. Host John Gilroy, of The Oakmont Group, speaks the language of federal CISOs, CIOs and CTOs, and gets into the specifics for government IT systems integrators. John covers the latest government initiatives and technology news for the federal IT manager and government contractor.


  • Don Hall, government solutions director at OnSolve, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the latest advances in emergency notification and how his company can help federal agencies use these…
    May 1, 2018
  • George Young, vice president US sector for Elastic, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss discusses how his company can help federal IT professionals do a better job of handling…
    April 24, 2018
  • What is the Zero Trust Security model and how will it help federal IT professionals protect the data at their agencies? Find out when Sean Frazier, Advisor CISO – Federal at Duo Security, joins host…
    April 17, 2018
  • What can federal IT professionals do to protect their agencies from data breaches? Find out when Nick Jovanovic, VP Federal at Thales eSecurity Federal, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk.
    April 9, 2018
  • What is Instrumented Security and how can it help prevent cyber attacks at your federal agency? Find out when Earl Matthews, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Verodin Inc., joins host John Gilroy…
    April 3, 2018
  • Dave McClure, principal director of Accenture Federal, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how technology is being used to improve the mission outcomes of the federal government.
    March 27, 2018
  • What are unified communications and how can they help your agency save money? Find out when Steven Boberski, vice president of Business Development at collab9 joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk.
    March 20, 2018
  • Tom Ruff, vice president of Public Sector America’s at Akamai Technologies joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal agencies prevent cyber attacks.
    March 13, 2018
  • Stuart Dyer, Business Development Manager with CyrusOne Data Centers, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal agencies secure their data during their transition to…
    March 6, 2018
  • Jared Greene, chief security architect and product owner at CloudAware Federal, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company is using innovative technology to help federal agencies make…
    February 26, 2018
  • Matt Milone, director of Federal Operations at Complete Discovery Source, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal agencies produce specific requested documents in a…
    February 20, 2018
  • Rick Howard, chief security officer at Palo Alto Networks. joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal agencies identify potential cybersecurity risks.
    February 13, 2018
  • Dave Shuman, Internet of Things and manufacturing leader at Cloudera, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company can help federal agencies manage and process massive amounts of data.
    February 6, 2018
  • Anthony Vicinelly, federal technology director at Nlyte Software, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges agencies face when making the transition to the cloud.
    January 30, 2018