Cyber Priorities Still Trump Big Data, Cloud And Mobile, Study Finds

November 5, 2012 Off By David
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Grazed from AOL. Author: Wyatt Kash.

Federal information technology professionals are confronted with a management landscape that is perhaps as complex as any have seen in a generation. That’s due in part to the convergence of three transformational technologies – cloud computing, mobile devices and big data analytics. The benefits of each technology are generally expected to outweigh many of the associated challenges of implementing them…

But according to a new government-wide study, those decisions must also be balanced against escalating cybersecurity threats, as well as a combination of new budget constraints and shifting administration priorities, making the task of managing and integrating new technologies extremely difficult…

"Government’s challenge is two-fold, adopting transformational technologies to help reduce operating costs while also keeping systems and data safe," said Rick Johnson, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions…

Read more from the source @ http://gov.aol.com/2012/11/05/cyber-priorities-still-trump-big-data-cloud-and-mobile-study-f/