Mobile technology and anytime, anywhere access to information is changing how we work in live. In government it's impacting overall operations, from how citizen...
Our topic today of cloud and mobility–it’s kind of like the chicken or the egg debate–did cloud beget mobility or did mobility force the issue with cloud? Hopefully our panelists can shed some light on that never ending debate. But we do know that the two concepts are intertwined. Dawn Leaf, the deputy CIO at Labor, said earlier this year at a conference on cloud and mobility that the cloud model is very much driven by the end user. And what does the end user want to do? Reach their applications and data through their smartphones and tablet computers. The National Institute of Standards and Technology recognizes this intersection. NIST published its Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap identifying high priority requirements to fully adopt cloud. Now, NIST is working on the next version that adds interoperability and portability. So with NIST addressing the technical issues, OMB is helping out with the policy angle, not just the cloud first or mobile strategy, but the convergence of the two to improve citizen services and agency efficiency. OMB’s digital strategy is now two years old. It lays out three objectives, including operationalizing an information-centric model to architect systems for interoperability and openness and deliver better service at a lower cost– seems like cloud and mobile by another name. Other agencies like Interior, like the FTC and like the SEC are using the cloud and mobility to spark innovation. Take the FTC, for example, they are modernizing their networks by leveraging cloud and establishing a mobile computing platform because so many of their employees work outside the office. So what are the considerations agencies need to take into account as they integrate cloud and mobility? We have to talk security because that remains– even with FedRAMP–a huge issue. We also have to talk about legacy applications as agencies still spend more on the operations and maintenance of older apps and systems, then on modernization, which many times includes moving them to the cloud.
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