Ambitious plans to improve federal information technology systems could easily founder on the shoals of deficient networks. Government agencies currently are striving to meet the challenges associated with initiatives in five major areas: cloud technology; Big Data management; cybersecurity requirements; data center consolidation; and, increasingly, mobile IT. As agency IT personnel scramble to get on top of these challenges, there is a common thread linked to the success for each initiative: the networks forming the backbone for IT operations.
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Federal Networks Can't Handle Planned IT Upgrades
Posted by: John K. Higgins September 18, 2013 05:00 AMAmbitious plans to improve federal information technology systems could easily founder on the shoals of deficient networks. Government agencies currently are striving to meet the challenges associated with initiatives in five major areas: cloud technology; Big Data management; cybersecurity requirements; data center consolidation; and, increasingly, mobile IT. As agency IT personnel scramble to get on top of these challenges, there is a common thread linked to the success for each initiative: the networks forming the backbone for IT operations.