gmu c4i

Additional headlines, bullet points, and takeaways from the AFCEA "Solutions" series conference, "Critical Issues in C⁴I", sponsored by AFCEA International and the George Mason University C⁴I conference, held May 24th-25th at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.:

In his talk regarding the G-6's strategic vision for managing IT resources ""from the Pentagon to the warfighter in theater," Col. Michael Jones, USA (Ret.), noted the most recent challenge to the U.S. Army: the explosive growth of mobile devices, such as iPhones, BlackBerrys and Android tablets.

When it comes to the transition for C4I systems to cloud computing architectures, both the challenge-and the promise--boils down to "getting the right information to the right individual at the right time--and doing it securely," according to Teri Takai, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks, and DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO).