Can the consumer product or service fully meet the unique requirements of government computing and communications? The answer is – probably not unless the solution is tuned for government use....

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) IT infrastructure connects more than three million networked users and encompasses some 772 data centers and 15,000 networks.[1] Managing the DoD IT systems is a massive task. ...

Over the last several decades, law enforcement and national security agencies have encountered repeated challenges to their ability to continue conducting lawful surveillance in a privacy-protective way....

More than several degrees of separation distinguish European legislation for consumer data privacy and its enforcement mechanisms from those of the United States. In the European Union (EU), individuals’ data privacy—considered a “fundamental right”—is protected by the 1995 EU Data Protection Direc...

Cloud computing offers many compelling benefits, but organizations need to be aware of interoperability and data portability issues that may affect enterprise adoption. The ability of different IT systems and services to work together continues to be an important customer objective. Achievement o...

Will the market incentive to monetize consumers’ personal information win out over any incentive to compete for consumer trust by implementing robust consumer data privacy protections?...

The technical capabilities for ensuring a secure cloud computing environment already exist. Why, then, are security concerns still the number one obstacle preventing Federal CIOs from adopting cloud computing technology?...

In recent months, European purchasers of cloud services have expressed concern about the idea the U.S. government might be able to obtain access to data stored outside the United States by a cloud service provider that’s based in the U.S. or is a subsidiary of a U.S. company. They point to the USA...

The federal government, like the private sector, sees great opportunities in moving its IT infrastructure in the cloud. A 2011 white paper by then-Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra estimated that $20 billion of the government's $80 billion in annual IT spending could move to the cloud. A study...

Cumulative federal cloud spending is expected to reach $11.2 billion between 2012 and 2017. With a potential payoff of that scope, vendors are actively positioning themselves for a highly competitive marketing environment. Just as federal agencies are at the preliminary stages of the cloud adoption...