{"id":32484,"date":"2022-08-24T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/24\/army-it-leader-pledges-quicker-cloud-uptake-in-year-of-action\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:27:08","slug":"army-it-leader-pledges-quicker-cloud-uptake-in-year-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2022\/08\/24\/army-it-leader-pledges-quicker-cloud-uptake-in-year-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Army IT leader pledges quicker cloud uptake in \u2018year of action\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AUGUSTA, Ga. \u2014 The U.S. Army will make swift, significant strides in cloud migration and utilization in the coming 12 months, according to the service\u2019s top uniformed information technology official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubbing the next year as a period \u201cof action and acceleration,\u201d Lt. Gen. John Morrison<\/a>, deputy chief of staff, G-6, on Aug. 17 pledged \u201cmuch more rapid movement to the cloud\u201d now that the groundwork has been laid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army considers cloud migration and widespread, secure use foundational to the broader modernization of its networks, computers and collaboration capabilities. Mastering cloud computing will also help realize artificial intelligence and machine learning for cyber warfare, according to the 2020 Army Cloud Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are putting the requisite capabilities into the hands of our operational formation so they can understand the applications that now need to move to the cloud, and we are aligning the requisite combat power to assist in that migration,\u201d Morrison told reporters at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference<\/a>. \u201cIt is going to be much faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army requested $16.6 billion in cyber and IT funding for fiscal 2023, which starts Oct. 1, or more than 9% of the service\u2019s $178 billion budget blueprint. Hundreds of millions would be invested in cloud, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison and others are coordinating with Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer<\/a> to audit data centers that the service eventually wants to shutter, to better understand what is out there and what needs to be relocated. Such analysis will speed cloud uptake, according to Morrison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we have learned very quickly is it\u2019s not about the data center, it\u2019s about the applications and the data that\u2019s in the data center,\u201d the general said. \u201cWhat is cloud ready? What is not cloud ready? Et cetera. And that\u2019s sort of been where we\u2019ve gotten a little pitchy at times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iyer in June described the coming year as an inflection point along the Army\u2019s \u201cdigital transformation journey.\u201d<\/a> The CIO said he expected great progress to be made on cloud initiatives, as well, based on previous advancements in fiscal 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\t