Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) turns machine data into answers. Organizations use market-leading Splunk solutions with machine learning to solve their toughest IT, Internet of Things and security challenges.

Krystof Litomisky is an engineer and executive interested primarily in intelligent systems, robotics, automation and computer vision. He writes code and worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, focusing on the DARPA ARM robot.

Lucas Ropek is a staff writer for Government Technology. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and writer in Massachusetts and New York.

Vice President of Research, e.Republic

CyberArk secures state and local governments as a leader in privileged access security, a critical layer of IT security to protect data, infrastructure and assets across all agencies, in the cloud and throughout the DevOps pipeline. CyberArk delivers the industry’s most complete solution to reduce risk created by privileged credentials and secrets. The company is trusted to protect against external attackers and malicious insiders.

Northwoods is a technology company truly focused on human services. We build user-centric solutions to empower state and local workers. Northwoods is dedicated to creating revolutionary technology solutions and delivering unparalleled services to improve the lives of human services professionals and the people they serve.

Symantec Corporation, the world's leading cyber security company, helps organizations, governments and people secure their most important data wherever it lives.

IT veteran Rob Klopp's background includes having served as CIO of the Social Security Administration during the Obama presidency. He writes opinion pieces periodically for Techwire and blogs at ciofog.blog. The views expressed here are his own.

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) is a technology leader that innovates the way the world communicates, connects and works. We embrace the integration of paper and digital, the increasing requirement for mobility, and the need for seamless integration between work and personal worlds.

Built for both business and IT, UiPath is the leading platform for Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

DialSource is an enterprise sales acceleration engine and voice communications platform. Sales and service teams use DialSource to dramatically increase productivity, engage in smarter sales conversations, gain predictive insights and coach reps to success faster than ever before.

Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 120,000 employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of € 13 billion. European number one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions through its Digital Transformation Factory, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payment industry.

Patrick Delaney is a research analyst with the state Department of Social Services.

Andrew Westrope is a staff writer for Government Technology. Before that, he was a reporter and editor at community newspapers for seven years. He has a Bachelor’s degree in physiology from Michigan State University and lives in Northern California.

Zerto helps government, education, and nonprofit customers accelerate IT transformation by eliminating the risk and complexity of modernization and cloud adoption.

Guidehouse (formerly PwC Public Sector) specializes in helping governments on their most pressing program and technology challenges – from strategy through execution. Our team of expert consultants provide a fresh and innovative perspective for the pioneers of California government.

Silver Peak delivers the true transformational promise of the cloud with its business-first networking model. Powered by the Silver Peak self-driving wide area network platform, companies are finally liberated from the compromises of today’s router-centric and basic SD-WAN approaches and can now transform the network into a business accelerant, rather than a constraint.