Innovation often comes slowly to the U.S. government. It has taken several years, for example, for federal agencies to get used to cloud technology — and it will likely be several more before that technology is fully embraced at the federal level. That pace also seems to be the case for the federal adoption of Big Data and analytics, despite the significant amount of buzz over the past year. Even in constrained times, however, federal spending on information technology is impressive, and just a small slice of that investment can be noteworthy.
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Big Data's Big Federal Potential
Posted by: John K. Higgins December 17, 2013 05:00 AMInnovation often comes slowly to the U.S. government. It has taken several years, for example, for federal agencies to get used to cloud technology — and it will likely be several more before that technology is fully embraced at the federal level. That pace also seems to be the case for the federal adoption of Big Data and analytics, despite the significant amount of buzz over the past year. Even in constrained times, however, federal spending on information technology is impressive, and just a small slice of that investment can be noteworthy.