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.


  • Dan Graves, chief technology officer at Delphix, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges federal IT officials face when managing diverse data sets.
    November 22, 2021
  • idRamp President Mike Vesey joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how Identity Credential Access Management can help federal IT officials protect their agency’s data.
    November 12, 2021
  • Janek Claus, director of Application Development at Sev1Tech, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the implications of rapid software development.
    November 5, 2021
  • Tim Jones, regional vice president of Systems Engineering, Public Sector, at ForeScout Technologies, joins host John Gilroy on Federal Tech Talk to discuss the world of Operational Technology or OT.
    October 29, 2021
  • Peter Chapman, CEO of IonQ joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to give an overview of quantum computing for federal information technology.
    October 15, 2021
  • Steve Grewal, vice president & CTO, Public Sector at Cohesity, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss data management and the IT challenges facing federal technology professionals.
    October 8, 2021
  • Chris Hughes, co-founder of Aquia, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss cloud security and enterprise architecture for federal systems.
    October 1, 2021
  • Claire Walsh, vice president of Engineering & Henry Jai, Data Science Capability Lead at Excella join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges of using artificial intelligence, how AI…
    September 24, 2021
  • VAST Data Federal’s Gus Hunt and Randy Hayes join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how improvements in data storage can increase access and reduce long- term costs for federal…
    September 20, 2021
  • John Phillips, vice president, Public Sector at Tricentis, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how automating the software testing process will bring large federal IT projects to completion sooner.
    September 10, 2021
  • Rob Shore, senior vice president of Marketing at Infinera, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how optical networks can help federal agencies scale network bandwidth and accelerate service integration.
    September 8, 2021
  • Rob Shore, senior vice president of Marketing at Infinera, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how optical networks can help federal agencies scale network bandwidth and accelerate service integration.
    September 3, 2021
  • Allen McNaughton, director of Pre-Sales Engineering, Public Sector at Infoblox Federal, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss a topic that is foundational to understanding how the Internet works —…
    August 27, 2021
  • Michael Murray, founder & CEO of Scope Security, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss healthcare cybersecurity and why some devices in hospitals can be vectors for ransomware attacks.
    August 20, 2021