Government Trains for the IoT Race
Government agencies are entering the race for the Internet of Things, while keeping security and privacy in mind.
“When you think about the Internet of Things, we’re going to be in a race,” said Greg Capella, deputy director of the National Technical Information Service for the Department of Commerce, at MeriTalk’s Cloud Computing Brainstorm on June 7. “The Internet of Things are going to be so enticing to the general public that the Federal government is going to be in a race to keep up.”
In order to train for the race, government agencies need to adopt cloud-enabled networks. The Federal Communications Commission has worked to move all of its systems to the cloud or to a commercial provider by taking small steps. Read more…