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The Defense Department’s slow migration of much of its unclassified and nonsensitive data, along with the unclassified side of its email, to a hybrid cloud solution is talking longer than hoped, but is going to happen, promised DOD Acting Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen.

Guest blogger Ed Bender from SolarWinds outlines some predictions on the driving factors needed for information technology advancement in the coming year.

Chief technology officers tout cloud capabilities over cost savings.

Sensational data breaches such as the recent hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment, in which employees’ personal information such as Social Security numbers, salary details and emails not only were stolen but publicly disseminated, make for great headlines and capture people’s attention—mainly because the public can relate to the breaches. The headline-grabbing attack leaves people thinking that this could happen to them.

Comments on the proposed security requirements guide due December 29.

With the Map of the World now residing in the cloud, the intelligence agency expands the tools and content.

DISA leads the probe for a balance between commercial cloud security services and what they will cost.

Defense organizations will acquire commercial services while DISA ensures security.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of the "U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II," which focuses on strategic and tactical objectives to support the federal government’s accelerated adoption of cloud computing.

Finding problems faster and eliminating distractions add to the security of at least one large cloud environment.