Coding With Blinders On

I saw a horse pulling a carriage the other day and noticed that the horse had blinders on. Blinders are those square pieces of leather on the side of each of the horse’s eyes. It prevents the horse from becoming distracted and allows it to focus on moving ahead when trotting among the city traffic. […]

Read more

Managing Virtual Teams: Episode 1

AEGIS has had virtual teams for years now, with some having been totally online for over 10 years. As a result, many of our managers have gained extensive experience in effectively managing virtual teams. In our new “Managing Virtual Teams” blog series, we will be highlighting some of our managers as they share their best […]

Read more

Why Software Testing Needs Independence

We all know at least one person – who may or may not be considered a hypochondriac – who self-diagnoses his or her own health maladies. We sometimes know them well enough they will admit that, when they go the doctor and the doctor runs her own tests, the diagnosis is quite different. I’ll be the […]

Read more

GTSC Cyber Day 2018 – Key Takeaway

At the Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) Cyber Day 2018 there were a number of fantastic speakers and presentations which discussed aspects of cybersecurity at both high and low levels. Once such presentation which tied them together was one from the Transportation Security Authority (TSA) on Managing the Threat. In this presentation TSA spoke […]

Read more

Ensuring the right people for the job

The Homeland Security and Defense Business Council recently released The Business of Homeland Security report authored by Grant Thornton that’s part of the 20/20 Project on the Homeland Security Enterprise. The report is based on a survey conducted last summer (2017) of current and former DHS officials as well as industry representatives. The report listed […]

Read more

Test Like You Mean It

Tonight begins the second round of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs for our hometown Washington Capitals. They have no doubt spent the past few days furiously practicing in preparation for facing the reigning champs, the Pittsburgh Penguins. It occurs to me that as they have practiced, their coaches didn’t just set up orange cones […]

Read more

AEGIS: The Movie

We at AEGIS were so proud to win the inaugural Capability Challenge award from the CMMI Institute earlier this year. Now that it’s time to promote next year’s competition, the Institute has posted a very nice overview of AEGIS. The most exciting part, for us, is the video they published, a short film actually, which […]

Read more

Questionable Assumptions Threaten Federal Contracting Reform

There’s no question that federal contracting for technology services is finally achieving significant momentum toward innovations that are long overdue. To be clear: the acquisition techniques themselves are innovating in order to allow, in turn, for the end result of what the government receives to be technologically innovative. That’s a good thing. Nowhere in the […]

Read more

Mario Hyland Speaks at Johns Hopkins

AEGIS Senior Vice President and Founder, Mario Hyland (@interopguy) was invited to speak at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for the Health Sciences Informatics Grand Rounds speaker series.  The tradition of Medical Grand Rounds at Johns Hopkins can be traced back to William Osler, the first professor of medicine, beginning in 1889. Although for a long […]

Read more

Learn about AEGIS’ Unique Approach to Testing as a Shared Service at the upcoming IJIS Institute National Symposium

We are pleased to announce that AEGIS will be providing a TecTalk presentation on Testing as a Shared Service in an Information Sharing Environment (Recording & PowerPoint) at the upcoming IJIS Institute National Symposium scheduled from January 21-23, 2015 in Arlington, VA. This two-day Symposium brings together executives, key decision makers, and software developers from […]

Read more