Military IT’s Future Stresses Cloud, Mobile

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: J. Nicholas Hoover.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released a five-year strategic plan Tuesday outlining how the agency will navigate a possibly decreasing military and IT budget and military priorities that are increasingly shifting away from Afghanistan and Iraq.

From a technological standpoint, DISA is looking to facilitate an increasingly enterprise-oriented Department of Defense that shares IT resources across numerous services, relies heavily on cloud computing and mobile technologies, and continues to push the boundaries of cybersecurity…

However, topping the list of "strategic shifts" that DISA plans to tackle by 2018 is the plan to help support the Department of Defense as it builds a stronger defensive posture in the Asia-Pacific region, giving DISA a broader and more global focus.

DISA’s emphasis on enterprise and cloud services dovetails with the goal of supporting a shifting and possibly growing global footprint for the U.S. military in the face of budget pressure. It also aligns well with the priorities of Department of Defense CIO Teri Takai, who has regularly touted the benefits of cloud computing and increasingly joint operation across the DOD…

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