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The Defense Department's continued collaboration to streamline the whole of the military's information technology networks and systems, known as the Joint Information Environment, tops leaders' agendas and fiscal spending plans—now available with a caveat for decision makers, officials said: lessons learned. 

The evolution of information technology is heading toward a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). Advantages of HCI include lowered management costs and less administrative overhead, and these systems already have made headway into the Defense Department and federal agencies.

While Cloud First enables agencies to maximize capacity utilization, minimize cost and improve information technology flexibility and responsiveness, the government still faces challenges, particularly with cybersecurity—as highlighted by the breach of Office of Personnel Management servers that exposed the biometric identifiers of more than 5.6 million U.S. federal employees.

A mere seven emerging technologies, while each powerful on their own, have the synergistic potential to disrupt life as we know it. The changes are coming. But are we ready? Has humanity fully prepared for the impacts? Lives will be easier, but at what cost? Guest blogger Bob Gourley dusts off the crystal ball.  

The Defense Department stands at a technological and financial crossroads, writes Juniper Networks' vice president of the defense sector. The department needs to accelerate the proliferation of new networks and applications while heeding budgetary concerns. Bob Fortna offers a solution. 

As the Defense Department continues to forge closer relations with Silicon Valley, its leaders say they need more tools to improve automation of cyber basics, the department’s chief information officer said.

The Marine Corps’ development of its own private cloud serves both a functional role in information technology and an operational role in the Corps. Yet challenges remain to its effective exploitation.

General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Virginia, will provide strategic support for the design and development of a "Cloud-of-Clouds" information